Search for dissertations about: "Niklas Möller"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Niklas Möller.

2. 1. Safety and decision-making

   Author : Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Nils-Eric Sahlin; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptual analysis; safety; risk; epstemic uncertainty; epstemic values; values in risk assessment; risk analysis; risk management; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : Safety is an important topic for a wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, economics, sociology, psychology, political science and philosophy, and plays a central role in risk analysis and risk management. The aim of this thesis is to develop a concept of safety that is relevant for decision-making, and to elucidate its consequences for risk and safety research and practices. READ MORE

4. 2. Thick Concepts in Practice : Normative Aspects of Risk and Safety

   Author : Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Tim Lewens; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; thick concepts; non-naturalism; open question argument; risk analysis; safety; epistemic uncertainty; values in risk assessment; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at analyzing the concepts of risk and safety as well as the class of concepts to which they belong, thick concepts, focusing in particular on the normative aspects involved. Essay I analyzes thick concepts, i.e. concepts such as cruelty and kindness that seem to combine descriptive and evaluative features. READ MORE

5. 3. Risk, language and discourse

   Author : Max Boholm; Sven Ove Hansson; Niklas Möller; Terje Aven; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the concept of risk and how it functions as an organizing principle of discourse, paying close attention to actual linguistic practice.          Article 1 analyses the concepts of risk, safety and security and their relations based on corpus data (the Corpus of Contemporary American English). READ MORE

6. 4. The planner's dilemma : An ethical investigation of adaptation to sea level rise

   Author : Anna Döhlen Wedin; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Per Wikman-Svahn; Niklas Möller; Behnam Taebi; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adaptation; climate change; sea level rise; planning; ethics; applied ethics; value sensitive design; planning for uncertainty; Philosophy; Filosofi;

   Abstract : This is a thesis on the ethics of adaptation to sea level rise, with a focus on proactive adaptation planning. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and has been conducted in close collaboration withadaptation planners and other project partners. READ MORE

7. 5. Information, Security, Privacy, and Anonymity : Definitional and Conceptual Issues

   Author : Björn Lundgren; Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Kevin Macnish; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; definitions; distinctions; conceptual analysis; philosophy of information; philosophy of risk; security; information; information security; semantics; semantic information; veridicality thesis; informativity; appropriate access; CIA; privacy; control; context; pro tanto good; social relations; anonymity; deanonymization; ability to be anonymous; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of five research papers that address four tangential topics, all of which are relevant for the challenges we are facing in our socio-technical society: information, security, privacy, and anonymity. All topics are approached by similar methods, i.e. with a concern about conceptual and definitional issues. READ MORE