Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning (TN-ISØP): Nye registreringer
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The Evolution of Fixed-Supply and Variable-Supply Currencies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04)Competition is analyzed between a fixed-supply currency (e.g. Bitcoin) and a variable-supply currency (e.g. a fiat currency). Two kinds of players support the currencies differently and choose their volume fractions of ... -
Efficiency in Chinese large yellow croaker aquaculture: Implication for sustainable aquaculture in China
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)Aquaculture supply from China has been a remedy to meet the growing global demand for seafood in the last decades. However, output growth has decreased dramatically in China in the 2000s. Previous literature focuses on the ... -
Observational insights on relationships between bicycle infrastructure and cyclist demographics, safety gear and bike use in Stavanger.
(Master thesis, 2021)Norway has ambitious plans to reduce private car use, both for the benefits of reduced emissions and to mitigate their space consuming impacts on roadways and in cities. In conjunction with these plans, a high target has ... -
Flytende havvind, hvilke teknologiske utfordringer må løses for å få LCOE ned på et økonomisk bærekraftig nivå?
(Master thesis, 2022)Flytende havvind har den klart høyeste LCOE-kostnaden av alle de ulike segmentene av vindproduksjon. Teknologien er også den yngste i vindmarkedet og er i liten grad kommersialisert/industrialisert. Samtidig ligger fornybar ... -
Walkability along the Bussvei
(Master thesis, 2021)The urge to reduce the environmental impacts from transportation has induced several authorities worldwide to implement cleaner and efficient modes to travel around the cities. In the urban agglomeration of North Jæren, ... -
Equity and justice in climate change adaptation : Policy and practical implication in Nigeria
(Chapter, 2020-11)Over the past decade, justice and equity have become a quasi-universal answer to problems of environmental governance. The principles of justice and equity emerged as a useful entry point in global governance to explore ... -
Operasjonell pålitelighetsanalyse av sentrifugalpumper
(Master thesis, 2021)Sentrifugalpumpen er en hyppig brukt hydraulisk maskin som benyttes til å flytte væske fra lavtrykks til høytrykksområder. Sentrifugalpumpen benyttes ofte til produksjons- og sikkerhetskritiske formål, og nedetid eller ... -
Empirisk Studie av Kollektiv Intelligens
(Master thesis, 2021)Businesses and people encounter complex problems regularly, which they make great efforts to solve to be able to make the right decision. They hire experts to solve problems and create prediction of the future. Individual ... -
Conventionalists, Pioneers and Criminals Choosing Between a National Currency and a Global Currency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)The article analyzes how conventionalists, pioneers and criminals choose between a national currency (e.g. a central bank digital currency) and a global currency (e.g. a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin) that both have ... -
An extended method for evaluating assumptions deviations in quantitative risk assessment and its application to external flooding risk assessment of a nuclear power plant
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)In quantitative risk assessment, assumptions are typically made, based on best judgement, conservative, or (sometimes) optimistic judgments. Best judgment and optimistic assumptions may result in failing to meet the ... -
Ovako work posture Analysis Method(OWAS) as an assessment Technique for Ergonomic Risk In the Norwegian Petroleum Industry.
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis focuses on occupational safety, looking at what characterizes ergonomic risk in the Norwegian petroleum industry from Major accidents that also threaten human life. It also looks at the different ergonomic ... -
An Analysis of Decentralized Finance and its Applications
(Master thesis, 2021)Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are relatively recent economic and technological trends. Within the cryptocurrency sphere a new form of decentralized peer-to-peer finance network has emerged. This is of course ... -
Analyse av tekniske og økonomiske faktorer ved valg av overvannstiltak
(Master thesis, 2021)Endringer i klima og økt nedbørsmengde gjør at det er nødvendig med overvannstiltak for å redusere usikkerhet og risiko knyttet til flom og overvannshåndtering. Stadig mer utbygning med tette flater reduserer overflatenes ... -
Temporary Urbanization of the Eastern Harbor - A-15 year Horizon
(Master thesis, 2021)There has been an increasing interest in the phenomenon of temporary urbanization as cities and social forms are changing more rapidly. The concept has become a global trend, from music festivals, ice skating, street markets ... -
Mitigating Wicked Problems Through Sustainable Technological Innovation? The Case of Liquid Natural Clay
(Master thesis, 2021)The complexity and wicked nature of climate change and the wide variety of its effects has created high uncertainty, knowledge gaps and ambiguities in relation to how to deal, manage, and cope with these issues. The solution ... -
Lokalsenter- og knutepunktutvikling: En mulighetsstudie av Ganddal
(Master thesis, 2021)Oppgaven handler om lokalsenter- og knutepunktutvikling på Ganddal, som er en bydel i Sandnes kommune. Bydelen mangler et tydelig sentrumsområde, og gjennom en mulighetsstudie er det utforsket hvordan et lokalsenter på ... -
Beredskapsbevissthet i den spisse enden: En studie av Universitetet i Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn og formål: Denne masteroppgaven er skrevet med et ønske om å undersøke hvordan Universitetet i Stavanger arbeider med krav utarbeidet av kunnskapsdepartementet, samt om dette arbeidet bidrar til en beredskapsbevissthet ... -
Challenges Associated with Creeping Disasters in Disaster Risk Science and Practice: Considering Disaster Onset Dynamics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01)In this article, we set out to reconcile a general conceptualization of disaster temporalities by drawing on the epitome example of a creeping disaster, namely famine. Our argument is driven by the recognition that slowly ... -
The implementation and application of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code): Evaluations and considerations addressing this functionbased regulation’s effect on safety and emergency preparedness concerning Arctic shipping
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2022-02)People have sailed in polar waters for decades; more than one hundred years ago, Nansen and Amundsen explored the oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic with their expedition teams, with Amundsen leading the expedition that ... -
Strategies of communicating health-related risks to vulnerable groups of immigrants during a pandemic: a scoping review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)Purpose The purpose of this rapid scoping review was to map existing literature on risk communication strategies implemented by authorities and aimed at vulnerable immigrants in the context of pandemics. Design/metho ...