Doctoral theses (HH)
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Recent Submissions
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Social acceptance and external effects of offshore wind in the green transition
(PhD thesis;2024:7, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Increasing electricity production from offshore wind is pertinent to realizing net zero carbon emissions by 2050. However, integrating offshore wind in the transition to green energy is not without social challenges. ... -
Putting entrepreneurial competencies to work : an exploration of the early careers of entrepreneurship education graduates
(PhD Thesis;2024:14, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This thesis contributes to build knowledge about how entrepreneurship education (EE) prepares students for working life, how entrepreneurial competencies that are developed through EE are utilized in career trajectories ... -
Essays on salmon commodity markets
(PhD Thesis;2023:72, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis examines key aspects of the salmon industry, including financial effects of climate change, market volatility, price predictions, and the role of news on market prices. The work consists of four research ... -
Essays on predictive and prescriptive process monitoring
(PhD Thesis;2022:21, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This PhD thesis addresses problems related to proactive methods of decision support in business processes. These methods include predictive process monitoring, which aims to warn about potential problems before they occur, ... -
Taxation of income and wealth in an imperfect world : rates matter, rules decide
(PhD Thesis;2023:66, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Rising inequality and tightening government budgets have brought taxation high up on the agenda, both in the public debate and in academia. In particular, this has spurred a renewed interest in wealth taxation. To raise ... -
The green transition in the transport sector
(PhD thesis;2023:67, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Mobility is essential for ensuring human well-being. At the same time the transport sector is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions. To address climate change, it is imperative to accelerate the shift towards sustainable ... -
Four essays on oil price uncertainty, optimal investment strategies and cost transmission of an oil price shock
(PhD thesis;2023:24, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates the influence of oil price uncertainty on optimal investment decisions and the economy-wide effects of oil price shocks. This general objective is achieved in four research papers. The thesis is ... -
Four papers on privacy and human behavior
(PhD thesis;2023:25, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the decision-making process and preferences relating to digital privacy. The four articles investigate questions such as: How do we make decisions when sharing our data with a third party, commercial ... -
Sustainable use of minerals in the context of a digital and energy transition
(PhD Thesis;2023:46, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the sustainable use of minerals in the context of a low-carbon and digital transition. Based on original research, this thesis contributes to designing policy interventions, namely market-based instruments ... -
Financial inclusion : trends, determinants, and contributions
(PhD thesis;2023:3, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Finansiell inkludering er avgjørende for et lands økonomi. Forskere, politikere og andre interessenter har en økende interesse for finansiell inkludering, og flere land har innlemmet det i sine nasjonale strategier. Denne ... -
Market development for a sustainable transition to bioenergy in Uganda
(PhD thesis;2023:15, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Access and use of clean energy persist as a grand societal challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) without obvious solutions. This adversely affects other social-technical systems of society like health, education, climate ... -
Increased sustainability in the food retail sector through Measurement and Verification of energy conservation measures
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report leaves little doubt that we urgently need to respond to be able to reduce human-induced climate change. The report clearly states that human activities is causing alarming and widespread ... -
Valuing ecosystem services to inform land use policies in Norway : methodological issues and applications of stated preference methods
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Seed security in the presence of climate shocks and socioeconomic inequality in Africa
(PhD Thesis;2022:65, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Access to diverse and well-adapted seeds is vital in helping farmers raise crop yields, agricultural incomes, and food security, reducing poverty and inequalities, and improving human well-being. The realization of benefits ... -
Bioenergy for sustainable development in developing countries
(PhD Thesis;2022:42, Doctoral thesis, 2022)The main objectives of this thesis are to evaluate the policies to promote bioenergy in developing countries and to assess the related impacts within the realms of sustainable development. The growing interest in bioenergy ... -
Three Essays on Electricity Prices
(PhD Thesis 2022;41, Doctoral thesis, 2022)The thesis explores how the Nord Pool power market prices forward-looking information. Specifically, the thesis investigates the efficiency, or the biasedness, of the derivatives side of the power market, how temperature ... -
Drivers of deforestation and incentives for REDD+
(PhD Thesis;2022:4, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Tropical deforestation is a global environmental and development problem. Identifying policies that effectively reduce deforestation while improving rural livelihoods is essential to meet our climate and sustainable ... -
Economics and policies for the electrification of transport
(PhD thesis;2020:41, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis focuses on the economics and polices for the electrification of transport. Over the last few years we have observed a rapid rise in the number of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Norway. This growth is the ... -
Essays on the reformed Norwegian electricity retail market
(PhD thesis;2021:66, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The thesis explores efficiency outcomes following the Norwegian electricity market reform introduced in the early 1990s. Specifically, the thesis investigates efficiency outcomes resulting from the incentive regulation of ... -
Approaches to branding and behaviour : studies of HRM and employee voice through organizational branding
(PhD Thesis;2021:18, Doctoral thesis, 2021)After decades of research there still are few studies which draw lines between research on HRM, employee voice and organizational branding. Such an academic cross-fertilization is offered by this dissertation, as a core ...
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