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Training Googles SyntaxNet to understand Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)We use Google’s open source neural network framework, SyntaxNet, to train a fully automatic part-of-speech language tagger for Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk. Using SyntaxNet, we are able to get comparable results with other ... -
Trajectories of Mental Health Problems in Childhood and Adult Voting Behaviour: Evidence from the 1970s British Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The link between childhood mental health difficulties such as conduct problems and adult political abstention has been overlooked despite early mental health difficulties potentially resulting in political self-marginalisation. ... -
Transformation as relational mobilisation: The networked geography of Addis Ababa’s sustainable transport interventions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Literatures on sustainability transition and transformation increasingly emphasise the role of spatiality and local agency. This paper argues that relational thinking has much more to offer this debate than presently ... -
Transformation of New Public Management: shaping a hybrid in Nepal?
(Master thesis, 2008-08-04)This study finds evidences in support of a thesis of divergence in shaping of new public management (NPM). The underpinning of the study is that NPM gains a new hybrid shape as it goes through a complex interactive process ... -
Transforming food systems at local levels: using participatory system dynamics in an interactive manner to refine small-scale farmers’ mental models
(Journal article, 2017-10)Food systems will need to undergo considerable transformation. To be better prepared for and resilient to uncertainty and disturbances in the future, resource users and managers need to further develop knowledge about the ... -
Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of ... -
Transgressive spillerkarakterer: Kjønnsstereotyper og giftig spillkultur rundt The Last of Us Part 2
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Med utgangspunkt i protagonistene Ellie og Abby, i spillet The Last of Us Part 2 (2020), undersøker jeg hvordan disse kvinnelige spillerkarakterer kan oppleves som grenseoverskridende, altså transgressive, og hvordan de ... -
Transitioning to Electric Vehicles in the US
(Master thesis, 2022-12-12)Concerns about growing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels have become increasingly pressing in recent years and reducing energy use and shifting to cleaner fuels have become explicit political goals. The US is ... -
Transizione verso cosa? Un’ anthropologia storica della finanza, della moneta e delle crisi economiche
(Journal article, 2022)The last decade of financial crisis, «financialization» and «quantitative easing» has been a feast of public learning about money and finance. Anthropology, history, and political economy rediscovered a «forgotten» history ... -
Transnasjonalisering og translasjon - en studie av nordiske sentralforvaltningers europeisering og dens effekter på administrative styringsnormer
(Master thesis, 2008-06-04)Denne studien undersøker hvordan forholdet mellom politiske og fagprofesjonelle styringsnormer fortoner seg i arbeidet med det europeiske saksfeltet i de nordiske sentralforvaltningene. Med utgangspunkt i et større ... -
Transnational Ageing in Place. The Case of Pakistani and Polish migrants in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-12-04)This thesis combines the research field of social gerontology and the field of migration research to explore the experiences of “ageing in place” among Pakistani and Polish migrants in Norway. In the social gerontological ... -
Transnational Governance of the European External Borders: The case of Joint Operation Triton
(Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Frontex plays an important role in assisting European Union Member States towards ensuring effective and coherent management of its external borders. This study examines the way that Frontex and member states work together ... -
A Transnational Political Engagement: Solidarity, Nationhood and Pan-Tamilness among the Tamils of Tamilnadu
(Master thesis, 2015-06-15)In this study I will explore and investigate the development of the contemporary student agitation which has unfolded in the Southern Indian state of Tamilnadu since 2008 and been axed around the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils. ... -
Transparency beyond information disclosure: strategies of the Scandinavian public health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The concept of transparency has been problematized in risk research. This exploratory study contributes to the risk literature by considering an established three-dimensional transparency framework (information substantiality, ... -
Transpersoners tanker om kjønn. En kvalitativ studie av transpersoners opplevelser og erfaringer rundt forventninger til kjønn.
(Master thesis, 2019-06-19)Formålet med denne studien har vært å gjøre en sosiologisk analyse av hvilke tanker transpersoner har rundt forventninger til kjønn. Studien har hatt som mål å diskutere tematikken ut fra informantenes subjektive opplevelser ... -
Traust, grå og kommunal? - En casestudie av omdømmebygging i tre distriktskommuner etter deltagelse på Distriktssenteret sin omdømmeskole.
(Master thesis, 2021-07-01)Denne masteroppgaven har analysert hvordan tre distriktskommuner har arbeidet med omdømmebygging etter deltagelse på Distriktssenteret sin omdømmeskole. De tre kommunene som blir undersøkt i denne oppgaven er Kvinesdal ... -
Travel time prediction using historical big open data
(Master thesis, 2019-11-30)The need for travel time estimations and prediction for both transit companies and travelers are increasing. Intelligent transportation systems are often plagued by a shortage of data sources to properly assess the traffic ... -
Travelling Girlhood: Feminist Discourses as Narrative Resources for the American Adaptation of the Norwegian High-School Drama SKAM
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In the American adaptation of the Norwegian youth drama SKAM (2015-2017), the translation of feminist discourse informing the plot shifts the conflict from a social, political, and democratic level to a question of liberation ... -
Travlere lege – mindre oppfølging? Fastlegers behandling av pasienter med depresjon etter Samhandlingsreformen
(Master thesis, 2021-06-15)Formålet med denne oppgaven har vært å undersøke om større arbeidsmengde for fastleger påvirker deres behandling av depresjonspasienter. Samhandlingsreformen innføres i helsevesenet i 2012 og introduserer variasjon i ... -
Tre offentlige kontor i et bygg – NAV utad, men ikke innad? En sosiologisk studie av hvordan de ansatte ved et NAV lokalkontor har erfart omstillingsprosessen
(Master thesis, 2008-12-17)NAV-reformen ble iverksatt 1. juli 2006, og skal være fullført i løpet av 2009. Reformen innebærer at tidligere Aetat og Trygdeetaten nå blir slått sammen til en ny etat, Arbeids- og velferdsetaten, som sammen med tidligere ...