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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)This thesis looks at middle-class Cairenese perceptions of poverty in the capital of Egypt, Cairo. Moreover, it discusses the difficulty of defining class in Egypt. The aim of this study has been to find out how middle-class ...
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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’ ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis is a narrative analysis of the role of sustainable development in secondary education (ages 13-16) in Norway. The aim is to examine narratives on sustainable development in education, and find whether these ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Maize is the most produced crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, but yields are low and climate change is projected to further constrain smallholder production. The current efforts to breed and disseminate new high ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2008)This thesis is about the modernization of fishing practices in a traditional fishermen community in Indonesia in the context of decentralization. The focus will be to learn how the process takes place, and how actors ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)In the modern era cattle ranching in Nicaragua has become a principle economic activity for a number of reasons, with the result that as much as 30% of the country´s forested lands have been converted to pasture for grazing. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)A central theme in global governance is the ongoing diffusion of power and authority from nation states to a myriad of non-governmental actors. While private and civil society actors have always influenced policy, they are ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)During the global COVID-19 crisis, China has portrayed itself as a “champion of multilateralism” – defending UN institutions and its own multilateral initiatives in a variety of spheres. China’s approach has, however, often ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reconceptualize how managers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) manage risk, particularly in fragile and/or conflict-affected areas of operation. The authors suggest that MNEs ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)This study sets out to examine the potential of four Oslo museums / learning centers for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). ESD has gained ground in the course of UNESCO`s Decade for Education for Sustainable ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)This thesis navigates the intersection of environmental peacebuilding, youth engagement, and the intricate dynamics of the Cyprus conflict, with a specific focus on the UN-led initiative, UNYCHEP. Positioned within ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)This thesis examines contemporary Norwegian imaginative literature, and the study’s thematic criterion is the environmental crisis. The approach is textual analysis, and the normative aspects of this study are from a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Large corporations and financial institutions have come to the realization that they can no longer ignore the twin emergencies of nature and climate crises. In this thesis, I investigate the Taskforce on Nature-related ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Since the 1960s democratic member based organizations (DMOs) have formed the back bone of the Norwegian environmental movement (NEM). A series of recent developments, however, have challenged both their dominant position ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Abstract Amidst calls for making food systems more sustainable, new unsustainable food transformations unfold alongside economic development. Explanations for unsustainable food transformations in emerging economies vary ...
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Network Society and the Notorious Self: Deep Ecology, Dissensual Democracy and the Digital Commons (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Food regime analysis is a prominent approach to the role of food and agriculture in global capitalism. Yet recent advancement within the approach has not received as much attention as it deserves outside of specialized ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Why do NGOs and companies form a relationship and how, if at all do they implement it in order to create value? These are central questions that are addressed in this paper, and the answers are sought by taking a closer ...