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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)During a period of pro-independence mass mobilizations and diminishing financial confidence, the government of Catalonia attached a traditional idea of the rural household to its market in public debt. This article analyzes ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Recent years have seen major political crises throughout the world, and foreign policy analysts nearly universally expect to see rising tensions within (and between) countries in the next 5–20 years. Being able to predict ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article proposes an evolutionary model for well-being informed by multilevel selection. We posit that people’s subjective assessment of their own quality of life is the sum their happiness, which is related to individual ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)From its very incipient form, the environmental critique of ‘development’ understood as modernization, industrialization and economic growth, was accompanied by a critique of the state as a modernizing actor. The main ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate to what extend access to justice is obtained in Chinese environmental disputes from the perspective of pollution victims in the. By investigating dispute settlement process ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)How genomic selection enables species to adapt to divergent environments is a fundamental question in ecology and evolution. We investigated the genomic signatures of local adaptation in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) along ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Based on ethnographic fieldwork on the Island of Hawai’i, this thesis explores human- landscape relations through engagement with coffee farming practices. By exploring relations between the past, present, human and nonhuman, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)This thesis is based on a longitudinal study and it examines the social impacts of the introduction of genetically modified (GM) soya in Santa Cecilia, an agricultural colony located in northern Argentina. Two additional ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)The Tía Maria copper mine situated above the agricultural Tambo Valley, southwest Peru, has sparked nearly ten years of protracted conflict. This conflict began in 2009, yet Southern Copper Peru or Southern, a subsidiary ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)The objective of this thesis is to explore the reasons why Norway chose Guyana as a partner for their REDD initiative - a 'risky' country where it had very little knowledge or traditional presence. How can the marriage of ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Skal vi ha høyere formueskatt? Hvordan bør en overgang til et lavutslippssamfunn foregå? Når forskeres møter slike spørsmål, noe de ofte gjør, møter de samtidig et annet, nemlig hvor langt de kan gå i retning av å ytre ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Sex ratio theory suggests why mating practices have become dysfunctional in the West and other regions. Spain, Japan, and over 20 other nations are on course to have their populations halved by 2100, dramatically aging ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)This study was conducted in Kisiju-Pwani village, Mkuranga District in Tanzania. It was conducted from the on-going project on sustainable energy system for the provision of rural electrification services under PITRO. This ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article presents and discusses results from an empirical study of people’s uses of various types of heat pumps in Norwegian homes. We analyze the rebound effect from a practice theory perspective. In-depth interviews ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)What radical tactics might those seeking transformational action on climate or environmental sustainability undertake? What options are capable of stopping actors and institutions who already realize their actions and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis gives an overview of Animal Ethics in Norway and discusses its place in the public debate. At the base of this thesis lie three central questions: The first question addresses the attitudes towards animals ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2001)
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(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2007)A new Norwegian electricity directive that will take effect in 2007 will mandate the compliance of Norwegian electricity utilities with the European Unions EL Directive (2003/54/EC, par 6). The EU Directive states that all ...