Pathways to higher education for vocationally qualified students. The case of Norway

Autor: Johannes K. Schmees, Eli Smeplass, Asgeir Skålholt, Elisabeth Hovdhaugen, Christian Imdorf

Publikováno v: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, Pp 1-14 (2024)

This article investigates six pathways through which students possessing initial vocational qualifications can enter higher education in Norway. In Norway, vocational education and training (VET) tracks in upper secondary education are popular nation

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Å forstå regionale forskjeller i gjennomføring i videregående opplæring

Autor: Elisabeth Hovdhaugen, Asgeir Skålholt

Publikováno v: Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education, Vol 3, Iss 3 (2019)

Earlier studies have demonstrated large county differences in rates of completion in upper secondary education in Norway, and to explain this it is usual to control for individual characteristics. However, this article's main focus is the context the

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Environmental Innovations and Green skills in the Nordic countries

Autor: Markku Sotarauta, Asgeir Skålholt, Jacob Rubæk Holm, Christian Richter Østergaard, Torben Schubert, Eric Iversen

Publikováno v: Østergaard, C R, Holm, J R, Iversen, E, Schubert, T, Skålholt, A & Sotarauta, M 2021, Environmental Innovations and Green skills in the Nordic countries . in S R Sedita & S Blasi (eds), Rethinking Clusters : Place-based Value Creation in Sustainability Transitions . Springer, Sustainable Development Goals Series, pp. 195-211 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61923-7_14
Sustainable Development Goals Series ISBN: 9783030619220

In this chapter, we argue that policy-making aiming to achieve environmentally sustainable transitions of the economy are in need of a solid empirical evidence base. Conventional measurement concepts used for example by the EU based on sector-classif

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https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/files/419363336/_stergaard_et_al_revised_version_260121_final.pdf

The Geographic Distribution of Skills and Environmentally Innovative Firms in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland

Autor: Østergaard, Christian R., Jacob Rubæk Holm, Eric Iversen, Torben Schubert, Asgeir Skålholt, Markku Sotarauta, Toni Saarivirta, Nina Suvinen

Publikováno v: Østergaard, C R, Holm, J R, Iversen, E, Schubert, T, Skålholt, A, Sotarauta, M, Saarivirta, T & Suvinen, N 2019 ' The Geographic Distribution of Skills and Environmentally Innovative Firms in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland ' .
Aalborg University

The purpose of this report is to identify the regional distribution of green skills in the Nordic countries and analyze whether these are important for firms’ introduction of eco-innovations. The report draws on a combination of firm-level survey d

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https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/files/302952309/GONST_WP2_report_060519.pdf

Coping with Economic Crises—The Role of Clusters

Autor: Asgeir Skålholt, Taran Thune

Publikováno v: European Planning Studies. 22:1993-2010

The paper analyses the role clusters can play in coping with the impacts of economic crises, specifically by addressing how cluster organizations have acted to meet the challenges following the economic crises in Norway in the period 2008–2010. The

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https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2013.813909