Search for dissertations about: "INSTITUTION DESIGN"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words INSTITUTION DESIGN.

2. 1. Bringing power and knowledge together : information systems design for autonomy and control in command work

   Author : Per-Arne Persson; Sture Hägglund; Henrik Eriksson; James M. Nyce; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ethnographic; army command organizations; military; rationality of practice; design work; autonomy; events-frictions-and power; viable system; freedom of action; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : THIS THESIS PRESENTS an empirical ethnographic study that has been conducted as fieldwork within army command organizations, leading to a qualitative analysis of data. The title of the thesis captures the contents of both command work and research, both domains being affected by new technologies during a period of drastic changes in the military institution. READ MORE

4. 2. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? : National Human Rights Institutions in Africa

   Author : Karin Sundström; Jonas Tallberg; Thomas Sommerer; Sonia Cardenas; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national human rights institution; NHRI; Ombudsman; human rights; Africa; Namibia; South Africa; diffusion; democracy; international organizations; Paris Principles; nationell institution för mänskliga rättigheter; mänskliga rättigheter; Afrika; Namibia; Sydafrika; diffusion; demokrati; ombudsman; internationella organisationer; Parisprinciperna; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : National human rights institutions (NHRIs) have important roles to play for the protection, promotion, and monitoring of human rights. These institutions are set up by governments that have a special role in upholding human rights but at the same time violate these rights. READ MORE

5. 3. Building the Nagoya Protocol Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing : Institutional Design and Effectiveness

   Author : Peter Gottschalk; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Law; International Environmental Law; Public International Law; Internationell rätt; Internationell miljörätt; Folkrätt;

   Abstract : The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was designed in accordance with the framework protocol approach, which comprises treaty bodies such as Conferences of the Parties (COP) and compliance mechanisms and sets out broad standards to be made more precise through the making of protocols. The CBD’s third objective, access and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources (ABS), was significantly developed by the Nagoya Protocol. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploring the impact of virtual patient design : medical students' small group learning around medical error

   Author : Luke A Woodham; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Virtual patients;

   Abstract : Background: The demands on medical and healthcare practitioners are continuously changing, with new technologies, treatments and regulatory guidelines emerging each year. One such example is increased focus on the impact of medical error, which although difficult to measure is generally acknowledged to be responsible for significant numbers of patient harms each year. READ MORE

7. 5. Industrial Dynamics and Regional Structural Change : Geographical Perspectives on Economic Evolution

   Author : Martin Henning; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agglomeration externalities; industrial dynamics; Regional system; structural change; Sweden; industry life cycle; technology shift;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the process of economic transformation taking place in Sweden since the mid 1970s. Especially, it is concerned with how and why benefits that firms and industries draw from regional co-location with other actors (agglomeration externalities) vary over stages of economic transformation. READ MORE