Search for dissertations about: "Climate change and innovation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words Climate change and innovation.

  2. 1. Shape it until you make it: A conceptual foundation for efforts to analyze and shape technological innovation

    Author : Johnn Andersson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainable innovation; Innovation policy; Technological innovation systems; Sociotechnical change; Technological systems; Sociotechnical systems; Technology Assessment; Technological innovation; Sustainability Transitions;

    Abstract : These are times of accelerating climate change and mass extinction of species on planet Earth. We are in the midst of an ecological crisis that will have profound consequences for human society and its natural environment. READ MORE

  4. 2. Governance of innovation - deploying an architectural framework for innovation of technological systems for energy, security and defence

    Author : Bengt A Mölleryd; Per Lundqvist; Gunnar Hult; Per Morten Schiefloe; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Systemic innovation; disruptive innovation; technology innovation; innovation deployment; platform-based ecosystems; governance; innovation life cycle; systems integration and association; systems of systems; energy; security; security of supply; defence; evolutionary development; holistic engineering; systems engineering standards; protocols and methods; enterprise architectures and frameworks; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

    Abstract : Governance of innovation – deploying an architectural framework for innovation of technological systems for energy, security and defence Innovation has a great deal of attraction but is associated with serious uncertainties and downsides. It is potentially beneficial for growth, sector and industrial development and competitiveness. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. People, Climate, and Inclusive Infrastructure : A thesis on design and planning in underserved neighbourhoods

    Author : Joseph Mulligan; Mattias Höjer; David Nilsson; Edgar Pieterse; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Socio-ecological systems; climate change; infrastructure design and planning; participation; adaptation; co-design; resilience; urban transition; flood risk management; transdisciplinary research; Kibera; Nairobi; Kenya; sub-Saharan Africa.; Strategier för hållbar utveckling; Strategies for sustainable development;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the processes of design and planning of infrastructure in rapidly urbanising cities that can lead to a more just and sustainable trajectory of urban development in the context of a changing climate. The thesis draws on case studies, panel surveys, interviews, and participant-observation of both top-down and bottom-up planning processes for infrastructure development and flood risk management in the context of urban informal areas, with a particular focus on the large informal neighbourhood of Kibera in central Nairobi, Kenya. READ MORE

  7. 5. Increasing Innovation Capability of Product-Service Systems through Collaborative Networks

    Author : Johanna Wallin; Magnus Kuschel; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Value; Functional Product Development; Innovation network; Collaboration; Innovation Capability; Measuring innovation; Product-Service System; Funktionella produkter;

    Abstract : Many manufacturing industries are undergoing a transition from manufacturing of products towards integrating more services into the traditional product concepts andprovide product-service systems (PSS). Development of PSS changes the focus from the product to the functionality of the product; hence it can be referred to as functionalproduct development. READ MORE