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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Cabins have a special place in the hearts of Norwegians. A main aspect of cabins is their function as meeting places between nature and civilization. It is therefore meaningful to read the cabin as a symbol of Norwegian ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)This thesis investigates the way Eco-Art seeks to influence environmental policy through changing the values and beliefs of audience members. Rolf Groven's painting, Oljemaleri, depicts a satirical visual warning about the ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)Can high levels of poverty be a competitive advantage for a country in the world economy? Or, put differently, can low labour costs provide a sustainable basis for a small country’s export strategy? In this study poverty ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)In the late 1990s, the Indian Supreme Court issued a series of orders intended to improve the environmental conditions in Delhi, the best known of which mandated the conversion of the entire fleet of diesel-powered buses ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)As a response to ongoing climate change challenges, the world is increasingly transitioning to low-carbon societies with increased use of renewable energy sources. Because Norway’s power system primarily consists of the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)Abstract The environmental impact associated with the petroleum industry is pervasive and expansive. Anthropological climate change and pollution are some of the impacts associated with the petroleum industry. Petroleum ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Gilgel Gibe III hydropower project is one of the large-scale projects presently under construction in Ethiopia. The project has been surrounded by controversies and strong oppositions. This study sought to examine these ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)The topic of elites has always been controversial in Latin American social sciences. Elites have been studied indirectly as landowners, capitalists, business-leaders or politicians, and have also been approached directly ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2008)Nov. 29th 2005, on the front page of Norway’s largest newspaper Verdens Gang (VG): next to photos of two young Chinese boys, the title read “Disappeared from Moss – the police fears: TAKEN by human traffickers” . It was ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)The role of China in the world and in Latin America is rapidly changing. From being a fast-developing nation, scouring the world for raw materials and markets for its own industrialization, it has set out to be a global ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)China is now a major actor in global development and wields considerable influence in large parts of the world. The success of the Chinese development model has not only challenged the notion that democracy is necessary ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)The Danube is the only significant body of water in the Budapest region. Thus, during the period between the late 19th and mid 20th when modern sewerage and water supply systems were built for the Hungarian capital, the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Abstract The growth of global public-private partnerships for health has opened up new spaces for civil society participation in global health governance. Such participation is often justified by the claim that civil society ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2023)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)This a study of how the researchers and staff of CICERO – Center for International Climate Research in Norway, participated in public discourse as expert commentators on the UNFCCC climate negotiations and the reality of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)This thesis draws mainly on the theoretical constructs of capital and field of power, developed by Bourdieu, to explore climate change attitudes of holders of different types of capital who are considered positioned within ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)Through an ethnographic collaboration with Sotz’il Association, an Indigenous organization in Guatemala, this thesis explores what climate change is (ontologically) at the cross-section of modernity and the Maya Cosmovision. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is subject to ongoing scholarly and public debate regarding the evidence-base and the agenda-setting power of involved stakeholders. We ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This study takes a closer look at a Norwegian establishment of second homes in the area of Natal in Brazil. It sets out to answer how such settlements takes place in its context, compared to how it was seen in its initial ...