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To Be in the World But Not of It: American Evangelicals and the Dilemmas of Being Christian in a Secular World
(Master thesis, 2009-06-22)In this thesis I explore how evangelical Christians in two different churches in the US relate to the society they live in, which they regard as secular. I will give insight to their narratives on how they see their lives ... -
To be or not to be. Om strategier for overlevelse, maktkamp og vennskap i et kostskolehus
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To be unemployed is not to be dependent. The politics of narratives surrounding unemployment
(Master thesis, 2013-06-18)Based on six months of fieldwork in London in the first half of 2012, this thesis aims to understand how unemployment is a situation that is understood in different ways based on political understanding and moral categories. ... -
To comply or not to comply? Building an index for constitutional compliance
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)There are limited, but increasing, attempts at quantitatively measuring the distance between de jure provisions and their de facto adherence. Such attempts seem mostly concerned with rights provisions, but some also concern ... -
"To hell with you and your union, we are going whatever you say". An ethnographic study of how class, race, ethnicity, and immigration affected the Brexit referendum
(Master thesis, 2018-06-06)Based on a five-month long fieldwork in Wigan, North West England this thesis presents an analysis of how class, immigration, ethnicity and race affected the Brexit referendum. I did my fieldwork in a post-industrialised ... -
To sider av same sak: Ein kvantitativ casestudie av haldningar til kommunesamanslåing og politisk legitimitet
(Master thesis, 2013-06-06)Oppgåva studerer årsaker til haldningar til kommunesamanslåing og korleis desse heng saman med legitimitetsgrunnlaget for kommunesamanslåingar. To kommunar, Hareid og Ulstein, utgjer casen for analysen. Analyseeiningane ... -
To våtmarksområder i endring over 70 år: Naturtypekartlegging og økologisk tilstandsvurdering av Ulsetstemma og Krosslivatnet i Åsane i Bergen
(Master thesis, 2020-06-23)Forvaltning av våtmark- og ferskvannsystemer havner ofte i konflikt med annen verdiskapning tilknyttet urbanisering. Slike blå-grønne infrastrukturer er svært viktige. De er grønne lunger som tilbyr både økologiske og ... -
A tough trade-off? The asymmetrical impact of populist radical right inclusion on satisfaction with democracy and government
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Populist radical right (PRR) parties are increasingly included in coalition governments across Western Europe. How does such inclusion affect satisfaction with democracy (SWD) in these societies? While some citizens will ... -
Tourism in the global periphery: A case study from Manang, Nepal Himalaya
(Master thesis, 2006)This study examines the impacts of tourism in a small mountain village in the Nepal Himalayas. During the 1980s, especially, there was a strong global increase in tourism to “remote” places. This increase consequently led ... -
Toward a Sociologically Enriched Understanding of Anti-Media Populism:The Case of Enough is Enough!
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The antagonist relationship between the people and mainstream media constitutes an integral dimension of populism. Recently, this relationship has been articulated through the concept of “anti-media populism,” which ... -
Toward ‘Cultures of Engagement’? An exploratory comparison of engagement patterns on Facebook news posts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Information production, dissemination, and consumption are contingent upon cultural and financial dimensions. This study attempts to find cultures of engagement that reflect how audiences engage with news posts made by ... -
Towards a Big Data Platform for News Angles
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Finding good angles on news events is a central journalistic and editorial skill. As news work becomes increasingly computer-assisted and big-data based, journalistic tools therefore need to become better able to support ... -
Towards a Greener Economy : Entrepreneurs, Clusters and Changing Markets
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-03-02)A shift towards a greener economy is inevitable, given the urgency to deal with climate change and other pressing environmental challenges. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the theoretical and empirical understanding ... -
Towards a pragmatist aesthetics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this paper, I make the case that the tradition of pragmatism may usefully inform aesthetic criticism. To that end, I contrast the anti-essentialist outlook and the ethico-political concerns of neo-pragmatist philosopher ... -
Towards a relational conception of the compact city
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Compact city strategies have become central to the development of urban sustainability politics. Cities across the globe are pursuing high-density, mixed-use developments and energy-efficient transportation systems. However, ... -
Towards a working model for the effective participation of women in national politics in Zimbabwe
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Towards Adaptive Technology in Routine Mental Healthcare
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper summarizes the information technology-related research findings after 5 years with the INTROducing Mental health through Adaptive Technology project. The aim was to improve mental healthcare by introducing new ... -
Towards an automated journalism framework for social data monitoring
(Conference poster, 2022)News and information dissemination have long been a vital human practice. Concurrent with the traditional media channels such as radio and television, online social networks (OSNs), are regarded as the new generation of ...