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Displacing Conflicting Goals in Planning for Sustainability? Insights from Three Norwegian Cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainable transformation is hampered by conflicting goals. Here we examine how goal conflicts are handled in planning practice, focusing on processes around municipal climate and sustainability governance. We investigate ... -
Displaying rainy days in Bergen(s Tidende): Combining weather and news in a user-friendly way
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This thesis studies users', especially Bergenser's, relationship to weather with the aim to make a prototype of weather widgets for Bergens Tidende's digital platforms. By applying Design Science Research methodologies, a ... -
Dispossession and ethnic identity in expanding state space of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2014-06-15)In the milieu of the global development and state' formation of Bangladesh, the Khyang people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are in a situation of economic transition and marginalization. Bangladesh state's persistence ... -
Dissecting Public Opinion on Regional Authority: Four Types of Regionalists Based on Citizens’ Preferences for Self-Rule and Shared Rule
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Although regional governments play vital roles in most political systems, citizens’ perceptions regarding regional authority are only rarely studied. Relying on the International Constitutional Values Survey held among ... -
Dissent, Legitimacy, and Public Support for Court Decisions: Evidence from a Survey‐Based Experiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars often argue that whereas unanimous rulings should boost public support for court decisions, dissents should fuel public opposition. Previous studies on public responses to U.S. Supreme Court decisions suggest that ... -
Distinguishing Septal Heart Defects from the Valvular Regurgitation Using Intelligent Phonocardiography
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents an original machine learning method for extracting diagnostic medical information from heart sound recordings. The method is proposed to be integrated with an intelligent phonocardiography in order to ... -
Distribuert programutvikling i et virtuelt miljø, Design og evaluering av en prototype for Scrum i Second Life
(Master thesis, 2009-12-16)Scrum er en metode for å organisere arbeidet til programmeringsteam.Slike team benytter ulike verktøy og møter for å kommunisere og koordinere sittarbeidet. En fremtredende trend er Scrum team som benytter seg av distribuert ... -
Distribuert samarbeidende organisering av musikkmateriale. Design og evaluering av «Collaborative Music Organizer»
(Master thesis, 2008-05-15)Musikken man hører på til daglig er et resultat av samarbeid. I enhver musikkproduksjon har flere aktører medvirket for å skape det kunstneriske sluttproduktet: musikere komponerer og spiller musikken, lydteknikere prosesserer ... -
Distributed Readiness Citizenship: A Realistic, Normative Concept for Citizens’ Public Connection
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article argues that our view of citizens as miserably failing to maintain their role in democracy is problematic, and that the problems stem from the “informed citizen” ideal: it is too demanding, but also misses the ... -
Distribution and genesis of tills in central South Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1977-06-01)The morphogenesis of tills below the culmination zones of the Weichselian inland ice has been studied in an upland area with a relief of 1500 m. The thickness of the tills varies considerably, depending principally on ... -
Distribution effects of central bank independence: A panel data analysis of 134 countries between 1980 and 2012
(Master thesis, 2017-06-21)Increasing inequality within countries has been put on the agenda in recent years, much due to the impact of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century. The distributive effects of central bank independence have ... -
The disturbance-diversity relationship: integrating biodiversity conservation and resource management in anthropogenic landscapes
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-28)Disturbance, natural or anthropogenic, is ubiquitous to forest and grassland ecosystems across the globe. Many of these ecosystems have evolved alongside centuries old anthropogenic disturbance regimes. Understanding how ... -
Diversifying the compact city: A renewed agenda for geographical research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The compact city has become part of the policy orthodoxy in dealing with climate change and other sustainability challenges, and scholars from a diverse set of disciplines have informed this policy through empirical research. ... -
Diversity Dilemmas. Majority approaches to societal diversity in Norway and Europe
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Diversity in Stakeholder Preferences Regarding EU Policy: The Effect of Survey Elements within Processes of Open Public Consultation
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)Since the "European Governance A White Paper" launched in 2001, the European Union has worked to improve accountability and transparency within the organization. Preferences voiced by the public are one of the most important ... -
Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Habitat richness, that is, the diversity of ecosystem types, is a complex, spatially explicit aspect of biodiversity, which is affected by bioclimatic, geographic, and anthropogenic variables. The distribution of habitat ... -
Divide and Control: Evaluating Controllability in Multi-lists Presentation of Recommendations
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Divine Intervention: The Influence of Pentecostal Sermons on Democratic Values Evidence from Zambia
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)Pentecostalism has grown immensely over the last 20 years in many African states, but we have little systematic understanding of how this growth affects democratic development. Drawing on democratic theories that emphasise ... -
Do actions speak louder than words? - Communication and partner choice in the prisoner's dilemma game
(Master thesis, 2018-06-28)Communication has been shown to enhance cooperation (Dawes, McTavish and Shaklee 1977; Isaac and Walker 1988; Sally 1995; Bochet, Page and Putterman 2006). But do all people benefit equally from communication? This thesis ... -
Do citizens make inferences from political candidate characteristics when aiming for substantive representation?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We elicit citizens' preferences over hypothetical candidates by applying conjoint survey experiments within a probability-based online panel of the Norwegian electorate. Our experimental treatments differ in whether citizens ...