A-29/21 Social transparency in rural areas in Norway: Promoting or restraining the desire to stay?
“Everyone knows everyone” is a recurring characteristic in descriptions of rural communities, one that has been interpreted as both a benefit and a drawback in research on such localities. In response to that discrepancy, this paper investigates the overall statistical effect of social transparency on residents’ desire to continue living in their rural communities. As…
Read MoreA-28/21 Rurality: from the margins back to the focus of interest
I Pospěch P., E.M. Fuglestad, E. Figueiredo and (red.) Politics and Policies of Rural Authenticisty. Forlag: Routledge
Read MoreA-27/21 Rural Authenticity between commodification and populism
I Pospěch P., E.M. Fuglestad, E. Figueiredo and (red.) Politics and Policies of Rural Authenticisty. Forlag: Routledge
Read MoreA-26/21 A river runs through the landscape: Everyday use in an ever changing environment
The meaning of riverine landscapes to society has evolved to serve our ever-changing needs, from harvesting and transporting resources to arenas for outdoor recreation and contemplation. From the 18th century, rivers have been important resources for industry and hydroelectric power. The objective of this study is to explore and describe the rhythms of everyday use of a river…
Read MoreA-25/21 Agriculture in Transition: New Strategies for the Promotion of Occupational Health and Safety
It is well documented that farming is a high-risk industry in terms of fatalities and injuries, and with numerous risk factors associated with operating the farm. It has also proved difficult to find evidence for the effectiveness of interventions. Moreover, farming is in transition, with ongoing technological transformations as well as becoming increasingly more globalized.…
Read MoreA-24/21 Balanced readiness level assessment (BRLa): A tool for exploring new and emerging technologies
In this paper a methodology for a balanced readiness assessment of novel agricultural technologies is developed and presented. The methodology expand on the well-known Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessments, with a method for assessing TRL as well as Market Readiness Level (MRL), Regulatory Readiness Level (RRL), Acceptance Readiness Level (ARL), and Organizational Readiness Level (ORL)…
Read MoreA-22/21 Tilbake til Grunnrentelandet – ei idehistorisk utgreiing av grunnrenteskatt som prinsipp
This article offers a history of ideas of the principle on ground-rent taxation with a focus on the ideas of Ricardo, Marx and George, and how these have been and might be applied in the Norwegian historical context. Ground-rent tax was applied to hydropower and oil extraction in Norway as a means to bridle the…
Read MoreA-21/21 Characteristics of nature-based tourism firms
I Fredman, Peter og Jan Vidar Haukeland (red.) Nordic Perspectives on Nature-based Tourism. From place-based resources to value-added experiences
Read MoreA-20/21 Overweight and obesity among children in rural areas: The importance of culture
Aims: This paper focuses on how social inequality is associated with overweight and obesity in children. There is a lack of research with a focus on an important distinction in social inequality, namely geography. The aim of this study was to reduce this knowledge gap by looking closely at the links between rurality and overweight.…
Read MoreA-19/21 A full package of gains? Lay perspectives on a bioeconomic transition in Norway
A sustainable bioeconomy based on production and consumption of food, products, and materials within healthy ecosystems is considered a promising response to global challenges like climate change and environmental degradation combined with a growing population. However, ultimately, it is the public as consumers and citizens who provide the market and governance for bioeconomic development. In…
Read MoreA-18/21 Gender and Blue Justice in Small-Scale Fisheries Governance
This paper examines the need to embed gender in an empirical examination or conceptual use of Blue Justice. In developing the Blue Justice concept, there is a need to avoid reproducing ongoing and historical omissions of gender issues in small-scale fisheries governance and research. By drawing on the concepts of procedural and distributive justice, this…
Read MoreA-17/21 Whose benefit? A comparative perspective for the ISA
This article provides a critical evaluation of the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) management of Deep Sea Mining (DSM) activities in the undersea area lying beyond sovereign territory. By juxtaposing the ISA’s nascent regulatory framework against one of the world’s most successful resource management regimes in Norway, we can clearly see how the ISA is unable…
Read MoreA-16/21 Crowdfunding for climate change: Exploring the use of climate frames by environmental entrepreneurs
This study investigates which climate change frames environmental entrepreneurs can employ in their project descriptions while seeking crowdfunding on online platforms. An explorative analysis of 58 climate change mitigation projects was conducted in four countries with different degrees of maturity of crowdfunding market. The following climate change frames prevail, and appear particularly in the descriptions…
Read MoreA-15/21 Nationalism and private property
This article reviews research on the relationship between property rights and nationalism. A property rights perspective to the study of nationalism is relevant to understanding the origins and development of nationalism and nation states. Yet, key theorists of nationalism have mostly ignored the relationship between property rights and nationalism, or looked at it only indirectly.…
Read MoreA-14/21 Compressed growth: The transforming power of the round bale technology
Silage bailer technology preserving harvested grass and turning it into silage by a baling machine attached to a tractor is common in most rural regions in Norway. In this paper, we argue that not only have silage bales become a common sight in rural areas, in certain cases, silage bales have also had profound significance for…
Read MoreA-13/21 Den nye oljen
Norway’s future economy will depend less on petroleum. There are at least two reasons for this: petroleum is a non-renewable resource, and the need to limit climate change. For these reasons, the Norwegian authorities are seeking out greener opportunities in the fields of bioeconomy and renewable energy. This article considers how the management of key…
Read MoreA-12/21 Disentangling critical success factors and principles of on-farm agricultural demonstration events
Purpose: The paper identifies, outlines, and categorises establishment and operational factors that contribute to successful agricultural on-farm demonstration. Design/Methodology/approach: The paper is based on a literature review on demonstration activities and meta-analysis of 24 original case study reports from 12 European countries. Findings: Based on a combination of deductive and inductive analysis, the success determinants…
Read MoreA-11/21 The promised land? Exploring the future visions and narrative silences of cellular agriculture in news and industry media
Cellular food technologies aim to decouple animal protein production from animal bodies and address the negative environmental, ethical, and human health implications of animal agriculture through its substitution. This marks a major rupture with previous expectations for agricultural biotechnology. If technically and commercially successful cellular agriculture could have far reaching effects that have yet to be the subject…
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