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Corporate Social Responsibility as a mechanism of Community Development A Study of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited’s CSR for Bonny Kingdom, Niger Delta Nigeria
(Master thesis, 2015)The study focuses on how the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of a gas company can be a factor in the development of the local community in the Niger Delta. To understand the perceptions of the company and the community ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Garment Industry : A Cross-case analysis of three Norwegian organizations’ approach to central challenges in improving working conditions for factory workers in developing countries
(Master thesis, 2017)Working conditions for factory workers in the garment sector are often appalling, with extensive use of overtime, unsafe working environments, low presence of unions, union-hostility, weak (or no) contracts, and wages ... -
Could Cambridge Analytica Have Delivered Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential Victory? An Anthropologist’s Look at Big Data and Political Campaigning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)I first provide some context about Cambridge Analytica’s (ca) activities, linking them to ca parent company, scl Group, which specialised in “public relations” campaigns around the world across multiple sectors (from ... -
Critiquing and Joining Intersections of Disaster, Conflict, and Peace Research
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Culture and risk : the role of culture and indigenous knowledge in the interpretation and adaptation to disasters : a case study of landslides in Bududa district, Eastern Uganda
(Master thesis, 2017)This study explores the role culture and indigenous knowledge play in people’s ‘interpretation’ and ‘adaption’ to landslides in Uganda. This study is important because globally, natural hazards are becoming more dangerous ... -
Dataset of Integrated Measures of Religion (DIM-R). Harmonization of religiosity data from selected international multiwave surveys
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article presents the Dataset of Integrated Measures of Religion (DIM-R), explains how it was constructed, and outlines its potential for helping to address long-standing research questions in the social scientific ... -
Dealing with rural-urban economic welfare challenges in the Nordic countries – a theory-based overview
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Dealing with rural-urban economic welfare challenges in the Nordic countries – a theory-based overview
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Demokratiske utfordringer i markedsorienterte planprosesser
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne masteroppgaven har hatt som formål å undersøke ulike demokratiske utfordringer som har oppstått som resultat av den markedsorienterte urban planleggingen som har blitt ført i Norge siden 1990-tallet. I oppgaven ... -
Den levende byen : En kritisk diskursanalyse av prosessen om å definere Grimstad som turistby for å kunne holde søndagsåpent
(Master thesis, 2018)During afortnightin May 2017,commercial Sunday opening hours during the summer season were debated in the local newspaper in the small city of Grimstad, Norway. Norway applies a strict policy of closed commercial outlets ... -
Determinants of Human Behavioral Change : Environmental Attitudes and Values Among Norwegian High School Students in Light of the Fridays for Future Movement
(Master thesis, 2020)There is wide scientific consensus that climate change is greatly impacted by anthropogenicfactors. This has been the origin for studies on human attitudes in a range of disciplines; if humans are responsible ... -
Development, Sexual Cultural Practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa
(Book; Peer reviewed, 2019)This open access book introduces the theoretical frameworks and academic debates concerning sexual cultural practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa. It shows how these frameworks have been applied in a practical sense in Africa ... -
Digital transformations with “Nordic characteristics”? Latest trends in the digitalisation of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
Digital transformations with “Nordic characteristics”? Latest trends in the digitalisation of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education
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Dining out as a performative event
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Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Svalbard’s geographical positioning, environmental characteristics and multinational population make it conducive for considering informality and multinational cooperation in disaster risk reduction and response. Most ... -
Disaster vulnerability by demographics?
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Do web-based pedagogical tools promote self-regulated learning in university students : a case study of the learning management system at National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2017)Education forms the core of all developmental activities. There exists a strong relationship between education and socio-economic development. However, only the education that prepares individuals which contribute to the ... -
Do Women in Nepal Like Playing a Mobile Game? MANTRA: A Mobile Gamified App for Improving Healthcare Seeking Behavior in Rural Nepal
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Doing and undoing child marriage in Nepal : an exploratory study using institutional ethnography
(Master thesis, 2016)Child marriage is a practice that occurs across regions, cultures and religions. Every year approximately 15 million girls under the age of eighteen get married. The practice often has serious impacts on the lives of the ...