What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
This premise of this thesis is to explain the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the factors that facilitated the decision for implementation on the Norwegian government’s agenda. To answer the research question, this thesis has employed a theory-guided, within-case analysis of the...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/91626 2023-12-24T10:25:14+01:00 What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Smedsrud, Sofie Løchen 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91626 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94218 eng eng http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94218 Smedsrud, Sofie Løchen. What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91626 URN:NBN:no-94218 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/91626/1/Master-s-Thesis-Smedsrud.pdf Master thesis Masteroppgave 2021 ftoslouniv 2023-11-29T23:39:45Z This premise of this thesis is to explain the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the factors that facilitated the decision for implementation on the Norwegian government’s agenda. To answer the research question, this thesis has employed a theory-guided, within-case analysis of the policy process from the signing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) until the official opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in 2008. The thesis is guided by a theoretical framework that aims to capture the transfer of influence in the policy process. The framework, consisting of the theories of entrepreneurship and policy transfer, investigates the research question on different levels of analysis. The findings indicate that while entrepreneurship provides significant explanatory power, the combined theoretical framework manages to capture factors and nuances on multiple levels of analysis. The empirical findings suggest that the networking strategies and trust-building measures were essential for the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and for facilitating the decision of implementation on the Norwegian government’s agenda. Master Thesis Svalbard Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Svalbard |
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This premise of this thesis is to explain the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the factors that facilitated the decision for implementation on the Norwegian government’s agenda. To answer the research question, this thesis has employed a theory-guided, within-case analysis of the policy process from the signing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) until the official opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in 2008. The thesis is guided by a theoretical framework that aims to capture the transfer of influence in the policy process. The framework, consisting of the theories of entrepreneurship and policy transfer, investigates the research question on different levels of analysis. The findings indicate that while entrepreneurship provides significant explanatory power, the combined theoretical framework manages to capture factors and nuances on multiple levels of analysis. The empirical findings suggest that the networking strategies and trust-building measures were essential for the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and for facilitating the decision of implementation on the Norwegian government’s agenda. |
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What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault |
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What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault |
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What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94218 Smedsrud, Sofie Løchen. What Made the World’s Largest “Final Backup” Facility Possible? An analysis of the policy processes leading up to the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91626 URN:NBN:no-94218 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/91626/1/Master-s-Thesis-Smedsrud.pdf |
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