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    • Public art and private wealth: the controversial collaboration between the national museum in Norway and Fredriksen Family Art Company Ltd 

      Berg, Ida Uppstrøm; Larsen, Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      There has been much discussion in the US and European media about the evolving relationship between wealthy private art collectors and underfunded public art museums. This paper examines the public debate regarding the ...

    • Public Awareness and Nuclear Safety in Russia 

      Holm-Hansen, Jørn (NIBR-rapport 2015:14, Report, 2015)
      Bellona's niche within the Norwegian government's Nuclear Action Plan is to work with civil society. In the field of securing access to information for the public at large, facilitating public participation and pushing for ...

    • Public beliefs about high-voltage powerlines in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom: A comparative survey 

      Aas, Øystein; Devine-Wright, Patrick; Tangeland, Torvald; Batel, Susana; Ruud, Audun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      As countries worldwide, and particularly in Europe, move to increase deployment of low carbon energy sources, significant investments in new transmission networks are planned. However, past cases of public opposition – ...

    • Public Bureaucracies 

      Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Fredriksson, Magnus; Kolltveit, Kristoffer; Pallas, Josef (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-17)
      Public bureaucracies have mostly been invisible in research on political communication, but more recently, there has been an increasing interest in their communicative efforts. In this chapter, we review the literature and ...

    • Public deliberation and the fact of expertise: making experts accountable 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Social Epistemology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper discusses the conditions for legitimate expert arrangements within a democratic order and from a deliberative systems approach. It is argued that standard objections against the political role of experts are ...

    • Public employment services: Building social resilience in youth? 

      Assmann, Marie-Luise; Tolgensbakk, Ida; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad; Bøhler, Kjetil Klette (Social Policy & Administration;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-21)
      It is contested to what extent public employment services (PES) help build resilience in young unemployed people. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 19 people born in Germany and Norway between 1990 and 1995, the article ...

    • The Public Face of an Epidemic Risk: Personalization of an Ebola Outbreak in Nordic Media 

      Hornmoen, Harald; Andersen, Nina Blom (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-11)
      This chapter explores how newspapers in Denmark and Norway both verbally and visually framed and personalized risk and crisis assessments and scenarios following the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. Our point of ...

    • Public Governance-Constraints and Challenges for Social Work Practice 

      Jessen, Jorunn Theresia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      In the wake of public sector reforms, the work environment of professionals is changing; there is more description of results and outputs and tighter requirements of front-line work. The changes taking place address a ...

    • Public health nurses' barriers and facilitators to the use of research in consultations about childhood vaccinations 

      Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid; Helseth, Sølvi (Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences;Early view, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-12-15)
      Public health nurses’ barriers and facilitators to the use of research in consultations about childhood vaccinations The aim of this study was to describe sources of information, as well as barriers and facilitators to the ...

    • Public home care professionals' experiences of being involved in food distribution to home-living elderly people in Sweden - a qualitative study with an action research approach 

      Pajalic, Zada; Westergren, Albert; Persson, Lena; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-05-01)
      Background: Research focusing on Food Distribution (FD) from various professionals’ and organisational perspectives are lacking. The aim of this study was therefore to explore various professionals ’ experiences of ...

    • Public involvement and narrative fallacies of nanotechnologies 

      Thorstensen, Erik (NanoEthics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-12)
      This paper analyzes a European research project called ‘Deepening Ethical Engagement and Participation in Emerging Nanotechnologies’ with the abbreviation DEEPEN. The DEEPEN’s findings and conclusions on the narratives, ...

    • Public libraries : a meeting place for immigrant women? 

      Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Essmat, Sophie; Aabø, Svanhild (Library & Information Science Research;33 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-06)
      The potential role of the public library in the lives of immigrant women is elicited by in-depth interviews with nine female immigrants to Norway from Iran, Afghanistan, and Kurdistan. The research utilizes social ...

    • Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research 

      Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Aabø, Svanhild; Blomgren, Roger; Evjen, Sunniva; Jochumsen, Henrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rasmussen, Casper Havnegaard; Vårheim, Andreas; Johnston, Jamie; Koizumi, Masanori (Journal of Documentation;Volume 75, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)
      Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review. Design/methodology/approach: In order to ...

    • Public libraries as public sphere institutions: A comparative study of perceptions of the public library’s role in six European countries 

      Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Aabø, Svanhild; Blomgren, Roger; Hobohm, Hans Christoph; Jochumsen, Henrik; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Mumenthaler, Rudolf; Schuldt, Karsten; Rasmussen, Casper Hvenegaard; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Toth, Mate; Vårheim, Andreas (Journal of Documentation;Publication date 26 September, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of public libraries as institutions underpinning a democratic public sphere as reasons legitimizing libraries compared to reasons that are more traditional and the ...

    • Public libraries, social capital, and low intensive meeting places 

      Audunson, Ragnar; Vårheim, Andreas; Aabø, Svanhild; Dokk Holm, Erling (Information research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      Introduction. This paper presents a research project aiming at eliciting the potential of public libraries in building social capital, and promoting generalized trust in today's multicultural society. Method. Two approaches ...

    • Public libraries: places creating social capital? 

      Vårheim, Andreas (Library hi tech;27(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show why studies of public libraries, regarding their possible contribution in creating social capital, are important for social capital research in general, and are important for ...

    • The Public Library Metadata Landscape, the Case of Norway 2017–2018 

      Preminger, Michael; Rype, Ingebjørg; Ådland, Marit Kristine; Massey, David; Tallerås, Kim (Cataloging & Classification Quarterly;Volume 58, 2020 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-10)
      The aim of this paper is to gauge the cataloging practices within the public library sector seen from the catalog with Norway as a case, based on a sample of records from public libraries and cataloging agencies. Findings ...

    • Public Library Programming and Events for Overcoming Social Divisions 

      Igarashi, Tomoya; Koizumi, Masanori; Johnston, Jamie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Increasing and persistent social divisions are a global challenge that threaten the stability of our societies and soundness of our democracies. Public libraries can potentially play an ameliorative role in reducing ...

    • Public policy on career education, information, advice and guidance: Developments in the United Kingdom and Norway 

      Lewis, Christine; Tolgensbakk, Ida (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-22)
      This chapter considers the role of career education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) services. On the one hand, it looks at public policy in England, where such services have a 20-year record of instability; on ...

    • Public sector audit in contemporary society: A short review and introduction 

      Johnsen, Åge (Financial Accountability and Management;Volume 35, Issue 2, May 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-27)