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Risk management in Norwegian avalanche rescue operations. Managing uncertainty, complexity, overcommitment and the long-term monitoring of accident risk
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2019-12)Introduction: Avalanche incidents commonly take place in adverse environmental conditions, and the expected survival time of avalanche victims is short. These situations require an immediate rescue response, which may pose ... -
Risk Management in Offshore AS
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)The scientific field of risk management (RM) is not older than 30-40 years, but today it is considered as a critical business function. In a society where large amounts of data are being processed at an ever-faster pace, ... -
Risk management in Pipeline Operation - a study for risk- and barrier management as well as a technical proposal
(Master thesis, 2022)Abstract The petroleum industry is the most important industry in Norway when it comes to tax revenues and employment. Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) is the cornerstone of all operations conducted on the Norwegian ... -
Risk management in projects; monitoring of performance indicators as element in the risk management process
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Throughout this master thesis a tool that has been developed and implemented in the risk module Statoil use will be presented. This tool is based on the use of KPIs, Key Performance Indicators. The tool has been developed ... -
Risk management in the construction industry: Analysis of the industry practices and Norwegian case.
(Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis, an attempt was made to find out how the current approach to risk management works in the construction industry in Norway by looking into the expertise of one specific company – including whether it may be ... -
Risk management in the oil and gas industry : integration of human, organisational and technical factors
(PhD thesis UiS;142, Doctoral thesis, 2011-11)The overall objective of this thesis is to provide knowledge and tools for the major hazard risk assessment for offshore installations (and onshore plants) based on an improved understanding of the influence of organisational, ... -
Risk management using big real time data
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)This thesis focuses on risk management of flight delay area using big real time data. It proposes two different prediction models, one is called General Long Term Departure Prediction Model and the other is named as ... -
Risk monitoring of major hazard in single installation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)The risk level project (RNNP) has resulted risk level trend methodology which is very useful in monitoring the trend of major hazard risk level in Norwegian shelf. However, the method cannot be used in installation level. ... -
Risk of developing psychiatric disease among adult patients with skin disease: A 9-year national register follow-up study in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The existing association between skin disease and psychiatric comorbidity has gained attention during the last decades. Stress and mental illness can directly or indirectly affect skin disease, while dermatological conditions, ... -
Risk perception in health care : a study of differences across organizational interfaces
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Risk perception in newspaper chains: Threats, uncertainties and corporate boundary work
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)This article presents an analysis of risk perception among chain newspaper CEOs in Scandinavia. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews, the analysis finds that risk is perceived in relation to public trust, corporate ... -
Risk perception of festival audience: an application of psychometric paradigm
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-24)The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived risk level indicated by audiences for six contemporary hazards in an open door music festival, seeing as it is an overlooked issue in the literature. In order to ... -
Risk Perspective of the Maritime Supply Chain in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Norway has a strong maritime cluster and employs 90 000 people. The supply chain in the maritime industry consists of a complex and global network of logistics. The purpose is to collect information about the risk ... -
Risk Premium in Brent Crude and TTF European Gas
(Student paper, others, 2023)This study explores the presence of risk premium in Brent Crude and TTF European Gas. Risk premium theory is a controversial theory which explains the future prices and risk premium itself is important to study in terms ... -
Risk reducing measures in the context of risk management in quantitative risk analysis for maintenance and modification projects
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Risk analysis in the oil industry is used to identify and address the risks that are involved in a certain situation, on for instance a platform. Risk analyses have a long history in the oil and gas industry, and have been ... -
Risk regulation and risk perception : the link to risk perspectives
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2009, Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this paper is to discuss how risk regulation is related to fundamental concepts about risk. It distinguishes between two risk perspectives: a traditional risk perspective where risk is considered an objective ... -
Risk regulation in the North Sea : a common law perspective on Norwegian legislation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The paper include an assessment of the development of the Norwegian regulatory system based on legislative written text, but also compare the impact (efficiency/effectiveness) of the regulatory regime. The theoretical basis ... -
Risk science applied to major risk events in history
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Major risk events in history are often labeled as black swans or as unforeseeable given the risk policies and procedures existing at the time. Hindsight suggests that many of these events could have been foreseeable. This ... -
Risk Science Contributions: Three Illustrating Examples
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)This article aims to demonstrate that risk science is important for society, industry and all of us. Rather few people today, including scientists and managers, are familiar with what this science is about—its foundation ...