• The PO-VE Framework : Understanding the Relationships Between Player Objects and Virtual Environments in Digital Games 

  Willumsen, Ea Christina (Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-29)

  Based on a qualitative analysis of 99 different digital games, this study develops a framework for understanding the functionality and relationships between player objects and virtual environments, explored in what has ...

• "Different strokes for different folks" in egalitarian intentional communities: searching for the good life in practical utopias 

  Korsbrekke, Mari Hanssen (Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-22)

  This thesis explores egalitarian social experiments in a section within the Intentional Communities (ICs) movement in the United States of America. The central ethnographic investigation of the thesis concerns an analysis ...

• Andre verdenskrig i den sjette bølgen av Combat-film 

  Falk, Filip Juricin (Master thesis, 2021-09-01)

  Denne masteroppgaven er en sjangerstudie av combat-filmer, som er en undersjanger av krigsfilm. Sjangeren ble etablert på 1940-tallet med utgangspunkt fortellinger om andre verdenskrig og er nå etter tusenårsskiftet inne ...

• Evaluating Complex Health and Social Care Program Using Multi-criteria Decision Analysis: A Case Study of “Better Together in Amsterdam North” 

  Karimi, Milad; van der Zwaan, Lennart; Islam, Kamrul; van Genabeek, Joost; Rutten-van Mölken, Maureen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objectives: Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been recommended to support policy making in healthcare. However, practical applications of MCDA are sparse. One potential use for MCDA is for the evaluation of ...

• Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Case examples and priority information needs 

  Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Thornton, Philip K.; Jones, Andrew D.; Parsons, David; Garrett, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Analyses of food security with agricultural systems models often focus on indicators of food availability, with limited treatment of the other three dimensions: food access, stability and utilization. We illustrate how ...

• Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Current status and recommended improvements 

  Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Jones, Andrew D.; Parsons, David; Garrett, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Improvement of food security is a common objective for many agricultural systems analyses, but how food security has been conceptualized and evaluated within agricultural systems has not been systematically evaluated. We ...

• Using participatory system dynamics modeling to address complex conservation problems: Tiger farming as a case study 

  Rieder, Erica; Larson, Lincoln; 't Sas-Rolfes, Michael; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Conservation practitioners routinely work within complex social-ecological systems to address threats facing biodiversity and to promote positive human-wildlife interactions. Inadequate understanding of the direct and ...

• Human-water dynamics and their role for seasonal water scarcity – a case study 

  Lindqvist, Andreas; Fornell, Rickard; Prade, Thomas; Tufvesson, Linda; Khalil, Sammar; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Ensuring sustainable management and an adequate supply of freshwater resources is a growing challenge around the world. Even in historically water abundant regions climate change together with population growth and economic ...

• Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. 

  Lien, Frank Robert (Master thesis, 2014-09-17)

  The main purpose of the research was to investigate whether the Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP I and II) had achieved the objective of providing quality education in Tanzania. In order to do this the study aimed ...

• Traces of Grace : An Autoethnographic Exploration of Faith as Embodied Knowledge 

  Cunningham, Rita Isdal (Doctoral thesis, 2021-09-28)

  In my PhD-thesis I explore the embodiment of the Christian faith and spirituality, from the perspective of faith as an embodied knowledge, incorporating my own spiritual seeking in the endeavour to understand other people’s ...

• Brukes lokalt partiprogrammer til “vote buying” i Norge? 

  Høysæter-Fjelddalen, Magne (Master thesis, 2021-09-01)

  Formålet med min masteroppgave har vært å undersøke om det lokale partiprogrammet brukes til vote buying i Norge. Målet med oppgaven var å undersøke korrelasjonen mellom kommunale utgifter og nærhet til politiske valg i ...

• Anchovy powder enrichment in brown rice-based instant cereal: a process optimization study using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) 

  Akonor, Paa T.; Atter, Amy; Owusu, Margaret; Ampah, Jonathan; Andoh-Odoom, Anthonia; Overå, Ragnhild; Kjellevold, Marian; Pucher, Johannes; Kolding, Jeppe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  There is a need for expanding the utilization of small fish as they constitute an undervalued and important source of protein and micronutrients in many developing countries suffering from micronutrient deficiencies. One ...

• Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019) 

  Geys, Benny; Murdoch, Zuzana; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Countries have widely diverging regulations regarding the eligibility of public sector employees for political office, and the stringency of such regulations remains fiercely debated. Building on a demand and supply model ...

• En forbruksbasert tilnærming til klimaomstilling 

  Hegsbro, Kjersti Sollund (Master thesis, 2021-08-02)

  Norske kommuner har tradisjonelt fokusert på å redusere de direkte utslippene som fysisk slippes ut innenfor deres geografiske område (produksjonsbasert tilnærming), i tråd med både nasjonale og internasjonale forpliktelser. ...

• Development of a systematic method for assessing HIV-indicator data reporting in Kenya 

  Gesicho, Milka Bochere (Doctoral thesis, 2021-08-24)

  Background: In a bid to eradicate the HIV epidemic, Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) have taken strides in strengthening monitoring and evaluation through building capacity in data collection and data use. As such, ...

• Three essays on regulation in Energy and Environmental Economics 

  Heimvik, Arild (Doctoral thesis, 2021-08-20)

  There are four chapters in this thesis. The first is an introductory chapter, and the remaining three are composed of the research papers. The first part of the introductory chapter presents the problem of negative ...

• Innovasjon og utvikling i energimarkedet- En studie av markedet for solceller i Bergensregionen 

  Kalberg, Kjersti Vatnekvam (Master thesis, 2021-07-01)

  Solcellepaneler er har begynt å bli mer og mer vanlig som strømproduksjon i flere husholdninger. Som et resultat av økt fokus på grønn omstilling, økt energibehov og ansvarlige forbrukere, har total mengde av installerte ...

• The Organic Island: An ethnographic study of subsistence economics and creative resilience in the Lau Islands of Fiji 

  Larsen, Håkon (Master thesis, 2021-08-02)

  This thesis focuses on the multifaceted dimensions of sociality found in subsistence economic activities in the Lau Islands of Fiji. Primarily based on fieldwork conducted on the island of Cicia, I examine how land and sea ...

• A system dynamics approach to study the state of U.S. roads: validation of dynamic hypothesis 

  Jaiswar, Sanjeet Kumar (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 ...

• Population dynamic modeling to further improve the understanding of the impact of the level of the Proportion of Illegally Killed Elephants (PIKE) on elephant populations at a Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) site in Kenya. 

  Frigyik, Sandor Erno (Master thesis, 2021-08-17)

  Elephants play an important role in ecosystem function and help maintain suitable habitats for many other species as well as maintain ecosystem health. However, African Elephant populations have declined by 60% over the ...

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