• The Use of Distinct Frames by the Netherlands in Relation to EU Foreign Policy Coordination. A Case Study of the Enhanced Accession Methodology of the European Union. 

  de Winter, Sjoerd (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  This thesis examines when, how, and why the Netherlands uses distinct frames during internal and external coordination in relation to European Foreign Policy. Building on an extensive discussion on the theoretical ...

• The Norwegian regional government reform – a two-case study comparison of regional merger processes 

  Hahn, Sophia-Charlotte Maria-Kathari (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  This thesis looks at the 2020 regional government reform in Norway, studying the processes in two merger cases of two former regions each. Qualitative interviews with regional politicians involved in the merger processes ...

• Demografisk endring og Kommunereform 

  Lunder, Celine (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Dette studiet har analysert organisatoriske endringer i oppvekstsektoren og eldreomsorgen i de nye kommunene Namsos og Stad. Formålet har vært å belyse hva som har vært kommunereformens utfall på en organisering av ...

• Samordning for samfunnssikkerhet - En casestudie av Samfunnssikkerhetens hus i Bergen 

  Aadnevik, Elin Hatteberg (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Temaet for denne masterstudien har vært vertikal samordning for samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap i Norge. Samordning er viktig når beredskapsaktører skal håndtere problemer som går på tvers av forvaltningsnivå. Slike problemer ...

• Bargaining, Strategy and Opportunism - A case study of why amalgamating municipalities hoard 

  Løseth, Silje Helene (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  How does municipal leadership legitimise the decision of whether to hoard ahead of an amalgamation? To answer this question, I conducted semi-structured interviews with eight political leaders involved in the amalgamation ...

• Kommunestørrelse og tilfredshet med kommunale tjenester: En kvantitativ studie av innbyggernes tilfredshet med kommunale tjenester i perioden 2010 – 2019 

  Bogen, Øivind Johnsen (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Denne studien undersøker hvorvidt kommunestørrelse, målt i befolkningsstørrelse, har noe å si for tilfredshet med kommunale tjenester. For å gjøre dette koples innbyggerdata sammen med kommunedata. Innbyggerdataene måler ...

• Et fragmentert lokalstyre: En casestudie av Ålesunds kommuneadministrasjon og deres respons på økt politisk fragmentering i kommunestyret 

  Teofilovic, Kristian (Master thesis, 2022-06-15)

  Denne studien har tatt utgangspunkt i den økte politiske fragmenteringen i Ålesund kommunestyre i kjølvann av kommunesammenslåingen i 2020 og studert hvordan kommuneadministrasjonen responderer på dette. Problemstillingen ...

• Digital twins and the ethics of health decision-making concerning children 

  Braun, Matthias; Krutzinna, Jenny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  In this perspective, we explore from an ethical perspective the opportunities and challenges for decision-making concerning children if digital twins (DTs) were to be used to provide better information about their health ...

• Innovating the collection of open-ended answers: The linguistic and content characteristics of written and oral answers to political attitude questions 

  Gavras, Konstantin; Höhne, Jan Karem; Blom, Annelies; Schoen, Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The rapid increase in smartphone surveys and technological developments open novel opportunities for collecting survey answers. One of these opportunities is the use of open-ended questions with requests for oral instead ...

• Parental Freedom in the Context of Risk to the Child: Citizens’ Views of Child Protection and the State in the US and Norway 

  Berrick, Jill Duerr; Skivenes, Marit; Roscoe, Joseph N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Child protection is considered an appropriate government responsibility, but interventions into the family are also some of the most consequential for states. This study examines the normative basis for limiting parents’ ...

• Fylkesnemndas avgjørelser om institusjonsplasseringer av barn og unge – 2021 og 2018 

  Ruiken, Barbara Victoria (Research report, 2022)

• Rethinking Ancient Centers of Learning: Madrasa in a Comparative-Historical Perspective 

  Findikli, Burhan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This study examines the emergence and evolution of madrasa as a specific organizational form of higher learning from a comparative-historical perspective. The article begins by discussing how the madrasa emerged and which ...

• Payments and Penalties for Democracy: Gendered Electoral Financing in Action Worldwide 

  Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Mazur, Amy G.; Hoard, Season (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This article examines the interplay between gendered electoral financing (GEF) and other crucial factors in democratic elections worldwide to determine whether, how, and why these understudied mechanisms help achieve gender ...

• Constitutionalising the Right to Water in Kenya and Slovenia: Domestic Drivers, Opportunity Structures, and Transnational Norm Entrepreneurs 

  Loen, Mathea; Gloppen, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The international norm development that in 2010 culminated with the UN Resolution on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation changed international law. To what extent did this influence the parallel legal developments ...

• Understanding handouts in candidate selection: Challenging party authority in Malawi 

  Chiweza, Asiyati Lorraine; Kayuni, Happy M.; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This article discusses the purposes and drivers of handouts in party primaries in Malawi. We argue that existing explanations of handouts are incomplete because they are developed to identify dynamics in presidential or ...

• Don't send us your waste gases: Public attitudes toward international carbon dioxide transportation and storage in Europe 

  Merk, Christine; Nordø, Åsta Dyrnes; Andersen, Gisle; Lægreid, Ole Martin; Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Large-scale deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is part of the pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C and yet, negative public perceptions of CCS have challenged the realization of several projects in ...

• Explaining landscape preference heterogeneity using machine learning-based survey analysis 

  Liu, Xiaozi; Tvinnereim, Endre; Grimsrud, Kristine; Lindhjem, Henrik; Velle, Liv Guri; Saure, Heidi Iren; Lee, Hanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  We conducted a national survey on a high-quality internet panel to study landscape preferences in Norway, using photos as stimuli. We examined preference heterogeneity with respect to socio-demographic characteristics and ...

• Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers 

  Krutzinna, Jenny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Many child protection cases involve care-experienced mothers, which reveals a continuous cycle of mothers who lose their children to social services after having been in state care themselves as children. While the importance ...

• A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: an expert consultation 

  Iftekhar, Emil; Priesemann, Viola; Balling, Rudi; Bauer, Simon; Beutels, Philippe; Calero Valdez, Andre; Cuschieri, Sarah; Czypionka, Thomas; Dumpis, Uga; Glaab, Enrico; Grill, Eva; Hanson, Claudia; Hotulainen, Pirta; Klimek, Peter; Kretzschmar, Mirjam; Krüger, Tyll; Krutzinna, Jenny; Low, Nicola; Machado, Helena; Martins, Carlos; McKee, Martin; Mohr, Sebastian; Nassehi, Armin; Perc, Matjaz; Petelos, Elena; Pickersgill, Martyn; Prainsack, Barbara; Rocklöv, Joacim; Schernhammer, Eva; Staines, Anthony; Szczurek, Ewa; Tsiodras, Sotirios; van gucht, steven; Willeit, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  How will the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic develop in the coming months and years? Based on an expert survey, we examine key aspects that are likely to influence the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The challenges ...

• Adoption from care in Norway 

  Skivenes, Marit; Helland, Hege Beate Stein (Chapter, 2021)

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