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Reconnection work. A network approach to households' dealing with ICT breakdowns
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)How can the concept of networks contribute to understanding the role of households in crises where ICT infrastructure fail? ICT infra - structures are large-scale techno-material networks crucial to mod - ern human ... -
Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater
(The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment;26, pages 1188–1197 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-19)Purpose: Garment production and use generate substantial environmental impacts, and the care and use are key determinants of cradle-to-grave impacts. The present study investigated the potential to reduce environmental ... -
Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool
(Fibers;Volume 11 / Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Production and use of plastic products have drastically increased during the past decades and their environmental impacts are increasingly spotlighted. At the same time, coarse wool, a by-product of meat and dairy production, ... -
Reembedding Lean: The Japanese Cultural and Religious Context of a World Changing Management Concept
(International Journal of Sociology;Volume 45, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos rhetorically positioned the management concept “lean” for the business world in the early 1990s, claiming that lean would change the world for the better. In this article, I ... -
Refleksiv frivillighet i en norsk kontekst – om eldres deltakelse, motivasjon og potensiale
(Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;Årgang 23, nr. 1-2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-13)Hvor aktive er eldre i frivillig arbeid, hva motiverer dem, og hvor motivert er de for å bidra mer? Spørsmålene er sentrale for eldrepolitikk som sikter mot økt frivillig deltakelse. Artikkelen bygger på data fra vel 4000 ... -
Regelen som bekrefter unntaket. En analyse av betydningsforhandlinger knyttet til midlertidig og fast arbeid
(Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift;Årgang 2, nr. 4-2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-11)The debate about temporary work in Norway, and the recent changes in the Working Environment Act in 2015, have mainly focused on whether temporary employment represents more insecurity or more flexibility and for whom in ... -
Regional Development and Climate Change Adaptation: A Study of the Role of Legitimacy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2016)This paper presents results from a study of Czech Local Action Groups (LAGs), focusing on gaining knowledge about their internally perceived legitimacy and their potential role in local ... -
Regional variation in health care utilization in Sweden - The importance of demand-side factors
(BMC Health Services Research;18:403, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-04)Background: Differences in health care utilization across geographical areas are well documented within several countries. If the variation across areas cannot be explained by differences in medical need, it can be a sign ... -
Regionale variasjoner i barneverntiltak: Et gammelt problem i ny drakt?
(Fontene forskning;1/2018 • årgang 11, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Barneverntjenesten skal sikre at barn og unge som lever under forhold som kan true deres helse og utvikling «får nødvendig hjelp og omsorg til rett tid». Barns behov skal dekkes i alle geografiske områder. Hvordan er ... -
Regionreformen: Har utvidet ansvar på kulturmiljøfeltet styrket den regionale samfunnsutviklingsrollen?
(Kart og Plan;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Et formål med regionreformen var at fylkeskommunene skulle få større politisk handlingsrom som samfunnsutvikler. På kulturmiljøfeltet ble det overført betydelige oppgaver i 2020 og 2021. Vi spør om dette nye handlingsrommet ... -
Regulating Web Content: The Nexus of Legislation and Performance Standards in the United Kingdom and Norway
(Behavioral sciences & the law;32(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-06)Despite different historical traditions, previous research demonstrates a convergence between regulatory approaches in the United Kingdom and Norway. To understand this convergence, this article examines how different ... -
Reinventing Homelessness through Enumeration in Norwegian Housing Policies: A Case Study of Governmentality
(Housing, Theory and Society;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-30)In the course of two decades, “homelessness” was re-defined/re-invented in Norway. Homelessness” had long been seen as a social problem and a moral issue. Then, in 1996, a survey conceptualized it as a housing issue. A ... -
Rekkefølgeeffekter i spørreundersøkelser blant ungdom. Resultater fra et split-ballot-eksperiment
(Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift;Årgang 3, nr. 1-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-01)Et viktig spørsmål i metodelitteraturen er om svaralternativenes rekkefølge har betydning for hva respondentene svarer i spørreskjemaundersøkelser. Imidlertid pekes det på at svarrekkefølgeeffekter ikke er godt nok forstått, ... -
The relation between social identity and test anxiety in university students
(Health Psychology Open;Volume: 5 issue: 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-05)Social identification has been shown to be a protective resource for mental health. In this study, the relationships between social identification and emotional, as well as cognitive symptoms of test anxiety are investigated. ... -
Relational aggression among boys: blind spots and hidden dramas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-03)Although boys too are involved in relational aggression, their experiences are overshadowed by the focus on relational aggression among girls. This paradox mirrors the empirical puzzle that forms the starting point for ... -
Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education
(Public Health in Practice;Volume 2, November 2021, 100187, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-27)Objectives: Higher education institutions all over the world struggled to balance the need for infection control and educational requirements, as they prepared to reopen after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A ... -
Remedy through paradox? Constructions of internal legitimacy in a publicly discredited organization
(Management Communication Quarterly;28(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article examines how members of publicly discredited organizations discursively construct senses of internal legitimacy. Drawing on a case study of the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration—an organization that ... -
Remembering and reconfiguring industrial heritage: the case of the digester in Moss, Norway
(Landscape Research;Volume 46, 2021 - Issue 3: Special Section: Multidisciplinary Engagements with Port Arthur’s Landscapes of In/justice, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-28)In Moss, Norway, a former cellulose factory is currently being adapted for new uses. The onsite digester, a high-rise steel structure that was used to make cellulose before the factory closed in 2012, is a landmark on the ... -
A Report from the Field: Doing RRI from Scratch in an Assisted Living Technology Research and Development Project
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)The transdisciplinary Assisted Living project conducts research within (ICT), health science, social science and ethics. The overall aim of the project is to advance responsible research and innovation (RRI) in the field ... -
Reproduction and the welfare state: Notes on Norwegian biopolitics
(Nordic Journal of Social Research;Volume 11, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Norway has long been considered to be a bastion of social democracy due to its strong, protective, decommodifying welfare state. However, with the recent rise of neoliberalism and right-wing populist politics across the ...