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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
This doctoral thesis investigates the role of practices in sustainability transitions. It draws on the multi-level perspective from transition literature and social practice approaches to analyze car-sharing practices and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
At kunnskap som produseres av det offentlige, skal gjøres tilgjengelig for storsamfunnet, blir en stadig viktigere politisk målsetting. Dette prinsippet har fremfor alt konsekvenser for akademia, som står i en særstilling ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
This study explores the challenges of reporting societal impacts for ex post evaluation purposes. Our starting point are the challenges researchers meet when writing about narrative impact cases. We introduce a distinction ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has entered regulatory agendas in shipping. In Norway, a debate has been ongoing for over a decade about whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship fuel enables or impedes the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
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The paper reviews the critical elements in the design and development of medical devices in general and orthopedic devices in particular as well as illustrates by means of examples the initiatives that have ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
The scale of food waste across Europe is alarming, and its reduction has recently been identified as an important public policy issue. However, effective solutions require initiative and action both from the government and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Purpose The purpose of this paper was to study how public regulation promotes or hinders openness in the food industry, specifically how European novel food regulation has affected external ties among novel food pioneers ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
This chapter examines post-Soviet efforts to address the legacies of nuclear testing near Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, by tracing different modes of memorializing nuclear fallout. Similar to the construction of new monuments, ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion, 2022)
(Book / Bok / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
This book is about nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia, focusing on selected sites of the Soviet atomic program, many of which have remained understudied. Nuclear operations, for energy or military purposes, demanded ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Recent literature has begun to discuss complementarities between sectors and technologies in the context of sustainability transitions. This paper contributes to this literature by theorizing complementarity formation ...
Exploring the relationship between digitalisation, innovation, and crisis: A case study of a global technology company during the Covid-19 pandemic Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Innovasjon og nyheter mot unge i VG Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Digitaliseringen har snudd opp ned for tradisjonelle mediehus (Hedemann 2010, 13). Teknologien endrer innhold, produksjonsmetoder, fortellergrep og hvordan publikum ser og bruker media (Vaagan og Barland 2015, 363). Aldri ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Denne oppgaven har en overordnet ambisjon om å vise hvordan revisjon gjøres i praksis. For dette formål griper oppgaven tak i en særegen institusjon og en særegen dokumenttype: Riksrevisjonen og forvaltningsrevisjonen. Et ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Formålet med masteroppgaven er å få økt innsikt i samarbeidsdrevet innovasjon i grenseflaten mellom kommunal sektor og forsknings- og utdanningsinstitusjoner. Tidligere har denne grenseflaten gjerne blitt undersøkt ved ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Dersom vi skal klare å redusere klimautslippene tilstrekkelig er karbonsterke næringer nødt til å fases ut og det må tilrettelegges for at nye bærekraftige næringer kan vokse. Olje og gassindustrien er en kilde til store ...
Users and Providers in New Mobility Practices: A Social Practice Study of Carsharing for Sustainability Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
There is an increasing need for environmental sustainability transitions in the mobility sector. Alternatives to private ownership of cars are emerging innovations that may contribute to this transition. Carsharing and car ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
As the urgency of climate change and the demand for more energy increases, so does the need for changing Norway’s incumbent energy system. We are witnessing a change from the dependence of the two dominant regimes of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Recreational boating in the Oslo metropolitan area has never been more popular. However, it has become increasingly evident that space in marinas to store the boats are a scarce resource. In addition, environmental challenges ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract Across Europe and the OECD, the bioeconomy is promoted as that which will succeed the carbon economy: an economy based in ‘the bio’ that will be innovative, sustainable, responsible and environmentally friendly. ...
Hvordan påvirker kriser innovasjon?: En caseoppgave om bruk av VR-teknologi innen boligsalg Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
11. Mars 2020 erklærte WHO at Covid-19 var en global pandemi. Pandemien har medført store konsekvenser for mange bransjer og bedrifter. Nyere innovasjonsstudier har undersøkt forholdet mellom innovasjon og kriser, og ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
SAMMENDRAG Denne oppgaven tar overordnet for seg hvordan Finanssektoren ved hjelp av «grønn finans» kan brukes for å bidra i bærekraftig omstilling, da dette så langt er et lite utforsket tema innenfor «Sustainability ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Koronaviruset stormet inn over våre landegrenser i starten av februar 2020. Snaue to uker etter det første bekreftede tilfellet i Norge, erklærte Verdens Helseorganisasjon det for en global pandemi. På bakgrunn av ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Social studies of science have for many years analyzed and demonstrated the key role of experiments to science and the making of facts. But what is the role of experiments in market work? And what, if anything, can we learn ...
Innovasjon i statlig eide monopoler og konkurranseutsatte selskaper Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2021)
Vi ser at til tross for at fokuset på innovasjon hos offentlig eide selskaper har økt de siste årene, er offentlig sektor stemplet som konservative, byråkratiske, treige og uvillige til å endre seg. Selv om flere argumenterer ...
Innovasjon i statlig eide monopoler og konkurranseutsatte selskaper Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Å løse store globale utfordringer ved hjelp av innovasjon er en forholdsvis ny tankegang innen innovasjonspolitikken. Det langsiktige målet om å transformere økonomiene i en mer bærekraftig retning i både utviklede og i ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The public sector and its employees are under growing pressure as the society has growing expectations for a more efficient and innovative public sector. In the last 20 years there has been a growing interest in innovation ...
Innovasjon i kommunehelsetjenesten: En kvalitativ casestudie av implementeringsprosessen av et pasientvarslingsanlegg i et helsehusmiljø Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Background: The healthcare sector is facing challenges to meet growing demand with limited resources. There is a widely held belief that innovation is the key to solve the challenges ahead. However, research on healthcare ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Over the last 10 years, the concept of a global ‘carbon budget’ of allowable CO2 emissions has become ubiquitous in climate science and policy. Since it was brought to prominence by the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC, ...
Tiden går, Gjensidige består - gjennom nye partnerskap. En kvalitativ studie av digitalisering og partnerskap i forsikringsbransjen. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This article explores whether and how innovation policies promote transitions to more sustainable configurations in socio-technical systems. Empirically it departs from an analysis of the bioeconomy policy strategies and ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This chapter interprets the transition to a more sustainable type of growth as a technological revolution in progress. The chapter opens with a general discussion of the role of technological revolutions and structural ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This chapter discusses the role of capabilities and competitiveness for the economic growth of nations. The capability concept is commonly used in analyses of firms, however, as this chapter shows, it may also be used at ...
Styringsverktøy for innovasjon i helsetjenesten – En kvalitativ casestudie av bruken av Induct ved Sunnaas sykehus Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Politiske målsettinger for offentlige helse- og omsorgstjenester viser at det er økt behov for nytenking og utvikling som følge av en aldrende befolkning, knapphet på helsepersonell og ikke minst høyere krav og forventninger ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Denne oppgaven handler om hvordan en politisk sak utformes, og hvilken rolle verdsettelser spiller i denne prosessen. Jeg har gjennomført en praksisorientert dokumentanalyse av saksdokumentene til Storheia Vindpark for å ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This article explores how knowledge networks function as structural couplings in global innovation systems (GIS). Based on a unique dataset we investigate the effects of Norwegian offshore wind firms' participation in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Many public agencies promote renewal in the public sector through projects that require a productive combination of research and innovation activities. However, the role of research in innovation processes is a neglected ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract
In the literature on mission-oriented innovation supply side and tech-oriented approaches have been complemented by broader and more inclusive societal approaches. Here, it is highlighted that both ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Social practice theories can be useful for studying changes in mobility systems as regards automobility practices. However, many studies address the demand side and the user practices of consumers, without examining the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
The concept of boundary work (Gieryn 1983, 1999) has been developed to capture theways in which scientists collectively defend and demarcate their intellectual territories.This article applies the concept of boundary work ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (https://www.cbd.int/abs/), primarily designed for vascular plant and animal resources, is also extended to the use of microbial resources, but its application to the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
While research shows different links between activism and science, little is known about activists engaging in science communication online. Demanding that decision-makers should “listen to the scientists”, the climate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis investigates actor roles and interactions in cross-sectoral sustainability experiments, through conducting a single-case study on the case of electrification of construction sites in Norway. The thesis belongs ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
Through the lens of open innovation, questions about product development and partnership have been asked in combination with how appropriability affect collaboration and innovation. This thesis is set up to fill gaps in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This paper discusses how established industries adapt to digital transformation. While digitalisation is perceived as an impetus for change, either due to the opportunities or threats it brings about, not all industries ...
AI for sustainability and decarbonisation in society Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the functioning of European food banks and how resilient European food banks were in coping with the pandemic in 2020. We apply a multiple case study to assess how ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract
This paper studies a selection of 11 Norwegian journals in the humanities and social sciences and their conversion from subscription to open access, a move heavily incentivized by governmental mandates ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
In view of the end of the golden years of the Norwegian oil economy, ocean genetic resources are being advertised in policy environments as holding great potential for the future of the country. Microbes have increased in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Trade unions have received little attention in sustainability transitions research, despite their capacity to influence policy decisions. This article presents a study of how key unions in Norway a country with a large ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This study assesses the entrepreneurial potential and feasibility of developing a mobile system for purifying and bottling biogas in portable cylinders for wider society consumption and benefit. Our findings reveal that ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We make the case for a technology-enabled approach to Smart Specialisation policymaking aimed at increasing its effectiveness by assessing the general equilibrium effects of the European Cohesion Policy objectives contained ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Policy relevance is the raison d’être for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), yet few studies have analysed what the concept entails, not least from the perspective of key target groups for the IPCC. We ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Denne studien handler om metodikken for å implementere innovasjon i en tjenesteorganisasjon. Funn fra denne studien peker på en rekke faktorer som kan ha vært avgjørende for implementeringen av innovasjonen, i tidlig-, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
This thesis explores firm diversification from the oil and gas (O&G) sector to the renewable sector, among Norwegian O&G service and supply firms. The purpose is to contribute to the debate of sustainability ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Denne oppgaven handler om hvordan satsingen til det norske investeringsselskapet Ferd på forretningsområdet sosialt entreprenørskap former selvet feltet og verdien som skapes. Ved å gjøre en dokumentanalyse av Ferds ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Mediehus over hele verden er inne i en rivende utvikling. Digitaliseringen i dagens samfunn har skapt forstyrrelser og utfordringer. Fremveksten av ny teknologi, en globalisert verden og mediekonvergens har ført til et ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Denne oppgaven handler om moderne persontransport og forestilte framtider. Mer konkret handler det om verdier og visjoner for transport av mennesker, som nullvekstmålet, sømløshet og bevegelsesfrihet. Derfor handler oppgaven ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Digital teknologi har de siste årene blitt tatt stadig mer i bruk innenfor utdanning. Dette har skapt muligheter for utvikling og forbedring av utdanningsfeltet, men også ført med seg usikkerhet rundt hvorvidt digital ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The digital transformation of today’s society has significantly changed the daily lives of individuals. Information and communication technologies have gained pervasive roles in everyday life. Yet, little is known about ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This article investigates decisions taken at the project level in establishing and managing collaborative ICT projects under the European Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Based on interviews with project coordinators from ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
En lukket aktør i et åpent marked? Et casestudie av forretningsmodellinnovasjon i DNB etter PSD2 Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Denne oppgaven handler om hvordan en visjon om et nytt personvern gjøres til lov, og hvordan denne visjonen gjøres til del av infrastruktur, teknologi og organisasjon. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i Personvernforordningen, ...
En lukket aktør i et åpent marked? Et casestudie av forretningsmodellinnovasjon i DNB etter PSD2 Restricted Access
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
Waste not going to waste: A case study on ensuring sustainability in waste management. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Sustainability transitions are long-term, multi-dimensional, and fundamental transformation processes, where systems are transformed to more sustainable ways of operation. As we now face environmental challenges due to, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Anxiety and depression are considered one of the main contributors to the burden of disease worldwide. In Norway, about half of the population suffers from mental health problems. The latter makes mental health illnesses ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Countrysides all over the world are in decline and have been so for decades. The negative development of the Norwegian countryside, or districts, has been on the political agenda since the 1950s. Nevertheless, the districts ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
The idea of a global “carbon budget”—the cumulative amount of “allowable” carbon emissions to meet a global temperature target—has become established as a central concept in climate science and policy. As a concept explicitly ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
New green activities in regions tend to build on regional capabilities. This paper makes a first attempt to test the impact of political support for environmental policy at the national and regional scales, besides regional ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
It has been recently argued that the vast resources of established firms can potentially accelerate sustainability transitions. This paper contributes to the study of such possibilities by investigating the resource ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
A transition to sustainability is a systemic shift in the way buildings are procured, produced and used, as well as how the built environment connects to the energy and mobility systems. This study focuses on the role of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Temporary contracts are increasingly used in academia. This is a major concern for non-tenured researchers, since weak job security may hamper job satisfaction. This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)
This doctoral thesis investigates how emerging ICTs affect individuals’ expectations and their subjective well-being. It extends an extant literature that has been devoted to studying the economic effects of ICTs, such as, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
When industrial robots are adopted by firms in a local labor market, some workers are displaced and become unemployed. Other workers that are not directly affected by automation may however fear that these new technologies ...
Plast på avveie: Hvilken rolle spiller innovasjon og teknologi? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
De senere årene har plast på avveie fått økt oppmerksomhet. Den enorme fremveksten og spredningen av plast har ført til at plast havner på avveie, og havet er spesielt rammet. Det påvirker det marine økosystemet svært ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This article investigates the role of practices in sustainability transitions. Employing a social practices approach, we analyze the reproduction of car-sharing practices and discuss its role in transitions to sustainable ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Bank- og finansbransjen befinner seg i en situasjon hvor utvikling av ny teknologi truer store deler av den tradisjonelle verdikjeden. Innføring av nye direktiver, endrede kundebehov og digitalisering av tjenester utfordrer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
I Mars 2020, erklærte Verdens Helseorganisasjon (WHO) Covid-19 til å være en global pandemi. Det er ingen tvil om at Covid-19 pandemien har store konsekvenser for mange bedrifter. I en rapport fra oktober 2020 melder ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
This thesis is about how new digital technologies are formed and engaged as political governance tools and how they are used to govern populations. More specifically, it examines how new smartphone technologies have been ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
The relationship between age and well-being is U-shaped. One recent explanation for this empirical pattern is related to unmet aspirations theory, pointing out that optimism bias decreases life satisfaction at younger ages, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Ordinary political institutions such as parliaments remain under-explored in Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the conceptual resources for studying politics are far less developed than for science. But sites like ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)
Which types of policies are important in advancing sustainability transitions? Why and how do the preferences of some actors change? This thesis investigates the role of politics, policies and electricity market design(s) ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Grand societal challenges, such as global warming, can only be adequately dealt with through wide-ranging changes in technology, production and consumption, and ways of life, that is, through innovation. Furthermore, change ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Abstract
According to Christopher Freeman technological revolutions play a key role in capitalist development. In this article, we ask to what extent more recent developments are consistent with the perspective ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This literature review focuses on valorization of bio-residuals from the brewery, dairy, slaughterhouse and forestry sectors. Bio-residuals are organic wastes, side streams, or residues that remain at the end of the ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)
Scientific results are largely the outcome of collaborative efforts, and research is often dependent upon attaining project funding through applications. Many funding agencies and research funding programmes require projects ...
Innovation & New Service Development: A Case Study of ICT-service development in Norway Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)