Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
Now showing items 861-880 of 1977
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Dealing with rural-urban economic welfare challenges in the Nordic countries – a theory-based overview
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Public Procurement of Information Systems – A Dialectical Analysis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 114, Doctoral thesis, 2015)In this thesis I identify dialectics in public procurement of Information Systems (IS), and for some of the dialectics I identify synthesis. My study is based on a research gap, revealed through a literature review that I ... -
The fertility of female immigrants to Europe from Christian and Muslim countries.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Nordic Cooperation in the Nuclear Safety Sector: High, Low, or Differentiated Integration?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Adapting to a Global Health Challenge: Managing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Nordics
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Null models for animal social network analysis and data collected via focal sampling: Pre‐network or node network permutation?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Introducing the Study of Nordic Cooperation
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The Robustness of National Agency Governance in Integrated Administrative Systems: Evidence from a large-scale study
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Public Administration and the Study of Political Order : Towards a Framework for Analysis
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Party Positions on Differentiated European Integration in the Nordic Countries : Growing Together, Growing Apart?
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Enhancing the Benefits Management Model for Complex eHealth Efforts
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder;no. 290, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis suggests five ways to improve BM in complex eHealth efforts. First, the concept of BR was defined to clarify the existing conflation of the BR and BM concepts. Second, an extended and enhanced BMM was developed ... -
Megaprosjekt – fra konflikt til kontroll : Lynetteholmen i København legger grunnlaget for oppgaven som følger. Er det mulig å gjennomføre et megaprosjekt, i form av en stor kunstig øy, uten at det oppstår skadelige konflikter?
(Master thesis, 2020)In the following assignment I have chosen to look at how to avoid damaging conflicts during the development of the Lynetteholmen megaproject in Copenhagen. The project is in the initial phase and there is currently a ... -
Hate speech against religious queer women : Socio-democratic influences on civic participation in [Oslo] Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis, the topic of hate speech and its implication on queer religious women was studied. The thesis explored the socio-political and democratic issues of hate speech, and ensued to answer the overall research ... -
Medvirkning – til glede eller besvær? : Et casestudie av ikke-deltakelse i områdesatsingen på Storhaug i Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis is about citizen participation in planning processes, with an approach that seeks to examine who does not participate and why they do not. The ongoing district initiative in Storhaug district is used as a case ... -
Local Insights into Climate Change Adaptation in Cabo Verde : A study from rural agricultural areas of Santa Cruz on Santiago Island
(Master thesis, 2020)Impacts of climate change in Cabo Verde are felt by many, and adaptation to the changing climate is common. Tograsp how climate change adaptation affects local people and environments, and if the ... -
Kristiansand Torv - En konstruert sosio-materialitet
(Master thesis, 2020)Every city has one or several open areas for which typically serves a spesific function. In themselves, they represent something different or unlike the common widespread streets that a city consists of. These open areas ... -
Back to the Future? : Planning for uncertainty. A call for bridging the security and development communities
(Master thesis, 2020)We currently see a foreign policy environment that is becoming more complex and volatile. Cyber is now established as a frequently used tool in foreign policy. Its disruptive qualities are concerning in terms of its ... -
Bygda eller livet! : En kvalitativ studie av stedets betydning for livsvalg og selvforståelse hos unge gutter i indre Agder
(Master thesis, 2020)Norsk og nordisk forskning har i liten grad hatt fokus på geografisk forankrede lokale kulturer i relasjon til utdannelse, samtidig som at ungdomsforskning har av flere vært kritisert for en ikke-anerkjent ... -
Anvendelse av XR-teknologi for undervisning : Muligheter og utfordringer ved XR-teknologi som læringsressurs for undervisning i ungdomsskolen og videregående skole
(Master thesis, 2020)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å rette søkelyset mot bruken av virtuellvirkelighets-teknologi på ungdoms- og videregående skole, de ulike variantene av teknologien, og deres muligheter og utfordringer i ... -
Bøker og bakgrunn : En kvantitativ studie av sosial bakgrunns betydning for skoleprestasjoner
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne oppgaven tar for seg tema om sosial ulikhet i skolen og retter søkelyset mot hvordan sosial bakgrunn kan påvirke elevers prestasjoner i skolen. Oppgaven tar for seg eldre og nyere teori på klasseforskning og utdanning, ...