Denne rapporten er en analyse av historier skrevet i løpet av høsten 2004, i samband med et kulturutviklingsprosjekt ved et norsk foretak i finansbransjen. Narrativ metode ble benyttet i utviklingsprosessen. Materialet besto av 68 historier fra foretakets ulike avdelinger, og oppdraget som medarbeiderne ble gitt, var å ”gi en ærlig beskrivelse av kvaliteten i egen avdeling”. Under kulturutviklingsprosjektet ...

Rapporten dokumenterer resultater fra et forprosjekt i Frøya kommune, hvor formålet har vært å frembringe et nødvendig kunnskapsgrunnlag for realisering av et transporttilbud med selvkjørende buss for øysamfunnet på Sula. Viktige problemstillinger i dette arbeidet har vært: • Hvordan kan man utforme et busstilbud som dekker målgruppens mobilitetsbehov og krav til en slik tjeneste? • Hvordan kan ...

Background: The official statistics of persons with mental disorders who are granted disability pension (DP) in Russia and Norway indicate large differences between the countries. Methods: This qualitative explorative hypothesis-generating study is based on text analysis of the laws, regulations and guidelines, and qualitative interviews of informants representing all the organisational elements ...

Paper proposes the method of evaluating costs for bioenergy supply in Russia based on energy analysis. The main deterrent factor is not as much limited resources as the marginal cost of production biofuels and the possibility of using cost-effective ways reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including capturing and carbon storage, alternative forms of renewable energy and energy efficiency and energy ...

Challenging the influential view that the chapter on biology in the first volume of <i>The Second Sex</i> is exposing scientific myths in severe prose, in the view of this paper, the chapter is as much about scientific facts as it is an intriguingly open-ended dialogue between phenomenology and science. Beauvoir’s consuming epistemological and scientific preoccupation with the category of biology ...

Smoking reindeer meat in a traditional Sámi lávvu (tent) is a knowledgeable and long tradition for food preservation among Sámi reindeer herders. However, due to the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) during smoking, scientists associate smoked meat with human health risks. PAH contamination of smoked food depends on the smoking method, the temperature and the wood species. The ...

China’s role in the Arctic regime remains a debatable topic in the expert discourse on the High North. Currently, in view of the aggravated conflicts in other regions that include Russia as the largest Arctic state, and China as its strategic partner, the Arctic regimes are experiencing salient disturbances. Against this backdrop, an understanding of China’s opportunities to affect Arctic affairs ...

Scholars have often studied social, political and economic factors affecting trust. This article considers the relationship between spatial location and trust in politicians. We hypothesise that the centre‒periphery framework developed by Stein Rokkan has explanatory value for the study of trust in politicians. By using multilevel regression analysis on a large-N survey on a crucial case (Norway), ...

Online self-help groups multiply peoples' possibilities to exchange information and social support. Such possibilities are expected to be of crucial value for the 'new' healthcare user. However, similar to experiences from face-to-face based groups, studies of online self-help groups report high drop-out rates. Knowledge about why this happens is scarce. By means of qualitative interviews and ...

China's view on the sanctity of state sovereignty has slowly but inexorably been transformed, and the country has found it difficult to continue to adhere to the principles of non-interference and non-intervention with the same degree of rigour as during the Cold War era. This special section will explore what the principles mean to China today; why and how Beijing has become active in peacebuilding ...