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Norway’s hidden gender inequality

Norway is a gender equal and diverse country, but disparities in parenting roles persist with detrimental economic implications.

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“Be Careful”: Norwegian journalists’ guiding principle

The Norwegian press’ code of journalistic ethics has guided them through #MeToo, the deluge of fake news, and many other upheavals.

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Buying popularity: how children are influenced by in-game spending

Kids risk being bullied or isolated if they don’t spend money on skins or equipment. Researchers have mapped how young people get manipulated into spending money while gaming.

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Sustainable fashion or plastic pollution? A closer look at industry strategies

The fashion industry bears responsibility for the waste generated by synthetic clothing – even though the blame is often directed at consumers, according to researchers.

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Imagining tomorrow: How fiction shapes our vision of a sustainable future

Technology in one form or another is part of all our ideas about the future. However, there are also alternative ways to envision life in 30 years.

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The rise of digital housekeeping: the hidden work of smart technology

Researchers have studied a somewhat overlooked aspect of our household chores: digital housekeeping.

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Wealthy cities' role in reducing textile waste

Promoting slower consumption and more local reuse are among the suggestions for what wealthy cities can do to reduce textile exports to poor countries.

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Mothers of disabled children work less, take more sick leave, and often leave the workforce entirely

“There are schemes designed to alleviate the burden on mothers, but evidence suggests they are not effective,” says NOVA researcher Kaja Larsen Østerud.

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A holistic approach to supporting victimized children

Barnahus is an innovative model of caring for and supporting children who have been the victim of violence and sexual abuse. It provides a safe and supportive environment to meet their legal, medical, and psychological needs.

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Using artificial intelligence to detect and fight dementia

Dementia affects millions of people each year. It’s a problem that most of us will encounter in our lives and it does not yet have any cure or even effective early detection methods.

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What happens when rivers are given rights?

Researchers have been looking at what happened when rivers were granted status as legal persons. In New Zealand, they are seeing particularly promising developments in indigenous peoples’ rights and conditions.

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What the Industrial Revolution can teach us about today’s technological revolution

Technological revolutions have happened before, but none are quite so wide-ranging as the one we are currently living through. The past holds examples for how we can mitigate the negative consequences of and make sure the benefits don’t just go to those who already have power.