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Attitudes Toward Growth in the Norwegian Transport Sector. An explorative study on the whereabouts of degrowth and other alternatives to the growth-omertáRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)As Uganda is about to start exploiting its petroleum reservoirs, it is apparent that there is a genuine fear of it becoming the next country on the list of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa suffering from a resource curse ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The purpose of this study was to explore local narratives on the conservation of Trillemarka-Rollagsfjell, in 2012, four years after its inauguration. The study reveals that there is a wide gap between the successful picture ...
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The Bear and the Shepherd: Nationalism, Nature Politics and Rural Development in the Catalan PyreneesRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)This thesis is a qualitative study that discusses the intersections between nationalist agendas, nature politics, and contemporary rural transformations in Pallars Sobirà, a region in the Catalan Pyrenees. Applying ...
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Beef of Burden? : An investigation of attitudes towards beef consumption among Norwegian consumers (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)This thesis set out to investigate Norwegians’ attitudes towards beef consumption. UNEP calls for a worldwide dietary change, away from animal products. Still, the Norwegian authorities do not address the problem of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Global health donors increasingly embrace international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) as partners, often relying on them to conduct political advocacy in recipient countries, especially in controversial policy ...
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Better Safe than Sorry? Indigenous Peoples, Carbon Cowboys and the Governance of REDD in the Amazon (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Indigenous peoples around the world and particularly in Latin America are struggling to strengthen their control over land and the territories they inhabit. The strengthening of rights has come as a result of multiple ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article examines conflicting conceptualizations of the human subject in political ecology and geography: Foucauldian views of “subject-making” and Gramscian views of “the person”. While Foucauldian work holds that the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)China has become a significant contributor to closing Africa's infrastructural gap, but Chinese companies are repeatedly criticised for not involving local businesses in their operations, and for isolating themselves from ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)In this thesis, I examine the main constraints to the propagation of bicycle commuting in Oslo. Furthermore, recommendations for the promotion of bicycle commuting in Oslo through policymaking are made. Data has been ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2003)Bioprospecting: Global discourses and local perceptions Shaman Pharmaceuticals in Tanzania Bioprospecting is an activity whereby researchers and agents for pharmaceutical companies travel to various parts of the world ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)After the Second World War, modernisation processes such as the industrialisation of agriculture transformed the Norman bocage, a landscape defined by hedgerow networks. In order to keep up with the living landscape evolving ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)While authoritarian populism and its relationship to the rural world have gained analytical prominence recently, few have attempted a systematic exploration of how various authoritarian populisms emerge from, and are ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)The global migration of health workers, also known as medical brain drain, exacerbates human resources for health (HRH) shortages in the countries of origin. These shortages disproportionally affect low- and middle-income ...
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Branding destinations : A review of critical success factors in a Norwegian settingRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)Oppgaven er en eksplorativ studie av en artikkel presentert av 'Baker & Cameron (2008). De har gjennomført en bred gjenomgang av eksisterende litteratur og kommet frem til 33 kritiske faktorer som er nødvendige i en ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)The focus of this work is on the phenomena surrounding the increasing consumption that has been occurring among the poor in developing countries over the past decades. People who were confined to subsistence levels of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Asia has become the world’s largest beer-consuming region, and Southeast Asia sees the strongest growth in demand. While the Asian beer industry attracts investments from global and regional capital and is undergoing ...
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Bringing food to the table: Food security and civil society in Ethiopia’s WTO accessionRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
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Bringing The Blue Flame Home : An Investigation of Key Factors for Household Biogas Adoption in Rural Indonesia.Restricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis aims at investigating key factors for household biogas adoption with the case study in Sri Hardono village situated in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Province Indonesia. By employing Appropriate Technology and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Whether, and how, enterprises can contribute to enhancing peace is heavily debated, but some scholars claim that enterprises can play a beneficial role in promoting peace and stability in areas with institutional and social ...