Browsing Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag (gjelder til og med 2020) by Title
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Equity induced up-trading and the housing market structure: Implications for Price-to-Income (PTI) and macroprudential interventions
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2012:3, Working paper, 2012-06-27)This paper relates the housing market structure and the intensity of equity induced up-trading between market segments to the equilibrium ratio between house prices and household income (PTI-ratio). When fed back into the ... -
Erfaringer fra samarbeid mellom fagseksjon og bibliotek i emnet samfunnsvitenskapelig forskningsmetode
(Journal article, 2009)Høsten 2006 samarbeidet emneansvarlig for kurset Samfunnsvitenskapelig forskningsmetode ved Høgskolen i Østfold med en bibliotekar fra høgskolebiblioteket samme sted om å lage et undervisningsopplegg og eksamen for dette ... -
Exploring Communication Strategy Use and Metacognitive Awareness in the EFL Classroom
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-14)This study explores the impact of communication strategy (CS) teaching on students' qualitative and quantitative use of such strategies in the context of learning English as a foreign language in Norway. In addition, it ... -
Exploring the use of agent-based modelling (ABM) in mixed methods research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Agent-based modeling (ABM) is in many ways an outsider in social research methods, but I will here argue that it has an important role to play in combination with other methods and approaches. ABM can be used in ways that ... -
Finansielle akseleratorer i boligmarkedet: En kortsiktstilnærming med utgangspunkt i belåningsgrad og belåningsgevinst
(Working paper, 2012-03-06)Denne artikkelen ser nærmere på sammenhengen mellom belåningsgraden (Loan-to-value (LTV)) og belåningsgevinsten i husholdningenes boliginvesteringer. Siden 1992 har prisutviklingen i det norske boligmarkedet gitt betydelige ... -
First, They Came for the Old and Demented: Care and Relations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Social Robots
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-04)Health care technology is all the rage, and artificial intelligence (AI) has long since made its inroads into the previously human-dominated domain of care. AI is used in diagnostics, but also in therapy and assistance, ... -
Fleksible organisasjoner: alternative strategier og arbeidsmiljømessige konsekvenser
(Rapport (Høgskolen i Østfold), Research report, 2009-06-16)Rapporten oppsummerer de teoretiske og empiriske studieer som er gjennomført i forbindelse med prosjektet ”Et inkluderende eller ekskluderende arbeidsliv?” – et forskningsprosjekt under Norges Forskningsråd’s Strategisk ... -
The foundations of a policy for the use of social robots in care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Should we deploy social robots in care settings? This question, asked from a policy standpoint, requires that we understand the potential benefits and downsides of deploying social robots in care situations. Potential ... -
Fra folkehelse i alt vi gjør, til folkehelse på 1-2-3: følgeevaluering av pilotprosjekt med helsekonsekvensvurderinger i fire østfoldkommuner
(Oppdragsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2015:6, Research report, 2015-11-02)Oppdragsrapporten er skrevet for Helsedirektoratet i forbindelse med et prosjekt som hadde som målsetning å utvikle og formidle erfaringer om hvordan den nye folkehelseloven fungerer i praksis. Rapporten er en av mange ... -
Fra “fransk feminisme” til norsk kjønnsforskning. En eksplorativ studie av tekst og terminologi i Pax forlags franske sakprosautgivelser (1990-2000)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04-17)Sammendrag På 1990-tallet var Norge preget av en sterk vekst i studentkullene, og en styrking av humanioras stilling. Dette førte til et godt marked for oversatte sakprosautgivelser, og en gyllen alder for Pax Forlag. ... -
Freedom under the gaze of Big Brother: Preparing the grounds for a liberal defence of privacy in the era of Big Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)‘Big Brother is watching you!’ the posters in Orwell's Oceania told all its inhabitants. We have no such posters, but we live in the era of Big Data, and someone is watching us. Here, I discuss how Big Data is an omniscient ... -
Gender, ethnicity and migration?: Explaining aspirations to join the EU in post-independence Kosovo
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2011:10, Working paper, 2012-06-29)We explore the attitudes towards joining the EU in post-independence Kosovo, focussing particularly on the potential role of gender, ethnicity and migration. The study is based on a survey of 1367 respondents carried out ... -
Genre, History and the Stolen Generations: Three Australian Stories
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article explores the role that genre plays in fictional depictions of the Stolen Generations (Australian Indigenous children removed from their homes) in three twenty-first-century Australian middle-grade novels: Who ... -
Gjestar som blir? : Arbeidsinnvandring som utfordring for kommunar på Vestlandet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i ei undersøking om arbeidsinnvandring til dei fire vestlandsfylka og om dette leier til behov for å utvikle eigne lokale politikkar for velferdstenester. Materialet er statistikk for regionen, ... -
Grieg in the Henhouse: 12 Seconds at the Contested Intersections of Human and Nonhuman Animal Interests.
(Chapter, 2020)Opening shot: interior, henhouse, low light, hens, two rows of perches and nest boxes. Voiceover, subtitle: ‘That’s why we play music’. Close-up of human hand flicking switch and turning dial on old radio. Cue music: Edvard ... -
Growth-based Theories for Declining Regions? A Note on Conceptualisations of Demographic Change for Regional Economic Development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article aims to critically assess the economic growth paradigm, which typically underlies most approaches to regional policymaking for demographic change. While population losses, ageing and outmigration – i.e. phenomena ... -
Heteroglossic Masculinities: Multilingualism in Armée du salut and Princesa
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Housing careers, house price dispersion and the housing market multiplier
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2012:7, Working paper, 2012-10-11)Housing markets reflect our housing consumption profile over the life cycle. As we age, marry and have kids, we seek larger dwellings and to a greater extent owner-occupied housing. The up-trading process has two key ... -
Housing careers, P/R-ratios and rental equivalence
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2010:4, Working paper, 2010-11-16)This paper analyses price-rent ratios under different housing career structures. A housing market with three segments for owner-occupation and a segment with rental housing is applied while a housing career is characterised ... -
Hvordan oppfatter utenforstående flerkulturelt kontaktutvalg i Østfold Fylkeskommune? en ekstern evaluering
(Oppdragsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold), Research report, 2009-09-09)Flerkulturelt kontaktutvalg i Østfold fylkeskommune trådte i funksjon i 2007, som en forsøksordning. Denne rapporten er utarbeidet på oppdrag av Østfold fylkeskommune og inngår i en bredere evaluering av utvalget. Temaet ...