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Optimizing national border reopening policies in the COVID-19 pandemic: A modeling study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-30)Objective: After emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions, countries worldwide have sought to reopen as quickly as possible. However, reopening involves the risk of epidemic rebound. In this study, ... -
Simulation-based assessment of cholera epidemic response: A case study of Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Cholera kills between 21,000 and 143,000 people globally each year. It is often fatal, killing up to 50% of the severely symptomatic patients; but death by cholera is preventable with timely treatment, so that the fatality ... -
Implications of large hydro dams for decarbonising Ghana's energy consistent with Paris climate objectives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Hydropower is a renewable source of electricity generation that is a common feature of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), especially in developing countries. However, far from benign, research shows that significant ... -
Modelling the dynamics of firm valuation: An assessment of impact of exchange rate fluctuations on firm value using system dynamics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Exchange rate volatility is a vital issue in international finance due to its effect on the value of the firm, depending on firm's exposure to the exchange rate risk. However, this impact is not clear in literature as ... -
Applying a systems perspective to understand the mechanisms of the European School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background For the past two decades, the percentage of European children who consume fruit daily has remained at around 40%, despite numerous school-based policy efforts and interventions. This study aimed to apply a ... -
Who benefits from sustainable mobility transitions? Social inclusion, populist resistance and elite capture in Bergen, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Transitioning to sustainable mobility systems is generally thought to require three approaches: avoid, shift and improve. We examine a combination of these in a city at the forefront of implementing transition policies, ... -
Sustainability here and now : The governance of urban transformation in Oslo and Addis Ababa
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-23)For at det skal være mulig å handle opp mot klimaendringer, må problemet ses som relevant for beslutningene som tas her og nå. Tradisjonelt sett har klimaendringer blitt rammet in som et globalt problem i fjern fremtid. I ... -
New municipalism and the governance of urban transitions to sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Cities play increasingly recognised roles in global climate change responses: as change laboratories, spaces of opportunity, and as administrative and economic hubs that concentrate human and financial resources and needs. ... -
Beyond automobility? Lock-in of past failures in low-carbon urban mobility innovations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Automobility, including the infrastructures, technologies and institutions that created high dependence on private car use, has led to significant environmental and climate problems and notably high carbon emissions. Now ... -
A dynamic systems analysis of factors affecting success of identity-preserved products: the case of high-oleic soybeans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The factors contributing to success of identity-preserved (IP) products are understood conceptually, but are rarely quantified. A combination of system dynamics modeling and group modeling building with value chain ... -
Using collaborative hackathons to coproduce knowledge on local climate adaptation governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While coproduction of knowledge is growing in popularity in social sciences, and especially climate change research, we still need to better understand how to coproduce climate knowledge. In this paper, we explore how ... -
Co-benefits and conflicts in alternative stormwater planning: Blue versus green infrastructure?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Blue–green infrastructure (BGI) is often promoted for its co-benefits and multifunctionality. However, this infrastructure is repeatedly planned, implemented and researched almost entirely based on the goals of stormwater ... -
The potential for transformative adaptation : Collaborative spaces and collective value development in local climate adaptation
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-20)Behovet for klimaomstilling, -tilpassing og -handling for å kunne handtere konsekvensane av menneskeskapte klimaendringar og tap av biologisk mangfald har aldri vore større. Dette prosjektet utforskar korleis heilskaplege ... -
Desert geographies: solar energy governance for just transitions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)While sustainability statements crowd national and urban visions, unjust implementation of lower-carbon energy infrastructures for climate mitigation manifests in contexts of marginal rurality. We focus on solar energy ... -
Market women’s skills, constraints, and agency in supplying affordable, safe, and high-quality fish in Ghana
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In Ghana, the role of female informal traders (“market women”) in making low-cost smoked and dried fish available in urban and rural marketplaces is the key to explaining the high consumption of fish in the country. However, ... -
Contextualities of gender in Eritrean immigrant households: Exploring empowerment through integration in Norwegian society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The article presents a contextual understanding of immigration and integration in Norwegian society from a gender perspective by capturing the experiences of Eritrean immigrant households when adapting to social change and ... -
Addressing the resilience of tomato farmers in Ghana facing a double exposure from climate and market
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Ghanaian tomato farmers are severely impacted by changing climate and related more frequent and extreme weather events such as drought and heavy rainfall. Furthermore, tomato production represents one of the main sources ... -
A Geoecological History of Høgtuvbreen: Vegetation succession on the foreland of a retreating glacier in northern Norway
(Master thesis, 2022-08-01)Norway is facing massive glacial ablation, with projections of 98% loss of glacial cover by the close of the 21st century, releasing thousands of square kilometres to the progression of primary succession. Alongside this, ... -
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 ... -
Climate resilience and the human-water dynamics. The case of tomato production in Morocco
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In Morocco, droughts are an increasing threat affecting water availability, agricultural production and producers' livelihoods. Moreover, water demand for irrigation has led to overexploitation of the groundwater table ...