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Gameplay Politics in Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGs)
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Gamification of Drivers Ed Theory
(Master thesis, 2017-07-08)The principal goal of this thesis was to research gamification and its relation to user satisfaction and user retention, and to see how gamification can be implemented to achieve a satisfying user experience. The main ... -
Garden metaphysics: Myth and Ritual among the Awajun People of the Peruvian High Jungle
(Master thesis, 2019-09-21)This master thesis explores the intricate ways in which the Awajun people of the Peruvian high jungle practice subsistence gardening. The Awajun garden comprises a dazzling display of flora heterogeneity, though the most ... -
Gasoline Tax? A System Dynamics Study of Private Passenger Vehicles in China
(Master thesis, 2007)Scarcity of oil and increasing demand make the crude price continue to climb,and such pressure urges our effort to reduce the reliance on oil products. As a majorconsumer of oil synthetic fuels, the transportation sector ... -
The Gaze. Unfolding Realms of Enquiry
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-06-27)This text probes into the phenomenon of seeking, as it is narrated by, and manifesting itselfamong, people who have visited Norwegian Buddhist groups to various extent. Seeking maymanifest itself in a multitude of activities, ... -
Gen(d)eralized Trust: An Experimental Approach to Interpersonal Trust and Gender Sensitivity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this research note, the authors examine the extent to which one gender is more trusted than the other, relying on between-subjects survey experiments fielded in Germany, Norway and the United States. The authors’ findings ... -
Gender and Ecological Dimensions of Oil in the L.Albert Region.
(Master thesis, 2012-08-10)Abstract The oil industry is extractive as well as capital intensive, and it often seeks to serve the interests of those controlling the means of production at the expense of other players/stakeholders. The activities of ... -
Gender and Informality in the Construction. Industry in Ghana’s Oil City Takoradi
(Master thesis, 2012-05-14) -
Gender and Political Seniority: Three Measures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article offers an innovative way of understanding gender balance in parliaments. Motivated by research documenting how newcomers are disadvantaged during their first term in office, while senior members enjoy certain ... -
The Gender Cleavage: Updating Rokkanian Theory for the Twenty-First Century
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article develops Stein Rokkan’s cleavage theory to include the gender cleavage. It discusses the gender cleavage’s structural, cultural, and organizational dimensions. The extent to which the gender cleavage becomes ... -
Gender Differences in Climate-Friendly Investments in Norwegian Agriculture and the Effect of Norm-Nudging
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)The Norwegian Farmers Union and The Norwegian Farmers and Smallholder Union have signed an intentional agreement with the Norwegian government to reduce GHG emissions from the sector with 5 million tons of CO2-equivalents ... -
Gender Dimensions in the family reunification and integration process: Eritrean immigrants in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020-06-16)This thesis presents a feminist approach towards understanding gender in the migration and integration process. It examines the dynamics involved in Eritrean families’ gender relations after they migrate to Norway and how ... -
Gender in the Supreme Court of Norway - Judicial behaviour in child custody cases, 1968 - 2011
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)This thesis explores how gender affects the votes of Norwegian Supreme Court judges in cases of disputed child custody in the period from 1968 to 2011. A typology of four common approaches to the study of gendered behaviour ... -
Gender Parity and the Symbolic Representation of Women in Senegal
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)In 2010, Senegal adopted a 50/50 gender quota law called the “Law on Parity”, which led to a dramatic increase in the number of women elected to the National Assembly in the following legislative election from 22,7% to ... -
Gender relations and household livelihood security in Lake Kariba fishing communities, Zambia
(Master thesis, 2007)The focus of this study is the livelihoods of men and women involved in fishery relatedactivities in the Lake Kariba and in the Zambezi River, Southern Province of Zambia.The main questions concerns how norms and rules for ... -
Gendered Strategies Among Migrants From Nothern Ghana in Accra: A Case Study of Madina
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)The high level of migration of people from Northern to Southern Ghana is rooted in historical antecedents. The general objective of this study is to explore the gendered strategies of migrants from Northern to Southern ... -
Gendered transition structures: life course patterns after completion of gender-segregated vocational education in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this article, we present the results from a sequence analysis of two cohorts of young people skilled in gender-segregated vocational education in Norway. By using administrative data on monthly statuses in education, ... -
The Gendering of a Farming System. A study of the relationship between gender and agricultural production in Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2018-06-12)Gender issues have increasingly been given attention to in research on agriculture and farming systems. Prior to the 1970s, gender was rarely addressed, as economic activities and more technical descriptions were prioritized ... -
Generalization of Classic Question Order Effects Across Cultures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Questionnaire design is routinely guided by classic experiments on question form, wording, and context conducted decades ago. This article explores whether two question order effects (one due to the norm of evenhandedness ...