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One giant leap for capitalistkind: Private enterprise in outer space
(Palgrave Communications;Published 29 January 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-10)Outer space is becoming a space for capitalism. We are entering a new era of the commercialization of space, geared towards generating profits from satellite launches, space tourism, asteroid mining, and related ventures. ... -
One Order Fits All? Birth Order and Education in Immigrant Families
(European Sociological Review;Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-01)Birth order causes social inequality between siblings. In Western countries, earlier-born perform better than later-born. In non-Western countries, however, earlier-born generally perform worse than later-born. We use ... -
Openness in Scandinavian Classrooms: Student Perceptions of Teaching Practices and High Achievers of Civic Knowledge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04-29)In this paper, we explore how teaching practices in classrooms influence students’ civic knowledge achievement in three Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Using data from the 2009 International ... -
Opportunities and risks among migrant workers in the hotel industry in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2016-07-23)This article examines working conditions, careers and aspirations among immigrants working in the hotel industry in the Greater Oslo region. Using theories of labour market segregation and segmentation, and drawing ... -
Opting out of youth sports: how can we understand the social processes involved?
(Sport, Education and Society;Published online 06 Sep 201, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-02)Sports researchers often examine the subject of youth quitting sports through quantitative surveys using fixed-choice questionnaires. In this paper, we analyze 1,248 descriptions offered by youth in the survey Young in ... -
Organic and Geographical Indication Certifications’ Contributions to Employment and Education
(Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization;20190042, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-30)In this paper, we test to what extent Food Quality Schemes (FQS, including Geographical Indications and organic products) contribute to the social and economic sustainability of farmers and regions through employment and ... -
Organic‐and Animal Welfare‐labelled Eggs: Competing for the Same Consumers?
(Journal of Agricultural Economics;Volume 67, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-22)To understand the market for sustainable foods, it is important to allow for heterogeneous preferences. However, most studies of consumer preferences for sustainable foods only investigate average consumer preferences. ... -
Organisational responses to alleged scientific misconduct: Sensemaking, sensegiving and sensehiding
(Science and Public Policy; Volume 46, Issue 3, June 2019, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-04)While a substantive literature has emerged on the prevalence, causes, and consequences of scientific misconduct, little is known about the organisational perspective in cases of (alleged) misconduct. We address this knowledge ... -
Organisere for organiseringens skyld. Kultursamverkansmodellen og organisasjonsreformenes rolle i nordisk kulturpolitikk.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi rollen organisasjonsreformer har i den nordiske kulturpolitikken på bakgrunn av en case studie av Kultursamverkansmodellen, som ble implementert i Sverige i 2011. Gjennom flere tiår har ... -
Organising Ethics: The Case of the Norwegian Army
(Etikk i praksis;1(1), Academic article, 2012)This article shows how institutionalism, a theory in organisational social science, provides a model for diagnosing organisational challenges that influence the ethical practices and integration in the Norwegian Army. ... -
Organizational change and the risk of sickness absence: a longitudinal multilevel analysis of organizational unit-level change in hospitals
(BMC Health Services Research;19, Article number: 895 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-14)Background: Organizational change is often associated with reduced employee health and increased sickness absence. However, most studies in the field accentuate major organizational change and often do not distinguish ... -
Organizing capacities and union priorities in the hotel sector in Oslo, Dublin, and Toronto
(Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;4(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In this article, we draw international comparisons between industrial relations regimes in the hotel sector and compare relevant trade union experiences in the selected metropolitan areas of Oslo, Dublin, and Toronto. ... -
Overgrepsutsattes erfaringer med spesialiserte lavterskeltilbud. Symbolsk anerkjennelse, solidariske fellesskap
(Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;Årgang 25, nr. 1-2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-02)Et godt utbygd hjelpetilbud til overgrepsutsatte regnes i dag som et åpenbart samfunnsansvar. De ulike tiltakene som finnes, utgjør til sammen et komplekst tjenestelandskap. Denne artikkelen handler om spesialiserte ... -
Pac’Stão versus the City of Police: Contentious Activism Facing Megaprojects, Authoritarianism, and Violence.
(Conflict and Society;Volume 6, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-01)This article analyzes community activism and state interventionism within a context of racialized and gendered violence that is both direct/physical and structural. It presents a case study of Manguinhos, a cluster of ... -
Pandemics, past, and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies
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Parental Child-Rearing Conflicts Through Adolescence: Trajectories and Associations With Child Characteristics and Externalizing Patterns
(Journal of Research on Adolescence;Volume 27, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06)Research on longitudinal interparental conflict patterns and offspring development is scarce. The population-based TOPP study (N = 459) was used to investigate 1) child-rearing conflict trajectories through four time ... -
Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
(Journal of Pain Research;2018:11, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-21)Background: A growing body of research suggests that the children of parents with chronic pain are at risk for internalizing symptoms. The mechanisms of such associations have not been as thoroughly examined. The aim of ... -
Parenthood and happiness: a review of folk theories versus empirical evidence
(Social Indicators Research;108(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-08)This paper reviews and compares folk theories and empirical evidence about the influence of parenthood on happiness and life satisfaction. The review of attitudes toward parenthood and childlessness reveals that people ... -
The parrhesia of neo-fascism
(International Journal of Zizek Studies;Vol 13, No 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In his late lectures, Foucault developed the ancient Greek concept of parrhesia, a courage to speak the truth in the face of danger. While not entirely uncritical of the notion, Foucault seemed to find something of an ideal ... -
Participation according to the law? The research-based knowledge on citizen participation in Norwegian municipal planning
(European Journal of Spatial Development;No. 67, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)Citizen participation is enshrined in the Norwegian Planning and Building Act (PBA) 1985 and accentuated by the 2008 revision of the PBA. In this article, we ask if the research on participation in municipal planning is ...