Browsing Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) by Title
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A comparative study of 20 potential offshore wind sites in Norway
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis addresses spatial planning for offshore wind energy in Norway, with a focus on sustainability. Through a comparative analysis, it explores 20 newly identified offshore wind areas by the Norwegian Water Resources ... -
Adapting seasonal beekeeping patterns in western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper is about how Western Norway beekeepers synchronise their practices to perceived patterns of seasonal rhythms and adapt their timings and ways of working as they sense shifts in these rhythmic seasonal patterns ... -
Addressing epistemic injustices in species at risk assessments through improved credibility and legitimacy: case study of narwhal management in Ittoqqortoormiit
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The regulation of seal and whale hunting in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) belongs to the Naalakkersuisut (National Government), which is notably informed by the work of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the North Atlantic ... -
Affording excellence: What does excellence funding do for researchers?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The ambitions to fund excellent researchers and path-breaking research unite a whole family of funding instruments ranging from Centres of Excellence to individual grants. While instruments aimed at funding excellence share ... -
Amplifying Ambiguities. Art on the Fringes of Biotechnology
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-31)This doctoral dissertation presents a study of artists’ engagements with wet biotechnologies, considering ‘bioart’ in relation to related approaches. Bioart is at present emerging as an important art form ... -
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 ... -
Applying Principles of Sociotechnical Systems onto Working Environment Research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The sociotechnical system approach induced a consistent system thinking into the Scandinavian working life research. Workers’ social and psychological needs and technical/systemic conditions were seen as deeply interdependent. ... -
Beyond rules: How institutional cultures and climate governance interact
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Institutions have a central role in climate change governance. But while there is a flourishing literature on institutions' formal rules, processes, and organizational forms, scholars lament a relative lack of attention ... -
Biotechnology: Action and choice in second modernity.
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-11) -
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 ... -
Brokerage at the science–policy interface: from conceptual framework to practical guidance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article analyses the conceptual framework of brokerage at the science–policy interface as an important boundary function to support trusted and transparent government decision-making. Policymaking involves a broad ... -
Building climate resilience in deltas amid uncertainty and surprise
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Delta management has been quite successful at reducing historical risks. However, climate change and the myriad of other challenges that deltas face involve many uncertainties and unknowns, leading to potential surprises ... -
Cancer Biomarkers: Ethics, Economics and Society
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The Challenge of Quantification: An Interdisciplinary Reading
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The present work looks at what we call “the multiverse of quantification”, where visible and invisible numbers permeate all aspects and venues of life. We review the contributions of different authors who focus on the roles ... -
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 ... -
The Circular Economy in Europe.Critical Perspectives on Policies and Imaginaries
(Book; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
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 ...