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Erfaringer med konverteringsterapi blant skeive - En kvalitativ og kvantitativ undersøkelse
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Rapport fra Arbeidsverksted om lokal matproduksjon i Salten, nå og i framtiden - muligheter og barrierer
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Effects of Arctic commercial shipping on environments and communities: context, governance, priorities
Full text linkIncreasing shipping traffic in the Arctic Ocean creates an emerging need to understand the consequences of maritime operations on the Arctic environment and coastal Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, as well as potential governance responses. To address this need, we examine recent shipping trends and assess their impact on Arctic environments and communities. Our arguments are novel, and are built around contemporary empirical investigations and published scientific studies, reports, and government documents. The paper concludes that the environmental and community impacts vary across the Arctic and that greater international coordination is needed to learn from experience, to share assets and capacities, and to guide responsible and sustainable development of Arctic shipping. Given the possibility for opening of the Transpolar Sea Route within the coming decades, further proactive steps, such as developing a governance framework, could help Arctic shipping avoid rather than attempt to correct problems. Shipping Arctic routes Indigenous peoples Local communities Social and environmental concerns RiskspublishedVersio
Evaluering av KLAFF og Ung Vesterålen - To tiltak mot ungt utenforskap i Nordland
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Managing Svalbard Tourism: Inconsistencies and Conflicts of Interest
Full text linkThe Svalbard Archipelago has experienced a rapid increase in tourism-related activities over the past few decades. The Norwegian Government’s ambition to develop the Archipelago’s tour-ism industry offers multiple socio-economic opportunities. The development and scope of these tourism activities is affected by a complex governance system that entails strict environmental regulation and preparedness considerations. To understand the balance of goals across the national and international policy levels, we have mapped, reviewed, and analyzed the national and inter-national regulations and agreements that affect tourism activities on Svalbard. The document analysis reveals the framework of natural and environmental consideration, access to areas and passage, requirements for organized outdoor activities, and regulatory tools. We discovered con-flicts and internal inconsistencies in the way that Svalbard tourism has developed. It has been shaped by both economic growth and environmental preservation, without any specific business development objectives and goals or acceptable limits of environmental and social change in place. For tourism stakeholders, this might complicate any rational assessment of the balance between economic development and environmental status. The challenges we have identified are specific to Svalbard, but are likely to be similar in many other Arctic locations involved in tourism. Svalbard, regulations, environment, sustainability, tourism, cruise, governance, ArcticManaging Svalbard Tourism: Inconsistencies and Conflicts of InterestpublishedVersio
Inn på tunet som allmennpedagogisk tilbud: Resultater fra følgeforskning av nasjonal Inn på tunet-pilot i Nordland
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Socio-technical imaginaries of a circular economy in governmental discourse and among science, technology, and innovation actors: A Norwegian case study
Full text linkA growing body of research is investigating the connections between the discursive construction of circular economy (CE) and its influences on public policies that promote the socio-technological transition towards circular production and consumption systems. However, surprisingly little attention has focused on how CE discourses interact with science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) actors. To address this gap, this research adopts the prism of socio-technical imaginaries to understand specific visions of circularity in science and innovation, exploring how competing imaginaries mobilize specific actors, institutions, and visions of a greener future. Our empirical material included archival documentation from the Norwegian government and funded research projects on CE. Our analysis identified two key tension points within these imaginaries: “International drivers versus regional and local transition arenas” and “Ecological modernization versus sectoral transformation.” We suggest that tensions are inherent in CE socio-technical imaginaries but are often silenced or minimized by institutional discourses on circularity. Our findings suggest that official CE policy programs tend to minimize or overtly ignore criticisms and contestation that are increasingly raised in academic circles. Our findings indicate the need for increased involvement of ST&I actors and other societal actors (such as NGOs and the private sector) in the CE policymaking process to avoid endless growth as an unexpected CE policy outcome.Socio-technical imaginaries of a circular economy in governmental discourse and among science, technology, and innovation actors: A Norwegian case studypublishedVersio
Medvirkning i boligsosialt arbeid. En undersøkelse om innbygger- og brukermedvirkning i boligsosialt arbeid.
Full text linkRapporten formidler resultatene fra en studie av bruker- og innbyggermedvirkning innenfor det boligsosiale området, utført på oppdrag for Husbanken. Bakgrunnen for oppdraget er et behov for mer kunnskap om hva brukermedvirkning og innbyggermedvirkning kan bety i boligsosialt arbeid, og om hvordan begrepene kan konkretiseres, gjennom en studie av tilnærminger og metoder på individnivå og systemnivå.Medvirkning i boligsosialt arbeid. En undersøkelse om innbygger- og brukermedvirkning i boligsosialt arbeid.publishedVersio