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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)One of the most significant multifaceted national challenges in Ghana is the spread of illegal gold mining activities. This type of informal mining is a major source of employment in many parts of a country. This study ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)This thesis explores understanding and manifestation of a feminist theory “Intersectionality” in a popular gender equality framework called “GESI” (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion) by development and humanitarian aid ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The ‘meatification’ of human diets has been subject to increasing scholarly attention in recent years, along with its many impacts. While the rapidly expanding meatification in many Asian countries has been noted, the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)In spite of the realization that Norway and other rich, industrialized countries need to move towards a less meat-heavy diet, and in spite of a blossoming general interest in vegetarian practices, not much research has ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper investigates the spaces for participation that have been created by readiness preparations launched in connection with the international initiative “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Spin, hyperbole, meaningless buzzwords, and technocratic jargon have become increasingly common in global health discourse. They are part of a broader phenomenon labelled “global health nonsense” Three main forms of global ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) play an increasingly prominent and multifaceted role in the field of global health – as policy advocates, recipients of donor funds, and implementers of donor-funded ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)Rural and agrarian societies are increasingly transformed through processes of agricultural expansion, industrialization, and market capitalism, imposing an economic squeeze on the small-scale farming sector. In Sweden, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper explores social representations of wind energy development within reindeer herding lands among the Indigenous Southern Saami living within Norwegian borders. For this matter, the paper combines Social Representations ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This case study looks at how the Chinese wind turbine industry has grown from being almost non-existent ten years ago, to become the world’s largest today. In a country where electricity supply is predominately fuelled by ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)Jordan, according to Indo-Aryan origins of the name, means “the stream that descends rapidly”. In Arabic, another term for Jordan is Esh-Sheri’s – “the watering place” (Jordan River Foundation 2002: 3). It is interesting ...
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“Guilty until proven innocent”: the contested use of maternal mortality indicators in global health (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The MMR – maternal mortality ratio – has risen from obscurity to become a major global health indicator, even appearing as an indicator of progress towards the global Sustainable Development Goals. This has happened despite ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)This project examines the problem of inaction in environmental behavior and explores why a proliferation of environmental knowledge has not generally inspired sustainable change. What explains this information-behavior ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Vietnam’s recent economic and social transformations are manifested in the streets of its capital city through millions of motorbikes and a rapidly growing presence of cars. Based on ‘motorbike ethnography’ in the streetscapes ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)The present study undertakes a critical analysis of the vegetable supply chain in Bangladesh, with a specific emphasis on the intermediaries' role, the impact of neoliberal and neopatrimonial policies, and the capacity of ...
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Hawai'i's Thirty Meter Telescope: Construction of the World's Largest Telescope on a Sacred Temple (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Mauna Kea is located on the Big Island of Hawai i. It is a dormant volcano and the highest mountain in the world measured from sea bottom. Mauna Kea first attracted astronomers in the 1960s. Since then there has been a ...
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Heat Pumps and Household Energy Consumption in Norway: An actor-network and practice theory approach (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The aim of this project is to determine how heat pumps, as technical objects, impact energy consumption in Norwegian homes. Much of the previous research on energy consumption has focused on what motivates users to reduce ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Digital technologies and digitalization are increasingly being used for sustainability goals, including in industrial settings. Digitalization processes also show evidence of unsustainable outcomes, as seen in the large ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)