Visual presentations of political leaders have a long tradition. They convey information about who a politician is and – to a certain degree – his or her political positions. As studiously crafted displays of ideals, such ...

Climate change presents new challenges that society must prepare for. For Norway, climate change means higher temperatures, increased rainfall and rising sea levels, changes that are leading to an increased frequency of ...

This thesis presents a critical assessment of community adaptation, and identifies the need to broaden the understanding of the concept of adaptation to include subjective dimensions, such as place attachment and identity. ...

Norge har et mål om å ha en av de beste skolene i verden. Dette målet gjelder særlig for det digitale området og følges gjerne av et ønske om at både talentfulle jenter og gutter skal finne frem til datastudiene. Det er ...

Aims: Several studies suggest a rapid decrease of alcohol use among adolescents after the turn of the century. With decreasing prevalence rates of smokers, a so-called hardening may have taken place, implying that remaining ...

Imagine a baleen whale: immense, rendered in black and white, with a sliver of red – animated, yet evidently butchered – emerging from the meeting of brick and spackled walls. A spout of black liquid rises from its blowhole, ...

This study examines the causal relationship between childhood immigrants’ age at arrival and their life chances as adults. I analyze panel data on siblings from Norwegian administrative registries, which enables me to ...

This thesis takes the form of a qualitative research project with the current process of economic agglomeration in the municipality of Chacao in Caracas, Venezuela as a case. Within the poverty-ridden city of Caracas an ...

Det er mye diskutert hva som fører til at kvinners karriereutvikling, innen de fleste yrkesgrupper, ikke ligner menns. Det er en uttalt politisk satsning å forsøke å endre dette. Akademikere og kunnskapsarbeidere har ofte ...