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    • Sometimes needs change minds: Interests and values as determinants of attitudes towards state support for the self-employed during the COVID-19 crisis 

      Bonoli, Giuliano; Fossati, Flavia; Gandenberger, Mia; Knotz, Carlo Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This contribution investigates public attitudes toward providing financial help to the self-employed, a less well-researched area in the otherwise vibrant literature on welfare state attitudes. We analyse to what extent ...
    • Stability and change in the public’s policy agenda: a punctuated equilibrium approach 

      Yildirim, Tevfik Murat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04)
      Much research within the punctuated equilibrium framework demonstrated that policy agendas are invariably punctuated, due in part to cognitive and institutional frictions that constitute barriers to change in attention. ...
    • Stochastic Theories and Deterministic Differential Equations 

      Moxnes, John Fredrik; Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-05)
      We discuss the concept of “hydrodynamic” stochastic theory, which is not based on the traditional Markovian concept. A Wigner function developed for friction is used for the study of operators in quantum physics, and for ...
    • Strategic and Organisational fit in Corporate News Markets: A Principal-agent Approach to Studying Newspaper Mergers 

      Sjøvaag, Helle; Owren, Thomas; Borgen, Turid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article analyses strategic and organisational fit in corporate newspaper mergers in the context of the digitalisation of local newspaper markets. Using the 2019 acquisition of Nordsjø Media by Amedia in Norway as case, ...
    • Striking a different balance: work-family conflict for female and male managers in a Scandinavian context 

      Knudsen, Knud (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how male and female managers may regulate their workload differently in response to conflicting job‐home pressures. The main hypothesis is that female managers seek to ...
    • Stubbornness, power, and equlibrium selection in repeated games with multiple equilibra 

      Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-03)
      Axelrod’s [(1970), Conflict of Interest, Markham Publishers, Chicago] index of conflict in 2 × 2 games with two pure strategy equilibria has the property that a reduction in the cost of holding out corresponds to an increase ...
    • Student incubators in China : The cases in Shanghai and Wuhan 

      Liu, Dian (Chapter, 2022)
      This chapter focuses on the impact of environmental contextual characteristics on incubator practice. Environmental contextual characteristics refer to both the organizational character of the host university and the ...
    • Styringsrettens begrunnelse og karakter 

      Skjønberg, Alexander Sønderland (Chapter, 2021)
    • Sustainable development goal interactions for a just transition: multi-scalar solar energy rollout in Portugal 

      Sareen, Siddharth; Nordholm, Amber Joy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      Solar energy rollout has environmental and socio-economic impacts vital for just low-carbon energy transitions. The modular characteristics of solar photovoltaics enable multi-scalar deployment. How do environmental and ...
    • Sweden 

      Sunnercrantz, Liv (Chapter, 2020)
      The Swedish response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been exceptional. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Sweden did not legislate for lockdown, quarantine or social distancing. Authorities issued recommendations that were less ...
    • The symbol of social media in contemporary protest: Twitter and the Gezi Park movement 

      Jenzen, Olu; Erhart, Itir; Eslen Ziya, Hande; Korkut, Umut; McGarry, Aidan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07)
      This article explores how Twitter has emerged as a signifier of contemporary protest. Using the concept of ‘social media imaginaries’, a derivative of the broader field of ‘media imaginaries’, our analysis seeks to offer ...
    • Systemdrift 2020 

      Christoffersen, Fredrik Vigeland; Handeland, Tine; Grande, Tove Rømo; Nøland, Jonas Kristiansen; Øberg, Martha Marie; Ødegaard, Leiv Erik (Research report, 2012)
      KUBE 2012 har i årets sommerprosjekt svart på problemstillingen: Hvordan bør Statnett drifte kraftsystemet i 2020? Utviklingen av systemdriften frem mot 2020 vil drives av en kraftig økning i utvekslingskapasitet mot ...
    • A Tailspin for Taxi Drivers: Platform Labor, Deregulations, and a Migrant Occupation 

      Stålhane, Helga Hiim; Vassenden, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)
      In this article, we investigate Norwegian taxi drivers’ perceptions and experiences of the introduction of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber. We find that taxi drivers are highly critical, but not over ...
    • Technological change as a trade-off between social construction and technological paradigms 

      Engen, Ole Andreas; Olsen, Odd Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      The theory of social construction of technology (SCOT) and the theory of technological paradigms (TTP) are normally regarded as competing or even incompatible perspectives on technological change. In this paper, we show ...
    • Telling a Different Story: A Longitudinal Investigation of News Diversity in Four Countries 

      De Vries, Erik; Vliegenthart, Rens; Walgrave, Stefaan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      News diversity is an important concern of journalism scholars, as its presence or absence can have a profound effect on democratic debate and the information available to citizens. Many have speculated that news diversity ...
    • The temporal nature of mobile push notification alerts: A study of European news. 

      Wheatley, Dawn; Ferrer Conill, Raul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)
      Push notifications provide news outlets with direct access to audiences amid concerns around information overload, disinformation, and heightened competition for reader attention. Such news distribution is relevant because ...
    • Ten questions concerning positive energy districts 

      Sareen, Siddharth; Albert-Seifried, Vicky; Aelenei, Laura; Reda, Francesco; Etminan, Ghazal; Andreucci, Maria-Beatrice; Kuzmic, Michal; Maas, Nienke; Seco, Oscar; Civiero, Paolo; Krangsås, Savis Gohari; Hukkalainen, Mari; Neumann, Hans-Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) constitute an emerging energy transition paradigm, with an ambitious timeline for rapid upscaling to match the urgency of climate mitigation and adaptation. Increasingly networked and ...
    • Terrorism risks, civil liberties, and privacy concerns 

      Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-10)
      Transportation of people plays a major role in our critical infrastructures. The article seeks to determine our willingness to protect our infrastructures balanced against sacrificing civil liberties. Respecting civil ...
    • The battle of the sexes when the future is important 

      Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)
      Contrary to the widespread belief that game repetition induces conciliatory behavior, in a repeated battle of the sexes where player 1 values the future and player 2 is myopic, player 1 is more inclined through conflicting ...
    • The impact of the future in games with multiple equilibria 

      Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-08)
      The article shows that in a game with multiple equilibria, where one player estimates that there is at least a minuscule probability that the other player acquiesces, then conflict is inevitable if both players value the ...