Although the bioeconomy has been embraced by many governments around the world as a way of responding to the grand challenge of climate change, it remains unclear what the bioeconomy is and how it can contribute to achieving ...

This paper employs the concept of policy networks to study how interest groups and actors compete over the influence of energy and climate policy. It is argued that the creation of learning arenas is critical for the ...

A transformation of the energy system relies on a move away from burning of fossil fuels and the expansion of sustainable alternatives. This presents a challenge for fossil fuel exporting countries, but also opportunities ...

I et samfunn med en demografisk aldring og stadig høyere forventninger om effektivitet og kvalitet i helse- og omsorgstjenestene er det behov for å tenke nytt rundt hvordan helse-og omsorgstjenestene er organisert og ...

I et samfunn med en demografisk aldring og stadig høyere forventninger om effektivitet og kvalitet i helse- og omsorgstjenestene er det behov for å tenke nytt rundt hvordan helse-og omsorgstjenestene er organisert og ...

To eliminate the problems of climate warming, several countries have devoted a great deal of time and money to reduce CO2 emissions by replacing combustion energy power plants with cleaner technologies such as wind, hydro ...

This paper presents a timely analysis of participation in the 8th European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (EU FP) Horizon 2020. Our dataset comprises the entire population of research organizations in ...

Kunnskap er ofte en tungtveiende faktor for politiske beslutninger, og det er derfor vanlig å benytte seg av utstrakt kunnskapsinnhenting og -produksjon for å legitimere politiske prosesser. Denne praksisen kan synes å ...

Mer innovasjon i helsesektoren er en forutsetning for et godt helsetilbud for alle i fremtiden. Gjennom innovasjoner som bidrar til bedre pasientbehandling kan helsesektoren forbedres og effektiviseres. Sykehusene er en ...

Does foreign aid work? Are aid funds spent as intended? These have been recurring questions for four decades, and they continue to spark heated debates. Yet how may we know whether aid works? What tools may help us see ...

Within innovation studies, progress has recently been made on how pathways for socio-technical transitions are enacted through struggles between actors. The focus has been on the enactment of ongoing transitions, initially ...

Technology has an effect on how people live, and how they work. By looking at workplace contestation processes, and the power asymmetries in these, this thesis seeks to answer how technology has constructed the modern ...

Norsk næringsliv møter utfordringer i form av økte kostnader, svingninger i markedet og krav til fornyelser. Innovasjon er viktig for konkurranseevne og økonomisk vekst, og arbeidstakere er en viktig del av innovasjon i ...

Documents play a central role in rendering climate change governable, by bridging the perceived gap between the global climate system and the local politics, practices, and material realities that affects it. This ...

This paper is a result of an investigation into a very popular Big Data service: The music streaming service Spotify. In music streaming services there are frequent and automatic moderations of content in the form of for ...

The fields of innovation studies, entrepreneurship and science and technology studies are all relatively new additions to the academic landscape. Research on the development of these new fields has been undertaken, yet ...

Det sies at kunnskap er makt, og at politikken skal være kunnskapsbasert. Men hva skjer når aktører bruker samme kunnskap til å fronte forskjellige posisjoner? Ved å studere iskanten som sak, ønsker denne oppgaven å si noe ...

Norske myndigheter har interesse for innovasjon i helsesektoren. Regionale og lokale helseforetak ser i tillegg på innovasjon som en strategi i møte med nåværende og fremtidige helseutfordringer. Litteraturen på innovasjon ...

Denne masteroppgaven handler om klimaeffektiv områdeutvikling. Den tar utgangspunkt i et nylig utformet planforslag for et helt område, og studerer hvordan arkitektene bak tre byggeprosjekter forholder seg til den overordnede ...

This thesis explores the role of simulator training in the development of local skills in the Brazilian offshore maritime sector. In addition, the effect of policy promoting the use of local workers and education on skills ...

In order to be an efficient and relevant intergovernmental organization, United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) has since 2007 made the innovation turn and has become a leader in innovation activity in the UN body. The ...

What is the central research activity in modern universities? This paper uses a comprehensive survey among individuals from 15 countries to map differences in orientation towards basic/fundamental research, applied/practical ...

The ongoing technological revolution accelerates the globalization process and reduces the information differential all over the world. In the era of knowledge economy, companies must nurture a few competencies in the race ...

Bygg- og anleggsektoren står for halvparten av energiforbruket og 40 prosent klimagassutslippene i Norge. Skal den norske byggenæringen omstilles fra å være et sentralt problem til å bli en sentral løsning på miljøutfordringen ...

Big Data technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent across many aspects of society. By using advanced algorithmic models and vast databases, programmers have developed tools that can accurately calculate the probabilities ...

Business incubators have over the years become a popular way to support entrepreneurs. This method of facilitating for entrepreneurs is also widely used in Norway. This thesis explores how business incubators support and ...

This thesis is a case study of how customer feedback is used at Telenor Norway. The thesis distinguishes between viewing the customer as innovative, and using customers or customer feedback as a source of innovation. It ...

Denne kvalitative case-studien undersøker drivere og barrierer for en norsk industri for skogbasert biodrivstoff. Teknologisk innovasjonssystem (TIS) med funksjonstilnærming utgjør analytisk rammeverk for oppgaven. 20 ...

I denne oppgaven søker jeg å belyse hvordan vitenskap omtales i norske medier. Konkret har jeg sett på hvilke sammenhenger vitenskap blir presentert i, hvorvidt det forekommer uoverensstemmelser mellom innholdet i forskning ...

Denne oppgaven er en casestudie av GoMore, som er en kommersiell samkjøringstjeneste. Tjenesten tilbyr samkjøring som reisealternativ gjennom sin brukerplattform, som et supplerende kollektivtilbud. Konseptet er et resultat ...

Keywords; Citizens Science, DIY-technology, actor-network theory, boundary objects, environmental research

Power from shore is a Norwegian climate mitigation strategy that is situated in the middle of the Norwegian paradox of being both a climate-nation and an oil-nation. In physical terms, power from shore, or electrification, ...

This thesis investigates the Keyhole-labeling scheme initiated by the Norwegian Government as a political strategy in order to improve public health and encourage the food industry to focus on product development. The ...

A case study of the development of gambling treatment at Blå Kors Senter. The aim of the paper is to learn something about innovation in the voluntary sector, in Norway.

This paper studies how political conditions and external events influenced the rise and fall of offshore wind on the political agenda in Norway between 2005 and 2012. In this sense, the paper contributes to recent debates ...

The processing of personal data has been one of the most widespread uses of computers ever since the invention of the first electronic tabulator. The issue of data protection has bubbled to the surface at several points ...

While climate change inaction is often attributed to self-interest and denial, the motivations for action and advocacy tend to be taken for granted. This asymmetry limits our understanding of how technological cultures ...

The carnivore issue has been a much debated issue in the Norwegian public for well over a century. After a longer period of trying to eradicate the animals through government issued shooting rewards from the middle of the ...

The thesis provides an in-depth discussion of technology transfer of innovations utilizing nanotechnology. Innovations that use nanotechnology as a component are controversial among governments, international organizations, ...

The objective of this paper is to provide an understanding of how the offshore drilling technology supplier industry in the southern Norway has achieved its success, and the factors contributing to the growth. The context ...

Abstract This thesis explores Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), an emerging military technology that can identify and attack a target without human intervention. Though LAWS are not yet operational, they have steered ...

As the focus on reducing CO2 emissions increases and the global demand of energy is rising, the oil and gas industry faces competition from other sources of energy. To take competitive advantage with competing energy ...

Solar power is increasingly being used to electrify off-grid areas in developing countries. The implementation typically starts with a pilot project, but often these never make it to the upscaling phase. This master thesis ...

Gjennom historien har tillit vært en viktig del av all menneskelig samhandling. I senere tid har tillit blitt viet større oppmerksomhet i ulike fagdiskurser, fra psykologi til økonomi. Også innen innovasjonslitteraturen ...

Denne oppgaven er en kvalitativ casestudie av hva som driver innovasjons- og implementeringsprosesser i helsesektoren. Siden dette emnet har et bredt forskningsområde, har jeg avgrenset det til utvikling innenfor ett ...

Utdanningssektoren er avgjørende for å sikre den enkeltes velferd og Norges konkurransekraft i fremtiden. På enkelte felt leverer ikke sektoren til samfunnets forventninger og behov. Blant annet er det mange elever som ...

Tragiske dyreepidemier som kugalskap og munn- og klovsyke rettet for alvor søkelyset på den industrialiserte dyreproduksjonen. Disse tragediene bidro til å skape kontroverser som ikke bare dreide seg om dyrevelferd, helse ...

Denne studien omhandler den norske regionale innovasjon- og forskningspolitikken, i lys av den nye ordningen med Regionale forskningsfond (RFF) som kom med den skrinlagte regionsreformen fra 2010. Det antas at kunnskap om ...

I straffeloven av 1902 innførte man et blandet prinsipp for utilregnelighet. På den ene siden satte man et medisinsk kriterie – sinnssykdom – som et umiddelbart utilregnelighetsgrunnlag for enhver straffbar handling. På ...

Denne oppgåva er eit forsøk på å setje Senter for teknologi og menneskelige verdier (TMV) inn i ein idehistorisk kontekst. Senteret eksisterte frå 1988 til utgangen av 1998. Eg meiner det er interessant å trekke fram måten ...

I et samfunn med en stadig større andel pleietrengende eldre er det behov for nytenkning rundt organisering av kommunale pleie- og omsorgstjenester. Velferdsteknologi trekkes ofte frem som avgjørende for å klare å møte den ...

Ny teknologis betydning for personvernet har blitt betydelig problematisert, helt fra personvernsteoriens spede begynnelse og til dagens samfunnsdebatt. Imidlertid har det funnet sted svært lite forskning på hvordan ny ...

R&D policy instruments, such as subsidies and tax incentives, have the objective to increase private firms R&D investments, and hence the economic performance and competitiveness of national innovation systems. Norway, ...

Denne masteroppgaven er en case studie av samarbeidsinnovasjon innen offentlig sektor. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i at helsesektoren står ovenfor store utfordringer blant annet relatert til en aldrende befolkning og et økt ...

The European Union (EU) has decided to transform the energy sector into renewable energy technologies in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Sweden and Norway have established a bilateral green certificate system to ...

During the last decades several scholars have strived to investigate how combinations of new and prior knowledge affect the innovative capability of organizations. One way these issues can be manifested is when organizations ...

For at Norge skal kunne opprettholde sin posisjon som et ledende kunnskapssamfunn, satses det fra myndighetene på flere kunnskapsfremmende virkemidler. Et av flere slike virkemidler er opprettelsen av regionale klyngeprogrammer, ...

Banebrytende innovasjoner endrer, som oftest, bedriftens omgivelser radikalt og det kan være vanskelig å oppdage disse endringene tidsnok. Ved å ha endringsevner, dynamiske kapabiliteter, kan bedrifter reagere på og håndtere ...

This thesis links the theoretical framework of technological innovation systems to standardization and standards arguing that there are analytical benefits in integrating these theoretical perceptions within the literature ...

Denne oppgaven utforsker den pågående kontroversen rundt det konsesjonssøkte vindkraftprosjektet på Siragrunnen utenfor Vest-Agder og Rogaland, og høringsrundene som har vært i tilknytning til dette prosjektet. Ved å gjøre ...

This case study investigates the interface between traditional agricultural sugarcane production and modern renewable energies generation in 21st century Cuba, a command economy in transformation. In the previous century ...

It has become increasingly clear the last decades that the service sector constitutes the majority of employment and output in most industrial countries. While the traditional view on innovation and growth has emphasised ...

The current global economy is locked into energy systems based on fossil fuels, which blocks the development of renewable energy (RNE) sources. Dealing with climate change and the problems of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) ...

Innovation and innovation system studies have traditionally not dealt with natural resource industries in developing countries. This seems to be the case even when considering strategic sectors such as the petroleum industry, ...

Entrepreneurial Nigerian youths called Yahoo boys are believed to annually cause billions of U.S. dollars in damages to millions of individuals all over the world. Through the use of qualitative interviews and observations ...

In the last decades, museums have transformed their role from restricted high-class mausoleums to popular attractions along with other leisure activities for both local and touristic routes. Hence, they have to relate with ...

Internett har gitt muligheter for den kriminelle verden, så vel som i den ikke-kriminelle verdenen. De kriminelles muligheter utgjør en trussel mot de ikke-kriminelle, som dermed må forsøke å finne måter å beskytte seg. ...

This thesis explores the development and the diffusion of the charging infrastructure in Oslo and its surroundings. Due to the rapidly increasing demand for electric vehicles, which in turn generates a great need for ...

In this paper I examine and explain a specific action of a government body: I look at four commitments by the European Commission (EC) to support social innovation, and ask: Why did the European Commission commit to support ...

This thesis explores innovation in the public sector at a sectoral-level as there is a perceived need for a more comprehensive public innovation approach – both theoretical and practical – in which the focus is shifted ...

In modern society, with the rising focus on change and rapid development, the ability to innovate has become crucial. With limited time and internal resources available, companies are increasingly realizing the value of ...

Sammendrag Kunnskap er ofte en tungtveiende faktor for politiske beslutninger, og det er derfor vanlig å benytte seg av utstrakt kunnskapsinnhenting og -produksjon for å legitimere slike prosesser. Denne praksisen kan synes ...

Spillovers from defence-industrial developments have strongly influenced civilian technologies. Despite the international academic and political interest in defence–civilian spillovers, little is known as to whether the ...

EU expert institutions delivering policy advice about the promise of emerging technologies, help frame the issues that technologies might address. Their assumptions about European contexts for technology futures therefore ...

This thesis is a comparative case study of the phenomenon of facilitated inter-organisational networks (FIN). FINs constitute a type of inter-organisational learning network that is publicly facilitated and that sets out ...

The previous evaluation (Borlaug et al. 2009) of FORNY, a Norwegian policy scheme to promote commercialization of research results from academic institutions, described the program’s engagement with academic spin-off ...

What does the political look like in the digital realm of the lobby organisation? This thesis is based on a stint of fieldwork within the Communications department of a Brussels lobby organisation that promotes wind power ...

Emerging technologies are not simply pursued out of economic interests, but also on the basis of assumptions about the societies and publics that technologies will serve. This paper compares how carbon dioxide capture and ...

Oppgaven handler om hvordan visjoner og mål for bærekraftig byutvikling er fanget opp i utviklingen av den nye bydelen i Bjørvika i Oslo. Undersøkelsen er basert på intervjuer med planleggere, prosjektledere, arkitekter ...

Straw bale building is an environmentally friendly building technique that has not yet reached the broad masses of the population. This thesis seeks answers to why straw bale building has not diffused more, using Everett ...

This paper examines the role of the wave energy sector in Ireland using theories from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Theoretical divisions within the field of STS are examined, particularly the Sociology ...

Denne masteroppgaven er en teoridrevet og komparativ case-studie av NHO, FFA og UHRs arbeid med å påvirke utformingen av Horisont 2020 – EUs rammeprogram for forskning og innovasjon (2014-2020). Hensikten er å få økt ...

The construction industry has been characterized as a slow to change sector where knowledge is underexploited. The ability to learn from past errors is crucial for companies working in a project-based environment, such as ...

Vaksinen er kanskje det viktigste bidraget innen forebygging mot smittsomme sykdommer. Graden av immunitet mot en sykdom i et samfunn, er avhengig av hvor mange som lar seg vaksinere. Hvor mange som benytter seg av en ...

Background: This thesis investigates the nutrient profiling models of ten different transnational companies, presented through the EU Pledge. The profiling models may be developed internally by the companies, and are used ...

In order to prevent global warming, the world is in need of a reduction in CO2 emissions. This thesis seeks to analyse the possibilities Norway has to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases in its energy system. ...

It has become increasingly clear the last decades that innovation is a key feature of competitive firms and industries. Despite an academic and political focus on technology-intensive industries as being the driving force ...