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The child, the parents, the family and the state - Chile and Norway compared
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)There is a lack of research comparing Latin American and European countries alongside how family policy relates to social work practices. This study fills in the research gap, and compares Chilean and Norwegian social ... -
Childhood interpersonal trauma and premorbid social adjustment as predictors of symptom remission in first episode psychosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Background Childhood interpersonal trauma (CIT) and premorbid adjustment are both associated with poor outcome in psychosis. In this study we investigate the relative impact of CIT and premorbid adjustment on symptom ... -
Children and childhood in Chile: Social worker perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study explores understandings of children and childhood among 21 social workers from five child protection services in Chile. To help grasp multiple ideas about children and childhood, we use Q methodology and the ... -
CHILDREN AS CARERS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG CARERS IN ABURI, GHANA
(Master thesis, 2021)Key words: Young carers, caring roles, care receivers, benefits, Ghana In Ghana, the family plays a major role in providing support for the elderly and other vulnerable members such as persons with disabilities and ... -
Children's experiences with Child Protection Services: A qualitative synthesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Background Research shows that young adults, previously in contact with Child Protection Services (CPS) often have lower overall wellbeing when compared to their peers in the general population. To redress this balance ... -
Children’s early reading through the sense of smell: a typology of olfactory engagement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We investigated adult–child shared book reading of olfactory books that stimulate the sense of smell through scratch-and-sniff surfaces. We observed ten adult–child dyads reading olfactory books at home and documented the ... -
Chinese Immigrant Parents’ Attitudes towards Their Children’s Heritage Language Learning and Ethnic Identity Maintenance
(Master thesis, 2022)Chinese immigrants in Norway are an increasing minority group with little research found talking about them. The Chinese language school is a special organization form that connects Chinese immigrants together and provides ... -
Chinese immigrants’ parental experiences in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)Existing empirical studies of parents in China found that this population presents features of authoritarian parenting style: greater parental demands and control together with lower parental responsiveness. However, when ... -
Choosing what to protect when attacker resources and asset valuations are uncertain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07)The situation has been modelled where the attacker’s resources are unknown to the defender. Protecting assets presupposes that the defender has some information on the attacker’s resource capabilities. An attacker targets ... -
Class and everyday media use: A case study from Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this article, we consider how contemporary media use is structured by social class, fol-lowing the theoretical and methodical framework derived from Bourdieu’s book Distinc-tion, published in 1984, with a detailed study ... -
Clean, green and the unseen: The CompeSA framework | Assessing Competing Sustainability Agendas in Carbon Neutrality Policy Pathways
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We base the development and application of the framework in Portugal, a test case strongly engaged with the carbon neutrality agenda, to illustrate important dilemmas over policy mixes and unpack emerging synergies and ... -
Climate change policies in Norway: preferences for plan A versus plan B
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)This contingent valuation study provides rare willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates for climate policies in Norway. The highly controversial topic climate change policy, associated with massive costs, emphasizes the importance ... -
Climate change risk perception in the USA and alignment with sustainable travel behaviours
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)In an online survey of 1071 Americans conducted in October 2016, we found technological optimism, environmental beliefs, and gender to be better predictors of climate change concern than respondents’ perceived ability to ... -
Climate for Innovation - The Case of TINE Innovasjon og Marked
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018)The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of climate for innovation in a mature organization: TINE Innovasjon og Marked (TINE I&M). The study is funded by Virkemidler for Regional Innovasjon (VRI), and is written ... -
Climate targets as more than rhetoric: Accounting for Norway's Zero Growth Objective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Climate-related targets for cities abound, but it is unclear how important they are in driving actual transformations. Scholars have often taken a skeptical view of official climate discourses, including their ambitious ... -
Climate targets as more than rhetoric: Accounting for Norway’s Zero Growth Objective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Climate-related targets for cities abound, but it is unclear how important they are in driving actual transformations. Scholars have often taken a skeptical view of official climate discourses, including their ambitious ... -
Clinical handover of patients between nurses in the emergency department and somatic wards – an explorative interview study.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-27)Background: Leading international health organizations have focused on improving the quality of clinical handovers. Research demonstrates areas for improvement where clinical handovers in healthcare are essential for ... -
Co-creation and customer involvement in product development in the service industry. A case study of two service firms.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017)Dagens bedrifter har måttet vri seg fra en produktsentrert tilnærming til en kundesentrert tilnærming (Coyles & Gokey, 2005). Kundene er hva bedriftene lever av og fokuset må dermed ligge på dem. For at kundene skal ønske ... -
Co-produksjonsmetoden og praksisfellesskaper-potensialet for tjenesteutvikling i NAV og DPS
(Master thesis, 2016-07-08)Co-produksjon er et relativt nytt begrep, som kjennetegnes ved at brukere og profesjonelle går sammen om å utvikle nye og forbedrete tjenester til bruk i offentlig forvaltning og helsevesenet. Brukerne er ment å skulle ... -
A COLAB model of workplace transformation in the criminal justice context
(Chapter, 2021)This chapter presents the COLAB model for promoting organisational learning and innovation with potential application in criminal justice-related organisations. We describe this model as a toolkit that built on the Change ...