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From Russia with Cleavages. A Study in Party System and Voting Behaviour in Post-Communist Russia
(Master thesis, 2005)Introduction: On December 12th 1993 the Russians were about to elect their new national assembly: TheState Duma. Nearly 106 million registered voters were allowed to participate in the election.This was the first election ... -
From secessionism to regionalism: Intra-organizational change and ideological moderation within armed secessionist movements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)Secessionist movements rarely succeed in their quests for separate statehood. Hence, conflict resolution efforts in secessionist wars tend to focus on making autonomy frameworks acceptable to both sides. This article posits ... -
From self-interest to cooperation: extra-pair mating as a driver of relaxed territorial aggression in social neighbourhoods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In socially monogamous bird species, males and females tailor their reproductive strategies to that of the other. Interactions are complex, and have elements of both conflict and cooperation. Breeding process is further ... -
From sensing to emergent adaptations: Modelling the proximate architecture for decision-making
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)During the past 50 years, evolutionary theory for animal behaviour has branched into different methodological frameworks focussing on age-, state-, density-, and frequency-dependent processes. These approaches have led to ... -
From slab rollback to orogenic plateau formation: a numerical modelling study of ocean-continent subduction systems
(Master thesis, 2016-05-30)The crustal structures of overriding plates in subduction settings around the world can vary between a large variety of deformation styles, ranging from extensional structures and back arc opening induced by slab roll back, ... -
From Soapstone Quarries to Churches: Control, Ownership and Transport Along the Helgeland Coast in North Norway
(UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)Several soapstone quarries are found along the coast of Helgeland in north Norway, including some on islands in the mouth of Vefsnfjorden, where there are significant ancient workings. Several medieval stone churches in ... -
From state capture to business capture: A qualitative analysis of institutional development in post-Soviet Russia
(Master thesis, 2014-05-29)This thesis investigates Russian institutional development since the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The aim of the study is to explore whether the role of formal institutions has increased at the expense of informal ... -
From strategic marine planning to project licences – Striking a balance between predictability and adaptability in the management of aquaculture and offshore wind farms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Renewable energy and sustainable food production are high on the international agenda, as is the prospect of expanding activity northwards to Arctic waters. In this article, we review core elements of the marine governance ... -
From The Club Stage to the National Scene: How Mass Media Interpreted Two Comedians as Important Immigrant Voices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article investigates how comedians with an immigrant background gain political relevance, taking two contemporary comedians from Norway and Sweden as cases. The study uses media's interpretive power as a way to explore ... -
From the Farm of Oslo to the Townyard of Miklagard
(UBAS, University of Bergen Archaeological Series; 8, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2015)Archaeological research on the medieval town of Oslo from 1970 and onwards has resulted in profound changes in the understanding of the origin and earliest development of the town. The description by Snorri Sturlasson in ... -
From the fjords to the rivers: Evaluating the spatial distribution of escaped farmed salmon to inform ecologically relevant management strategies
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-05-08)Over the last 40 years, the relatively fast expansion of Atlantic salmon aquaculture has created new obstacles for the persistence of wild Atlantic salmon stocks where the two overlap. Now, the greatest threat to existing ... -
«From the fury of the Northmen, good Lord, deliver us» - Ein analyse av historiebruken og framstillinga av vikingtida i norske og engelske lærebøker frå slutten av 1800-talet og fram til i dag.
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Tema for denne oppgåva er historiebruk med utgangspunkt i korleis vikingtida har vorte framstilt i norsk og engelsk historieskriving frå slutten av 1800-talet og fram til i dag. Hovudkjeldene i analysen har vore norske og ... -
From the Native Speaker Norm towards English as an International Language. A study of Exposure and Attitudes to Native and Non-native
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)The present thesis aims to give an overview of the representations of different varieties in two editions of Targets and an edition of eXperience, which are among the most widely used textbooks in Norway at the upper ... -
From tides to nucleotides: Genomic signatures of adaptation to environmental heterogeneity in barnacles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The northern acorn barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) is a robust system to study the genetic basis of adaptations to highly heterogeneous environments. Adult barnacles may be exposed to highly dissimilar levels of thermal ... -
From Victim to Survivor: Healing and Recovery in a Drug Addiction Treatment Program in San Francisco
(Master thesis, 2008)In this thesis I explore clients’ participation in therapy groups at a drug treatment program in San Francisco. Based on six months of ethnographic fieldwork, following women in their daily attempts at “working the program”, ... -
From Wanderers to Strangers. The shifting space of Scandinavian immigration debate 1970–2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The media coverage of immigration serves as an important test for modern democracies’ ability to handle difficult public issues. Systematic and comparative studies over longer time periods are, however, still rare. This ... -
From waste to bio-oil : Hydrothermal liquefaction of digested sewage sludge in small and large scale
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-16)FN’s bærekraftsmål er tydelige på hvilke tiltak som er nødvendige for å drastisk redusere de pågående klimaendringene i verden. Blant disse tiltakene finner man målet om bedre utnyttelse av bærekraftige råstoff, å sørge ... -
From Wessex to Western Norway: Some perspectives on one channel for the Christianisation process
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From widespread faulting to localised rifting: Evidence from K-Ar fault gouge dates from the Norwegian North Sea rift shoulder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Although seismic and stratigraphic well information put tight constraints on rift basin evolution, eroded rift shoulders commonly expose polydeformed prerift basement whose deformation history may be difficult to constrain. ... -
From winter to late summer in the northwestern Barents Sea shelf: Impacts of seasonal progression of sea ice and upper ocean on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Strong seasonality is a key feature of high-latitude systems like the Barents Sea. While the interannual variability and long-term changes of the Barents Sea are well-documented, the seasonal progression of the physical ...