Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Hva med oss andre som bor her? Profesjonsetiske utfordringer i møte med fosterforeldres egne barn
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 250, Doctoral thesis, 2019)My thesis is both an empirical and ethical study, which means that I do an ethical analysis of the empirical material. The empirical part of the study is a qualitative analysis of how challenges in foster care placement ... -
Citizen Coherence and Cultivated Cleanliness: Using Technology-Induced Social Norms to Strengthen Sustainable Household Bonds
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Social identity and social capital are critical to human well-being and sustainable development. However, existing research on sustainable behavior typically treats these factors merely as taken-for-granted preconditions ... -
Young Learners' Perceptions of Learning about Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment: The Struggle for Recognition in School
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Based on participatory research with teachers and young learners’, this article explores students’ perceptions of learning about sexual and gender-based harassment in upper secondary school in Norway. Drawing upon theoretical ... -
Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries
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Taking women on boards: a comparative analysis of public policies in higher education
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Green European citizenship? Rights, duties, virtues, practices and the European Green Deal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Published in December 2019 by the European Commission, the European Green Deal (EGD) sets out the aim to transform the EU into a sustainable society in which economic growth is decoupled from resource use, so that there ... -
Dining out as a performative event
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Public events are scripted, staged and choreographed. Dining out is a perception-affect experience, but it is rare that the experience becomes a performative event in which guests are actors in the scene. The Madeleine’s ... -
Informal compliance mechanisms in the EU ‘development’ and ‘integration without membership’ association agreements: a quest for capacity and ownership?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Association Agreements between the EU and third countries lie at the heart of the EU’s foreign policy. The Association Agreements the EU concluded with Eastern Neighbours and the Caribbean Forum and Central American countries ... -
Differentiation in the European Union in Post-Brexit and -Pandemic Times: Macro-Level Developments with Meso-Level Consequences
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From Common Operational Picture to Common Situational Understanding : A Framework for Information Sharing in Multi-Organizational Emergency Management
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 383, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Complex emergencies such as natural disasters are increasing in frequency and scope, in all regions of the world. These emergencies have devastating impacts on people, property, and the environment. Responding to these ... -
SMS-based Real-time Data Collection for Evaluation of Situational Awareness and Common Operational Picture : Lessons Learned from A Field Exercise
(Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)Managing complex multi-agency emergency operations requires that the key actors have a holistic, correct and dynamic situational awareness (SA) and that the involved actors establish a common operational picture (COP). ... -
Using Audio-Logs for Analyzing the Development of a Common Operational Picture in Multi-agency Emergency Response
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Multi-agency emergency response requires effective communication and collaboration for building and maintaining a common operational picture. Full-scale exercises are shown to be effective for learning, and for training ... -
Hvordan få folk til å gå mer?
(Master thesis, 2022)Dagens samfunn står ovenfor betydelige folkehelseutfordringer knyttet til en fysisk inaktiv livsstil. Folk flest er for lite fysisk aktive, hvor kun tre av ti voksne og eldre er aktive nok. Noe av årsaken til dette kan ... -
Social Services, Social Innovation and Multi-Actor Collaboration : A Civil Society Organisation Perspective
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 382, Doctoral thesis, 2022)A central focus of this PhD dissertation is to advance an understanding of how social innovation is generated through the perspective of civil society organisations (CSOs) that provide social services to vulnerable groups ... -
Recalibrating EU Foreign Policy vis-à-vis Central Asia: Towards Principled Pragmatism and Resilience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With China and Russia acting more assertively vis-à-vis Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have gradually moved to the core of contemporary Eurasian geopolitics – albeit to varying ... -
The effects of a subvention scheme for e-bikes on mode share and active mobility
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction Previous studies show substantial mode share effects from e-bikes. E-bike owners cycle more and drive less car than they would without access to an e-bike. Support schemes for e-bikes exist in a number of ... -
Integration of Household Communities in Solid Waste Management Systems: A Case of Suburban Households of Lagos state, Nigeria.
(Master thesis, 2022)Humans are said to be the only aspect of the ecosystem that emits trash and harms the ability of the environment to survive. The growing human and economic activities, which frequently generate waste, appear to have a ... -
The Nordic Countries Handling and Organizing of the Covid- 19 Outbreak A Comparative Most Similar Case Study
(Master thesis, 2022)How can we look at different parts of the world and understand both crisis management, critical thinking and policy making? Although this questing is not overly specific and does not imply the level of research that is ... -
Kunnskapsforvaltning i Skatteetaten
(Master thesis, 2022)“Knowledge Management” (KM) er et begrep som handler om å forvalte kunnskap, hvor organisasjoner utformer strategier og initiativer for å anvende kunnskap internt. Kunnskapen kan komme nyansatte til gode når de skal læres ...