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Navigating narratives toward the health-sustainability nexus : Oslo's prescriptions for healthy and sustainable diets
(Master thesis, 2021)Unhealthy diets are the leading risk factor for deaths worldwide, and food systems pressure Earth system processes past their planetary boundaries. Research calls for transformational change toward healthy and sustainable ... -
Navigating social-ecological dynamics through stakeholder assessment and historical profiling: a case study of the Oslofjord
(Master thesis, 2022)Earlier studies and reports have demonstrated that the Oslofjord has encountered many environmental issues in the last two centuries. This study aims to contribute to understanding the complex social-ecological changes ... -
Neighbourhood effects of payments for environmental services : case study in the Sarapiquí region, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
(Master thesis, 2013-03-21)This case study investigates ex-post neighbourhood-effects of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in Costa Rica in a quantitative fashion, analysing the influences PES schemes exert beyond their demarcated areas on ... -
No land in sight : impact of caste on slum communities' access to land in Bangalore, India
(Master thesis, 2012-11-09)This study examines the impact of caste on slum communities’ access to urban land in Bangalore, India. Historically, pattern of land ownership in India was inextricably melded together with caste wherein the dominant castes ... -
Non(?)-governmental organizations in Norway : a study of power within the Norwegian model of international development
(Master thesis, 2017)Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have risen to the forefront of the development sector. Yet, for a group of development actors that are explicitly non-governmental, it is conspicuous that their rise to prominence owes ... -
Norway and norwegian NGOs in international climate diplomacy : a separate or symbiotic relationship?
(Master thesis, 2016-11-16)Climate change and its consequences is a major challenge facing the world today, and it needs the world to come together to solve it, or to slow it down. This is the reason for the establishment of the United Nation’s ... -
Norway's constructive engagement in Myanmar : a small state as norm entrepreneur
(Master thesis, 2016)2011 marked a significant change in Myanmar politics. After nearly 50 years of military rule, a civilian government came to power through multi-party elections and embarked on a series of economic and political reforms. ... -
Norway's search for status through the deployment of police officers to international operations
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis studies Norway’s contributions of police officers to South Sudan as part of the United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS), and to Afghanistan as part of the Norwegian Police Support to Afghan Authorities ... -
Norway’s engagements in South Sudan’s peacebuilding process
(Master thesis, 2016-04-22)Norway was part of the international cooperation that joined forces to contribute to the peace process in South Sudan. The objective of this study is to analyse Norway’s contributions to the outcome of the Comprehensive ... -
Norwegian carbon budget : an evaluation of the United Kingdom Climate Change Act's carbon budget and Norwegian climate policies
(Master thesis, 2017)For the past decade, political discussions, briefings, and White Papers have been leading up to the possibility of drafting a Norwegian climate law in 2017. Norwegian domestic emissions have been on the rise since 1990 due ... -
Norwegian carbon plantations in Tanzania: Towards sustainable development?
(Master thesis, 2010-12-06)This study was conducted in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. The objective was to investigate how the emergent carbon market through the Kyoto Protocol had lead the Norwegian company Green Resources AS to acquire large ... -
(Not) a REDD Light District? : implementation of a REDD Programme in Kilosa District, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2011-12-01)This study focuses on the globally emerging REDD+ programme as a way of tackling climate change, and it looks at challenges and implications for implementation at the Tanzanian national level and at the local level trough ... -
Offense/defense balance and Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2019)This study is conducted to determine the impact of Offense/defense balance (ODB) on the conflict between India and Pakistan. The dissertation consists of four different cases: the 1962 War between India and China, the 1971 ... -
Oil and the two Sudans: a curse or a blessing?
(Master thesis, 2016-03-31)South Sudan gained its independence in 2011 after two long civil wars that claimed about 2 million people and displaced almost 4 million. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 ended Sudan’s decades of civil war ... -
On the edge of an open pit : access to land & natural resources in Tundayme, Ecuador
(Master thesis, 2016-03-31)This research will explore how the presence of the Mirador open pit copper mine has altered access to land and natural resources in Tundayme, Ecuador. The mine is located in southern part of the country along the border ... -
Opportunities and constraints of communication tools in the dissemination of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) to smallholder farmers in Malawi : a case study of ISFM project in Ulongwe EPA, Balaka district
(Master thesis, 2017)Agricultural productivity is low in Malawi because of poor soil fertility, climate change effects and lack of agricultural inputs. Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) project has been implemented to improve soil ... -
Opposition in the Ethiopian diaspora in Norway : mobilizing supporters abroad
(Master thesis, 2017)Over the past two decades, the Ethiopian opposition diaspora in Norway has increased their mobilizing efforts and civic participation. With a steady influx of Ethiopian migrants and refugees to Norway, the scope of diasporic ... -
Organized opposition to the oil industry in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
(Master thesis, 2015-11-04)Nigeria’s oil industry, which is concentrated in the onshore and offshore areas of the Niger Delta region, has been characterized by agitation and protest over the uneven distribution of the oil wealth, and the pollution ... -
"Our tuna, our wealth, our future" : ensuring sustainability and social justice in the tuna fisheries of the Western-Central Pacific
(Master thesis, 2016-02-19)Several species targeted by global fisheries have suffered declines due to increased fishing efforts and more sophisticated fishing technology since the late 1980s. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United ... -
Out with the old, in with the new : traditional values in Russia's contemporary identity
(Master thesis, 2016-08-22)Since Putin’s rise to power in Russia there has been a rise of traditional values in Russia’s contemporary identity. This became especially clear in the period following his reelection in 2012. These traditional values ...