Search for dissertations about: "Future studies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 4551 swedish dissertations containing the words Future studies.

2. 11. Greenland's future : narratives of natural resource development in the 1900s until the 1960s

   Author : Janina Priebe; Erland Mårald; Jenny Eklöf; Matthias Heymann; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greenland; modernization; 20th-century history; colonial history; narrative; history of science and ideas; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis identifies and analyzes narratives of Greenland's future that emerged in the context of developing and modernizing the dependency's natural resources industries in the 1900s until the 1960s. After almost two centuries of Danish colonial rule, the turn of the 20th century witnessed a profound change in Greenland's governance. READ MORE

4. 12. Future Thinking and Depression

   Author : Ali Sarkohi; Gerhard Andersson; Gunnel Backenroth; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Future thinking; cognitive processing; depression; suicide; autobiographical memory; Internet treatment; cognitive behaviour therapy; ambivalence and time dimensions; Framtidsorienterade tänkande; kognitiv bearbetning; depression; självmord; självbiografiskt minne; Internet; kognitiv beteendeterapi; ambivalens och tidsdimensioner;

   Abstract : The ability to imagine negative or positive future events is associated with psychological well-being. The present thesis deals with depressed individual’s ability to imagine negative or positive future events. It consists of three quantitative studies (I-III) and one qualitative study (IV). READ MORE

5. 13. Beyond the Participatory Project : Practices of Organising, Planning and Doing Participation in Museums

   Author : Inge Zwart; Isto Huvila; Inga-Lill Aronsson; Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Participation; Memory institutions; Museum studies; Museum practice; Work practices; Organisational ethnography; Practice theory; Information studies; Democratisation; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Library and Information Science;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates practices that constitute participation in museums, building on information studies’ tradition of exploring work of professionals in memory institutions. In an effort to democratise, memory institutions have been increasingly interested in working with external stakeholders and audiences through various collaborative, participatory and engagement projects. READ MORE

6. 14. Local Environment at Stake : The Hallandsås Railway Tunnel in a Social and Cultural Context

   Author : Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; hydraulic engineering; offshore technology; soil mechanics; Civil engineering; ethnology; Cultural anthropology; groundwater; environmental impact; landscape; Facility siting; local community; Hallandsås railway tunnel; Väg- och vattenbyggnadsteknik; etnologi; Kulturantropologi;

   Abstract : A major trend in facility siting research focuses on economic and psychological aspects of land-use regarding the location of potentially hazardous technological facilities including storage for high-level radioactive waste, landfills, chemical plants, large-scale dams, or waste incinerators. Such facilities frequently have profound environmental impact and are often understood by local citizens as intrusions on their environment that threaten landscape, place, and community. READ MORE

7. 15. HOUSE MASTER SCHOOL: Career Model for Education and Training in Integrated and Sustainable Conservation of Built Environments

   Author : Erika Johansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; transdisciplinary case study research; community action; Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; sustainability science; organizational learning; triple helix; training; educational systems design; construction; lifelong learning; integrated conservation; socio-ecological approach; systemic approach; sustainable development; craftsmanship training; crafts; career and workforce development; action research; education;

   Abstract : Based on a participatory action research methodology and approach (AR), this dissertation explores the core theoretical problems and opportunities of education and learning for sustainable development (ESD) within the cross-disciplinary area of integrated and sustainable conservation of built environments. The main purpose has been to develop an epistemological framework for integrated lifelong learning, ethics and advanced research (R&D) and to provide a new sustainable education and career model for the field to be applied in the Dalecarlia region and on a national level within the Swedish construction industry at large; i. READ MORE