• Changes in Onset of Vegetation Growth on Svalbard, 2000–2020 

      Karlsen, Stein Rune; Elvebakk, Arve; Tømmervik, Hans; Belda, Santiago; Stendardi, Laura (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The global temperature is increasing, and this is affecting the vegetation phenology in many parts of the world. The most prominent changes occur at northern latitudes such as our study area, which is Svalbard, located ...
    • Changing accountability relations - the forgotten side of public sector reforms 

      Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per (Working Paper, Working paper, 2011-06)
      In this paper we investigate how a major reform in the civil service changed accountability relationships. We seek to explain these changes using a transformative approach that combines structural, cultural and environmental ...
    • Changing accountability relations in a welfare state – an assessment based on a study of welfare reforms 

      Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Lægreid, Per; Christensen, Tom (Working Paper, Working paper, 2011-11)
      In this paper we investigate how two major reforms in the Norwegian welfare sector changed accountability relationships. The reforms in question were the NAV reform of the welfare administration that Norway passed in 2005 ...
    • Changing accountability relations in welfare state reforms: Lessons from Norway 

      Byrkjeflot, Haldor; Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per (Research report, 2012)
      In this report we investigate how three major reforms in the Norwegian welfare sector changed accountability relationships. The reforms in question were the NAV reform of the welfare administration that Norway passed in ...
    • Changing concepts of greenhouse gas expressions: Discursive specialization in parliamentary discourses on climate change 

      Andersen, Gisle; Gjesdal, Anje Müller (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Global environmental change has provoked changes in how humans experience and perceive their relationship to nature. Such conceptual changes can be observed through language use, and specifically lexical change. This paper ...
    • Changing Government Control in Norway: High Civil Service, Universities and Prisons 

      Bleiklie, Ivar; Lægreid, Per; Wik, Marjoleine Hooijkaas (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-03)
      The topic of this paper is the changing relations of control between the legislative and executive bodies, within executive and within public administration. We outline the traditional way of controlling public sector ...
    • Changing Salty Food Preferences with Visual and Textual Explanations in a Search Interface 

      Berge, Arngeir; Sjøen, Vegard Velle; Starke, Alain; Trattner, Christoph (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Salt is consumed at too high levels in the general population, causing high blood pressure and related health problems. In this paper, we present results of ongoing research that tries to reduce salt intake via technology ...
    • Characterisation of the cuttings piles at the Beryl A and Ekofisk 2/4 A platform - UKOOA Phase II, task 1 

      Westerlund, Stig; Eriksen, Veslemøy; Beyer, Jonny; Kjeilen, Grethe (Research report, 2001)
      The cuttings piles at Beryl A and Ekofisk 2/4 A have been characterised according to the recommendations in the OLF Guidelines. The characterisation parameters selected from these Guidelines were the most feasible ones ...
    • Characteristics of hospitalized patients during a large waterborne outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni in Norway 

      Mortensen, Nicolay; Hanevik, Kurt; Langeland, Nina; Rørtveit, Guri; Wensaas, Knut-Arne; Jonasson, Solveig Aalstad; Lavesson, Ingrid Viola; Emberland, Knut Erik; Litleskare, Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Very few reports describe all hospitalized patients with campylobacteriosis in the setting of a single waterborne outbreak. This study describes the demographics, comorbidities, clinical features, microbiology, treatment ...
    • Characteristics of precipitation extremes over the Nordic region: added value of convection-permitting modeling 

      Médus, Erika; Thomassen, Emma D.; Belušić, Danijel; Lind, Petter; Berg, Peter; Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg; Christensen, Ole B.; Dobler, Andreas; Kjellström, Erik; Olsson, Jonas; Yang, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      It is well established that using kilometer scale grid resolution for simulations of weather systems in weather and climate models enhances their realism. This study explores heavy- and extreme-precipitation characteristics ...
    • Child, parent or family? Applying a systemic lens to the conceptualisations of Family Support in Europe 

      Devaney, Carmel; Christiansen, Øivin; Holzer, Julia; MacDonald, Mandi; Matias, Marisa; Salamon, Eszter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This paper considers how Family Support is conceptualised in the European context with respect to its primary beneficiaries. The central question considers the focus of concern in a child welfare system and what it means ...
    • Childhood maltreatment and sleep in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Schønning, Viktor; Sivertsen, Børge; Hysing, Mari; Dovran, Anders; Askeland, Kristin Gärtner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Childhood maltreatment is a global problem with the risk of serious health consequences for children and adolescents, including sleep problems. Former systematic reviews have examined the association between childhood ...
    • Citizens, Courtrooms, Crossings 

      Andresen, Astri; Grønlie, Tore; Hubbard, William; Ryymin, Teemu (Research report, 2008)
      In April 2008 scholars from Australia, New Zealand, United States, Spain, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Norway gathered for the sixth Bergen workshop on the history of health and medicine. The workshop was made possible ...
    • Civil Service Organizations in Norway: Organizational Features and Tasks 

      Rubecksen, Kristin (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-12)
      The paper focuses on civil service organizations in Norway – of particular relevance is central organizational features and structure, task portfolio and how organizational characteristics vary according to type of task. ...
    • Civil Society and cross-border cooperation between Norway and Russia 

      Kårtveit, Bård (Research report, 2023)
      This report looks at cross-border cooperation among civil society actors in Norway and Russia since the mid-1990s, in relation to the development of bilateral relation between Norway and Russia at a state-level. We look ...
    • Climate and environmental change drives Ixodes ricinus geographical expansion at the northern range margin 

      Jore, Solveig; Vanwambeke, Sophie O; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Isaksen, Ketil; Kristoffersen, Anja Bråthen; Woldehiwet, Zerai; Johansen, Bernt; Brun, Edgar; Brun-Hansen, Hege C; Westermann, Sebastian; Larsen, Inger Lise; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Hofshagen, Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
    • Climate at risk. The financial turn in corporate climate change communication 

      Gjesdal, Anje Müller; Kristiansen, Marita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The present article examines the linguistic aspects of climate change through a terminological analysis of the emerging concept of climate risk. The overall aim is to investigate emergent terminology and the evolution of ...
    • Climate change information over Fenno-Scandinavia produced with a convection-permitting climate model 

      Lind, Petter; Belušić, Danijel; Médus, Erika; Dobler, Andreas; Pedersen, Rasmus A.; Wang, Fuxing; Matte, Dominic; Kjellström, Erik; Landgren, Oskar Andreas; Lindstedt, David; Christensen, Ole B.; Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper presents results from high-resolution climate change simulations that permit convection and resolve mesoscale orography at 3-km grid spacing over Fenno-Scandinavia using the HARMONIE-Climate (HCLIM) model. Two ...
    • Climate change risk perceptions and the problem of scale: Evidence from cross-national survey experiments 

      Tvinnereim, Endre; Lægreid, Ole Martin; Liu, Xiaozi; Shaw, Daigee; Borick, Christopher; Lachapelle, Erick (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We examine the concept of spatial optimism, defined as the tendency for individuals to perceive climate change as less threatening to themselves than to people in geographically more distant locations. Existing studies ...
    • Climate Scenarios for Switzerland CH2018 – Approach and Implications 

      Fischer, Andreas M.; Strassmann, Kuno M.; Croci-Maspoli, Mischa; Hama, Michiko; Knutti, Reto; Kotlarski, Sven; Schär, Christoph; Schnadt Poberaj, Christina; Ban, Nikolina; Bavay, Mathias; Beyerle, Urs; Bresch, David N.; Brönnimann, Stefan; Burlando, P.; Casanueva, Ana; Fatichi, Simone; Feigenwinter, Iris; Fischer, Erich M.; Hirschi, Martin; Liniger, Mark A.; Marty, Christoph; Medhaug, Iselin; Peleg, Nadav; Pickl, M.; Raible, Christoph C.; Rajczak, Jan; Rössler, O.; Scherrer, Simon C.; Schwierz, Cornelia; Seneviratne, Sonia I.; Skelton, Maurice; Sørland, Silje Lund; Spirig, Curdin; Tschurr, F.; Zeder, Joel; Zubler, Elias M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      To make sound decisions in the face of climate change, government agencies, policymakers and private stakeholders require suitable climate information on local to regional scales. In Switzerland, the development of climate ...