In this article we develop some arguments from a research project where the researchers were also participants in the making of a multiplayer online game. The “Siida” project emerged as a challenge to the static and monolithic vision of Indigenous Saami culture and history. It seeks to create an arena for learning founded on new approaches to research-based historical pedagogy. This involvement ...

Deler vi for mye? Hver gang et kreativt verk om anoreksi kommer inn i populærkulturen - og det er fortsatt nesten alltid anoreksi det handler om - har vi den samme debatten. Er det en "ærlig" og "modig" skildring av hvordan det er å leve med spiseforstyrrelse, eller en alvorlig helserisiko for dem som er utsatt for eller berørt av spiseforstyrrelse?

The paper is intended to show how the idea of the “blue economy” is conceptualized in the three main Arctic coastal regions: Northern Norway, the Russian Arctic Zone and Alaska (USA). This is done through the example of how fisheries and aquaculture function in these three regions and through an analysis of their official policies. The paper examines the current organization of blue economy management, ...

The Covid-19 lockdown affected both the global and local economies and led to wage loss and wage inequality. This study explains traditional wage differences between women and men and examines the impact of the Covid-19 on women’s and men’s wages and working hours during the initial stages of the pandemic. The study uses differences-in-differences estimation. Yearly and monthly panel data from ...

Et økende antall kunnskapsarbeidere og IT-næringens mangel på arbeidskraft, foretar seg samtidig som vi retter oss mer og mer mot en kunnskapsbasert økonomi. Behovet for å øke forståelsen av ledelse og hvilke faktorer driver motivasjonen hos kunnskapsarbeiderne i IT-næringen vokser derfor også. Denne masteroppgaven er en empirisk studie innen ledelse og motivasjon, og med ledelse av kunnskapsarbeidere ...

Tema for studien er kompetanseutvikling. Oppgaven stiller spørsmål til hvordan kompetanseutvikling fungerer som et virkemiddel for å realisere strategi. Dette gjøres ved å undersøke hvordan det jobbes med kompetanseutvikling i Eide Handel, samt hvilken effekt arbeidet har på virksomhetens evne til å realisere overordnet strategi. Oppgavens problemstilling er derfor: «Hvordan jobbes det med ...

The ecosystem approach has been part of international environmental law since the 90s. Since then, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity has called upon nation states to implement the approach locally, nationally, and regionally. How has the ecosystem approach been implemented nationally? This blog post suggests and sketches a theoretical perspective, criteria, and methods ...

Background and Objectives In the 21st century, the future of the Norwegian welfare state is broadly debated. In Norway, as in other countries, concerns regarding the sustainability and affordability of the welfare state in light of the projected population development have been voiced in public and academic discourse, and not least in governmental statements and documents. Since we consider texts, ...

Methods that unambiguously prove microbial plastic degradation and allow for quantification of degradation rates are necessary to constrain the influence of microbial degradation on the marine plastic budget. We developed an assay based on stable isotope tracer techniques to determine microbial plastic mineralization rates in liquid medium on a lab scale. For the experiments, ¹³C-labeled ...

The detection and analysis of ocean eddies via remote sensing have become a hot topic in physical oceanography during the last few decades. However, eddy identification and tracking via remote sensing can be a challenging task, since each sensor has some limitations. In order to overcome potential challenges, it is crucial to exploit the complementary information provided by different sensing systems. ...