All at Sea

Master's thesis in Risk management and societal safetyThe Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security emphasized in their 2016-2017 report to the Parliament, that the need for a common understanding of preparedness concepts and knowledge of how cross-institutional organizations use concepts and definitions is a prerequisite for understanding and interaction in preparedness and crisis response measures. The concept of civil preparedness means national measures to maintain or establish effective transportation during times of tension, crisis, and war, in which merchant ships and thus naval cooperation plays a crucial role. The thesis purpose is to discuss the research question: to what extent can differences in risk perspectives within organizations in naval cooperation affect risk communication and civil preparedness in the high North? In order to do so, investigating and associate prominent risk perspectives to organizations with roles and tasks to naval cooperation was necessary. A scenario of a military invasion of Northern Norway published by the Norwegian Directorate of Civil Protection (DSB) is used for the thesis purpose because the concept of naval cooperation includes risk communication between stakeholders which is responsible for civil preparedness. In such a scenario the concept of naval cooperation will be in force and coincides with the DSB scenario. This enables an illumination of the research question. The empirical data identifies that the representative organizations have splayed risk perspectives. This is represented within their own sectors and within the sectoral levels of communication. Based on five pre-defined risk perspectives, the overall prominent risk perspective seems to be a mix of ideas and concepts of risk. This applies both to the investigated organizations as well as the numerous documents, regulations, guidelines, and directives, also to the different organizations from the top level, to the educational system and at the operational level. The empiricism holds consensus with a risk and vulnerability analysis of Norwegian food supply, which concluded that the greatest weakness is associated with the delegation of responsibilities between actors. and one of the suggested measures to improve civil preparedness is to examine the possibility of establishing a joint emergency plan for crises. An important element in such joint emergency plan, also consistent with the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security 2016-2017 report to the Parliament, is the need for a common understanding of preparedness concepts, knowledge of cross-institutional organizations conceptual use of concepts and definitions in preparedness as a prerequisite for understanding and interaction in naval cooperation for civil preparedness

Skolens rapporterte problemer. En deskriptiv analyse av problemhenvendelser til organisasjonen Ungdom mot Vold i perioden 2007-2011.

Organisasjonen Ungdom mot Vold har avtale med en lang rekke skoler i Oslo og Akershus om å bistå skolene med å løse og forebygge ulike typer problemer. Ungdom mot Vold kan best beskrives som et community-psykologitiltak. Formålet med denne undersøkelsen er systematisk å analysere hva slags problemer det er skolene henviser til Ungdom mot Vold og bør om hjelp til å løse. Datamaterialet som analyseres er Ungdom mot Volds arkiv over henvendelser fra skolene i årene 2007-2011. Totalt inneholder arkivet 637 saker. Antall henvendelser varierer sterkt fra skole til skole; fra en videregående skole som har 114 henvendelser til en ungdomsskole som bare har én henvendelse. Generelt er det de videregående skolene som har flest henvendelser. Grunnskoler og voksenopplæring har færre henvendelser. Basert på arkivmetodologi gjennomføres det i oppgaven en innholdsanalyse av alle henvendelsene. Problemene spenner over et vidt spekter, fra motivasjons- og konsentrasjonsproblemer til vold, mobbing og hærverk. I langt de fleste tilfellene er det en gutt som rapporteres å utgjøre problemet og bare i sjeldne tilfeller er det hele klasser. I en svært stor andel av sakene har den/de som henvendelsene dreier seg om innvandrerbakgrunn. En medvirkende grunn til dette er at Ungdom mot Vold blir ansett som en organisasjon med spesialkompetanse på kulturelle konflikter. Det finnes noe variasjon over tid når det gjelder hvilken type henvendelse som dominerer, men i utgangspunktet er tiden (fem år) som arkivet omfatter i korteste laget til å finne klare endringer i typer av saker. Keywords: Ungdom, vold, konflikt, innvandrerbakgrunn, skoleproblemer

Women Protesting Against War, Writing and Acting for Peace

Streaming video requires RealPlayer to view.The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Birgit Brock-Utne is a Professor of Education and Development and Director of the M.Phil. in Comparative and International Education at the University of Oslo. Her research interests include peace education from a gender perspective, education in Africa, language in education, higher education in Africa and donor influence on education in the developing world.Ohio State University. Association for Women in DevelopmentOhio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studieswebsite announcement, streaming video, phot

A proposal for a writing center at Lafayette High School

While employed at the University Writing Center at James Madison University, I noticed how helpful it was for the students, tutors and faculty. Curious about the benefits of a writing center at the high school level, I began researching high school writing centers, and following my adviser’s suggestion, I created the initial draft of a proposal for a writing center at Lafayette High School in Williamsburg, Virginia. After interviews with faculty at Lafayette and a personal conversation with the principal, I revised my proposal, adapting it to Lafayette’s needs. The following proposal identifies the need for and the benefits of a writing center at Lafayette High School. It answers critical questions concerning the center’s development and management and contains a case study of Edison Writing Center at Thomas Edison High School in Northern Virginia. Additionally, the proposal outlines the specific goals and policies of the proposed writing center and provides materials for the creation and maintenance of the proposed center

Horizontal distribution and overlap of planktivorous fish stocks in the Norwegian Sea during summers 1995–2006

The Norwegian Sea harbours several large pelagic fish stocks, which use the area for feeding during the summer. The period 1995–2006 had some of the highest biomass of pelagic fish feeding in the Norwegian Sea on record. Here we address the horizontal distribution and overlap between herring, blue whiting and mackerel in this period during the summers using a combination of acoustic, trawl and LIDAR data. A newly developed temperature atlas for the Norwegian Sea is used to present the horizontal fish distributions in relation to temperature. The centre of gravity of the herring distribution changed markedly several times during the investigated period. Blue whiting feeding habitat expanded in a northwestern direction until 2003, corresponding with an increase in abundance. Strong year classes of mackerel in 2001 and 2002 and increasing temperatures throughout the period resulted in an increased amount of mackerel in the Norwegian Sea. Mackerel was generally found in waters warmer than 8°C, while herring and blue whiting were mainly found in water masses between 2 and 8°C. The horizontal overlap between herring and mackerel was low, while blue whiting had a large horizontal overlap with both herring and mackerel. The changes in horizontal distribution and overlap between the species are explained by increasing stock sizes, increasing water temperature and spatially changing zooplankton densities in the Norwegian Sea