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Adopsjon eller offentlig omsorg? En studie av befolkningens syn på adopsjon som tiltak i barnevernet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Barnevernet kan gjennomføre adopsjoner av fosterbarn uten biologiske foreldres samtykke. Dette representerer en betydelig utøvelse av statlig makt, og norsk rett krever særlig tungtveiende grunner for å tillate adopsjon. ... -
Adopting a mojo mindset: Training newspaper reporters in mobile journalism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Due to the visual turn in journalism and the emergence of mobile journalism, many newspaper journalists have had to change the way they work and learn to use new tools. To face these changes, traditional news organizations ... -
Adoption from care in Norway
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Advances in Lifelog Data Organisation and Retrieval at the NTCIR-14 Lifelog-3 Task
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Lifelogging refers to the process of digitally capturing a continuous and detailed trace of life activities in a passive manner. In order to assist the research community to make progress in the organisation and retrieval ... -
Advancing digital disconnection research: Introduction to the special issue
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Over the past decade, scholarly interest in “digital disconnection” and related concepts has grown in media and communication studies, and in related disciplines. The idea of digital disconnection explicitly references ... -
Advocacy coalition approach to policymaking - A study of the civil society's contribution to Ghana's oil industry
(Master thesis, 2017)This study examines the civil society’s contribution to policymaking in Ghana’s oil industry. To achieve this objective, the study draws from the activism of a civil society venture called Civil Society Platform for Oil ... -
The aesthetics of depression in the work of Lars von Trier. Ethical considerations on "Depression Trilogy"
(Master thesis, 2016-08-31)The following dissertation investigates whether Lars von Trier's film representations of depression go beyond medical and social conventions related to the illness, in order to underline the complex character of its suffering ... -
Aetat: en organisatorisk kameleon. En studie av endringsprosesser i Aetat fra 1990 til 2003
(Master thesis, 2004)Tema og problemstilling: Aetat er en stor, offentlig forvaltningsinstitusjon som skal følge utviklingen på arbeidsmarkedet og gjennomføre den vedtatte arbeidsmarkedspolitikken. Etaten er preget av uforutsigbare omgivelser ... -
”AF og Akademikerne”
(Master thesis, 2007)Temaet for min hovedoppgave er hovedsammenslutninger på arbeidstakersiden i Norge, med spesielt fokus på Akademikernes Fellesorganisasjon (AF) og Akademikerne. Organisasjonsmønsteret/-kartet på arbeidstakersiden i Norge ... -
Affective Polarization in Multiparty Systems? Comparing Affective Polarization Towards Voters and Parties in Norway and the United States
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)A growing body of comparative studies on partisan hostility – a phenomenon known as affective polarization – is providing evidence that partisan affective polarization is generally no greater in the United States than it ... -
Affektiv polarisering i Norden – en oversikt
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Affirmative action measures and electoral candidates’ positioning in Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While the increase of women in elected office has received much scholarly attention, less attention has been paid to the dynamics of resisting gender quotas in countries that fail to adopt such measures despite regional ... -
Affluence and Influence in a Social Democracy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Research from the United States and Europe suggests that affluent citizens enjoy considerably more policy influence than do average citizens and the poor. I examine the extent of unequal policy responsiveness in one of the ... -
Affordable Care Act- for better or for worse? - En liten oppsummering
(Master thesis, 2017-06-29)Helse som menneskerettighet er ikke konstitusjonelt forankret i USA, men Obama, som mange presidenter før han satte helse som menneskerettighet på den politiske dagsordenen. Det var hans viktigste innenrikspolitiske ... -
Affordances in Mobile Augmented Reality Applications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)This paper explores the affordances of augmented reality content in a mobile augmented reality application. A user study was conducted by performing a multi-camera video recording of seven think aloud sessions. The think ... -
Afrika (Sør for Sahara)- verdens sorte får? En empirisk analyse av kredittrangeringer
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven er å analysere hvilke faktorer som påvirker kredittrangeringer og hvordan rangeringene er for Afrika (Sør for Sahara) i forhold til andre regioner. Ifølge Haque, Mark og Mathieson (2000) ... -
Afrikansk samarbeid i regionale mellomstatlege institusjonar.
(Master thesis, 2009-05-20)The thesis deals with interstate cooperation in African regional institutions, and poses the question: What characterizes African interstate cooperation as opposed to regional cooperation in other world regions. Institutional ... -
After the Flood: Reflections on the Sociality of Saltwater Inundation on an Anthropogenic Atoll
(Master thesis, 2016-05-05)This thesis examines how Marshall Islanders live with climate change related events such as extreme weather, with specific emphasis on the 3-5 March flood of 2014. Flood events such as these in the Republic of the Marshall ...