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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Due to significant increase in both disposable income and leisure time (which is now visible in many developed countries), tourism and recreational activities are becoming a more and more important part of countries’ ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Trade and Investment Agreements (TIAs) have been widely criticized for their potentially negative effects on health. Many governments, particularly from low- and middle-income countries, have voiced concerns that mega-regional ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This thesis is concerned with the food security of low-income, internal migrants in India. Based on a quantitative survey as well as qualitative fieldwork conducted in one of India’s biggest cities, Bangalore, it explores ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This paper investigates non-governmental organisation (NGO) involvement in policy processes related to Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) comparing four countries: Norway, Brazil, Indonesia, and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Concern has been growing over the increasing average age of American farmers as well as the larger environmental impact of agriculture. This research is focused on a growing craze of going ‘back to the land’ as a sustainable ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This article presents new empirical research on what it takes to provide enduring access to affordable, reliable and useful electricity services for all. We analyze and synthesize the long-term experiences with three ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Drawing on cultural sociology and memory studies, this thesis offers a new framework for understanding post-industrial urban development. Focusing on the case of the Lower Area of Vítkovice in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This paper examines the gendered implications of various types of electricity access in rural Kenya spanning from the central grid to solar-based systems such as community projects, village scale supply and private solar ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Major approaches to land reform have been argued to lack holistic thinking and contextualised solutions that impede on sustainable implementation projects. This has brought scholars to move towards a rethinking of land ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Worldwide, the number of electricity end-users who produce electricity and feed it to the grid, denoted ‘prosumers’, is increasing. Following innovations in policy, technology (e.g. inverters, smart meters), tariffing and ...