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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The barriers to energy savings in institutions and private homes are well known and include people’s lack of interest, awareness, knowledge and human and financial capacity. Experiences made in several countries show that ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)The thesis is a contribution to the interdisciplinary research project 'Solar Transitions', which assesses the implementation of solar energy efforts in West Bengal, India. Founded in theory about the MDGs, the Rights-Based ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)Modern mating markets relegate a growing number of men to being incels (involuntary celibate). Increasing attention befalls another group struggling in the same markets: female insings (involuntary single). In the partly ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Climate change amplifies social, political, economic, infrastructural and environmental challenges in many Global South cities, and perhaps no city is more vulnerable than Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka. Climate-induced ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)Since the end of the Vietnam war, it has begun to be widely acknowledged that military tactics during armed conflicts can have devastating and long-lasting impacts on the environment. Environmental impacts of war became ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)The Anthropocene may entail at least two major civilizational and planetary events; the environmental crisis and the project of spreading humans and Earth-life to other planets. This thesis operates in the span between ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)This interdisciplinary and comparative study explores environmental public debate on the Arctic in the context of Russian and Norwegian media. The aim of the study is to define how environmental public debate is constructed ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)This thesis is an attempt to approach the questions of environmental ethics from a Rortyan, anti-foundationalist perspective. I draw on the writings of Richard Rorty in order to construe a perspective on environmental ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)The thesis herein examines some of the vital links between international humanitarian law and sustainable development. Although environments of war are seemingly paradoxical, the fact remains that the natural environment ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)This research looked into the emerging role of ‘slow fashion’ within the Danish clothing market and the factors that enabled this nation to become an industry leader. The research employed both primary and secondary research ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)The transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon and resource-efficient global economy will require huge amounts of investments, and private finance is increasingly singled out as the solution. But in contrast to the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article critically examines the GND (Green New Deal) platform by exploring the reality of energy development under the European Green Deal (EGD). Taking a special interest in degrowth positions on energy development, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Differences in Northern and Southern European gender relations have historical roots that can be investigated in the regions’ literature and cinema. The mating morality of romantic love facilitated the West’s First Sexual ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Conducting a multi-sited psychology study on how Malawian participants perceive Western-oriented non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) gendered development approaches, it became apparent that perceptions of ufiti (the ...
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(Book / Bok / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)Positive psychology is a thriving field with increasing political influence, yet there are few evolutionary studies that have had a tangible impact on rethinking mechanisms of well-being. This Element reviews existing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis aims to show the role of networks of experts (epistemic communities) in constructing knowledge and social structure upon which a CDM project was successful.
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)Cities around the globe are rapidly growing. The high urbanisation rates bear potentials for innovations, including adaptation to climate change and transformations towards sustainability. However, urbanisation also involves ...
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Exploring the capacities of cash transfers to improve food security among India s urban poorRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)A key player in the world economy, India s national economy today allows for a sustainable expansion and significant improvements in social aspects. This remarkable economic growth has however failed to include and benefit ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)In spite of the large number of studies of populism, few have discussed the relationship between populism and different types of elites, apart from showing the antielitism of the discourse that characterizes populist ...