Publications
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Digitalisering i sykepleietjenesten
(2019)
Our healthcare system is undergoing considerable transformation; standards are changing and established ways of working are being challenged. One change that has consequences for nursing services is increasing digitalization, ...
Den russiske togmyten
(2018)
"How are languages and cultures affected not only by the landscapes we live in, but also by the ways in which we make our way through them? Can railway fiction contribute to illuminating questions related to a nation’s ...
Menneskelige(re) møter
(2021)
"Humanizing Encounters is about the sense of community that exists between persons with dementia. This book is the outcome of a year of ethnographic fieldwork at the specialized dementia care units of two different long-term ...
Chapter 19 Samhandling During Crisis Work
(2018)
"Samhandling is considered as a key solution when asymmetry occurs. An
expectation of seamless samhandling can be a special challenge to High Reliability
Organizations
which have mechanistic traditions in common, i.e. ...
Matens meglere
(2022)
How can we be sure that the food we buy in grocery stores won’t make us sick? The institutions, laws and regulatory systems put in place to safeguard that food is safe to consume are the result of a long and complex process. ...
Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway
(2021)
Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway. An Integrated Technical and Archaeological Investigation provides a metallographic analysis of 21 Viking Age swords found in the county Telemark in southeastern Norway. The book is ...
Norwegian Garden Cities
(2022)
This book deals with the legacy of Norway’s garden cities. It tracks the origins of the Norwegian garden city movement and discusses the current status of built examples. Through a detailed study of one example, Sinsen ...
Principled Pragmatism: VOC Interaction with Makassar 1637-68 and the Nature of Company Diplomacy
(2017)
In this study of the Dutch East India Company the author uses the Company’s seventeenth century diplomatic interaction with the trading Sultanate of Macassar, on the southwestern tip of present day Sulawesi, as a case in ...
Effective Houses
(2023)
This book examines property rights, settlement structure and social organization in Norway’s Østlandet in the Iron age (500 BC–AD 1050). Inspired by ethnographical and anthropological studies, a model of a stateless, ...
Erik Werenskiolds grafikk
(2016)
This book draws attention to a part of Erik Werenskiold's (1855-1938) art production from the beginning of the 20th century, his prints made between 1908 and 1938. In our time these prints are not particularly well known ...
Skandinavisk kobber
(2020)
Copper is an ancient product that has persisted into the advanced industrial age. Its production methods and uses have been radically transformed several times, and it has played a central role in the building of the modern ...
Chapter 27 Samhandling, Preparedness and Supply Chains
(2018)
"Supply-chain preparedness means to design inter-organisational structures,
to organise supply-chain resources, and to plan and train to ensure efficient
response if this is called for. Acknowledging that supply chains ...
Musikkfilosofiske tekster
(2020)
"To pursue the philosophy of music is to contemplate music’s nature, essence, purpose, value, and function in our lives. While the aesthetics of music looks at music’s content, quality, meaning and importance, music ...
De berørte etter 22. juli
(2016)
Research following the terrorist attacks July 22nd 2011 has been especially challenging, due to the extreme nature of the events and the trauma for those involved; both directly as victims and indirectly as family, relatives ...
Making Transparency Possible
(2019)
"Each year local and national economies throughout the world lose billions of dollars through so-called illicit financial flows. Conservative estimates indicate that over a billion dollars are diverted illegitimately out ...
Oppvekst og livstolkning
(2020)
What is the meaning of friendship? Can the meaning of life be found in football fan culture? What do pupils learn about the environment in ethics classes in schools and what does a young refugee girl think about God? This ...
På vei til å bli skrivelærer
(2016)
This book focuses on how student teachers for primary and lower secondary school develop competence as teachers of writing. Analyses are based on written, digital dialogues between student teachers, mentors and lecturers ...
Det universitets- og høgskolepedagogiske vitenskapsområdet i Norge
(2024)
The book provides an insight into the fields of teaching and research in higher education in Norway today. Furthermore, the history and development of the scientific area, and central characteristics of the work university ...
Kollektiv mobilisering
(2022)
Collective mobilization arises in the context of social movements and people’s desire for change. In this book, collective mobilization is discussed in light of a variety of perspectives, theories and methodological ...
Chapter 22 Learning from Sports
(2018)
"This study shows some generic characteristics from sports that are of relevance to
samhandling structures under risk. The findings are based on a case study of the
concept of “Total Football” and the Rosenborg Football ...
Harpe og sverd
(2020)
" This is a collection of essays about the Norwegian ballade, but it also includes ballads from the other Nordic countries. Many perceive the Norwegian ballad as something very close to what is considered the Norwegian ...
Chapter 17 Samhandling and Trust in Military Leadership Structures
(2018)
"The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the importance of trust in military
samhandling. Trust serves as one of the main prerequisites for effective collaboration
(Kouzes & Posner, 2003). The Norwegian Armed Forces’ ...
Fritid, frihet og fellesskap
(2019)
This book is about possibilities for, challenges for and knowledge about local cultural work among young people. It describes cultural work at a municipal level but shows also how this work is aiming to reach goals that ...
Lokalvalget 2019
(2021)
"This anthology concerns the many local elections held throughout Norway on 9 September 2019. Based on voter surveys carried out after every local election since 1995, the ten chapters in this book explore a variety of ...
Aktuelle temaer i regnskap og revisjon
(2020)
"Topics in Accounting and Auditing is a scientific anthology with articles shedding light on relevant issues in financial accounting and auditing. The book also contains articles in the adjacent subject areas of non-financial ...
The Language of Jewellery
(2021)
"In the 5th–7th centuries AD, members of the female population in Scandinavia frequently wore a costume adorned with conspicuous items of jewellery. Many of the items, such as brooches and clasps, were dress-accessories ...
Statlig politikk og lokale utfordringer
(2021)
The services for people with addiction and mental health problems and have received increasing attention, both in the public debate, among users and professionals and not least from political authorities. There is political ...
Samarbeid om selvhjelp
(2019)
"The development and spread of self-help groups in Norway has been unlike that in other western countries. Public authorities, in collaboration with private sector volunteer resources, have created a national hybrid ...
Profesjon og ledelse i Den norske kirke
(2022)
Ministers, deacons, catechists and cantors are among the church professionals laypeople meet in the context of worship, other church services, and congregational activities. These professionals are upholding a social ...
Droner i sivilsamfunnet
(2022)
Civil drones are about to become a billion industry in Norway, and they are often touted as Norway´s new oil. But what exactly do we mean by civil drones, and how can we best ensure that they are used responsibly in society? ...
Døden i livet
(2018)
"There is a widely held notion that death is not particularly visible in our culture; death is something we do not talk about. The premise for Døden i livet has been to challenge this preconception from a variety of ...
Boundary Struggles
(2017)
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right and a core value in liberal democracies. It is also, however, one of our time’s most contested issues, constantly claimed to be either too wide-ranging, at the peril of ...
Prioritering og progresjon i skolematematikken
(2017)
Norway is a leading country in the world when it comes to not prioritizing algebra in school mathematics, the mathematical language many students will need for further education and professions. Analysis of data from TIMSS, ...
Flom, skred og juss
(2024)
This book presents new research related to regulatory systems that address the destructive forces of nature (outcomes of natural phenomena such as storms, landslides and flooding) in general, with a focus on specific ...
Hva kan vi lære av TALIS 2018?
(2021)
" What are the specific challenges that teachers and school leaders face, and how do they feel about their working conditions? These are among the themes of the international TALIS study. The authors of this book take a ...
Chapter 7 Leading and Managing Interaction Under Risk in the Police
(2018)
"Leading interaction under risk is one of the aspects of being a leader in
the police. After the 22nd of July 2011 Norwegian terror attacks it has been pointed
out that the main explanatory factors as to why interaction ...
Internet Research Ethics
(2015)
This anthology addresses ethical challenges that arise within the field of Internet research. Among the issues discussed in the book are the following: When is voluntary informed consent from research subjects required in ...
Shame’s Unwelcome Interruption and Responsive Movements
(2021)
"Shame is a deeply problematic emotion that causes much trouble and pain in our lives, interrupting our immediate mode of being in the world and making us feel bad about who we are. Nevertheless, we use it in many contexts ...
Innholdsmarkedsføring
(2016)
This book describes the concept of content marketing in a Norwegian context. Its subtitle, meaning “concept, business models, legal aspects, ethics and practice”, is comprised of key words for each chapter. The concept ...
Tru på Vestlandet
(2020)
Religious faith is big part of every day life in Western Norway, both historically and in present time. This book seeks to convey a new understanding of the religious traditions of the region in a time of big cultural change.