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Feminism, Epistemology & Morality
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Biotechnology: Action and choice in second modernity.
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Towards Inclusive Environmental Governance: a Study of the Expert-Lay Interplay in a Brazilian Social Movement
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-04-17)First and foremost this dissertation concerns itself with inclusive manners of environmental governance. In a broad sense, it addresses the science-politics interplay in environmental governance. It focuses upon two main ... -
Det liturgiske møte. Språk og gudsmetaforer i Den norske kirkes høymesse
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Førende forestillinger i fosterpolitikken. En metafor- og diskursanalyse av hvordan kvinne, foster og abort blir konstituert i stortingsdebatter om abort og fosterdiagnostikk
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-08-14)Abstract Background: During the first twenty years of prenatal diagnostics in Norway, selective abortion on eugenic grounds according to The Abortion Law`s section 2c was seen as an advisable and reasonable medical decision. ... -
The notion of ‘responsible development’ in new approaches to governance of nanosciences and nanotechnologies
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-10-08)This PhD dissertation looks at the development of nanosciences and nanotechnologies (nanoST), a field that has gained tremendous political and economic momentum in the first decade of the 21st century. It is also a field ... -
Quantity in Old Norse and modern peninsular North Germanic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-02-08)This article discusses the transition from a system with contrastive, segmental quantity in Old Norse into the present day system characterizing most Norwegian and Swedish dialects, where stressed syllables are obligatorily ... -
Conversations About Responsible Nanoresearch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-03)There is currently a strong focus on responsible research in relation to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. This study presents a series of conversations with nanoresearchers, with the ‘European Commission ... -
Habermas' method: Rational reconstruction
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-10-07)This dissertation clarifies, discusses and elaborates on the method of Jürgen Habermas’ philosophical enterprise: rational reconstruction. The method is designed for a systematic reconstruction of the intuitive knowledge ... -
Making Sense of Rare Earth Elements. An interdisciplinary approach to mineral resources’ ethics and governance
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-05-24)This interdisciplinary PhD dissertation aims to identify and address the ethical challenges posed by rare earth elements, as a non-renewable, ill-distributed, and valuable resource. The overall theoretical framework in ... -
Making common sense of vaccines: an example of discussing the recombinant attenuated salmonella vaccine with the public
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-10)Researchers have iterated that the future of synthetic biology and biotechnology lies in novel consumer applications of crossing biology with engineering. However, if the new biology’s future is to be sustainable, early ... -
Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-17)We assessed the state of knowledge regarding the effects of large-scale pollution with neonicotinoid insecticides and fipronil on non-target invertebrate species of terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. A large ... -
Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-19)Since their discovery in the late 1980s, neonicotinoid pesticides have become the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide, with large-scale applications ranging from plant protection (crops, vegetables, fruits), ... -
The decision: Relations to oneself, authority and vulnerability in the field of selective abortion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11-03)This article is about selective abortion. It concentrates on the existential, moral and social conditions that arise when pregnant women, using prenatal diagnosis (PND), are told that there is something seriously wrong ... -
On Cultures and Artscience. Interdisciplinarity and Discourses of “Twos” and “Threes” after Snow’s Two Cultures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)At least since C.P. Snow’s seminal Rede lecture The Two Cultures, the idea of a significant difference in kind between the natural sciences and the arts and humanities has been prevalent in Western culture. A gap has been ... -
Intellectual Practicians: An Exploration of Professionalism among Upper Secondary School Teachers with Icelandic Mother Tongue Teachers as a Contextualized Empirical Case
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-05-21)The study Intellectual practicians explores an educational practice; more particularly that of mother tongue teachers in upper secondary school in Iceland as experienced and described by some of these teachers. The study’s ... -
When laypeople are right and experts are wrong: Lessons from love canal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Love Canal, a suburban town in New York State built on a waste disposal site of a former chemical factory, provoked one of the first major environmental controversies. It involved scientists, citizens and politicians, ... -
Do-it-yourself biology andelectronic waste hacking: A politics of demonstration in precarious times
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)In recent years, there has been an explosion of do it yourself, maker and hacker spaces in Europe. Through makers and do-it-yourself initiatives, ‘hacking’ is moving into the everyday life of citizens. This article explores ... -
What hat are you wearing? On the multiple roles of fishery scientists in the ICES community
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Trends towards a more participatory agenda in policy-relevant science imply that the roles and work tasks of scientists become more multifaceted. In Europe, the increased use of multiannual plans creates a need for fishery ... -
What Ethics for Bioart?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-04)Living artworks created with biotechnology raise a range of ethical questions, some of which are unprecedented, others well known from other contexts. These questions are often discussed within the framework of bioethics, ...