Search for dissertations about: "futures studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 74 swedish dissertations containing the words futures studies.

  2. 1. Making Futures : On Targets, Measures and Governance in Backcasting and Planning

    Author : Josefin Wangel; Örjan Svane; Lars Nilsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; futures studies; backcasting; planning; governance; sustainable development;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the making of futures – in the sense of planning, through which the world of tomorrow is crafted, and in the sense of images of the future, developed through the futures studies approach of backcasting. The point of departure for the thesis is that more visionary and strategic forms of planning are needed if the challenges of sustainable development are to be met, and that backcasting, through its long-term, integrative and normative character, can be a helpful tool towards this end. READ MORE

  4. 2. Reef Futures : Exploring the dynamics of transformative change in marine social-ecological systems

    Author : Franciska von Heland; Per Olsson; Beatrice Crona; Marja Spierenburg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; transformative change; marine governance; multi-stakeholder collaboration; multi-level governance; institutional entrepreneurship; boundary work; narratives; Coral Triangle; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : The thesis explores issues relating to transformative change in the context of marine governance in the Coral Triangle, and the effects of such change processes on policy, stakeholder relations and management activities. Paper 1 studies how change-oriented actors (institutional entrepreneurs) operating at the international level can introduce and purposefully navigate large-scalechange processes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Of Imagined and Potential Futures : Speculative Fiction in Southern Africa, 2008-2018

    Author : Joanna Woods; Stefan Helgesson; Marina Kohnen Ludwigs; Adnan Mahmutović; Madhu Krishnan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Southern Africa; contemporary literature; speculative fiction; short stories; digital; rhetorical studies; narratology; literary field; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This research project explores the rhetorical function of contemporary Anglophone speculative fiction (sf) in southern Africa. Focusing on short fiction produced between 2008 and 2018, the project delineates this literary production both theoretically and historically. READ MORE

  6. 4. Sharing the doughnut : Exploring sustainable and just futures

    Author : Eléonore Fauré; Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling; Göran Finnveden; Frances Fahy; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainability goals; goal conflicts; trade-offs; environmental justice; futures studies; backcasting; future scenarios; climate and energy targets; sustainability assessments; Objectifs de durabilité; Conflit d objectifs de durabilité; justice environnementale; prospective; backcasting; évaluation d impacts de durabilité; Hållbarhetsmål; målkonflikter; miljörättvisa; framtidsstudier; backcasting; framtidsscenarier; klimat och energimål; hållbarhetsutvärderingar; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Despite decades of international discussions or summits on the need to radically reduce e.g. increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) or biodiversity loss, these are still rising. READ MORE

  7. 5. Approaching transformative futures : Discourse and practice in Swedish national transport policy and planning

    Author : Jacob Witzell; Karolina Isaksson; Maria Håkansson; Malin Henriksson; Raine Mäntysalo; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transport planning; transport infrastructure; climate mitigation; transformation; planning practice; uncertainty; assessment; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the need to transform the transport system to meet climate mitigation objectives. It provides insights into how specific approaches and practices in transport policy and planning affect prospects for transformation. READ MORE