Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT)
Recent Submissions
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Boundary experts: Science and politics in measuring the Sustainable Development Goals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) purport to cleanly separate politics and technical matters, embodied by the political negotiation of goals and targets, and the technical creation of an indicator framework. This ... -
Making sense of sensing homes: exploring ‘regimes of engagement’ in a smart urban energy context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Visionary imaginaries of desirable ‘smart’ urban energy futures entice city governments into innovation and collaboration aimed at large-scale urbanism. As part of attending to actualizations and materializations of ‘smart’ ... -
Translating tools and indicators in territorial RRI
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: By a series of calls within the Horizon 2020 framework programme, the EU funded projects intended to deploy Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) at a territorial level, in regional research and innovation ... -
Co-producing representations of summer rainfall in Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Climate adaptation governance increasingly investigates the cultural capacities of communities to cope with climate variability and change. This paper reports on research of the symbolic representations of summer rainfall ... -
Hvorfor ser naturmangfold så ofte ut til å tape overfor andre interesser i konsekvensutredninger etter Statens vegvesen sin håndbok V712?
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven er en kartlegging av utfordringer som bidrar til å svare på problemstillingen; ‘hvorfor ser naturmangfold så ofte ut til å tape overfor andre interesser i konsekvensutredninger etter Statens vegvesen ... -
Limiting the carbon dioxide emission aboard an offshore salmon farm by introducing a wind and battery system.
(Master thesis, 2023-05-16)Oppgåva vil sjå på moglegheita til å bruke vindkraft og batteri til å avgrense bruken av dieselgenerator, og dermed kutte utslepp av karbondioksid med 80 % om bord dei planlagde offshore lakseoppdrettsanlegga til SalMar ... -
Fra ord til handling? UN Global Compact Norge som endringsaktør for små og mellomstore bedrifter gjennom rapporteringsverktøyet «Communication on Progress».
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Businesses are expected to be responsible in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability. They are increasingly met with expectations from stakeholders and demands to report on their impact and advances, but ... -
Analysis of wind condition and power production from wind turbines on farms in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Our world is heating up; we have reached a global temperature of 1.1 °C and will surpass the 1.5-degree target, and as the world increases its electrification, more power is needed. The current global electricity mix ... -
Spatiotemporal Changes of the Small Pelagic Fish Assemblage off the Coast of Morocco
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Wind of Change: Discourse Collisions and Coalitions in the Fosen Vind Case
(Master thesis, 2023-05-22)I 2021 annullerte Høgsterett konsesjonane til to vindparkar på Fosenhalvøya i Trøndelag. Vindparkane blei vurdert som eit brot på dei lokale samiske reindriftssamane sin rett til “å dyrke sin eigen kultur”, som er beskytta ... -
Trophic ecology of peripheral fauna at the Fåvne hydrothermal vent field on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Fåvne vent field is one of the most recently discovered vents on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) and consists of both active and inactive vents. It was discovered in 2018, and there are only a few published papers on the ... -
Crystal ball or wishful thinking? Reference pathways as tools for net zero investing in pension funds
(Master thesis, 2023-05-16)This thesis will examine the premonitions and parameters of two models for sustainable finance development: the International Energy Agency (IEA) model Net Zero by 2050, and the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) model ... -
Hvordan kan aktører i Vestland bidra til bærekraftig omstilling i små og mellomstore bedrifter?
(Master thesis, 2023-04-20)Denne masteroppgaven undersøker problemstillingen: Hvordan kan aktører i Vestland bidra til bærekraftig omstilling i små og mellomstore bedrifter (heretter SMB-er). Oppgaven reflekterer erfaringer og observasjoner fra et ... -
Characterisation of Megabenthic Community Structure at the Fåvne Hydrothermal Vent Field, with Implications for Environmental Management of Seabed Mining
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)There is an increased interest for deep-sea mining in Norwegian waters due to the potential use of minerals in the green shift. However, concerns have been raised regarding the sustainability of such activities. This study ... -
Tråd og tare. Korleis sikre grøn produksjon gjennom bærekraftig materialval
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Abstract: This master's thesis presents the findings of my internship at Ocean Forest, a large-scale producer of kelp, with the objective of improving and enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of their production. ... -
Making world hunger legible : The politics of measuring global food insecurity
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-02)Indikatorar for mattryggleik og ernæring er blant dei mest sentrale måleinstrumenta for internasjonal utvikling. Forskingslitteraturen kring historiske, konseptuelle og politiske dimensjonar ved måling av svolt er likevel ... -
Measuring the end of hunger: Knowledge politics in the selection of SDG food security indicators
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Ending world hunger remains one of the central global challenges, but the question of how to measure and define the problem is politically charged. This article chronicles and analyses the indicator selection process for ... -
The interaction between cultural heritage and community resilience in disaster-affected volcanic regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Research on cultural heritage and disasters often focuses on the vulnerability of heritage and ways to disaster-proof it against geophysical, societal, and environmental hazards. However, heritage might in turn also increase ... -
Framing ‘Resilient Cities’: System Versus Community Focused Interpretations of Urban Climate Resilience
(Chapter, 2023)Building urban resilience to climate change and other challenges will be essential for maintaining thriving cities into the future. Resilience has become very popular in both research on and practice of climate adaptation. ...