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Virtual Work as a Job Demand? Work Behaviors of Public Servants During Covid-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The study models the abrupt introduction of virtual work during the COVID-19 pandemic as a job demand within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model. Using survey data from 1,173 public servants collected during the second ... -
Virus til besvær? Case-studie av Danmarks og Sveriges valg av vaksinasjonsstrategi under svineinfluensapandemien i 2009
(Master thesis, 2013-12-13)11.juni 2009 erklærer WHO at verdenssamfunnet står ovenfor en svineinfluensapandemi. Erklæringen av pandemi medfører at Danmarks og Sveriges innkjøpsavtale om vaksinedoser med legemiddelfirmaet GlaxoSmithKline automatisk ... -
Vitenskap for politikk - Om bidrag til matkontroll og matforsyning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Forholdet mellom fag og politikk er sentralt i forvaltningsforskningen. Denne artikkelen tar for seg leveranser fra vitenskap til politikk og forvaltning i første halvdel av 1900-tallet. I en tid hvor forvaltningen for ... -
The Voter Next Door: Stigma Effects on Advance Voting for Radical Right Parties
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Despite the influence of stigmatization on vote choices, little attention has been given to the impact of social stigma on voters’ selection of voting procedures. To bridge this gap, our study focuses on Sweden, where the ... -
Vurdera, representera, fokusera? Ei samanlikning av geografisk representasjonsfokus blant norske og svenske kommunestyrerepresentantar
(Master thesis, 2016-05-31)I denne oppgåva tek eg føre meg representasjonsfokuset blant norske og svenske kommunestyrerepresentantar. Representasjonsfokuset til representantane syner kven dei i størst grad meiner det er viktig at dei representerer ... -
Vurdering i samfunnskunnskap: Kunnskaper, ferdigheter eller holdninger?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)I den grad vurdering i samfunnskunnskap er undersøkt empirisk tyder det på at selv om kunnskapsreproduksjon fortsatt er viktig, trekkes også ferdigheter inn. Det er imidlertid uklart hvilke kunnskaper og ferdigheter som ... -
War and Nationalism: How WW1 Battle Deaths Fueled Civilians’ Support for the Nazi Party
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Can wars breed nationalism? We argue that civilians’ indirect exposure to war fatalities can trigger psychological processes that increase identification with their nation and ultimately strengthen support for nationalist ... -
Watching, assessing, participating. Globalising political education in Norwegian upper secondary education.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Transnational governance is expanding rapidly. From a political education perspective, an important question is to what extent and how this is included in the political universe that adolescents are being prepared for at ... -
Welfare collaboration in Norway : Something old, something new, something borrowed, something to pursue?
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-11)I de senere år har innovasjon i offentlig sektor fått økt oppmerksomhet både på nasjonale så vel som internasjonale dagsordener. Den økte oppmerksomheten kan knyttes til økende samfunnsmessige, økonomiske og politiske ... -
What do we know about children's representation in child protection decisions? A scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This scoping review presents an overview of existing research about children’s representation in child protection decision-making and identifies the knowledge gaps. Representation arrangements to ensure that children’s ... -
What does the public associate with “climate change”? A study of open-ended survey questions from 2013 to 2021
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Tackling climate change requires a multitude of policy, technological, and behavioral responses, some of which will be felt clearly by the public and potentially need direct public support. It is therefore important to ... -
What makes democratic institutions resilient to crises? Applying a novel analytical framework to the case of Finland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)To curb the COVID-19 pandemic, governments took exceptional measures impacting citizens’ daily lives, the economy, and democratic institutions. The literature has already discussed the various measures and their short-term ... -
Whistleblowing in local government: an empirical study of contact patterns and whistleblowing in 20 Norwegian municipalities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09)Whistleblowing by administrative employees in local governments can bring critical knowledge about misconduct and failed policy outcomes and priorities to the attention of politicians. This article examines whether (1) ... -
Who cares about Norway's energy transition? A survey experiment about citizen associations and petroleum
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Experts and academics think, write, and talk extensively about energy transition, but can the same be said about the public? A comprehensive move from fossil to renewable energy implies significant structural changes and ... -
Why do Norwegian municipalities struggle to use digital platforms? An explorative study concerning the drivers and prohibitors of using digital platforms
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)This thesis studies the use of digital platforms in Norway. This is done through a qualitative case study that explores the drivers and prohibitors that affect municipalities in their use and development of digital platforms. ... -
Women political recruitment within local councils: The selection of woman polical leaders in Uganda. A case of Bushenyi district local council and Kampala city council
(Master thesis, 2004)Objectives: The study sets to answer questions regarding factors determining women recruitment into local councils’ leadership positions. It was also intended to establish political leadership selection opportunities for ... -
Women`s Political Participation in Local Government in Ethiopia: The Case of Two Districts in Amhara Regional State.
(Master thesis, 2017-06-24)Ethiopian women have been excluded from public sphere for a long period. Their absence, especially from politics, has affected their life enormously. Since political participation increases gender equality and empowerment ... -
Workplace democracy and democratic legitimacy in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study investigates the political spillover and stealth democracy hypotheses as complementary mechanisms to account for any relationship between workplace democracy and democratic legitimacy in Europe from micro ... -
Å bygge en ny kommune. En kvalitativ iverksettingsstudie av kommunesammenslåingen mellom Sandefjord, Andebu og Stokke
(Master thesis, 2017-06-20)Kommunereformen er en av vår tids store forvaltningsreformer, som både kan betegnes som én stor nasjonal reform, og mange små reformer. Første del av reformfasen la opp til lokale initiativ og frivillige sammenslåingsprosesser, ... -
Å sikre kraftforsyning: måter å effektivt samordne kraftberedskap
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Kraftforsyning er en viktig del av hele samfunnet og den totale beredskapen i Norge. Det å ha god samordning og samarbeidsfunksjoner på plass er kritisk for å kunne sikre en robust form for sikkerhet og beredskap som angår ...