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| 22.05.2013 |
New book: Consumers and Nanotechnology |
| - Deliberative Processes, Social Barriers and Methodologies |
| In the recent years, questions regarding democratic influence on science and technology (priorities, funding, transparency) has received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to just having to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of political bodies (governments, regions, the European Union, etc.) have started to use citizens’ deliberations in order to involve citizens and to consider their concerns, attitudes, hopes, and worries in an early stage of the coming nano revolution |
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| 12.04.2013 |
Trust in Food |
| - nå i paperback |
| Boken "Trust in Food" er nå ute i paperback. Forfattere er Unni Kjærnes sammen med Mark Harvey og Alan Warde. |
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| 08.03.2013 |
Environmental and ethical perceptions related to clothing labels among Norwegian consumers |
| - new article |
Kirsi Laitala and Ingun Grimstad Klepp (SIFO) have written the article "Environmental and ethical perceptions related to clothing labels among Norwegian consumers" published in Research Journal of Textile and Apparel 17 (1), 50–58
Norwegian consumers know little about eco-labeled garments as almost none are available on the market. Therefore, consumers who want to make environmentally sound choices have to act based on other information. This article discusses the environmental and ethical perceptions of Norwegian consumers that are related to fiber content, maintenance, size, and country of origin labels. |
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| 07.03.2013 |
En skjev boligpolitikk |
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| De med høy inntekt får langt mer støtte til bolig enn de med lav inntekt i Norge. Sammenlignet med andre land er boligsubsidiene svært skjevt fordelt. Mary-Ann Stamsø har skrevet en artikkel om bolig, skatter, gjeld og en omvendt Robin Hood-politikk. |
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| 22.02.2013 |
Invitation for Contributions |
| Addiction: What Is The Added Value Of The Concept Today? |
| This is an invitation for contributions for a thematic issue on Addiction: What Is The Added Value Of The Concept Today? based on the thematic meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society organized at Majvik, Finland, in October 2012 by the University of Helsinki Colloquium of Advanced Studies and the Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG). The issue will be published in the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, a journal published on behalf of the Kettil Bruun Society.
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