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The calm before the storm? The making of a lithium frontier in transitioning Portugal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A nation undergoing accelerating energy transitions with ambitious climate targets discovers lithium. In recent years, Portugal has made headlines inter alia for running on renewable electricity for over a month, setting ... -
Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A critical assessment using system dynamics structural thinking tools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-24)In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, food systems must be resilient, i.e., able to deliver sustainable and equitable food and nutrition security in the face of multiple shocks and stresses. The resilience of ... -
Can people learn behaviours of stock and flow using their ability to calculate running total? An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)Stock and flow is basis of dynamics. Understanding of stock and flow is crucial in comprehending and managing problems such as global warming and national debt. Yet previous experimental studies discovered that people ... -
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainability certification has been posited as a key governance mechanism to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. Whilst many certifications now include climate resilience in their standards, their ... -
Can System Dynamics Improve Project Management Teaching? An Experimental Study
(Master thesis, 2008-08-18)With the great economic development, more and more well trained projectmangers are demanded. Unfortunately, evidence show traditional project managementtraining fails to provide prospective project managers with the ... -
Capturing the Dynamics of Panic Disorder. A System Dynamics Translation of the Contemporary Biological and Psychological Conceptualization of Panic Disorder
(Master thesis, 2008-11-23)The present study undertakes a full system dynamics (SD) translation of the contemporary biological and psychological conceptualizations of panic disorder (PD). It makes explicit the dynamic processes implicit in the ... -
Carbon capture utilization and storage market dynamics: Matching CO2 supply and demand for enhanced oil recovery
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)This thesis describes the project, which is a part of a wider collaboration between the University of Bergen, Norway and the University of North Dakota (UND) and the Institute for Energy Studies (IES), US established in ... -
Carbonscapes and beyond - Conceptualizing the instability of oil landscapes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Geographers tend to see energy systems as intricately interwoven with society and relatively resistant to change. We argue that there is a danger of exaggerating the permanence and stability of the energy–society relationship. ... -
Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project. Impact assessment of the project to the local community: Case study of the Ocean Division of Cameroon
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)The Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project was received with great expectations. Though the project presented negative effects to the environment, with the pro-posed mitigation strategies, many people saw ... -
Challenges for sustainability: misperceptions and misleading advice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)To ensure sustainable development, governments depend on informed decision-makers including the electorates. Previous studies show evidence of widespread and systematic misperceptions, voter ignorance, and reliance on ... -
The Challenges of greening energy: Policy/industry dissonance at the Mongstad refinery, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)The interaction between policy making and industry is a key to understanding the conditions for ‘greening’ contemporary energy systems. This article uses efforts toward greening the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway as a ... -
Change everything so that (almost) nothing changes? Investigating the territorial distribution of solar energy subsidies in rural India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The current massive rollout of solar energy in India is primarily driven by private investments, with the federal and state governments facilitating sectoral investments with subsidies, preferential licensing and clearances, ... -
Changes in the landscape in a protected area in the Peruvian rainforest and the impact on the local population: case of the Mishana community
(Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This research focuses on the landscape change in a small community (Mishana) located within inside a protected area (Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve), in the Amazonian rainforest of Peru. The landscape is formed by the ... -
Changing conditions for political practice: FDI discourse and political spaces for labor in Bolivia
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-18)Various authors have pointed out that the complex processes of globalization arebringing about general shifts in political practices. In particular, these processes areseen to have weakened traditional practices relating ... -
Changing Forestry Governance in Nepal Himalaya. Interactions of Community Forestry with REDD+ and Traditional Institution
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-09-21)Although traditional institutions remained involved in the management of local forests in some areas of Nepal Himalaya, Community Forestry (CF) is now a well-established formal forest management institution of the country. ... -
Cheating and other student strategies: A system dynamics policy analysis for students that want to graduate
(Master thesis, 2011-11-15)This paper explores different strategies students can utilize in order to graduate. A good grade is considered of great value and something some students are willing to utilize extreme means to achieve. Traditional means ... -
Children of the city. A study of street children in Kathmandu, their social practices and territoriality
(Master thesis, 2003)There are as many reasons for being on the street as there are street children. Mutual for allthe urchins on the streets of Kathmandu is the city’s significance in their lives. The childrenno longer depend on their family ... -
Class conflicts and planning. A case study of contemporary development at King`s Cross in London
(Master thesis, 2007)This thesis will research the urban development that will take place through the next decades atKing’s Cross in London. King’s Cross is located on the “edge” of City of London, and is 67 acresof ‘brownfield’ land close to ... -
Climate and societal impacts in Scandinavia following the 536 and 540 CE volcanic double event
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In the Northern Hemisphere, the mid-6th century was one of the coldest periods of the last 2000 years, as indicated by both proxy records and Earth System Model (ESM) simulations. This cold period was initiated by volcanic ...