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1968 and its other worlds: Global events and (anti-)state dynamics in France, Mozambique and Vanuatu
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This article de-centres the moment, event and impact of 1968 and expands it temporally and spatially. Taking a longue durée approach charting a trajectory from the 1960s into the 1980s, we analyse statist and anti-statist ... -
The 2010 Football World Cup and the Rainbow Nation. A critical discourse analysis of the upcoming football World Cup 2010 in South Africa
(Master thesis, 2010-02-01)A critical discourse analysis of the upcoming Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Is the coming event used as a part of the nation- building process? -
The 2019 local and regional elections in Norway: The periphery strikes again
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The 2019 local and regional elections in Norway took place against the backdrop of a historical local and regional amalgamation reform initiated by the Conservative-led government in 2014. We find six key outcomes from ... -
2021 Elizabeth Colson Lecture, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford. The Afterlives of Return and the Limits of Refugee Protection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article features a long-term refugee in Greece who decided to return to his home country in the face of severe illness. I ask what his illness and treatment in Greece, and ultimately his return to Sudan, reveal about ... -
20th century Betula pubescens subsp. czerepanovii tree- and forest lines in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11-23)Background: Georeferenced tree- and forest line data has a wide range of applications and are increasingly used for e.g. monitoring of climate change impacts and range shift modelling. As part of a research project, ... -
A case study on The Vicious Cycle of Food Insecurity in Small-scale Farmer Households in Zambia
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A different way of eating ¨Beef vs Chicken¨
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"A Director's Medium" En analyse av Michel Gondry og Chris Cunninghams virke som musikkvideoregissører sett i lys av kanonbegrepet og historisk auteur-tankegang.
(Master thesis, 2007)Tre DVD-utgivelser fra 2003, Palm Pictures' The Work of Director Spike Jonze, ...Chris Cunningham og ...Michel Gondry, snudde på det tradisjonelle hierarkiet mellom artist og musikkvideoregissør og satte regissøren som ... -
A Geoecological History of Høgtuvbreen: Vegetation succession on the foreland of a retreating glacier in northern Norway
(Master thesis, 2022-08-01)Norway is facing massive glacial ablation, with projections of 98% loss of glacial cover by the close of the 21st century, releasing thousands of square kilometres to the progression of primary succession. Alongside this, ... -
A Hypothetical Model of Food Loss Generation from Grocery Store to Customer
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A mood tracking interface for mobile application -to help assess well being in students.
(Master thesis, 2021-02-12)Many students struggle with mental health issues, however, research show that few of them seek help for their problems (Knapstad et al., 2018). In this study, a mobile mood tracking interface is developed with the objective ... -
A multimodal approach for event detection from lifelogs
(Master thesis, 2020-07-07)This paper analyzes how personal lifelog data which contains biometric, visual, activity data, can be leveraged to detect points in time where the individual is partaking in an eating activity. To answer this question, ... -
A Reaffirmed Call for Responsibility-Sharing: Determinants of Responsibility-Sharing after the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)This thesis investigates what can explain states’ contributions to responsibility-sharing in the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees. Refugees and the responsibilities of refugee protection continue to be ... -
A social cooperative fitness application promoting an active lifestyle
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A study of decadal scale glacier changes of the Lunana glacier system in Bhutan, Himalaya, with considerations to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs)
(Master thesis, 2020-06-24)This study assesses changes in glacier area, velocity, and geodetic mass balance for a selection of glaciers in the Lunana glacier system of Bhutan, Himalaya. It takes considerations to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) ... -
A system dynamic approach for determination of optimal monetary policy during the war and post- war period in Ukraine
(Master thesis, 2023-06-09)This thesis aims to develop and test a robust model that illustrates the process of inflation targeting in Ukraine during the war. The research expands to analyze the current inflation situation, examine transmission ... -
A System Dynamic Approach for Evaluating the Effect of Shocking News on Stock Market - Case Study: Volkswagen’s Scandal
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A system dynamics approach to study the state of U.S. roads: validation of dynamic hypothesis
(Master thesis, 2021-08-26)The United States of America which has the world’s biggest road network, is falling behind when it comes to the condition of roads. The 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure found the nation’s road infrastructure ... -
A system dynamics approach to study the sustainable reduction of a restaurant food waste
(Master thesis, 2022-06-03)The study has been conducted with three phases: supply phase, production, distribution and consumption phase and waste management which rules the total food waste model.