4 - Academic Publications / Vitenskapelige publikasjoner
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Small-Group Instruction to Improve Student Performance in Mathematics in Early Grades: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We investigate whether small-group instruction improves student performance in mathematics in the early grades using a large-scale RCT covering 159 Norwegian schools over four years. The students − 7–9 years old - are ... -
The Decision-Making Constraints and Processes of Grant Peer Review, and Their Effects on the Review Outcome
(Chapter, 2022)When distributing grants, research councils use peer expertise as a guarantee for supporting the best projects. However, there are no clear norms for assessments, and there may be a large variation in what criteria reviewers ... -
Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the past two decades. So far, this transition is increasingly based on article processing charges (APC), which create a new paywall ... -
Striking roots: Place attachment of international migrants, internal migrants and local natives in three Norwegian rural municipalities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Based on responses to a survey of international migrants and Norway-born residents in three rural municipalities, this article analyses place attachment at various levels of scale. It compares international migrants to ... -
The other side of the boundary: Productive interactions seen from the policy side
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The literatures on productive interactions and related frameworks depict impact processes as collaborative efforts to permeate various boundaries between research and societal stakeholders. However, the impact literature ... -
Research as discovery or delivery? Exploring the implications of cultural repertoires and career demands for junior economists' research practices
(Lecture, 2022)Recently, social scientists have begun to study the implications of increasing pressures in the early academic career. Studies focusing mostly on the life sciences have shown junior scholars making research decisions based ... -
Task complementarity in academic work: a study of the relationship between research, education and third mission tasks among university professors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Professors have multiple responsibilities and tasks. They should contribute to research, teaching and ‘third mission’ activities such as commercialisation of scientific knowledge and industry collaboration. These tasks are ... -
Forståelser av de sårbare elevene under koronapandemien: Fra inkluderende praksis i klasserom til mulighetsrom?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Sårbarhetsbegrepet har fått en større plass i norsk offentlig debatt i forbindelse med koronapandemien, og de sårbare elevene har blitt løftet frem i diskusjoner om skolenes håndtering av pandemien. Artikkelen setter ... -
Gendering excellence through research productivity indicators
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)As the importance of ‘excellence’ increases in higher education, so too does the importance of indicators to measure research productivity. We examine how such indicators might disproportionately benefit men by analysing ... -
Gender Balance in Norwegian Academia: Present State and Future Scenarios
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Gender balance (both sexes being represented by at least 40%) in academia has long been a goal. In this study, we present a model for the inert changes in the proportion of female full professors and associate professors ... -
Predictors of applying for and winning an ERC Proof-of-Concept grant: An automated machine learning model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Research often fails to be translated into applications because of lack of financial support. The Proof of Concept (PoC) funding scheme from the European Research Council (ERC) supports the early stages of the valorization ... -
Do welfare counsellors help at-risk upper secondary school students?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Counselling is considered to be an important policy tool to prevent early school leaving, yet little is known about the effect of counselling on student outcomes. We investigate the effect of a novel type of counselling ... -
Dropout in Higher Education - Lessons from Norway
(Frafald fra de videregående uddannelser: Forklaringer, mekanismer og løsninger;, Chapter, 2022)The aim of this chapter is two-fold: firstly, to present some longitudinal data on dropout in higher education in Norway and describe the current situation in various fields of study, and secondly, to contrast this with ... -
How do Children of Immigrants Experience Parental Involvement in their Education?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many children of immigrants have low socioeconomic backgrounds and yet attain high levels of education. What guides members of this group to this educational success is, however, a matter of theoretical dispute. While some ... -
Public R&D support to enterprises in four R&D sectors: the mix of types of aid and policy agencies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We examine how the amount of public R&D support to enterprises in different R&D sectors is related to the mix of types of aid and policy agencies. The question we ask is whether this amount increases or decreases with the ... -
An Equality Paradox? The Northern European Case
(Equity Policies in Global Higher Education;, Chapter, 2022)The Nordic countries are often regarded as unique, with relatively small income differences and welfare state policies characterised by universal and generous public support to its citizens. Educational policies aim at ... -
Vitenskapelig kvalitet og forskningspolitiske vendepunkter 1945–2020
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Begrepet «vitenskapelig kvalitet» skiftet innhold mellom 1945 og 2020. Artikkelen tar sitt utgangpunkt i forskningspolitikk på nasjonalt systemnivå og bygger i det vesentlige på regjeringens forsknings- og langtidsmeldinger, ... -
Do lectures matter? Exploring students’ situational interest in two learning arenas in teacher education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Motivating students to endure teacher education and enter teaching is a pressing challenge in many countries. We address this challenge by exploring the concept of situational interest (SI) in teacher education and students’ ... -
Labour market mismatch among master’s graduates in the humanities from 1995 to 2015 in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The future of the humanities has been the subject of debate in several countries where it is often stated that too many students are accepted into courses that offer relatively poor employment opportunities. In this article, ... -
Innovation Pattern Heterogeneity: Data-Driven Retrieval of Firms’ Approaches to Innovation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)According to a strong and diversified theoretical framework, innovation is one of the usual suspects in defining differences in firm performance. Understanding the diversity that exists within the population of innovative ...
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