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Understanding the Different Outcomes of the Arab Uprisings: A Comparison of Egypt and Tunisia
(Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This thesis attempts to analyse and explain the reason why Egypt and Tunisia experienced different transitional outcomes following the Arab uprisings in 2011. Although both countries appear to have similar authoritarian ... -
Understanding the dynamics emerging from the interplay among poor mental wellbeing, energy balance-related behaviors, and obesity prevalence in adolescents: A simulation-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Both obesity and poor mental wellbeing have a high prevalence in European youth. Adolescents in six countries identified mental wellbeing factors as main drivers of youth obesity through systems mapping. This study sought ... -
Understanding the dynamics of Information Security Investments: A Simulation-Based Approach
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Understanding the Dynamics of Nutrient Management and Runoff from Plant Farms in the Potomac Watershed: Take Example of Nitrogen Management in Corn Planting of Frederick
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)In this paper, we focus on nitrogen load from corn planting in Frederick, in order to explore a generalized system dynamics structure and policy indications for nutrient pollution from agricultural planting in Potomac ... -
Understanding the left-behind: Electoral support and views on redistribution
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-11-30)I dei seinare åra har statsvitskapen retta søkelyset mot grupper som kjem dårlegare ut i den post-industrielle samfunnsutviklinga. Desse gruppene – såkalla «left-behinds» – sakkar meir akterut enn andre når samfunnet vert ... -
Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-15)If you are running as an opposition candidate in an election in a non-democratic regime, you know that you are running against a candidate who has better access to the state than you. As a result, you are likely to have ... -
Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: securitization in focus
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Climate change is recognized today not just as a pressing and prominent issue on government agendas but also one that has been increasingly ‘securitized’ in a variety of national and global settings. We know little, however, ... -
Understanding ‘night grazing’: Conservation governance, rural inequalities, and shifting responses ‘from above and below’ throughout the nychthemeron in Laikipia, Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Across much of eastern Africa, the land area coverage of private or otherwise non-state conservation areas is rapidly increasing. In Kenya, these trends have sparked renewed contestation and debate concerning the property ... -
Undersøkende journalistikk i sosiale medier; Hensyn og ansvar for barn
(Master thesis, 2023-06-15)Denne kvalitative oppgaven har som mål å undersøke i hvilken grad redaktørstyrte medier, i henhold til Vær Varsom-plakaten, tar hensyn til hvordan mindreårige kan bli påvirket ved publisering av undersøkende journalistikk ... -
Undersøkende journalistikk i TV-serien "De siste dødsdømte" (NRK)
(Master thesis, 2022-12-01)Masteroppgaven tar utgangspunkt i den historiske, undersøkende TV-serien "De siste dødsdømte" (NRK) som handler om 25 nordmenn som ble henrettet etter norsk lov etter andre verdenskrig. Oppgaven består av to deler, en ... -
Undersøkende journalistikk når journalisten blir en del av fortellingen.
(Master thesis, 2023-05-25)Denne masterleveransen består av to hoveddeler. Som praktisk prosjekt leveres boken Med Harley til Honningsvåg, på to hjul gjennom et nedstengt Norge, med tilhørende metodetekst. Den teoretiske oppgaven tar for seg ulike ... -
The Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Political Interest Representation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic is viewed by many as the biggest global crisis since WWII and had profound effects on the daily lives of people and decision-making worldwide. Using the pandemic as a system-wide agenda shock, we ... -
Unequal Representation and Morality Issues: The Effect of Education on Opinion-Policy Congruence
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)A government must be responsive to all its’ citizens for a democracy to thrive, meaning that all individuals must be politically equal. This entails that their preferences are equally influential on the government’s ... -
Unequal representation of women and youth on climate policy issues
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Women and youth support climate policies to a larger extent than their counterparts, and they are underrepresented in formal politics. This paper explores whether descriptively underrepresented groups also are substantively ... -
Unequal representation: The case of climate policy and youth
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)A growing body of research finds that representation is real, but likely unequal. Policy is shown to disproportionately follow the preferences of some societal groups, most notably the rich, in advanced democracies. This ... -
The Unfeasibility of Professionalization of Primary-school Teachers in Bangladesh. An analysis of the actors and factors, 1971 - 2001
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-06-22)Objectives of the Study:The main purposes of this study are to obtain a clearer understanding of the characteristics ofprimary teaching occupation in Bangladesh and to examine the development of thisoccupational group over ... -
Ung og ledig. Et sociologisk studie af unge arbejdslediges erfaringer -hverdagen, aktivering og inkludering
(Master thesis, 2015-06-08)Nav-reformen blev etableret i 2006. Hovedformålet var at sikre at flere arbejdsledige skulle finde vejen tilbage til arbejdslivet. På daværende tidspunkt befandt flere langtidsledige sig udenfor arbejdsmarkedet end tilfældet ...