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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)The driving force behind this thesis is indications that the relationship between scientific community and the rest of society is strained. There is an apparent disconnection between the two, as well as the general societal ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is one of the so-called ‘Rio Conventions’, three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) ensued from the ‘Earth Summit’ of 1992. Unlike its two ‘sisters’ ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)The backdrop for this research builds on a growing momentum that appreciates nature and the environment as the very cornerstone of our existence. The study examines the recently renewed ambition to develop a Norwegian ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)The Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015 was the largest Ebola outbreak ever, killing over 11,000 people. In this thesis, I explore the Norwegian response to this crisis, focusing particularly on two projects conducted by the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2024)Despite the widespread availability of information available to the public regarding major environmental issues like climate change, communicators have faced difficulty in generating the levels of public engagement necessary ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)In this paper I investigate the metaphysics of the Buddhist conception of Reality to see how this can contribute to an ecological understanding of the human existence. Through this investigation I reveal that life from a ...
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Serving Public or Private Interests? : A Study of Norway's Oil for Development Initiative in Ghana (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)This thesis is about(re)formation of Norwegian development policy and investigates the Norwegian state-led aid program 'Oil for Development' (OfD). As a public-private partnerhsip aiming to draw on the competence of the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Provision of safe abortion is widely recognized as vital to addressing the health and wellbeing of populations. Research on abortion is essential to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Researchers in population ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)Acts of resistance against forced displacement can manifest itself through a wide variety of social and cultural expressions. This thesis explores resistance against the dam-induced displacement in the highlands of Georgia ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)This thesis examines policymaking for sustainable development in Australia. It specifically focuses on climate change policy at the federal and state levels by examining how the coal mining industry has managed to continue ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)The broiler industry is a key driver of the enormous growth in meat production and consumption across the world. Currently, a global outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is wreaking havoc on commercial ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)This thesis examines two Small Scale Irrigation Schemes in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana, as a poverty intervention measure. And the aim is to study how a relevant poverty intervention ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Economic crises, natural disasters, armed conflict and infectious disease outbreaks, amongst others, present interlinked challenges for small businesses and have generated a recent wealth of research across varied fields. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this article I discuss the factors contributing to the drafting and approval of the forestry incentives law (PINPEP) in Guatemala. This is a remarkable law because (a) it is among the few in the country recognizing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)The empirical focus of this thesis is the issue of waste from its beginning to end in the context of Buenos Aires. In the thesis I thus follow the life of garbage through its different stages, from its place of origin to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)The European Union (EU) is highly dependent on importing raw materials for low-carbon infrastructures from around the globe. This material dependence has, since 2019, initiated legislation and efforts to intensify mining ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)The climate and environmental crisis is growing more tangible and extreme every day. From being a threat in a distant future, it is now taking lives and destroying livelihoods across the world. Further, the crisis is ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)A direction which sustainable development in energy systems could take is towards electricity ‘co-provision.’ Here, centralised fossil-powered generation is partly replaced by decentralised, renewable micro generation ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Large scale land acquisition for commercial agriculture is a fast-evolving type of investment in many developing countries. However, such investments entail negative impacts particularly on the local communities, who see ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Since 2010, solar energy companies in North America and Europe have played a pivotal role in delivering clean, reliable and sustainable electricity to millions of people living off the grid across sub-Saharan Africa. ...