Publications
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Religion og etikk i skole og barnehage
(2019)
School and kindergarten are central arenas for issues concerning values and ethics. The authors ask: What does students in junior high school learn about the relationship between science and religion? How do students in ...
Når musikken gir mening.
(2017)
As the title of this treatise indicates, the topic is communication about quality. The author explores the general possibilities and limits of linguistic communication regarding the quality of grade school concerts, with ...
HR i møte med det nye arbeidslivet
(2023)
This anthology is the second in a series of books from the Department of Management and Organization at Kristiania University College. HR in Today’s Working Life builds on the book Leading People in Today’s Working Life ...
Kunstens betydning?
(2022)
Why do children and young people need art? How do we rationalize the significance of art in society? This anthology is based on research carried out by members of the multidisciplinary research group Art and Young People ...
Chapter 11 The Triad of Uncertainty
(2018)
"This chapter sheds light on interaction (samhandling) between scientists
and politicians. What happens when the latter gives the former a role in an effort to
ensure that society is not exposed to an unforeseen calamity? ...
Theatre and Democracy
(2021)
Theatre and Democracy: Building Democracy in Post-war and Post-democratic Contexts is the outcome of a longstanding collaboration between two centers of applied theatre education and research in South-Africa and Norway, ...
Kirkelig organisering og ledelse
(2021)
" What is unique about leadership and leadership roles in the Church of Norway? In what ways does the Church’s organization reflect its mission? These are among the questions raised by the transition from state church to ...
Chapter 10 Når dommeren i fotball dømmer feil …
(2018)
"The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics of situations when top referees
in soccer make an incorrect decision. Two expert panels, consisting of four top referees and
four top players respectively, assessed ...
Chapter 25 Military Strategies for Samhandling in Unforeseen Situations
(2018)
"The purpose of this chapter is twofold. Firstly, a rather paradoxical situation
will be discussed. Even though most military practitioners seem to agree
on the characteristics of war, two almost diametrically-opposed ...
Å kjøpe for Norge
(2021)
"How does the public sector manage the vast sums spent annually on goods and services? For individual municipalities, counties, and state agencies it is, in practical terms, about obtaining resources that enable them to ...
Chapter 5 Human Interaction
(2018)
"During military exercises, crisis situations give the participants mood experiences.
By exploring the concept of “mood”, our aim is to contribute to the development
of new interaction theory. We will explore three ...
Form og formidling knytt til nynorsken
(2022)
The starting point for this issue of Skriftkultur is the 150th anniversary of Ivar Aasen’s launch of a national language, which at the time lacked freedom of choice in form and conjugation, but has since developed, for ...
Chapter 6 Idrætspsykologi med et community psykologisk afsæt
(2018)
"The overall purpose of this study was to examine how a transformative and community
psychological approach could affect a socially challenged neighbourhood and participants´
perceptions of involvement (young boys, 12–16 ...
Studentaktiv læring
(2019)
"Quality in teaching is a recurrent theme in discussions of higher education. We hear about unqualified lecturers and poor instruction, about classes that obfuscate rather than illuminate the subject matter, and teaching ...
Fengslende sosiologi
(2018)
"Prison has always been an attractive object for study in the field of sociology. Few other areas of modern society demonstrate social reality’s fundamental ideas so clearly and obviously than prison. Social deviance and ...
Motivasjon i fokus
(2025)
Motivation in Focus: Self-Determination Theory, in Theory and Practice sheds light on how Self-Determination Theory (SDT) can be applied in the workplace, education, health, sports and the arts. This anthology provides a ...
20 år med fysikkprestasjoner i fritt fall
(2019)
"The book discusses various challenges and solutions related to the coordination of health and welfare services. Coordination is central to creating integrated services for users with complex needs. In order to understand ...
Kvensk grammatikk
(2017)
Kvensk grammatikk is a comprehensive presentation of the structure of the Kven language, a Baltic-Finnic minority language in Norway. The grammar has been reviewed and approved by Kvensk språkting, the decision-making body ...
A God of Time and Space
(2019)
"This book is a collection of essays on Bob Dylan and religion. The eight scientific essays present new perspectives on the subject, aiming to elucidate the role played by religion in Bob Dylan’s artistic output and in the ...
Hvorfor vokser steder?
(2018)
"Why do some places grow while others are shrinking? What are the most important driving forces behind increases in the number of inhabitants and jobs? How can places affect their own growth? This book is written for those ...
Environment and Settlement: Ørland 600 BC - AD 1250
(2019)
"During the Late Bronze Age, the Iron Age and early medieval period (c. 600 BC–AD 1250) settlement at Vik in the Ørland peninsula emerged, flourished, vanished and emerged anew. Local landscape and vegetation development, ...
Manipulating practices
(2018)
"Manipulating practices is the first ever collection of critical physiotherapy studies and comes at a time of unprecedented change in the profession. Written as a collaboration between 20 authors, many members of the ...
Metode mellom forskning og læring
(2017)
This book employs a range of approaches to answer the question of how to use qualitative methods in a way that opens for reflections on the development and the study of professional practice in teacher education. Knowledge ...
Den engasjerte eleven
(2018)
"Passion for learning has become a key concept in the politics of education. We want to establish schools where students are motivated, enthusiastic and feel a desire to learn. To achieve this on behalf of all students, ...
Prison, Architecture and Humans
(2018)
"What is prison architecture and how can it be studied? How are concepts such as humanism, dignity and solidarity translated into prison architecture? What kind of ideologies and ideas are expressed in various prison ...
Quantifying the Unknown
(2019)
"Copper, zinc, gold and silver mineralizations exist on the deep ocean floor, at great depths, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen. None of these mineralizations within Norwegian jurisdiction have ...
Konflikt, fellesskap og forandring
(2019)
"In recent years, organizations and authorities in Norway have put a critical spotlight on parenting practices among non-Western immigrants, based on a concern for young people's autonomy and self-determination. The purpose ...
Putting a Face on It
(2017)
"Putting a Face on It analyses and discusses how subjectivity and exposure of individuals now affect most journalistic topics and genres: from politics to sports journalism, from science journalism to journalism about ...
Norge i Latin-Amerika
(2017)
Despite long traditions for contact with Latin America, increasing trade and investments in the region and important contributions to the recent peace process in Colombia, Latin America is often depicted as a "forgotten ...
Spill og strategi i helsesektoren
(2019)
"The health sector is a complex and dynamic conglomerate of services at local, regional and national levels. How to balance different considerations between new medical-professional knowledge, controlling expenses and local ...
Barn og unge
(2018)
"What are the conditions children and young people experience in the city? What opportunities does the city provide for interaction between people and urban spaces and places? What sociomaterial conditions for participation ...
Skriveren og teksten
(2020)
"More and more people have to write in their jobs, and some need to write for publication. Students must learn to write in new genres, and their teachers not only need to write but also help others develop their own writing. ...
Jesus i oversettelse
(2019)
"Who is the biblical Jesus? The answer depends on which translation you read. Most people read their Bible translation as “the Bible”. Publishers of the Bible have great power to define the Bible and decide how the biblical ...
Prioritering, styring og likebehandling. Utfordringer i norsk helsetjeneste
(2018)
"Prioritization is a necessity in healthcare, in the allocation of limited resources. Which criteria and considerations prove decisive, however, when it comes to prioritization in practice? The dominant political objective ...
Chapter 2 Defining the Term Samhandling
(2018)
"In this chapter we will demonstrate that samhandling has a different
qualitative meaning from other similar concepts. The term “samhandling” is used
by many organizations, researchers and textbook authors without ...
Levde lærerliv
(2020)
"Students from a number of classes that graduated from the teacher’s college in Volda during the 1900s maintained their connection over the years through what they called brevbøker, letters collected in book form. In sturdy, ...
Chapter 7 Hva sier de til seg selv?
(2018)
"The purpose of this study was to examine the self-talk of elite triathletes during a
competition. Furthermore, we wanted to investigate possible differences in content and frequency
in self-talk during a triathlon ...
Samfunn og samhandling under press
(2024)
Society is changing. The unforeseen leaves its mark; crises, threats, surveillance, pandemics, war, ideological conflicts, technological development, management by objectives, economic inequity, and environmental and ...
Krigsforbrytere i dagens estetiske minnekultur
(2024)
War criminals have constituted a fraught topic since the end of the Second World War, and interest has not diminished over time. The term “war criminal” has a juridical underpinning but is also used less formally, and words ...
Chapter 12 Effekt av feedback på kollektiv mestringstro og sosial loffing i et sykkeleksperiment
(2018)
"The aim of the study was to examine the extent in which verbal feedback (positive
and negative) affected the collective efficacy, and to what extent an increase in collective efficacy
would affect the propensity to ...
From Life to Death in Iron Age and Medieval Vinjefjord
(2024)
Archaeological excavations in 2019 and 2020 at Vinjefjord in Central Norway uncovered extensive evidence of settlements and graves from societies that thrived in this region during the Iron Age, the Viking Age, and the ...
Interessekonflikter i forskning
(2019)
"This anthology examines various ethical issues related to conflicts of interest in research and raises fundamental questions about the role of research in society. In recent years, researchers and others have expressed ...
Ung medvirkning
(2021)
How should we go about collaborating with children and adolescents? Young Participation: Creativity and Conflict in Planning explores how youth participation work in practical terms, in the context of urban development ...
Religiøst medborgerskap
(2020)
"This anthology examines and elucidates how variation in ability (physical and cognitive) as a human condition impacts participation in religious communities and theology and diakonia as professional disciplines. Functional ...
Andrespråkslæring, språkhjelpere og sosial rettferdighet
(2024)
UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goal 4 is to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’. Second language learning for adults can be viewed in light of this global ...
Organisasjonsperspektiv på samordning av helse- og velferdstjenester
(2019)
"The book discusses various challenges and solutions related to the coordination of health and welfare services. Coordination is central to creating integrated services for users with complex needs. In order to understand ...
Ett skritt fram og ett tilbake
(2016)
This book presents research results from the international comparative study TIMSS Advanced 2015, which investigates the competence of students taking the most advanced courses in mathematics and/or physics in the last ...
Presse, profesjon og politikk
(2022)
Press, Profession and Politics is a festschrift in honor of Paul Bjerke, who celebrated his 70th birthday on 2 October 2022. Bjerke has had a far-reaching career in journalism, research and as a social commentator. This ...
Kritiske perspektiver i helsefagene
(2017)
Professional criticism and reflection are important elements in all health science practices and knowledge development. This anthology presents a wide range of critical perspectives on health care and health science, aimed ...
Chapter 26 Interaction in Aerial Warfare
(2018)
"This chapter explores the leadership practices of Mission Commanders.
The major focus is on key features in leadership practices that contribute to effective
samhandling in the execution of Composite Air Operations and ...
Rom og sted
(2020)
"Within the humanities, the concepts space and place have been the subject of renewed interest as theoretical resources over the last years, inspired by recent developments within the social sciences, and in particular ...
Chapter 20 The Relationship Between Stress and Samhandling
(2018)
"Military operations are very often accompanied by various levels of stress.
This chapter aims to discuss the concepts and factors of stress and samhandling. The
main factors are social support, self-efficacy, resilience ...
Chapter 12 Social Innovation and Collaboration
(2018)
"This chapter explores the link between social innovation and collaboration
among change agents and stakeholders. Social innovation is a field on the rise,
both practically and theoretically (Cajaiba-Santana, 2014), and ...
Rettens landskap
(2021)
What gave rise to the Norse legal system? When? And where were the meeting places under this system located? These are questions that have long remained unanswered in Norwegian and Northern European history.
An overriding ...
Møter og mangfold
(2022)
How should cultural and religious diversity be understood? What happens when different cultures and religions meet? How should we understand such encounters in society and school today? How have they played out historically? ...
Mot bedre vitende i norsk matsektor
(2020)
"The Norwegian food market engenders strong opinions and substantial media attention, with questions regarding agricultural regulations, competition between retail food chains, and the relationship between chains and their ...
Music Technology in Education
(2020)
This anthology presents research projects that examine the intersection between music, technology and education from a variety of perspectives. The contributors are from a range of educational programs within traditional ...
Likestilling i akademia – fra kunnskap til endring
(2021)
What is the state of gender equality in science and technology? Gender Equality in Academia – from Understanding to Change presents the results of a comprehensive research project and program of initiatives at the University ...
Hvem? Hvor mange?
(2023)
In a world marked by surging international conflicts, labour market globalisation, ever-widening economic inequities, steady improvement in the flow of information, and increasing possibilities for mobility over greater ...
Samtaler mellom profesjonelle og barn som har psykisk syke eller rusavhengige foreldre
(2020)
"This scholarly monograph is based on a doctoral dissertation, On Holding Part of a Child’s Life in One’s Hands. Conversations between Professionals and Children with Mentally Ill or Substance Addicted Parents: An Ethical ...