Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Bringing the City Back In: Three Scandinavian Capitals and Eurocities Membership: A Quest for Autonomy
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Cities are international actors. In the past 10-20 years researchers have started to speak of a ‘foreign policy’ for cities. This is in many ways a paradox as most cities are contained within a state. Foreign policy has ... -
Omstilling i NAV- Meningsskaping og læring for fremtiden
(Master thesis, 2024)Denne oppgaven handler om omstilling i NAV. Som et resultat av digitale løsning og tydeligere prioriteringer endres arbeidsoppgavene i NAV kontorene. Enklere og mer rutinepregede arbeidsoppgaver forsvinner og automatiseres, ... -
Racialization and Racism in Denmark
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Our ambition with this special issue on “Raciali-zation and Racism in Denmark” is to support and expand critical and generative engagements with how racialization and racism continue to infl u-ence, structure, and operate ... -
Electric Vehicle Paradise? Exploring the Value Chains of Green Extractivism
(Chapter, 2023)Norway has the world-class ambition to make transport more sustainable and climate friendly. Its electric vehicle (EV) rollout is celebrated by and aspirational for other countries, manifesting the imaginary of technological ... -
Theorizing the relationship between the digital economy and firm productivity: The idiosyncrasies of firm-specific contexts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)With the rise of emerging economies such as China, the research environment for the digital economy (DE) has changed significantly. However, our understanding of the productivity impact of DE development in Chinese firms ... -
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 ... -
Looking back to look forward: Reflections from networked research on energy poverty
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Energy poverty is a far-reaching concept that intrinsically bridges numerous fields of study, ranging from engineering to anthropology and medical science to social psychology. The profound implications of energy poverty ... -
Age‑dependent changes in intuitive and deliberative cooperation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Cooperation is one of the most advantageous strategies to have evolved in small- and large-scale human societies, often considered essential to their success or survival. We investigated how cooperation and the mechanisms ... -
Investigating the impact of Favoritism on Work engagement in the Hospitality Industry: An examination of the Psychological Capital as a Mediating Factor
(Master thesis, 2023)The main aim of this study is to examine the effects of favouritism in the hospitality industry on employee work engagement. The primary objective of this study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the underlying ... -
Specific neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with functional decline trajectories in Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia: a five-year follow-up study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are often overlooked and under-identified symptoms associated with dementia, despite their significant impact on the prognosis of individuals living with the disease. The specific ... -
Human scent as a first-line defense against disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Individuals may have a different body odor, when they are sick compared to healthy. In the non-human animal literature, olfactory cues have been shown to predict avoidance of sick individuals. We tested whether the mere ... -
Lederens rolle i organisasjonskulturen: erfaringer og opplevelser av å påvirke
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven tar for seg lederens påvirkning på organisasjonskulturen. Prosjektet har en fenomenologisk tilnærming, hvor formålet med studien har vært å undersøke lederes erfaringer, opplevelser og tanker knyttet opp ... -
The interdependence of substance use, satisfaction with life, and psychological distress: a dynamic structural equation model analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction: Longitudinal studies with annual follow-up including psychological and social variables in substance use disorder recovery are scarce. We investigated whether levels of substance use, satisfaction with life, ... -
Barnevernet på ny kurs? - sluttrapport fase 1 Det nye barnevernet Det nye barnevernet - et forsknings og utviklingsprosjekt i Barnevernet
(NF-rapport;8, Research report, 2009)723 familier er intervjuet om seg og sine barn og deres erfaring med barnevernet i 12 kommuner i Norge. Barnevernarbeidere har gitt opplysninger om inntak og problemstillinger om de samme familiene. Surveyen har benyttet ... -
Undersøkelse av eierskapsalternativer og faktorer som påvirker sosial aksept i vindkraftprosjekter: en casestudie av ROBINSON-prosjektet
(Master thesis, 2023)Økt fokus på energiomstillingen har åpnet satsingen på å implementere mer fornybar energi. Selv om Norge i dag er selvforsynt med energi fra vannreservoarer, og kan betegnes som fornybare, har også Norge store utslipp fra ... -
The study of past Umwelten
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this article I detail how past Umwelten can be studied by applying Jakob von Uexküll’s Umwelt theory and informed by contemporary science. I argue that the methodological challenges raised by the lack of present organisms ... -
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations ... -
Investigating responses to object-labels in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Since the dawn of comparative cognitive research, dogs were suspected to possess some capacity for responding to human spoken language. Neuroimaging studies have supported the existence of relevant mechanisms, but convincing ... -
Det Urolige Middelhavet: Prospektene for Kypriotisk Gjenforening Under Den Internasjonale Politikkens Nye Omstendigheter
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Er kypriotisk gjenforening oppnåelig under den internasjonale politikkens nye omstendigheter? Dette er denne oppgavens hovedspørsmål. For å svare på dette, vil det først argumenteres for at Tyrkia sannsynligvis ikke er ... -
Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-testing and PrEP for young women in Kampala, Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) account for 29% of new HIV infections in Uganda despite representing just 10% of the population. Peer support improves AGYW linkage to HIV care and medication adherence. ...