Scientific Publications in Global Development and Planning
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Poetics in the work of three urban photographers: Love for the chaotic city from the site of urban rooftops
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)By exploring the poetics of three photographers, this article attempts to capture the relationship between urban denizens and the ephemeral, tumultuous city. I understand poetics as arising from their spatial affection ... -
Uncovering the Social Fabric of Urban Governance : A Social Network Analysis of Actors in a Road Expansion Project in Kristiansand
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 514, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Urban development is a complex process that requires the participation of many stakeholders, such as government officials, developers, and community groups. These actors often have different interests and priorities, which ... -
The tortoise in the urban development network: How social relations affect decision-making speed in a road expansion project in Kristiansand, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Why do urban development projects take a long time to complete? This question is of paramount importance, both practically and academically. Practically, understanding the reasons for delays in these projects can help ... -
Social Capital and Information Flow in Decision Making: A Social Network Analysis of Actors in a Road Expansion Project in Kristiansand, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Information sharing is crucial for decision-makers to enhance their capacity and influence in local decision-making. However, the mechanisms of information flow among different actors in local decision-making for urban ... -
Tourism geographies and disaster risk: A state-of-the art review and agenda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This ‘State-of-the-Art in Tourism Geographies’ contribution examines trends and gaps in research on disaster risk and tourism geographies intersecting to offer future research directions. First, a concise summary of disaster ... -
Is heat wave a predictor of diarrhoea in Dhaka, Bangladesh? A time-series analysis in a South Asian tropical monsoon climate
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)While numerous studies have assessed the association between temperature and diarrhoea in various locations, evidence of relationship between heat wave and diarrhoea is scarce. We defined elevated daily mean and maximum ... -
Evolutionary ethics and adaptive atheism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In Evolution Science and Ethics in the Third Millennium (2018), whose key arguments are summarized in the target article above, Cliquet and Avramov offer an exacting and extensive analysis of the ethical and ecological ... -
The Shaping of the Self: Patterns and Pathways in Bowlby, Kohut, and Bowen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article offers a heuristic framework that links several key aspects of the psychological models of John Bowlby, Heinz Kohut, and Murray Bowen, generating insight into an underlying set of isomorphic patterns in the ... -
The trajectory of psychedelic, spiritual, and psychotic experiences: implications for cognitive scientific perspectives on religion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Fruitful comparison of psychedelic, spiritual, and psychotic experiences requires a degree of phenomenological nuance. Some shared features of these phenomena, such as encounters and communications with supernatural entities, ... -
A public administration perspective on wind power development: decision-making logic of local government officials
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Onshore wind power has experienced decades of controversies and conflicts between national policies and ambitions for development and local government and community opposition. This discrepancy has spurred extensive studies ... -
A missed opportunity to implement a 3D digital twin in strategic planning in the Ålesund region, Norway: What to blame?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)While there have been academic discussions regarding the strategic and relational shift in spatial planning, and the potential of digital geospatial planning support systems (PSS) in this regard, the integration between ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity and the Ethics of Participatory Ownership
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 463, Doctoral thesis, 2024)A lack of trust in governments and larger NGOs has increased the appeal of folk engagement in which “ordinary citizens” address global poverty and humanitarian crises by starting their own initiatives and volunteering ... -
Knowledge Transfer
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)In modern “knowledge societies” (Stehr 1994), knowledge is increasingly depicted as essential for economic growth and social and political inclusion. Consequentially, training and research facilities such as schools and ... -
The environment and climate change as a primary stakeholder for accommodation suppliers: Stakeholder engagement for Koh Tao and Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study investigates the potential recognition and engagement of the natural envi-ronment as an important factor in strategic investment decisions by accommodationsuppliers in a small island context. The investigation, ... -
Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective: This scoping review investigates the status of research focusing on the nexus of community action, climate change, and health and wellbeing in anglophone Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Methods: ... -
Biopolitics from the Global South: a new generation takes on customary nationalism in eSwatini
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Six long years: exploring resettlement as a durable solution for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been living in Bangladesh since the 1970s. Although some successful negotiations with the Myanmar government resulted in repatriation in the 1970s and 1990s, some refugees remained in ...
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