• The limits of a Lockean Environmentalism: God, Human Beings, and Nature in Locke's philosophy 

  Sætra, Henrik Skaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-22)

  God gave us the Earth, to use and enjoy. So says the Bible, and so says John Locke (1632-1704). The individualism and liberalism in Locke’s philosophy makes it decidedly modern and appealing to us today. However, he often ...

• Public Places, Intimate Spaces. The Modern Flâneuse in Rhys, Barnes, and Loos. 

  Wagner, Johanna M. (Journal article, 2019)

  While the clever, detached, and entitled flâneur freely made his way about town, women historically were limited in their urban mobility, which made them invisible as critics of urban modernity. The flâneuse was an ...

• Fra “fransk feminisme” til norsk kjønnsforskning. En eksplorativ studie av tekst og terminologi i Pax forlags franske sakprosautgivelser (1990-2000) 

  Gjesdal, Anje Müller (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. ...

• Travelling Toponymy. The contribution of place names to the textual representation of place and memory in Abdellah Taïa’s Une mélancolie Arabe 

  Gjesdal, Anje Müller (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Narratives of exile and migration pose important questions related to the role of language in the representation of space, both that of home and away as well as sites of transit. This article argues that the textualisation ...

• "Vi va spost te å lær engelskt, da veit du" - litt om suppose(d) og modalitet i amerika-norsk 

  Eide, Kristin Melum; Hjelde, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)

  I et autentisk datamateriale av amerikanorsk finner vi ordet spost, som ser ut som et ikke-norsk innslag. Dette ordet ser ut til å være i vanlig bruk, selv om norskamerikanere ugjerne vil være ved at de bruker det. ...

• Arbetarkollektivet i dag – ny studie och teoretisk utveckling 

  Axelsson, Jonas; Karlsson, Jan Christer; Skorstad, Egil Jostein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-28)

  Sverre Lysgaards teori om arbetarkollektivet är fortfarande en inflytelserik klassiker inom skandinavisk arbetslivsforskning. Lysgaards studie genomfördes i en massa- och pappersfabrik på 1950-talet och Jonas Axelsson, Jan ...

• The Parasitic Nature of Social AI: Sharing Minds with the Mindless 

  Sætra, Henrik Skaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-17)

  Can artificial intelligence (AI) develop the potential to be our partner, and will we be as sensitive to its social signals as we are to those of human beings? I examine both of these questions and how cultural psychology ...

• Gjestar som blir? : Arbeidsinnvandring som utfordring for kommunar på Vestlandet 

  Båtevik, Finn Ove; Gjerstad, Brita; Grimsrud, Gro Marit; Johannessen, Øystein Lund; Netteland, Grete; Nødland, Svein Ingve; Prøitz, Lin; Skeie, Geir; Vedøy, Gunn (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, ...

• Redewiedergabe in Online-Pressetexten – kontrastiv 

  Pitz, Anneliese Pauline; Solfjeld, Kåre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-10)

  This article looks into what structures are used to report longer sequences of speech in German, English and Norwegian online press media. In German the subjunctive is used to signal speech report, and so there is a wider ...

• Contacto con el español en el tiempo libre en diferentes contextos: estudiantes de bachillerato noruegos en España y Noruega 

  Grønn, Berit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  I presentasjonen legger jeg fram hovedfunnene fra tre kvalitative intervjuundersøkelser blant spanskelever i vg2 og vg3 i Norge og ved norske skoler i Spania. To av undersøkelsene ble gjennomført i 2016, mens den tredje ...

• Vg2-elevers kontakt med spansk i fritiden: "Det er morsommere å se serier når du skjønner litt spansk" 

  Grønn, Berit; Christiansen, Ane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Artikkelen presenterer funn og analyse av siste del av en tredelt undersøkelse om spanskelevers kontakt med spansk språk og spanskspråklig kultur i fritiden. Undersøkelsen ble gjennomført i tidsrommet 2015-18. Den siste ...

• Læring av feilslåtte innovasjoner 

  Sørensen, Charlotte; Aastvedt, Ailin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-06)

  I denne artikkelen ser vi nærmere på, hva vi kan lære av feilslåtte innovasjoner ved å belyse en case. Ved å løfte fram feilslåtte innovasjoner vil vi utfordre den vanlige forståelsen av innovasjon som noe entydig positivt. ...

• Political Communication and the Realities of Democracy 

  Borgebund, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  This article argues that given the increasing polarisation, commercialisation and globalisation of the media, political communication is facing significant challenges in supporting and improving democratic practice in ...

• Reflections on Credit Market Incentives in a Small Open Economy with a Dominant Market Player: The Case of Norwegian Banking 

  Borgersen, Trond Arne; Rynning, Marjo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  This paper reflects on the banking market in Norway, a small open economy with a market player that is “too big- and too public to fail” (TBTPF). Discussing competition, risk and regulation, this paper reflects on market ...

• Social Housing Policy in a Segmented Housing Market: Indirect Effects on Markets and Individuals 

  Borgersen, Trond Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-20)

  This paper analyses indirect effects of social housing policy (SHP) in a segmented housing market. A two segment-housing ladder, where equity determines up trading, shows how SHP-measures targeting either housing supply ...

• La atenuación mediante la partícula discursiva ¿eh? en el lenguaje adolescente de Madrid 

  Jørgensen, Annette Maria Myre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-08)

  La partícula discursiva eh está presente de modo notorio en el lenguaje adolescente de Madrid. Tiene una amplia gama de funciones en la interacción como marcador del discurso; desde llamar la atención del interlocutor, ...

• The end of emancipation? CTS and normativity 

  Lindahl, Sondre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-23)

  Although CTS can be described as a broad church, scholars working within this approach want to produce knowledge which can help shape, improve, change, or replace contemporary counterterrorism. Guided by Marx’s mantra that ...

• When nudge comes to shove: Liberty and nudging in the era of big data 

  Sætra, Henrik Skaug (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-26)

  In this article, I examine how nudging powered by Big Data relates to both negative and positive liberty. I focus in particular on how liberty is affected by appeals to irrational mechanisms. I conclude that it is problematic ...

• The tyranny of perceived opinion: Freedom and information in the era of big data 

  Sætra, Henrik Skaug (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)

  Never before have we had access to as much information as we do today, but how do we avail ourselves of it? In parallel with the increase in the amount of information, we have created means of curating and delivering it ...

• Travelling Narratives and Images in Times of Migration : Introduction 

  Åsebø, Sigrun; Gjesdal, Anje Müller; Skalle, Camilla Erichsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Migrant narratives and aesthetic practices influenced by experiences of exile and migration constitute a growing field in contemporary art and literature. Current trends in migration and globalisation have led to an increase ...

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