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‘Cake is not an attack on democracy’: Moving beyond carceral Pride and building queer coalitions in post–22/7 Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The pieing of a far-right politician at the 2016 Oslo Pride parade was met with condemnation from the media and within Norway’s LGBT movement. The pie-thrower, a member of the European queer-anarchist band Cistem Failure, ... -
The calm before the storm? The making of a lithium frontier in transitioning Portugal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A nation undergoing accelerating energy transitions with ambitious climate targets discovers lithium. In recent years, Portugal has made headlines inter alia for running on renewable electricity for over a month, setting ... -
Can Automated Smart-Homes increase Energy Efficiency and Grid Flexibility? - A Case Study of Stavanger, Norway investigating barriers and justice implications -
(Master thesis, 2021)Artificial intelligence (AI) advocates deem it essential for the energy transition. Such a complex and penetrative set of technologies that impact everyday lives must be implemented cautiously. This thesis examines barriers ... -
Can hindrance stressors change the nature of perceived employability? An empirical study in the hotel industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This empirical study aims to design and test a research model that investigates the effect of job insecurity as a moderator of the relationships between perceived employability and employee well-being (work engagement). ... -
Can large-scale cultural events lead to cultural scepticism? Tracing unintended consequences of Stavanger2008 European Capital of Culture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Large scale cultural events often have idealistic aims of affecting participants and spectators in a positive manner, by widening public’s cultural understandings and horizons. The ‘Open Port’ motto chosen for the ... -
Can mutual fund managers beat the market?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and understand whether fund managers have superior abilities when it comes to investing and managing capital in the stock market. The analysis is conducted on the basis of 55 Norwegian ... -
Can policy and financial risk predict stock markets?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Since higher risk should be rewarded with higher expected returns, more risky time periods are expected to predict rising stock markets. This paper focuses on implied volatility as a measure of financial risk and economic ... -
Can Safety Leadership Be an Antidote in the COVID-19 Fear of Job Insecurity and the Work Engagement Relationship in the Norwegian Service Industry? A Moderated-Mediation Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)While there is evidence of job-related antecedents of work engagement, there is little information in the relevant literature on cross-domain effects. The purpose of this empirical study is to examine this under-researched ... -
Can social comparison feedback affect indicators of eco-friendly travel choices? Insights from two online experiments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01)Two online experiments explored the effects of social comparison feedback on indicators of eco-friendly travel choices. It was tested whether the chosen indicators are sensitive to the information conveyed, and if this ... -
Can we expect corporations to care about climate change?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-12)Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and in the recent decade, the attention of this issue has grown exponentially. The focus has to a large degree shifted from debating if human behaviour ... -
Cancel cultures innvirkning på organisasjonsstrategi
(Master thesis, 2024)Bærekraft og samfunnsansvar, utgjør i dag en sentral del av organisasjoners virke. Omverdenen stiller økende forventninger til at organisasjoner tar ansvar, som går utover deres tekniske og økonomiske formål. I henhold til ... -
Cancer survivorship: existential suffering
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Purpose This study aimed to explore and describe existential experiences after cancer treatment. Method An exploratory phenomenological hermeneutical design was used following in-depth interviews with 21 people. ... -
Cannabiskultur
(Journal article, 2012-09)Cannabiskultur er en lettlest, informativ og vitenskapelig grundig bok om hvordan hasj og marihuana ble introdusert i Norge og om kulturer og økonomi knyttet til bruk av cannabis i dag. Hasj, kvaen fra cannabisplanten, ... -
Capturing and identifying Customer Value in a B2B environment: A case from Norwegian Oil and Gas Asset Integrity Service Providers
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-22)Without suitable business model and strategies, companies have tough time surviving and sustaining in any market. Customer value is a corner stone in most businesses. Customer needs are dynamic, changing from time to time ... -
Capturing Rationalization Bias and Differential Item Functioning: A Unified Bayesian Scaling Approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Information about the ideological positions of different political actors is crucial in answering questions regarding political representation, polarization, and voting behavior. One way to obtain such information is to ... -
Carbon Capture and Storage: the solution to climate change or to the fossil fuels’ survival? Critically framing EU ́s discourses around CCS.
(Master thesis, 2023)In response to global demands for the phase-out of fossil fuels to address the climate crisis, the fossil fuel industry and the apparatus constructed around it have endorsed various strategies. From outright denial, these ... -
A caring science study about the understanding of life and creative writing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Creative writing is a known valuable aid for reflection on one’s life and involves the human being in a holistic way. This article has a caring science perspective and focuses on the understanding of life when creative ... -
Carne y Arena (Virtually present, Physically invisible) – refleksjoner i lys av Stanley Cavells filmfilosofi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12)Denne artikkelen diskuterer Alejandro González Iñárritus installasjon Carne y Arena (Virtually present, Physically invisible) fra 2017 i lys av Stanley Cavells ontologiske undersøkelser av filmmediet. Installasjonens ... -
Case-studie om gruppelederens mulighet til å øke motivasjonen hos de ansatte.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)I vår masteroppgave har vi valgt å ta for oss Veronika sin arbeidsplass som er Jula Stavanger, men også med innspill fra Jula Sandnes. Med denne problemstillingen “Hvordan fylle gruppeleder rollen på en god og optimal måte ... -
Casestudie om alder og arbeid: hvordan implementere seniorpolitikk og seniortiltak i Sjøfartsdirektoratet?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2009, Master thesis, 2009)Den demografiske endringen i hele den vestlige verden medfører at andelen eldre øker (40-50 år), mens andelen yngre avtar. Denne endringsprosessen får uvegerlige konsekvenser for arbeidslivet, blant annet ved at det er ...