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Does national culture matter for organizational culture in institutions of higher education? An Italian university and a Norwegian university compared
(Master thesis, 2012-06-07)The university of today has become an object of study, debate and reflection. Changes in the social sphere, globalization, economic and political trends, all these factors push universities towards new forms and role. ... -
Does performance auditing matter? The government administration’s response to the performance auditing of the Norwegian Office of the Auditor General
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-05-28)The point of departure for this thesis is Michael Power’s provocative proposition in his 1997 book The Audit Society (Power, 1997). There he states that auditing produces only reassurance. This thesis is an empirical ... -
Domestic violence law in Ghana: analysis of the actors and strategies involved in setting the public policy agenda
(Master thesis, 2009-09-01)Domestic Violence was seen as a private issue in the past in Ghana until the law on Domestic Violence was passed in 2007. However, a research by the Gender Studies and Human Right Documentation Centre in Accra in 1999 ... -
Don't send us your waste gases: Public attitudes toward international carbon dioxide transportation and storage in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Large-scale deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is part of the pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C and yet, negative public perceptions of CCS have challenged the realization of several projects in ... -
Don’t Touch My Constitution! Civil Society Resistance to Democratic Backsliding in Africa's Pluralist Regimes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Analyzing civil society resistance to elite-led democratic backsliding in Africa, the article argues that the non-militant, civil society-based transitions experienced in the 1990s left a legacy of a pro-democracy cleavage ... -
Education as a welfare matter? : Implementing national dropout policies in local institutional contexts
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-13)The overall focus of this thesis is the implementation of national policies at the intersection between welfare and education. My aim has been to further the connection between the field of education and welfare. A political ... -
Ei studie av endringsprosessen på sentralt hald i NAV frå perioden mars 2009 til mai 2010, som førte til nedlegginga av NAV Drift og utvikling.
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)Denne studien tek føre seg den fyste omorganiseringa i Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet etter at NAV reforma vart innført i 2006. Studien er ei prosessuell tilnærming til studie av endring og ser på ein planlagt endringsprosess. ... -
Empowering locals through school governance: A case of secondary school boards in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)This study has been an attempt to address to what extent school boards as one of the user committees in education system are empowered and effective in accomplishing their responsibilities. The study had four specific ... -
Empowerment and effectiveness of school committees in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2010-05-31)Empowerment of local communities and establishment of appropriate local level institutional frameworks have recently become important tenets for education management in the developing countries. Tanzania is also sailing ... -
Empowerment of School Committees and Parents in Tanzania: Delineating Existence of Opportunity, Its Use and Impact on School Decisions
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-12-05)Since the end of the twentieth century, public administration systems in developing countries have undergone significant transformation. This comes as a result of the global shift from centralized to decentralized political, ... -
En krise som lå i luften. En studie av Bergen kommunes håndtering av den ekstreme luftforurensningen i Bergen vinteren 2009/-10
(Master thesis, 2012-06-07)Vinteren 2009/-10 opplevde Bergen at luftkvaliteten ble svært dårlig. Uvanlige værforhold forverret Bergens permanente luftkvalitetsproblemer og bidro til å skape en ekstraordinær forurensningsepisode. Den dårlige ... -
En samordnet, effektivisert og brukertilpasset offentlig sektor? - En implementeringsstudie av Regjeringens IKT-politikk i perioden 2002-2009
(Master thesis, 2011-06-15)Studie av implementeringen av regjeringens IKT-politikk 2002-2009. De teoretiske verktøyene er Winters (2006) synteserte implementeringsmodell og et instrumentelt og institusjonelt perspektiv. -
Enabling Posthumous Medical Data Donation: A Plea for the Ethical Utilisation of Personal Health Data
(Philosophical Studies Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article argues that personal medical data should be made available for scientific research, by enabling and encouraging individuals to donate their medical records once deceased, in a way similar to how they can already ... -
Endring i merkekravene på fiskeprodukter. En medievridd beslutningsprosess?
(Master thesis, 2011-07-01)En studie av en beslutningsprosess i forvaltningen. Der en har sett på næringsorganisasjonene og medienes påvirkningsmuligheter i denne prosessen. Medienes rolle i å påvirke politikkutvikling er sentral i oppgaven. -
Engasjementsfaget - Er samfunnskunnskap engasjerende for elevene?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Student engagement i social science in secondary school is both a condition and an objective for teaching. The term engagement is, however, rather unclear and empirical research scarce. In this article, distinctions are ... -
Engineering learning outcomes: Translations of a policy instrument in a disciplinary context in Nordic higher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Learning outcomes have become a central feature in European higher education and are intended to create a plethora of change concerning teaching, relevance, quality and transparency. However, there have been few studies ... -
Epistemic Dependence and the EU Seal Ban Debate
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-31)On September 2009 the European Union (EU) adopted a regulation banning the import of seal products into the EU or placing seal products on the EU market. The European Parliament was the main driving force behind the ... -
Er demokratiske elevråd mogeleg?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Det har lenge vore elevråd i norsk skule, med ambisjonar om utdanning til demokratisk deltaking. Forsking tyder på at elevråda er problematiske som demokratisk erfaring for elevane, og dei er i ferd med å bli svekte i ... -
Erfaringar med interkommunalt samarbeid i kommunesamanslåingsprosessen. Ein studie av kommunereforma i nye Ålesund kommune
(Master thesis, 2018)Omfanget av interkommunalt samarbeid har hatt ei stor auke frå 2000-talet og fram til i dag, og fleire kommunar i Noreg er avhengige av desse samarbeida for å utføre dei kommunale oppgåvene sine. I 2015 vart kommunereforma ... -
Et casestudie av beslutningsprosessen rundt innføringen av introduksjonsloven
(Master thesis, 2016-12-04)Den 12. juni 2003 ble lov om introduksjonsordning og norskopplæring for nyankomne innvandrere vedtatt. Dette var et resultat av at integreringspolitikken var kommet opp på den offentlige politiske dagsorden under Jagland- ...