• Exploring the relationship between departmental characteristics and research performance 

  Aksnes, Dag W.; Borlaug, Siri Brorstad; Eide, Thea; Stensaker, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Many recent higher education reforms worldwide have been legitimated by their potential impact on the performance of universities and colleges. However, we know less about the actual impact of the changes implemented. This ...

• Distrust in grant peer review — reasons and remedies 

  Langfeldt, Liv; Reymert, Ingvild; Svartefoss, Silje Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  With the increasing reliance on competitive grants to fund research, we see a review system under pressure. While peer review has long been perceived as the cornerstone of self-governance in science, researchers have ...

• THE ROLE OF BOARD INTERLOCKS IN INCREASING THE USE OF WOOD IN CONSTRUCTION 

  Svartefoss, Silje Marie (Conference paper, 2023)

• TOWARDS A BROADER USE OF WOODEN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: INTERMEDIARY ORGANISATIONS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR 

  Klitkou, Antje; Ingeborgrud, Lina (Conference paper, 2023)

• Professional or student identity and commitment? Comparing the experience of nursing students with literature on student success 

  Thomas, Liz; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Sweetman, Rachel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Improving the rates of continuation and completion of nursing students is a priority to ensure there are sufficient qualified staff to deliver national healthcare services. In the literature, which is predominantly informed ...

• Digital distance learning: A question of flexibility in time and space? 

  Bergene, Ann Cecilie; Wollscheid, Sabine; Gjerustad, Cay (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The Covid-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions to adapt to digital learning and teaching modes. Hence, the pandemic might be regarded as a large-scale experiment of digitalization, leading possibly to ...

• Mind the gap: Early-career teachers’ level of preparedness, professional development, working conditions, and feelings of distress 

  Admiraal, Wilfried; Røberg, Karl Ingar Kittelsen; Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke; Saab, Nadira (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  In the first years of a teaching career, teachers experience high levels of distress, and the attrition rate appears to be high. Early-career teachers do not always feel well prepared for their job and feel insufficient ...

• Citation metrics covary with researchers’ assessments of the quality of their works 

  Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik Niclas; Fossum, Lone Wanderås (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  For a long time, citation counts have been used to measure scientific impact or quality. Do such measures align with researchers’ assessments of the quality of their work? In this study, we address this issue by decomposing ...

• Innovation and long-term planning in public policy: the case of national road safety plans in Norway 

  Elvik, Rune; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Milch, Vibeke; Bugge, Markus; Normann, Håkon Endresen; Skogli, Erland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Vision Zero was adopted as the long-term ideal for transport safety in Norway in 2001. Starting in 2002, national road safety action plans covering a period of four years have been developed. This paper identifies innovative ...

• Global trends in international research collaboration, 1980-2021① 

  Aksnes, Dag W.; Sivertsen, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the evolution of international research collaboration from 1980 to 2021. The study examines the main global patterns as well as those specific to ...

• «Gjør din plikt – krev din rett» – Kvalitetsreformen i bakspeilet 

  Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Aamodt, Per O (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Kvalitetsreformen var en omfattende reform av norsk høyere utdanning, der hovedmålet var at studentene skulle komme igjennom studiet uten forsinkelser og frafall. Slike problemer var særlig til stede i de løst organiserte ...

• Calling energy inequalities into the transition agenda 

  Klitkou, Antje; Przemysław, Pluciński; Mariusz, Baranowski (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The presented perspective paper delivers insights into the complex problem of energy inequalities in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war resulted in a loss of stability in Europe's energy system and ...

• When the education emphasises empathy: does it predict differences in professional commitment between male and female students in caring education? 

  Nesje, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Men are underrepresented in caring degrees such as nursing, teaching and social work. There is a political ambition to attract more men to these educational programmes, in part because of the future, global need for ...

• Choosing tactics: Horizontal inequalities and the risk of violent and nonviolent conflict 

  Hillesund, Solveig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Do disadvantaged ethnic groups favor violent over nonviolent conflict tactics? To understand when and why civil war breaks out, we need to study violent and nonviolent forms of conflict together, using analytical tools ...

• Steering the Direction of Research through Organizational Identity Formation 

  Franssen, Thomas; Borlaug, Siri Brorstad; Hylmö, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Public research organizations respond to external pressures from national research evaluation systems, performance-based funding systems and university rankings by translating them into internal goals, rules and regulations ...

• Global, Nordic, or institutional visions? An investigation into how Nordic universities are adapting to the SDGs 

  Stensaker, Bjørn; Hermansen, Hege (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  After their launch by the UN in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been seen as landmarks for global survival. Higher education has been given a key role in the implementation of the SDGs, and the current ...

• Institutional scope to shape persistence and departure among nursing students: re-framing Tinto for professional degrees 

  Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Sweetman, Rachel; Thomas, Liz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Tinto’s (1993) interactional model of student departure was initially developed for students in traditional academic degrees, at residential colleges in the US. This paper takes up Tinto as a fruitful starting point for a ...

• Initial motivation and drop-out in nursing and business administration programmes 

  Nesje, Kjersti; Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  While intrinsic motivation is often seen as the ideal form of motivation for entering higher education, students may also have external motivations related to the life after graduation. There has been limited focus on how ...

• Escaping into a master's degree in times of crisis? Master's degree applications and enrolment over the business cycle 

  Ulvestad, Marte E.S.; Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The consequences of graduating in a recession could be severe and long-lasting. Bachelor's graduates can, however, avoid entering the labour market by continuing their education. Using a Norwegian dataset containing ...

• What Employers Mean When They Talk About Language Proficiency: a Civic Integration Policy Meets the Importance of Informal Skills 

  Kindt, Marianne Takvam; Bjørnset, Mathilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  In 2013, a Norwegian language test was made mandatory for immigrants participating in the Norwegian Introduction Programme (NIP). The rationale behind the law was that documented test scores would allow employers to better ...

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