Browsing Senter for utvikling og miljø by Title
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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)
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Heritage and Scale – Challenges to Wellbeing and Place Management in Dubrovnik’s World Heritage Site (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article is an ethnographic contribution to ongoing debates on the consequences of heritagisation and touristification in the lived realities of World Heritage sites. Based on my doctoral research in Dubrovnik, Croatia, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in everyday lives through restrictions that resulted in lockdown practices in the home, whereby practices were reassessed, changed, renewed, or newly established. Based on a qualitative ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)It has been proposed by some social scientists that studying economics and economic models has a narrowing effect on students’ views. This thesis discusses how economics may influence a student’s views about development. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The thesis focuses on the relationship between Hungarian environmental NGOs and the EEA and Norway Grants. The study describes and analyses how foreign civil society assistance has enabled green civil society organizations ...
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(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)After a deterioration of democratic conditions in Venezuela, in 2017 the United States intensified its sanctions imposed on the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The sanctions failed to topple the regime, but they accelerated the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)Jaguars are one of Mexico’s most iconic species. They are ecologically crucial and charismatic animals that inform conservation strategies. This thesis examines jaguar conservation programmes in Southern Mexico, the region ...
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Human development in a post-conflict setting. Water governance and human principles in South Sudan (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)South Sudan finally reached the status of being an independent country after having been in almost constant conflict with northern Sudan for the last half century. On the other hand, due to the protracted war, South Sudan ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)The successful protection and promotion of human rights depend on a healthy environment. Environmental degradation and climate change adversely affect the enjoyment of virtually all human rights. While ecological concerns ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)This paper focuses on volunteers who practice voluntary activities at a reception centre for refugees in the outskirts of Oslo. My overall purpose is to seek the meaning behind the relationship between the volunteers and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)The article interprets the crisis of liberal democracy in the 21st century as the result of an ongoing, dual revolution of dignity. One such revolution is the work of “humanist outliers”: small groups and individuals ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Where are green anarchist and anti-civilization thoughts in academia? This article offers an encounter between green anarchism and decolonial theory to demonstrate its relevance as an action-oriented practice carried out ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)Drawing on cultural sociology and memory studies, this thesis offers a new framework for understanding post-industrial urban development. Focusing on the case of the Lower Area of Vítkovice in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, ...