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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Digital and data-driven technologies are increasingly being deployed in healthcare systems around the world, and used by individuals seeking to improve their health. Major global health institutions, from the WHO to the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Across East Africa, mobile phones and tablets are increasingly sitting in the hands of community health workers, clinicians, managers and patients. They are being used for a widening range of functions from diagnostics to ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Throughout the last decades, results-based management (RBM) and capacity building (CB) of civil society organizations have become more important parts of Norwegian development assistance. Despite increased efforts of RBM, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Inspired by research on rural sustainability and development in China, this thesis presents a case study on The Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Project (LPP), a state-led, World Bank-funded environmental improvement ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)During the past decades, reduced disaster mortality, efficient evacuations in the face of storms and climate change advocacy earned Bangladesh a reputation as a global leader within disaster risk reduction (DRR). From a ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2006)Discourse analysis based on the archaeological method developed by Michel Foucault shows that International governmental organisations (UNEP and EEA) and national governments (Norway) are relying on two discursive systems ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)This thesis is a case study based on the urban development project Harstadpakken . It seeks to 1) identify leading discourse or discourses in the projects planning documents and how this, or these discourses influence the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Oil’s importance in the global economy cannot be overlooked. Gas, diesel and petrol, which are by-products of oil, fuel transportation globally, and allow for the free movement of goods and people. Revenue from oil is also ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)Food insecurity is a major global problem, affecting millions of people, especially in developing countries. Although food insecurity is considered solvable, various development strategies have failed to ensure food security ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Excessive meat consumption is associated with environmental, ethical and public health concerns. Substituting meat with plant-based alternatives has been located as a key strategy for consumers to reduce their meat intake. ...
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(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2005)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The paper uses qualitative data from Norway and the United Kingdom to understand the New technology of In Home Display monitors as a material object loaded with meaning and norms that may affect social practices and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Developments within map technologies provide an increasingly sophisticated view of the world, facilitating surveillance, management and movement. The simplified interpretations of reality presented through these technologies ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)The private car comes with promises of modernity and comfortable mobility for the growing middle class in Vietnam. Vietnam’s government has also targeted the domestic automobile industry as a “spearhead industry” in an ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Household energy consumption accounts for the largest proportion for the emissions of greenhouse gas emissions. These gases are the main contributors to global warming. World leaders have set a goal to limit warming to a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)Modern food production and consumption practices release greenhouse gases and other pollutants, contributing to global warming, as well as causing resource depletion and environmental degradation of local landscapes. As ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)This master’s thesis compares bottom-up strategies of climate activism and top-down ‘green’ urban development strategies in Oslo, aiming to examine the city’s environmental identity and reputation as a frontrunner for ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)The proposal for a Law of Ecocide (LOE) raises some ethical questions. As an amendment to the Rome Statute, it would give the International Criminal Court the mandate to prosecute individuals with superior responsibility ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)Ethics - how we ought to live and act in relation to other human beings - is an integrated part of our everyday lives, and it is accepted as an important part of public debates. But other human beings are not the only ones ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)