• Choral conducting education: The lifelong entanglement of competence, identity and meaning 

      Jansson, Dag; Balsnes, Anne Haugland (Research Studies in Music Education;First Published April 8, 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-08)
      Choral singing is one of the most widespread musical activities, and choral conductors work in a variety of social settings that involve every imaginable type of choir and musical genre. The conductor role draws on a number ...
    • The construction of leadership practice: Making sense of leader competencies 

      Jansson, Dag; Døving, Erik; Elstad, Beate (Leadership;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-24)
      The notion of leadership competencies is a much-debated issue. In this article, we propose that how the leader makes sense of his or her competencies is key to leadership practice. Specifically, we look at how leaders ...
    • Immigration and Work Integration of US- Americans in Norway 

      Boysen, Amanda Erika (Master thesis, 2019)
      The aim of this study was to uncover the ways in which US- American immigrants to Norway experience the integration and immigration process, particularly in the domain of employment. I collected stories from informants ...
    • Secession of South Sudan : the voluntary and enforced social exclusion 

      Yousif, Hisham Obeid (Master thesis, 2013)
      Sudan has recently separated into two states after a long history of conflict that transformed into severe war lasted for fifty years interrupted with few years of fragile peace. Sudan, as a multicultural, multi-religions, ...
    • Staten, barnevernet og utenrikspolitikken. Fra indre anliggende til internasjonal konfliktsone 

      Haugevik, Kristin M.; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg (Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift;Nr. 1 / 2020 / Årg. 37, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-19)
      Norske diplomater bruker mye tid og ressurser på å håndtere internasjonal kritikk av norsk barnevern. Barnevernssaker kan bli utenrikspolitikk når kritikken fremmes i bilaterale fora eller autoritative institusjoner utfordrer ...