Department of Working Life and Innovation
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From Automation to Augmentation : Exploring Digital Self-Service and the Role of Workers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Industry 5.0
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 549, Doctoral thesis, 2025)To date, automation is still one of the key drivers for business transformation. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), business-related tasks are in-creasingly performed by machines, in particular with recent ... -
It’s A Jungle Out There: Social Norms, Waste, and the Complex Challenge of Fostering Sustainable Household Behaviors in Multi-Family Dwellings
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 545, Doctoral thesis, 2025)Household waste behaviors play a crucial role in the sustainable transformation of society but remain underexplored in behavioral research, especially in multifamily contexts – an oversight that is becoming increasingly ... -
Higher Education Institutions and Multistakeholders' Engagement: A Longitudinal Study of an Anchor Institution's Legitimacy and Dynamism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Higher education institutions (HEIs) often serve as the social glue of a community. They are place-bound institutions with strong regional ties that typically play a crucial role in shaping the socioeconomic development ... -
To shred or to disassemble – A techno-economic assessment of automated disassembly vs. shredding in lithium-ion battery module recycling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The global adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is driving a surge in the use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), creating an urgent need for sophisticated recycling techniques to recover valuable materials and manage waste. ... -
Impact of climate change training intervention in savings groups
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This paper investigates the impact of integrating climate change interventions in informal community-based institutions called savings groups. By integrating climate-related activities into these groups, the aim is to ... -
Project report #3 : Vaccine supply chain decision support system
(Research report, 2022)The project “COVID-19 Network Technology-based Responsive Action” (CONTRA) is funded by the Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects for the Fight Against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) program[1] of the Research ... -
Towards New Avenues for Regional Industries: A Study on Regional Industrial Restructuring
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 486, Doctoral thesis, 2024)The point of departure for this dissertation is the need for many regional industries to change to cope with grand societal challenges. Such industrial restructuring includes changes within existing industries as well as ... -
A systematic review on the use of serious games in project management education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Project management education is well suited for active learning through serious games, and a lot of research has been published on the use of serious games for project management education. Earlier reviews have focused on ... -
“In this together”: on the antecedents and implications of crowdfunding community identification and trust
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Despite references to crowdfunding as a community-embedded phenomenon, few studies explore the antecedents and implications of crowdfunding communities. This study suggests community identification and trust as two core ... -
Barriers to regional industrial development: An analysis of two specialised industrial regions in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The article aims to broaden the understanding of barriers to regional industrial development by focusing on the use and modification of the regional asset base. The authors employ Maskell & Malmberg’s categorisation of ... -
Balancing contradictory demands during the transition to a business model portfolio for sustainability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)While many firms manage multiple business models concurrently, little is known about how they successfully transition to a portfolio of business models and even less about how this process unfolds in the context of ... -
Employee Creativity in Coworking Spaces: Towards a Conceptual Framework
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Policy to support digitalisation of industries in various regional settings. A conceptual discussion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The purpose of the article is to analyse regions’ varying preconditions for digitalisation of industry and, on that basis, discuss regionally tailored policy strategies to stimulate digitalisation. Building on both regional ... -
The emergence of new industries at the regional level: alignment of organizational and regional industrial culture
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article provides insights into how and where new industries emerge and grow through theoretical reasoning and the advancement of relevant arguments through empirical examples from industry emergence in two Norwegian ...