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Bærekraftsmål på kommunalt nivå: En kvalitativ dokumentanalyse av hvordan FNs bærekraftsmål innen klima og miljø kommer til uttrykk på lokalt nivå i Norge.
(Master thesis, 2024)Denne masteroppgaven studerer hvordan miljømessige bærekraftsmål fra FN materialiserer seg på kommunalt nivå i Norge. For å illustrere konkrete eksempler på hvordan bærekraftsmålene kommer til uttrykk i norske kommuner har ... -
Fylkeskommunale strategier for seniorpolitikk
(Master thesis, 2024)Studien undersøker hvordan fylkeskommuner arbeider med å tilrettelegge for at eldre arbeidstakere kan og ønsker å stå lenger i arbeid, også kalt seniorpolitikk. Befolkningsprognoser viser at vi snart vil være flere eldre ... -
The Northern Sparsely Populated Areas: A case study on the collaboration between three Nordic subnational offices representing a transregional network collaboration in the EU.
(Master thesis, 2024)Transregional collaboration can be mobilized in different forms of associations and established due to different reasons such as common features or shared interests. The Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) are a ... -
Politisk fragmentering og administrativ autonomi. En studie av forholdet mellom politikk og administrasjon i norske kommuner.
(Master thesis, 2024)Denne masteroppgaven er en tverrsnittstudie av norske kommuner, og benytter seg av et kvantitativt forskningsdesign med logistisk regresjonsanalyse som metode for å undersøke effekten av politisk fragmentering på administrativ ... -
EU & Ukraina: Rhetorical entrapment?
(Master thesis, 2024)Denne masteroppgaven utforsker retorikken som Den europeiske union (EU) har benyttet i sin kommunikasjon med Ukraina, særlig i lys av den russiske invasjonen i 2022. Ved å undersøke sentrale teorier i studiet av internasjonale ... -
E-scooter regulations in Norway - A comparative study of e-scooter regulations in Norway, using three Norwegian cities
(Master thesis, 2024)In response to the lack of research done on e-scooter regulations, and the micro-mobility world in general. This thesis explores and attempts to increase our understanding of the regulations of shared e-scooters in Norway, ... -
Hva studeres når vi studerer nettverk? - En systematisk litteraturstudie av empirisk forskning på nettverk i fire sentrale tidsskrifter innen fagfeltet offentlig administrasjon.
(Master thesis, 2024)Nettverk er et svært «moteriktig» begrep som de senere tiårene har blitt ekstremt populært innenfor offentlig administrasjon, både som et teoretisk konsept og som en praktisk virkelighet. Begrepet betraktes som en sentral ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Delicate dining with a date and burger binging with buddies: impression management across social settings and consumers’ preferences for masculine or feminine foods
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Consumers often use their food choices as an impression management strategy to signal desirable aspects about themselves to others, especially in public places like restaurants and cafeterias, where the presence of others ... -
De facto differentiation in the European Union. Circumventing rules, law, and rule of law
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; No. 465, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Europeisk integrasjon er ikke en ensrettet, ensartet prosess mot en stadig tettere union. På grunn av ulike politiske preferanser og administrativ kapasitet blant de 27 medlemslandene er det blitt vanlig praksis å tillate, ... -
Scaling up evidence-based digital early life nutrition interventions in a county setting: an implementation trial – protocol for Phase 2 of the Nutrition Now project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: Few effective health interventions transition from smaller efficacy or effectiveness studies to real-world implementation at scale, representing a gap between evidence and practice. Recognising this, we have ...