Epistemic injustice groups together different phenomena that inhibit us from accessing or producing knowledge due to prejudices about certain groups. Epistemic injustice describes situations in which speakers’ knowledge is falsely discredited due to their group membership. It can also describe the lack of concepts for describing experiences, and the connected knowledge, of marginalised groups as ...

This chapter discusses some of the challenges and potential solutions for better treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons (lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer students and staff) in higher education. The chapter provides a theoretical background on the understanding of the LGBTQ+ categories, as well as the ethical questions relating to the treatment of LGBTQ+ persons in contemporary societies. Specific ...

Pain is a major burden both for affected individuals and for society. While it has been established that processing in the brain is key to the experience of pain, most of the research is done in healthy volunteers or patients with specific pain conditions. Less is known about how the status of the brain may relate to pain sensitivity in the general population. While clinical pain can differ because ...

As meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere, the majority will fully evaporate in the altitude region 70–110 km, due to the frictional heating from atmospheric interactions. The evaporated material is thought to re-condense and coagulate into nanometer sized particles called meteoric smoke particles (MSP). These particles are thought to be a central component in the formation of noctilucent clouds ...

En selskapsrettslig analyse av forkjøpsrettens stilling ved fusjon og fisjon.

Wind power is an excellent source of renewable energy in areas with sufficient wind resources. Usually, the best locations for wind turbines are on the tops of hills and ridges, where there are lower temperatures [1]. Cold temperatures are responsible for novel challenges [2, 3]. Due to cold climatic conditions, turbine blades are subjected to icing [4]. A number of methods have been proposed and ...

This paper reflects on how the future development of teacher identity by four Norwegian preservice secondary mathematics teachers may be influenced by a nine-week internship in South Africa. It was clear from interviews with the students, completed during their internship, that they were aware of differences in the educational- and school culture regarding, amongst others, teacher authority, students’ ...

The main goals of this study are to discuss the effects of tidewater glacier retreat on fjord biogeochemistry based on observational and modeling evidence collected in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, and on published studies. We here present a fjord conceptual model, including a benthic compartment, to visualize the biogeochemical fluxes between the sediments and the water column.

Idéhistoriker Bo Lindbergs siste bok har undertittelen historien om en genre. I denne historien, om genren vi i dag kaller avhandling, ligger tyngdepunktet i analysen på perioden fra cirka 1650 og fram til 1852, da en større reform i svensk høyere utdanning førte til at den tradisjonsrike dissertasjonsteksten endret karakter. Det er vel å merke ikke tale om en teoretisk-litteraturvitenskapelig studie, ...

Chlorella vulgaris is a freshwater microalga that synthesises large amounts of saturated lipids, which makes it suitable for production of bioenergy and biofuels. Since its cultivation usually requires freshwater, it competes with agriculture, economic development and ecological conservation for this limited natural resource. This study investigated the possibility of the partial replacement of ...