• Municipality characteristics and the fertility of refugees in Norway 

      Andersen, Synøve Nygaard; Adsera, Alicia; Tønnessen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Abstract The study of the fertility of immigrants has received much attention in recent years, particularly in societies with fertility rates below replacement levels. However, fertility in refugee populations remains ...
    • Leading co-creation for the green shift 

      Hofstad, Hege; Sørensen, Eva; Torfing, Jacob; Vedeld, Trond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      European cities are formulating ambitious climate mitigation goals and calling for the mobilization of societal resources through the co-creation of innovative solutions to help them achieve their goals. To improve the ...
    • EE Settlement final report 2017–2021 

      Fufa, Selamawit Mamo; Kallaos, James; Engebretsen, Øystein; Landa-Mata, Iratxe; Busswald, Petra; Fjellheim, Kristin; Neugebauer, Georg; Lichtenwöhrer, Peter; Barlindhaug, Rolf; Felberg, Knut (SINTEF Fag;77, Research report, 2021)
      The main objective of EE Settlement project is to provide a tool and guidelines for municipalities, regional and central authorities, as well as for professionals and other actors, for assessing the consequences and impacts ...
    • Governing Through Definitions and Numbers: Analysis of the Nordic Homeless Registrations as Instruments of Governing Homelessness 

      Dyb, Evelyn; Benjaminsen, Lars; Knutagård, Marcus; Linden, Jarmo (European Journal of Homelessness;Volume 15, Issue 3 - 2021: Special Edition – What Works: Research Impact and Homelessness, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The four Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, have for many years carried out periodic national surveys of homelessness. These surveys constitute time series, which make it possible to follow the development ...
    • Buy to let housing investors in the Nordic countries 

      Bø, Erlend Eide (Nordic Economic Policy Review;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The last few decades have seen high population and housing price growth in the Nordic capital cities. The high prices have led to concerns about affordability of housing and unsustainable mortgage levels. Policy makers and ...
    • Følgeevaluering av Kompetanseløft 2020: Sluttrapport 

      Grut, Lisbet; Lippestad, Jan Wilhelm; Monkerud, Lars Chr.; Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland; Nesje, Kjersti; Aamodt, Per O (Research report, 2021)
      I denne rapporten presenteres resultater fra følgeevalueringen av regjeringens satsing Kompetanseløft 2020. Evalueringen er gjennomført som et teamarbeid mellom forskere fra forskningsinstituttene SINTEF, NIBR og NIFU. ...
    • Bundet energi og klimagassutslipp i nye boligprosjekter. En veileder til beregningsverktøyet EE Settlement 

      Barlindhaug, Rolf; Kallaos, James; Iratxe, Landa-Mata; Engebretsen, Øystein; Fjellheim, Kristin; Fufa, Selamawit Mamo (SINTEF Fag;, Research report, 2021)
      Denne rapporten er en av hovedleveransene i prosjektet EE Settlement – Embodied Energy, Costs and Traffic in Different Settlement Patterns. Formålet med rapporten er å gi veiledning og anbefalinger som skal hjelpe myndigheter ...
    • How Assad changed population growth in Sweden and Norway: Syrian refugees’ impact on Nordic national and municipal demography 

      Tønnessen, Marianne; Mussino, Eleonora; Aradhya, Siddartha (Plos One;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-20)
      In an increasingly interconnected world, the demographic effects of wars are not confined only to war zones and neighbouring areas; wars and conflicts may also change populations far away. Without the war in Syria under ...
    • Exploring city climate leadership in theory and practice: responding to the polycentric challenge 

      Hofstad, Hege; Vedeld, Trond (Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-05)
      This article has a twofold aim inspired by observed gaps in urban climate governance theory and practice. First, it explores city leadership strategies of securing a closer correspondence between climate policy goals and ...
    • Polycentric urban climate governance: Creating synergies between integrative and interactive governance in Oslo 

      Vedeld, Trond; Hofstad, Hege; Hilde, Solli; Gro Sandkjær, Hanssen (Environmental Policy and Governance;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-08)
      Abstract Cities have emerged as important agents and sites in climate governance interventions, experimentations and networks. Drawing upon two strains of climate governance and collaborative governance literature, ...
    • Bolsonaro og hans evangelikale støttespillere i Brasil. Sekularisme under nytt press? 

      Kasahara, Yuri; Løland, Ole Jakob (Kirke og kultur;01 / 2021 (Volum 126), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-06)
      Med valget av Jair Messias Bolsonaro som Brasils president i 2018 ble de evangelikale kristne sin politiske makt i landet mer tydelig enn noen gang. For første gang hadde de mest profilerte protestantiske lederne omfavnet ...
    • Who is a refugee? Uncertainty and discretion in asylum decisions. 

      Liodden, Tone (International Journal of Refugee Law;Volume 32, Issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-29)
      Assessing claims for refugee status is a task often riddled with uncertainties, not least because of the challenge of establishing the credibility of the claims. The uncertainties enable divergent interpretations of both ...
    • Flere eldre innvandrere i framtidens arbeidsstyrke 

      Tønnessen, Marianne; Syse, Astri (Søkelys på arbeidslivet; Årgang 38, nr. 1-2021, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-04)
      Antall innvandrere i Norge vil øke framover, men utelukkende i de eldre aldersgruppene. I aldersgruppen 55-66 år vil det bli nesten tre ganger så mange innvandrere de neste 20 årene. Hva vil dette bety for norsk arbeids- ...
    • Kampen om en tredje boligsektor i Oslo: De kommersielle og ikke-kommersielle alternativene 

      Christiansen, Ina Marie; Kjærås, Kristin Edith Abrahamsen (Tidsskrift for boligforskning;Årgang 4, nr. 1-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-15)
      Oslo kommune opplever økende utfordringer med tilgang på stabile og rimelige bosituasjoner for befolkningen. For å imøtegå utfordringene vil kommunen etablere en tredje boligsektor. I denne artikkelen analyseres diskursene ...
    • Core-city climate leadership in metropolitan contractual management agreements 

      Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær; Tønnesen, Anders (European Planning Studies;Volume 30, 2022 - Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-01)
      Metropolitan governance and planning increasingly are understood as essential in managing urban growth and fostering a sustainable and climate-friendly metropolitan development. Lately, a contractual turn can be observed ...
    • Location, location, location!: a quality-adjusted rent index for the Oslo office market 

      Anundsen, André Kallåk; Bjørland, Christian; Hagen, Marius (Journal of European Real Estate Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-27)
      Purpose: Commonly used rent indices are based on average developments or expert opinions. Such indices often suffer from compositional biases or low data coverage. The purpose of this paper is to overcome these challenges ...
    • Restriktiv eller selektiv? Innvandringspolitikkens ulike ansikter 

      Staver, Anne Balke (Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift;03 / 2021 (Volum 38), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-02)
      Norsk innvandringspolitikk blir mer selektiv, ikke bare mer restriktiv: flukt- og familieinnvandring strammes inn, mens arbeidsinnvandring fra utenfor EØS fasiliteres. Norge er med i en internasjonal «kamp om de beste ...
    • The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective 

      Hernes, Vilde (Comparative Migration Studies;9, Article number: 32 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-03)
      Local autonomy is a highly promoted feature in European governance, and the integration field is no exception. In the integration literature, values and considerations favoring local autonomy are often emphasized, while ...
    • Strekk i laget for den ‘nordiske modellenʼ? Arbeidsintegrering, universalismeprinsippet og trepartssamarbeid i Danmark og Norge under flyktningkrisen 

      Skjelbostad, Eivor Vold; Hernes, Vilde (Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift;Årgang 37, nr. 3-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-17)
      ‘Den nordiske modellenʼ er unik i internasjonal sammenheng med sin omfattende, institusjonaliserte og universelle velferdspolitikk, men den står overfor utfordringer, særlig i møte med økt innvandring. Møter de nordiske ...
    • Asymmetric effects of monetary policy in regional housing markets 

      Aastveit, Knut Are; Anundsen, André Kallåk (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics;Vol. 14, No. 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-04)
      The responsiveness of house prices to monetary policy shocks depends on the nature of the shock—expansionary versus contractionary—and on local housing supply elasticities. These findings are established using a panel of ...