Search for dissertations about: "Cooperation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 774 swedish dissertations containing the word Cooperation.

2. 1. Cooperation and Conflict amid Water Scarcity

   Author : Stefan Döring; Håvard Hegre; Ashok Swain; Päivi Lujala; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict; cooperation; water; water scarcity; drought; communal violence; non-state actors; environmental peacebuilding; environmental security; groundwater; water security; geo-referenced data; climate variability; natural disaster; resilience; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Over two billion people remain without safe drinking water and more than four billion lack basic access to sanitation. Safely managing water is key for livelihoods, food security, energy production, and overall socio-economic development. This dissertation analyzes how scarce water resources affect cooperation and conflict. READ MORE

4. 2. Cooperation and paradoxes in climate economics

   Author : Xiao-Bing Zhang; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; carbon taxation; innovation; uncertainty; dynamic game; imperfect compliance; state-dependent targeted enforcement; technology adoption; emission standards; climate change; cooperation;

   Abstract : Paper I: Strategic Carbon Taxation and Energy Pricing: The Role of Innovation. This paper uses a dynamic game to investigate the strategic interactions between carbon taxation by a coalition of resource consumers and (wellhead) energy pricing by a producers’ cartel under the possibility of innovation in a cheap carbon-free technology. READ MORE

5. 3. In Cooperation We Trust : Interorganizational Cooperation in Return-to-Work and Labour Market Reintegration

   Author : Christian Ståhl; Kerstin Ekberg; Rafael Lindqvist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to study Coordination Associations (CAs) as a structure for interor-ganizational cooperation in rehabilitation, return-to-work and labour market reintegration. This has been done through empirical studies of two CAs in eastern Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. Models of Cooperation, Learning and Catastrophic Risk

   Author : Vilhelm Verendel; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Backward Induction; Bayesian analysis; Finitely Repeated Prisoners Dilemma; Cooperation; Fermi Paradox; Learning; Climate negotiations; Catastrophic risk;

   Abstract : Our world presents us with dangers and opportunities. Some of these dangers and opportunities are easier to handle if two or more individuals learn to cooperate. This thesis contributes five papers about cooperation, learning and catastrophic risk. READ MORE

7. 5. Communication and Cooperation : A Study of the Relationship Between Political Communication and Large-scale Collective Action

   Author : Stefan Linde; Simon Matti; Sverker Jagers; Carina Lundmark; Lisa Dellmuth; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collective Action; Political Communication; Climate Change; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the importance of communication for individual cooperation in large-scale collective action dilemmas. In small-scale collective action, where participants have the possibility to meet face-to-face, communication has been shown to drastically increase levels of cooperation. READ MORE