Masteroppgaven handler om måten målstyring gjøres i skolen igjennom informa- sjonsinfrastruktur som muliggjør dens måle-praksis; organisering og evaluering av undervisning og læring. I tillegg til å basere seg på et ...

Norway is in the unique position of being the only country in Europe that is a significant energy exporter of oil and gas, while its domestics energy needs are met by hydropower. This combination of renewable energy use ...

Denne studien handler om innovasjonsprosessen i Asker kommunes satsingsprosjekt, Velferdslab. Målsettingen til prosjektet er å designe en ny modell for samstyring av tjenester til kommunens svakerestilte innbyggere med ...

Offentlig sektor står i økende grad overfor en rekke komplekse og tverrgående utfordringer som berører flere aktører, sektorer og politikkområder samtidig. For å bli i stand til å løse slike utfordringer, er offentlig ...

I denne masteroppgaven retter jeg oppmerksomheten mot møtet mellom teknologien og mennesket, nærmere bestemt unge voksne og sosiale medier. Formålet med studien er å løfte frem og studere åtte unge voksnes erfaringer med ...

Health care systems will face several challenges in the near future. Some relates to demographics, higher expectations and limited resources. Because resources are limited and the demand for health care services is high, ...

Flere nevneverdige aktører med tilknytning til delingsøkonomien har klart å forstyrre etablerte virksomheter og deres konkurranseomgivelser i bestemte markeder, men det er særlig ett selskap som tydelig har markert seg som ...

I dag står verden overfor store digitaliseringsutfordringer og -muligheter. Så langt har noen digitale plattformer vokst fram og blitt dominerende, slik som Google og Facebook. Disse har etablert mer eller mindre åpne ...

This thesis is a case study of public health innovation in the Oslo and Copenhagen regions. The two cases were chosen because they closely fit the ideal for a most similar systems design, as the Norwegian and Danish societies ...

Morgendagens helseutfordringer kan bare løses dersom norsk helsesektor tilpasser seg endringene som kommer. For å lykkes i omstillingsarbeidet må sektoren preges av evnen til lære og innovere. En arena der mye av dette vil ...

The paper presents a new modelling approach for the study of co-evolutionary economic growth. The system dynamics model studies the interactions between four main dimensions: physical capital, R&D and innovation, human ...

Denne masteroppgaven ser på hvordan aktørers konkurrerende ideer og interesser har formet beslutningen om effekttariff. Dette er en pågående prosess internt i kraftbransjen. Målet er å endre måten nettleien prises på, slik ...

The increasing needs in the humanitarian sector and the lack of funding to address these needs have led to a paradigm shift in the sector. Humanitarian organizations are increasingly focusing on innovation and emerging ...

There is no secret that organizations look for new sources of innovation. Previous research in innovation studies has long recognized the role of R&D and special departments as the source and drivers of innovation. At ...

This master thesis studies how the issue of fact-checking has evolved in the Norwegian public debate. This thesis looks into the matter of how fact-checking became an issue in Norway. The public debate on fact-checking ...

The public discourse on artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly increasing, in tandem with faster-paced development in the field of artificial intelligence. With these advancements, multiple short- and long-term issues and ...

I et samfunn og en økonomi som i stor grad er låst i et karbonbasert energisystem, gjøres det stadig forsøk på å avdekke forhold som fremmer og hemmer en bærekraftig omstilling. Omstillingslitteraturen på innovasjonsfeltet ...

Ved å ta utgangspunkt i den norske satsinga på torskeoppdrett frå starten av 2000-talet har eg studert korleis natur vert inkludert i politikk og styringspraksisar. Eg har undersøkt korleis torskeoppdrettssaka vart forma ...

In the last year, high-quality face-swapped videos have started circulating on the Internet, showing faked situations of politicians doing odd speeches and celebrities performing in pornography. The videos and the surrounding ...

Et omstillingspress i norsk kraftsektor er et faktum som følge av ny teknologi som for eksempel elbiler, lagringsteknologi og solceller. Teknologien skaper både et mulighetsrom for kraftsektoren og nettselskapene til å ...

There is a broad scientific consensus that our current mobility system, characterized by automobility and the use of fossil fuels, is unsustainable. In cities around the world, sustainable mobility initiatives are experimented ...

Hvordan bidrar innovasjon og teknologi til å omforme omsorg? Den siste tiden har teleomsorg fått en del oppmerksomhet både i politikken og mediene. Teleomsorg framstilles som en del av løsningen på dagens omsorgsutfordringer, ...

In the recent national plans for healthcare, the concept of the patient as an equal partner is gaining traction. The principal idea is that empowering the patient will lead to more effective and accurate services, with ...

This study presents an analysis of 2 216 European higher education institutions (HEIs) from 27 countries. It investigates determinants of participation in the European Union’s Framework Programme for research and innovation ...

Earlier studies have concluded that television consumption is detrimental to environmental sustainability and people’s subjective wellbeing due to its promotion of consumerism and materialistic goals. However, recent ...

This article analyzes the determinants of job satisfaction among knowledge workers (KWs). Data from a representative sample of 14,096 employed workers from the European Social Survey (2010) are used for an empirical analysis ...

How does Internet use affect well-being? This paper presents a survey of the literature investigating this question, and it develops a framework to analyze both positive effects and potential risks. We point out four ...

Norway is experiencing a demographic shift, caused by an ageing population. The shift will result in an increased proportion of inhabitants with chronic Non-communicable diseases (NCDs). One of the innovations tested to ...

Trafikksystemet i Oslo, som i resten av Norge, er preget av høy personbilbruk. I 2015 viste Samferdselsdepartementet til en prognose som tilsa at befolkningsveksten ville fortsette å øke i Norges hovedstadsregion ...

The smart grid concept contains technologies and innovations that can improve the sustainability, flexibility and efficiency of the energy system. However, the diffusion of these innovations is slow. Despite a vast literature ...

As interorganisational collaboration is increasingly seen as a crucial nexus of innovation by scholars and policymakers alike, it is important to investigate whether and in what way research collaboration networks affect ...

The amendment of e-cigarette regulations in Norway was an effect of an interference between the European Union Tobacco Products Directive and Norwegian legislation. This interference opened up a window for corporate, ...

In this commentary, Kristin Asdal reflects on pragmatism as one of the methodological touchstones of Science, technology and society (STS). In its focus on practices, pragmatist STS can be prone to falling into a problematic ...

When major waterfalls in Norway became possible to develop around 1900, a major step was achieved. The step was a major international technological leap paralleled with changes of established attitudes towards grand, and ...

This thesis explores how, through the patterns of expectations surrounding Bitcoin as how they were voiced by different actor groups (entrepreneurs, incumbents, knowledge institutions, policy makers, users, and the media), ...

It has long been held that natural resource abundance retards economic growth. Studies using innovation system perspectives, however, suggest that natural resource abundance per se need not stand in the way of evolving a ...

Policies and politics are crucial elements of sustainability transitions. Transition pathways unfold as a result of continuous struggles of actors over policy goals and instruments. Taking a policy mix perspective, we study ...

This paper challenges Ed Barbier’s influential contribution to the resources and economic development debate and extends our understanding of the process of resource-based development in two relevant economies since World ...

The topics addressed in this paper concern the (much-needed) transition to sustainability and what role (innovation) policy can play in speeding up such changes. In their Discussion Paper Schot and Steinmueller (2018) argue ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the hypothesis that increased participation in global value chains (GVCs), such as assembly of imported parts for exports, leads to higher economic growth. The focus is particularly ...

This thesis investigates the legislation on food waste in Norway. Approaching this issue the thesis will introduce the concept of food waste through presenting a definition of the term, and looking at the social, environmental, ...

This thesis’ aim was to explore the diffusion of the internet, and which capabilities were necessary to successfully diffuse the technologies in low- and middle income countries. The thesis is a panel data analysis of ...

Do the additionality effects of R&D tax credits vary across sectors? The paper presents a micro- econometric analysis of this question for three countries: Norway, Italy and France. We use a panel of firm-level data from ...

This thesis follows a project initiated by a group of Norwegian medical researchers and entrepreneurs with an aim of providing birth attendants worldwide with accessible training in simple medical techniques through the ...

This paper explores how countries in non-leadership positions can couple onto globally developing technological innovation systems (TISs) for renewable energy. The paper contributes to recent debates on relations between ...

Energy use in buildings is a significant contributor to climate change. The purpose of this paper is to explore industrial changes towards sustainability in the Norwegian construction industry, adding to debates about ...

In the northeast of Kazakhstan more than 110 above ground nuclear explosions were carried out between 1949 and 1963. After the moratorium on atmospheric nuclear tests, underground nuclear testing was continued until 1989. ...

The notion of ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) has within the space of a few years gained increasing momentum in research and innovation policy discourse. This thesis looks into the case of the European Union, ...

Diversity has been an important topic of research for some time in higher education, though the purposes underlying this attention have varied across national and regional contexts. In many parts of the world, the term ...

The promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is subject to ongoing scholarly and public debate regarding the evidence-base and the agenda-setting power of involved stakeholders. We ...

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, som i økende grad preges av omfattende endring, har evnen til å innovere blitt sett på som stadig viktigere. En av utfordringene ved dette kan være at innovasjon er et fenomen der det blir mer og mer tydelig ...

This thesis explores the complexity of innovation processes that occur in collaboration between companies, and in particularly the dynamic relationship between users and producers in innovation processes. The empirical ...

This paper illustrates the importance of a balanced approach to sustainable development through the analysis of needs-based workshops in Granada, a Spanish city hit hard by the recent economic crisis. The workshops followed ...

This paper presents a new taxonomy of green innovators. Using firm-level data from the Korea Innovation Survey, this paper investigates different types of eco-innovations, how these relate to each other, and what their ...

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 ...

Bedrifter i dagens samfunn står ovenfor globale utfordringer for å kunne møte den voksende etterspørselen etter varer og tjenester. Samtidig skal de sikre en bærekraftig vekst i de sosiale, miljø og økonomiske dimensjonene. ...

Kunsten og kulturen er tradisjonelt kjent for sin egenverdi, ved at det gir mennesket glede kun ved å være en del av menneskets liv. Kulturen har samtidig bli verdsatt på bakgrunn av dens nytte som sosialt lim og som ...

This article provides an overview of the literature on demonstration projects and trials, and accounts for how insights drawn from this literature can contribute to the development of a sustainable bioeconomy. The article ...

The aim of this article is to complement research on transformations towards sustainability by drawing upon the innovation systems (IS) framework. The IS framework already serves as a suitable and influential basis for ...

Produktivitetskommisjonens andre rapport har bidratt til å aktualisere en debatt som handler om hva som gir høyest kvalitet – tematisk bestemt forskning eller fri forskning. Denne oppgaven handler om hvordan forskning blir ...

Over the last century, Paraguay was among the top countries worldwide regarding absolute and relative natural forest loss. According to FAO data, in 2011 66.8% of GHG emissions in Paraguay came from landuse change and ...

The capability concept is commonly used in analyses of firms; however, as this paper shows, it may also be used at the level of nations. Factor analysis is used on a broad set of relevant indicators to derive composite ...

Purpose: This paper investigates how a combination of diverse sources of knowledge is important for the generation of new ideas, and it addresses how institutional infrastructures and practices support integration of ...

We ask whether academic employees with non-academic work experience differ from their colleagues with respect to interaction with external stakeholders and research performance. We use a science and technical human capital ...

This article investigates the construction of laboratory animal science as a version of “good science.” In the 1950s, a transnational community of scientists initiated large-scale standardization of animals for biomedicine, ...

Drawing on case studies in 12 Norwegian municipalities, this paper investigates how local context matters for developing national climate adaptation policies that are applicable at the municipal level. Moreover, it explicates ...

This article assesses how science–policy interactions are conceptualized in the social sciences with special reference to climate change and the IPCC. In terms of the dimension of distance (or proximity) between science ...

Car sharing is an emerging innovation that may contribute to a transition to a more sustainable mobility system. Although it does not represent a radically new technology, car sharing challenges the foundations of the ...

During the last two to three decades policy-makers have increasingly became concerned about the role of innovation for economic performance and, more recently, for the solution of challenges that arise (such as the climate ...

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 ...