NCE subsea in the brazilian subsea sector: A study of norwegian-based subsea suppliers’ contribution to R&D in the brazilian subsea sector

The thesis undertakes a qualitative study of how NCE Subsea - the cluster members and the Norwegian NCE cluster model – can contribute to R&D in the Brazilian subsea supply chain. Dunning’s Eclectic Paradigm is applied to determine the means of participation in the Brazilian subsea sector most beneficial to members of the NCE Subsea cluster. First of all, the great demand of subsea supplies and services has resulted in a surge of companies bringing much-needed technology to the emerging subsea hotspot, Rio de Janeiro. In this sense, DUI will perhaps prove more valuable than STI to gradually solve the many bottlenecks in the Brazilian subsea sector, partly caused by the immature supply chain. There is clear evidence of a self-selection process when confronted with the “Brazilian cost”. The most highlighted challenges relates to lack of qualified workers, logistics, and a complicated tax regime. The project concludes that members of NCE Subsea contribute to closing the gap of local competence, especially among qualified seafarers. The quality of local manufacturing is relatively poor, despite a holistic devotion to improve LC on several governmental levels. One is therefore entitled to question, as Rio de Janeiro is becoming a hotspot for subsea technology, whether the local capabilities are sufficient to absorb more advanced innovations that increasingly will be developed in Rio de Janeiro in connection with various cooperation agreements. Triple Helix is a reasonable tool to develop the local subsea industry as it ”fits” the landscape to a greater extent than the NCE subsea cluster model does. However, certain features characteristic for the Norwegian cluster model might prove beneficial for the Rio Subsea Cluster. Findings indicate that the industry-academia linkage may become stronger if Rio Subsea Cluster draws on the Norwegian experiences of conducting applied science projects.Denne oppgaven baseres på en kvalitativ studie av hvordan NCE Subsea, nærmere bestemt klyngens medlemmer samt den norske klyngemodellen, kan bidra til forskning og utvikling i den brasilianske leverandørkjeden av undervannsteknologi. Dunnings eklektiske paradigme er anvendt for å vurdere hvilken form for deltakelse som er mest hensiktsmessig for medlemmene av NCE Subsea. Den betydelige etterspørselen av utstyr og tjenester knyttet opp mot undervannsløsninger i Brasil har resultert i en bølge av nyetableringer i Rio de Janeiro. Disse selskapene bringer verdifull kunnskap og teknologi sårt trengt i den voksende klyngen. I den sammenheng vil fokus på DUI sannsynligvis være mer hensiktsmessig enn STI for å gradvis kunne løse flaskehalsene som preger den brasilianske virkeligheten, bl.a. som følge av en umoden leverandørkjede. Det er et klart bevis på selvseleksjon når bedriftene konfronteres med den "Brasilianske kostnaden". De mest krevende utfordringene er knyttet til mangel på kvalifisert arbeidskraft, logistikk, og det kompliserte skatteregimet. Studien konkluderer med at medlemmer av NCE Subsea bidra til å redusere gapet på etterspurt lokal kompetanse, spesielt ved å kvalifisere sjøfolk. Kvaliteten på lokalt produserte varer er fremdeles relativt dårlig, til tross for en helhetlig satsning på flere statlige nivåer for å oppnå lokalt innhold. Det er derfor grunn til bekymring for om den lokale kompetansen er tilstrekkelig til å absorbere mer avanserte innovasjonene som i økende grad vil utvikles i Rio de Janeiro i forbindelse med ulike samarbeidsavtaler. Triple Helix er et fornuftig verktøy for å utvikle den lokale subsea-industrien, og bygger på prinsipper som passer det brasilianske landskapet i større grad enn klyngemodellen som NCE Subsea representerer. Likevel kan visse karakteristika ved den norske klyngemodellen være gunstig for Rio Subsea Cluster. Funn tyder på at samarbeid mellom industri-akademia kan knyttes tettere dersom Rio Subsea Cluster trekker på norske erfaringer rundt gjennomføring av anvendte forsknings prosjekter .Master i okonomi og administrasjo

A study on the changing role of the mentor in school-led initial teacher education

This research investigates the school-based mentor’s (SBM) role following the shift towards practical, school-led initial teacher education (ITE). It contributes to an understanding of how SBMs are positioned as facilitators of adult learning within a diversified landscape of ITE. This study identifies how mentoring practices are translated within a newly diversified school-led system, considers how teacher professionalism is affected and the status of teaching in the professional sphere as schools have been afforded greater autonomy. Using mentoring as a practice-based model of professional learning, this study draws upon three key theoretical concepts to examine mentor practice - legitimate peripheral participation, professional practice knowledge and ‘third space’ (Lave and Wenger 1991, Kemmis et al. 2014a, Heikkinen et al. 2018a, Bhabha 1994.) School-university ITE partnerships are explored with consideration given to communication, inclusivity, and collaborative work. This study uses a qualitative, semi-ethnographic research design to focus on the SBM’s role and responsibilities as outlined in programme policy, alongside participant perspectives. Using an interpretivist approach, this research explores school and ITE programme culture, reflects participant knowledge and builds on observations over the course of an academic year. It considers SBM authority within this context and their influence over programme design, content, and implementation. This study shows that mentor practice and school-led ITE stakeholder relationships can vary. Opportunities for collaboration within school-university partnerships are subject to the participant’s role and status. The development of school-led ITE has created uncertainty surrounding the re-making of teacher professionalism(s). This study considers what forms of professionalism are produced within this setting and how this affects mentoring practice and novice teacher development. Despite the ITE policy trajectory towards schools-led ITE in England, this study found that not all school-based teacher educators experience the contextual conditions that would equip them well to contribute and lead ITE at school level

Researching Values

This open access book presents new approaches for researching values as they are performed or materialized. Values have been an important topic in academic literature for a long time; they are at the core of institutional theories and are often connected to ideals in organisations or ways of valuing. The various values-constructs are typically highlighted to underpin discussions of identity, ethos, and the purposive institutional work of leaders and employees. However, there is a need for more research on how values link and sustain actions and institutions. Contributors in this volume map and discuss useful methodological ways in which values and values work can be investigated and how research on values has been and can be applied. The chapters present different methods for collecting data, including interviews, observation and shadowing, as well as various methods for analyzing data, such as thematic, discourse and narrative analysis. Chapters also consider the role of the researcher and participant validation as a procedure to enhance the trustworthiness of the study. Finally, the book presents various empirical projects and issues related to and exemplifying values research. This book is a valuable guide for researchers and students who are looking for a practical understanding of how to research values and values work in organisations. The volume is a follow-up of the open access book, Understanding Values Work: Institutional Perspectives in Organisations and Leadership published by Palgrave Macmillan

Teaterproduksjon

This anthology presents research in theatre studies developed by a group of colleagues at the Department of Arts and Media Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The research is conducted through arts-based research and practical-theoretical teaching at the department. Theatre production is a central arts-and knowledge-creating field of work for students and teachers in theatre studies. The work is characterized by a dynamic relationship between body, text, visuality and sound, media methods and techniques and the relationship between professionals and students. Theatre production is a complex learning arena; it is both multimodal and developed in dynamic movements between experience, dissemination, response and reflection. There is a need for a rich range of strategies, methods and techniques. The anthology presents ten different inputs to theatre production. Laboratory with experimental methods is the framework for articles on scenography, sound, the body and text of the actor. Production processes setting the creative and reflective student in the centre is the frame for articles on dramaturgy, text processing, production phases and target group- oriented work. The role and function of the university teacher in supervision and assessment is themed in two closing articles. In discussing the different aesthetical inputs to theatre production the authors use examples, images and audio material.Denne antologien presenterer teatervitenskapelig kunnskap utviklet ved Institutt for kunst- og medievitenskap ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Artiklene er basert på kunstbasert forskning og praktisk-teoretisk undervisning ved instituttet. Teaterproduksjon er et sentralt kunst- og kunnskapsdannende arbeidsfelt for studenter og lærere i drama og teater. Arbeidet preges av et dynamisk forhold mellom kropp, tekst, visualitet og lyd, medienes metoder og teknikker og av relasjonen mellom fagforvaltere og studenter. Teaterproduksjon er en kompleks læringsarena; den er multimodal og den krysser mellom opplevelse, formidling, respons og refleksjon. Det er behov for et rikt utvalg strategier, metoder og teknikker. Antologien presenterer ti ulike innganger til teaterproduksjon. Laboratoriet med eksperimentelle metoder er ramme for artikler om scenografi, lyd, aktørens kropp og tekst. Produksjonsprosessen med den skapende og reflekterende studenten i sentrum er ramme for artikler om dramaturgi, tekstbehandling, produksjonsfaser og målgruppearbeid. Fagforvalterens rolle og funksjon i veiledning og vurdering tematiseres i to avsluttende artikler. De ti produksjonsestetiske inngangene drøftes med eksempler og bilde- og lydmateriale

Researching Values

This open access book presents new approaches for researching values as they are performed or materialized. Values have been an important topic in academic literature for a long time; they are at the core of institutional theories and are often connected to ideals in organisations or ways of valuing. The various values-constructs are typically highlighted to underpin discussions of identity, ethos, and the purposive institutional work of leaders and employees. However, there is a need for more research on how values link and sustain actions and institutions. Contributors in this volume map and discuss useful methodological ways in which values and values work can be investigated and how research on values has been and can be applied. The chapters present different methods for collecting data, including interviews, observation and shadowing, as well as various methods for analyzing data, such as thematic, discourse and narrative analysis. Chapters also consider the role of the researcher and participant validation as a procedure to enhance the trustworthiness of the study. Finally, the book presents various empirical projects and issues related to and exemplifying values research. This book is a valuable guide for researchers and students who are looking for a practical understanding of how to research values and values work in organisations. The volume is a follow-up of the open access book, Understanding Values Work: Institutional Perspectives in Organisations and Leadership published by Palgrave Macmillan

Towards Climate Sustainability of the Academic System in Europe and beyond

CC BYThe urgency of the climate crisis is made abundantly clear by the Sixth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The academic system is making an important positive impact by (i) research into the climate crisis and its impact; (ii) research into mitigation and adaptation strategies and technologies; (iii) education of the general public as well as students; (iv) science-based policy advice. In the present report, we focus on the academic system’s negative impact on the climate through its own operations. As with essentially every sector of society, a thorough transformation is necessary to achieve climate sustainability. In the case of the academic system, this need is accentuated by the following point: academic institutions provide knowledge on the climate crisis and potential solutions and mitigation strategies, and therefore should also act on that knowledge. In this way they can also play a leading role in showing how a sector can successfully transition to climate sustainability

Teaterproduksjon

This anthology presents research in theatre studies developed by a group of colleagues at the Department of Arts and Media Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The research is conducted through arts-based research and practical-theoretical teaching at the department. Theatre production is a central arts-and knowledge-creating field of work for students and teachers in theatre studies. The work is characterized by a dynamic relationship between body, text, visuality and sound, media methods and techniques and the relationship between professionals and students. Theatre production is a complex learning arena; it is both multimodal and developed in dynamic movements between experience, dissemination, response and reflection. There is a need for a rich range of strategies, methods and techniques. The anthology presents ten different inputs to theatre production. Laboratory with experimental methods is the framework for articles on scenography, sound, the body and text of the actor. Production processes setting the creative and reflective student in the centre is the frame for articles on dramaturgy, text processing, production phases and target group- oriented work. The role and function of the university teacher in supervision and assessment is themed in two closing articles. In discussing the different aesthetical inputs to theatre production the authors use examples, images and audio material

Work and gender in the context of spatial mobility and migration: the case of highly skilled Italians abroad

Young, highly skilled Italians are emigrating in record numbers. This contribution, which is part of a larger study about determinants and trends in new highly skilled migration from Tuscany (Italy), explores young Italians’ dynamic mobile life projects from a gender perspective. Drawing on the thematic analysis of 51 semi-structured interviews, we attempt to answer the following research questions: How does mobility and migration intersect with gender relations and career success in the lives of highly-skilled Italians living abroad? How do spatial mobility and experiences of more gender-equal societies impact family formation, couples (both same sex and heterosexual) and gender roles more broadly? Our preliminary results both confirm the findings of previous studies and pinpoint new questions in need of further investigation such as experiences of gender (in)equality and their power to transform short term mobility into mobile life projects/permanent migration, dual-career couples’ spatial mobility, and the impact of mobility on normative beliefs about key life events