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Vilje til vekst? : en casestudie av byutvikling i Flekkefjord kommune
(Master thesis, 2012)Målet med denne masteroppgaven er å undersøke hvordan ulike aktører virker inn på ulike beslutningsprosesser i Flekkefjord kommune når det kommer til byutvikling, og hvem det er som sitter med makt. Problemstillingen jeg ... -
Virological efficacy and emergence of drug resistance in adults on antiretroviral treatment in rural Tanzania
(Journal article, 2009)BACKGROUND:Virological response to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in rural Africa is poorly described. We examined virological efficacy and emergence of drug resistance in adults receiving first-line ART for up to 4 years ... -
Virtual PhD courses – A new mode of PhD education?
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper presents experiences from a joint virtual PhD course for doctoral students at a Norwegian and a US university. Based on an experiential learning approach, the course focused on practices for virtual research ... -
Virtual reality applications for higher education: Design elements, lessons learned, and research agenda
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Virtual world affordances for people with lifelong disability
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 76, Doctoral thesis, 2014)"The findings from this thesis show that virtual worlds offer valuable affordances for people with lifelong disability and identify six affordances offered: communication, mobility, personalization, social inclusion, ... -
Visma InSchool: troverdig visjon eller ren illusjon? Har Visma inSchool gitt mer tid til pedagogisk arbeid i de videregående skolene i Agder?
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne studien handler om hvordan et nytt skoleadministrativt system virker. Alle offentlige videregående skoler i Norge skal ta i bruk Visma InSchool (VIS). Kostnaden er svært høy, men systemet skal forbedre og forenkle ... -
Vitalisering av " City delen"? : maktstrukturer og politikkutforming i en lokal kontekst. En studie av en planprosess i Kristiansand kommune
(Master thesis, 2012)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven var å rette søkelyset mot maktstrukturer og politikkutformingen i Kristiansand kommune, dette gjennom å studere en konkret planprosess. Det jeg ønsket å analysere nærmere var hvordan lokale ... -
Volunteers’ Perceptions of the Use of Social Media inEmergency Management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The paper presents the results of interviews with representatives from Norwegian emergency management volunteer organizations on their current use of social media and their perception of the potential for extended use of ... -
Vote buying and Its effect on democracy and development in Uganda : a case of Rwamucucu Sub-County, Kabale District, South Western Uganda
(Master thesis, 2016)In this study, I have investigated vote buying and vote selling as a phenomenon in Uganda, using Rwamucucu Sub-County as a case. The major aim has been to understand local people’s perception of vote buying and selling and ... -
Vulnerability and Gender Roles in Post-Disaster Societies : A Case-Study of Women in North Lombok, Indonesia, and their Perceptions on Vulnerability, Gender and Recovery
(Master thesis, 2019)Disasters are considered as major threats to sustainable economic growth and human development and are in large referred to as natural disasters. This is despite the growing recognition of there not being such a thing as ... -
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: Experiences of women fish processing groups in the Lake Chilwa Basin
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Walkability og mikromobilitet i Kristiansand by: Gange, sykkel, buss, el-sparkesykkel og stedsplanlegging som midler for å forbedre transport av personer, minske bilavhengighet og redusere transportrelaterte klimagassutslipp i Kristiansand by
(Master thesis, 2021)Walkability og mikromobilitet i Kristiansand by: hvordan satsing gange, sykkel, buss og el-sparkesykkel reduserer bilbehovet og gjør byen mer tilgjengelig og attraktiv for flere mennesker. -
A Watching Citizenry : Little Brother Watching Big Brother
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Water and electricity strategies for bedouin in area C, Palestine
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis discusses development challenges for Bedouin in the so-called Area C, West Bank, Palestine, with emphasis on access to water and electricity, and how the policy makers and civil society are addressing them. ... -
"Water as a development constraint : the case of Lwebitakuli subcounty, Sembabule district, Uganda"
(Master thesis, 2012)This is a qualitative study that explores people‟s perspectives of water as a constraint to socio-economic development in Lwebitakuli sub-county, Sembabule District, South western Uganda. Three main research questions ... -
Water as Resource and Being: Water Extractivism and Life Projects in Peru
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Water supply and sanitation : development impacts of poor accessibility of potable water supply and basic sanitation in rural Ethiopia: a case studyof Soddo District
(Master thesis, 2011)It is well known that water is a natural resource without which all living things cannot exist. It is a natural requirement for all living things to have access to water if they have to be alive. It seems so why the 70 ... -
Ways of seeing ringed birds - An Eco-Critical Discourse Analysis
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis examines how birds being ringed as a conservation effort, are represented in five selected articles from the Norwegian bird magazine Our Bird Fauna [Vår Fuglefauna]. The representations found in the magazine ... -
«We must go in the same direction» : Understanding the promotion of the Northern Sámi language in Gáivuotna/Kåfjord and Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino in a multi-actor and multi-level perspective
(Master thesis, 2019)The general endangered status of indigenous languages worldwide is a reality that demands quick action from authorities belonging to different governmental spheres to safeguard their use, protection and further ... -
Wearable Sensing and Quantified-self to explain Learning Experience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The confluence of wearable technologies for sensing learners and the quantified-self provides a unique opportunity to understand learners’ experience in diverse learning contexts. We use data from learners using Empatica ...