Search for dissertations about: "Mikaela Sundberg"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Mikaela Sundberg.
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1. Making Meteorology : Social Relations and Scientific Practice
Abstract : This thesis is about the production of knowledge in meteorological research. Meteorology is an interesting case because of its crucial role in defining the climate change problem, but also because of its reliance on simulation modeling, a comparatively little studied scientific practice. READ MORE
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2. Constructing an Arbiter of Status : A Study of the European Research Council's Emergence in the Field of Science
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to shed light on how certain actors are constructed into third-party arbiters of status. Such arbiters mediate the triadic relations in which status is created, assessing and suggesting certain candidates as particularly worthy of deference from audiences. READ MORE
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3. Bodies and Battlefields : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Colombian Armed Conflict
Abstract : Since the Second World War, most contemporary wars have taken place within countries and imposed overwhelming stressors on civilian populations. Women living in conflict may be particularly at risk of sexual and reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity that could have been prevented, a lack of access to health care goods and services, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE
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4. Everybody knows? : Conversational coproduction in communication of addiction expertise
Abstract : The coproduction idiom within Science and Technology Studies (STS) centers on how science and society produce knowledge together. The current thesis explores expert communication – which is immersed in the relationship between science and society – as a case for understanding such coproducing processes. READ MORE
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5. The Aspirants : How faith is built in emerging occupations
Abstract : Anticipating future demands in skills and workforce development has been a longstanding practice and challenge for governments and policy-makers. While such developments are examined closely at the national and regional levels, an even more pressing issue is to advance our understanding of how people who take on jobs in new and emerging fields embark on and persist in their occupational pathways. READ MORE