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Organisational responses to regulatory pressure: A case study of a Norwegian Research University’s strategic compliance to GDPR
2020
Master's thesis in Innovative governance and public management (ME523) This thesis study seeks to test Oliver’s (1991) theory for prediction of Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes, against the case of initial responses taken by a Norwegian research university when faced with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of European Union (EU).This thesis explores how different parts of the same organisation respond to and manage institutional pressure. It uses a case study of a Norwegian research university’s response to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). An exploratory case study design frame was used to address the research question, and qualitative dat…
Legal and forensic psychology in Spain: A study of official masters and degrees in Spanish universities
2018
[ES]: La disparidad de áreas de la Psicología Jurídica requiere de una formación especializada. La formación de posgrado a través de la oferta de másteres oficiales y títulos propios posibilita una formación de calidad en esta área. Actualmente existen 4 másteres oficiales y 11 másteres propios, repartidos en universidades por todo el territorio español y abarcan gran parte de las áreas de intervención del psicólogo jurídico y forense. Mientras que los másteres oficiales cuentan con un número similar de créditos, principalmente de naturaleza presencial y con prácticas obligatorias, en los másteres de títulos propios los créditos varían de 60 a 80 créditos, con escasa capacidad optativa, pre…
Frames of digital divide in digitalization policies in Finland, Denmark and Sweden and the legitimacy of the implementing agency
2020
The process whereby digital technologies are integrated to everyday functions of the lives of citizens is commonly referred to as digitalization. While the benefits of utilization of technology are undeniable and manifold, digitalization also causes inequality in society. Digital divide is the academic concept that originally referred to the gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not, but nowadays it is understood as a wider phenomenon that encompasses various inequalities brought about by digitalization. Nordic countries are at the forefront in taking advantage of new technological opportunities, but also for these welfare states digital divide is a concern and go…
Læringsutbytte, læringsaktiviteter og vurderingsformer
2012
Author's version of an article in the journal: Nordisk sygeplejeforskning. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.idunn.no/ts/nsf/2012/01/art08 The theory of Constructive Alignment (CA) describes how accordance between learning activities, learning outcomes and assessment influence students’ learning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement between learning outcomes, learning activities and assessment in a Philosophy of Science and a Research Method course in a Master Program in Health Sciences. Data were collected by two focus group interviews with respectively four and five students who had attended the courses, and analyzed by a qualitative content analysis. The stu…
The formal organization structure of research innovation centers: a case-study in search of characteristics and an explanation
2020
Master's thesis in Innovative governance and public management (ME523) This study sheds light on research innovation centers in a Norwegian setting. Research innovation centers are a hybrid of research groups and innovation centers and belong to the higher education (HE) sector. The aim of this study is to identify the formal organization structure oftwo cases of research innovation centers and to find a suitable explanation through the analysis of its institutional pillars, according to W. R. Scott (2014). In a qualitative case-analysis it was found that the two cases share most of their characteristics in the formal organization structure. The main findings in both cases are a) a low leve…
Between institutions and agency : How tensions shape the trajectory of governance
2020
The Europe 2020 strategy promoted the concept of smart specialization as the future for regional development strategies in Europe. The aim was to improve governance practices within European countries on sub-national levels. Nevertheless, not all regions in the European Union produced smart-specialization strategies within the year 2020. The failure to produce a strategy does not mean that actions were not taken. It is instead that actions were taken within different contexts that greatly affected how the implementation process played out. As such, smart specialization has presented opportunities to study the meaning of place. How the policy concept has been translated into action through e…
To be or not to be: Collaborative Governance and The Case of Continuous Master Planning in Lahti
2020
The benefits of collaborative actions between different stakeholders has been recognized broadly and has been admitted as one of the key factors in regional development. However, the research has so far focused on examining cases retrospectively, leaving a gap in looking into something on-going and uncertain, as well as it has been common to consider regional development through abstracts concepts. Therefore, there exists less information on the practical implementation of the theories and policies within regions. Additionally, it is important to take into consideration the ever-growing trend of cross-sectoral collaboration - however not only in public-private interface, but also involving …