Faculty of Social Sciences
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Department of Economics [426]
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Department of Geography [837]
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Department of Government [585]
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Department of Sociology [522]
Recent Submissions
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Why We Need Minimum Wages: Pay, Recognition, and Economic Citizenship
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Statutory minimum wages have become an important tool for regulating labor markets. One major reason is the decline in collective wage bargaining. But how can minimum wages be justified? We show that their best justification ... -
Embrace or leave social media? On the viability of public service media organizations’ strategies facing platform power
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article addresses the question of whether a withdrawal from social media platforms represents a viable strategy in the ongoing relational power negotiations between public service media and platforms, and if so, under ... -
«Learning by diving» – innovasjonspedagogikk i praksis. Mediestudentar på gyngande museumsgrunn
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Kvar skjer når mediestudentar blir utfordra til å formidle kulturarv på nyskapande måtar? Artikkelen presenterer ein empirisk eksempelstudie blant studentar som har vore med på prosjekt der innovasjonspedagogikk er brukt ... -
Sustainability beyond optimization : Public-private actor interactions in urban logistics governance
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-12-17)Den 'bærekraftige' byen er en forførende visjon, som krever rekonfigurering av eksisterende transportsystemer. Både moderne transportforskning og politikkutforming er imidlertid overveldende fokusert på passasjermobilitet ... -
An integrated assessment framework for sustainable development: System Dynamics and its capacity for methodological integration
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-12-16)Ideen til denne oppgaven oppsto fra behovet for å håndtere og redusere kompleksiteten som ligger i politikkplanlegging for bærekraftig utvikling. Hovedmålet er å generere skreddersydd, handlingsvennlig informasjon for ... -
Analyzing sustainable development strategies through multi-method integration in the Green Economy Model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Given the increasing interconnectedness of social, economic, and environmental systems, it is increasingly evident there is a need for a new generation of decision support systems to assess the sustainability of development ... -
Examining the merits of feature-specific similarity functions in the news domain using human judgments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Online news article recommendations are typically of the ‘more like this’ type, gener- ated by similarity functions. Across three studies, we examined the representativeness of different similarity functions for news item ... -
Introduction to the special issue – Frontiers of property: promises, pitfalls, and ambivalences of ‘resurgent collectivisation’ in global land and resource governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Over the last several decades, a growing number of states, international organisations, and NGOs have pressed for new legislation and policies to formally recognise previously neglected options for collectively owning – ... -
Ultra-short-term global horizontal irradiance forecasting based on a novel and hybrid GRU-TCN model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The need for energy is increasing globally due to a several factors, including population growth and economic development. Achieving this energy demand in the face of global warming and the depletion of fossil fuels requires ... -
Early Holocene occurrence of loess in Folldal, east-central southern Norway: Identification, origin and palaeoclimatic significance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Identified for the first time in Norway, windblown yellowish-brown dust in Folldal, east-central southern Norway, fulfils physical and geochemical criteria for sensu stricto loess, including a high carbonate content. Two ... -
Digital Flux: The Process of Youth Disconnection in an Ambivalent Digital Modernity
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-11-28)Denne avhandlingen undersøker fenomenet digital frakobling blant ungdom, med vekt på dets prosessuelle natur og hvordan det formes av den iboende ambivalensen i dagens digitale moderniteten. Hovedforskningsspørsmålet som ... -
Intensified Late-Holocene aeolian activity in Vesterålen, northern Norway – increased storminess or human impact?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study reconstructs Mid- to Late-Holocene aeolian activity based on lacustrine sediments from a small pond, Nøkktjønna, situated ~1.5 km northeast from the coast, and stratigraphical investigations of coastal dunes at ... -
Navigating Demographic Transitions: Analyzing Refugee Population Dynamics and Urban Relocation in the Kinn Municipality
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis explores the demographic challenges and policy responses within Kinn Kommune, focusing on the projected population decline and regional strategies aimed at mitigating outmigration and fostering community ... -
Watt sense of community? A human geography agenda on energy communities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Energy communities can potentially advance just transitions towards low-carbon systems by devolving energy production and consumption to local scales. During vibrant debates on evolving energy geographies for more than a ... -
Alle må med: Styreres erfaringer med å etablere og utvikle profesjonelle læringsfellesskap i barnehagen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Denne artikkelen undersøker barnehagestyreres erfaringer med etablering og utvikling av profesjonelle læringsfellesskap i egne barnehager. Studien springer ut av et større utviklingsarbeid gjennom Regional ordning for ... -
Psychologically Informed Design of Energy Recommender Systems: Are Nudges Still Effective in Tailored Choice Environments?
(Chapter, 2024)Studies in psychology have shown various ways how humans can be influenced in their choices and behavior. Many of these persuasive strategies and nudges are now also used online, affecting how digital choice environments ... -
I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article challenges the common assumption that the partisan identification of bureaucratic elites is fixed over time. Building on principal-agent and organization theory, we hypothesize that bureaucratic elites may ... -
Intra-organizational Mobility and Employees’ Work-related Contact Patterns: Evidence from Panel Data in the European Commission
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Programs to encourage staff to move within public-sector organizations have become increasingly widespread in recent decades. Yet, although there are some anecdotal accounts, the effects of such intraorganizational mobility ... -
Human Factors in User Modeling for Intelligent Systems
(Chapter, 2024)In the current digital landscape, humans take center stage. This has caused a paradigm shift in the realm of intelligent technologies, prompting researchers and (industry) practitioners to reflect on the challenges and ... -
Action Models for Coalition Logic
(Chapter, 2023)In the paper, we study the dynamics of coalitional ability by proposing an extension of coalition logic (CL). CL allows one to reason about what a coalition of agents is able to achieve through a joint action, no matter ...