Department of Global Development and Planning
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Enabling a just energy transition through solidarity in research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A just energy transition is as much about acknowledging and acting on the socio-material needs of marginalised classes and groups as about informing inclusive and deliberative policy-making towards more equitable energy ... -
Local Content Policy in Oil for Development Partnership Programmes: Are Universities and Technical Institutions Actively Engaged as Enablers of Sustainable Development?
(Master thesis, 2023)Local content policy designed in the Oil for Development partnership programme between Ghana and Norway was crucial to promote the use of Ghanaian local expertise, goods and services, people, businesses and financing in ... -
Tensions of Difference in Integrating Refugee Children in Norwegian ECEC Centers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article explores the tensions that arise in the integration process of refugee children in Norwegian ECEC centres. For many refugee children, ECEC centres form the first public institution where they learn about the ... -
Computational Decision Support for Socio-Technical Awareness of Land-Use Planning under Complexity—A Dam Resilience Planning Case Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Land-use planning for modern societies requires technical competence as well as social competence. We therefore propose an integrative solution enabling better land-use planning and management through better-informed ... -
Governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)How can governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks be enhanced? In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has simultaneously represented both the potential and marked limitations of digital health practices for ... -
Simulation, Science, and Stakeholders: Challenges and Opportunities for Modelling Solutions to Societal Problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The article outlines an approach to computer modelling called “human simulation,” whose development has been explicitly oriented towards addressing societal problems through transdisciplinary efforts involving stakeholders, ... -
Governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)How can governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks be enhanced? In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has simultaneously represented both the potential and marked limitations of digital health practices for ... -
Samfunnsdeltakelse og multikulturell identitetskonstruksjon. En kvalitativ studie blant minoritetskvinner med kurdisk bakgrunn i Norge
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne studien analyserer samfunnsdeltakelse og identitetskonstruering blant kurdiske kvinner bosatt i Norge. Empirien er basert på ti semistrukturerte intervjuer. Hoved formålet er å undersøke om opprinnelseslandets ... -
The Rise of EdTech Platforms in Higher Education: Mapping Themes from Emerging Critical Literature
(Chapter, 2023)There is growing criticism of Big Tech platforms across different sectors of society. There is also increasing scepticism towards seemingly wholesale digitalisation of higher education (HE), largely enabled by platform ... -
Improvisation and Planning: Engaging With Unforeseen Encounters in Urban Public Space
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Despite the significant emphasis in Scandinavian cities on vital urban spaces and creative unfolding in urban development, there is a tendency towards designing for “finished” urban spaces with a pre‐defined conclusion. ... -
The Association Between Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Other Infections of the Lower Genital Tract in Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study aimed to explore the relationship between female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), sexually transmitted infections, bacterial vaginosis, and yeast among young women living in Schistosoma haematobium-endemic areas. ... -
Health professionals’ knowledge about female genital schistosomiasis. A qualitative investigation in a schistosomiasis endemic area in South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) is a neglected tropical disease that affects the lives of millions of women living in endemic areas. The aim of this study was to identify South African healthcare professionals' ... -
Poverty, inequality and potential solutions: A comparative study between Norway and Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2023)Poverty is among the most widely discussed constructs, yet also notably diverse in terms of definitions, perspectives, and related bodies of literature. With that in sight, this study aims to better understand how poverty ... -
Poverty, inequality, and potential solutions: A comparative between Norway and Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2023)Poverty is among the most widely discussed constructs, yet also notably diverse in terms of definitions, perspectives, and related bodies of literature. With that in sight, this study aims to better understand how poverty ... -
Financial Development and Unemployment in Nigeria
(Master thesis, 2023)Every government strives to offer its citizens decent work opportunities. However, this goal has proved unrealistic in many nations particularly developing economies like Nigeria with a persistent unemployment rate. Although ... -
An Investigation into the effectiveness of climate-related policies on disaster preparedness and response in Zimbabwe. The Case of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani District.
(Master thesis, 2023)This study investigates the efficacy of climate-related policies on disaster preparedness and response in Zimbabwe, concentrating specifically on the Chimanimani District during Cyclone Idai. This study is philosophically ... -
Remittances and Household Welfare in Nigeria
(Master thesis, 2023)Remittance represents an injection into an economy and one of the leading recipients of remittances in Africa is Nigeria. Remittance which has evolved into one of Nigeria’s primary external financial sources is particularly ... -
Colombian PDET. A Key strategy to build peace from below? A case study of the vision of territorial peace of the PDET Montes de María.
(Master thesis, 2023)In 2016 the Colombian State and the oldest guerrilla of Latin America ‘FARC’ signed a peace accord in order to end the 60 years internal conflict. As part of it, the Development Plans with a Territorial Approach (PDET) ... -
Migration trends in West Africa: An analysis of labor migrants and the determinants of Migration processes in Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Abobo Municipality FATEMEH
(Master thesis, 2023)Migration is a complex phenomenon that continues to shape societies worldwide. Despite the challenges of significant poverty, rapid urbanization, and limited job opportunities, the municipality of Abobo in Côte d'Ivoire ...
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