Faculty of Social Sciences: Nye registreringer
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Web Accessibility and Web Developer Attitudes Towards Accessibility in Mozambique
(Chapter, 2021)People with disabilities are found to be severely affected by barriers in websites and other web services. This paper aims to study the web accessibility issues in Mozambique and to review the factors that contribute to ... -
Mothering Practices in Cambodia: Making Sense of Physical Disciplining
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The physical disciplining of children is widespread globally. To work towards ending physical disciplining, we need to understand this practice’s local and contextual justifications. In this article, we explore Cambodian ... -
International public administration on the tip of the tongue: language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West African States
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Recent scholarship shows increasing interest in gender, ethnic or national representation within regional and international organizations. In contrast, language as a criterion of representation has rarely been scrutinized. ... -
Barnets beste: Barnevernets formål i spenningen mellom individuelle og relasjonelle hensyn.
(Chapter, 2020)Barnets beste er et sentralt prinsipp i barnevernets verdigrunnlag, et prinsipp som ligger tett opptil barnevernets mandat om å verne barn. Målgruppe er barn i utsatte posisjoner. Vi skal se at barnets beste er retningsgivende ... -
The hidden costs of digital self-service: administrative burden, vulnerability and the role of interpersonal aid in Norwegian and Brazilian welfare services
(Chapter, 2023)It is a global trend to transform our contemporary societies through the development and adoption of new information technology which spans across social structures and challenges established institutions. The promises of ... -
Is There a Proper Way to Teach Design Thinking? Empirical Evidence from Design Thinking in Education
(Journal article, 2020)Since about a decade ago, design thinking has become a prominent topic in the scientific and business world. In order to keep up with global competition, design thinking has proven to be a valuable concept for assisting ... -
Kjønnede hverdagsliv og likestillingsutfordringer på Agder. Regionale særtrekk og variasjoner i landsdelen
(Chapter, 2020)Helt siden Statistisk sentralbyrå (heretter SSB) lanserte sin likestillingsindeks i 1999, har Agder kommet dårlig ut på statistikk som har som formål å måle grad av kjønnslikestilling på ulike områder, sammenlignet med ... -
Regional and sectoral variations in the ability to attract funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program and Horizon 2020
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The funding from the European Union’s Framework Programs for Research and Innovation (EU FPs) is skewed across European countries and institutions. The goal of this article is to deepen our understanding of this skewness ... -
Hva, hvordan, hvorfor? En studie av norske lærere og elevers erfaringer med lekser i samfunnsfag
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The issue of homework is highly debated in both Norwegian and international context. The effect of homework is disputed among researchers. Some argue that students achieve increased learning outcomes from spending time on ... -
The clash of cultures: Individualization and standardization in education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In this essay, we argue that pupils in compulsory school education seem to be exposed to conflicting pressures from an (internal) tendency towards individualisation and an (external) tendency towards standardisation. Drawing ... -
Organizational Persistence in Highly Institutionalized Environments: Unpacking the Relation Between Identity and Resilience
(Chapter, 2022)Despite growing academic interest in understanding the conditions under which resilient organizations adapt to challenging circumstances, little attention to date has been paid to the role played by ‘soft’ factors such as ... -
Emergent Strategies and Tensions between Decoupled University Structures and Management Initiatives
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter investigates the ways in which a Norwegian university located in a region facing a series of socio-economic challenges devised and implemented a new strategy. More specifically, we examine the dilemmas and ... -
Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic has afected all domains of human life, including the economic and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health throughout the pandemic has been through persuasive ... -
Tool-based Codification in Business Process Improvement and the Impact on Problem-Solving
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Business process improvement (BPI) is an important task in times of quickly changing customer requirements and evolving technologies. A variety of BPI approaches were developed in recent years, however, the proper codification ... -
The Conflict in Eastern Ukraine and International Support for the Decentralization Reform (2014–2022): Theory-Guided Observations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article explores Western donors’ support for the decentralization reform in post-Euromaidan Ukraine prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, with a focus on the relationship between ... -
(Tapte) muligheter for kritisk tenkning: Post- og dekoloniale perspektiver i samfunnsfag
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this article, we explore what opportunities post-and decolonial perspectives may provide for critical thinking in social studies education. Post-and decolonial perspectives include a broad variety of theoretical approaches ... -
Collaborating for Competition? Unpacking Ambiguities and Paradoxes Across the Academic Profession
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper unpacks the complexities, ambiguities and paradoxes associated with the concepts of competition and collaboration, using the academic profession in the Nordic countries as an empirical case. We relied on paradox ... -
Speeding up Smartphone-Based Dew Computing: In Vivo Experiments Setup Via an Evolutionary Algorithm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Dew computing aims to minimize the dependency on remote clouds by exploiting nearby nodes for solving non-trivial computational tasks, e.g., AI inferences. Nowadays, smartphones are good candidates for computing nodes; ... -
Modeling nationalism, religiosity, and threat perception: During the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The rise of nationalism and populism in Europe has created significant political and policy challenges. Understanding and addressing these challenges will require attention to the psychological mechanisms and social dynamics ... -
Paramilitaries, parochialism, and peace: The moral foundations and personality traits of SlovenskíBranci
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Paramilitary organizations have increasingly become a cause for concern among policy makers and the media in recent years, in part because the former are often seen as a potential threat to peace (or at least to the status ...