Search for dissertations about: "Nina Wormbs"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Nina Wormbs.

2. 1. The Informed Gaze : On the Implications of ICT-Based Surveillance

   Author : Baki Cakici; Magnus Boman; Nina Wormbs; Markus Bylund; Harald Rohracher; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ICT; discourse; surveillance; design; sustainability; outbreak detection; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Information and communication technologies are not value-neutral. I examine two domains, public health surveillance and sustainability, in five papers covering: (i) the design and development of a software package for computer-assisted outbreak detection; (ii) a workflow for using simulation models to provide policy advice and a list of challenges for its practice; (iii) an analysis of design documents from three smart home projects presenting intersecting visions of sustainability; (iv) an analysis of EU-financed projects dealing with sustainability and ICT; (v) an analysis of the consequences of design choices when creating surveillance technologies. READ MORE

4. 2. Environing Technology : Swedish Satellite Remote Sensing in the Making of Environment 1969–2001

   Author : Johan Gärdebo; Nina Wormbs; Sabine Höhler; Edward Jones-Imhotep; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; COPUOS; environing; environmental diplomacy; infrastructure; satellite remote sensing; SPOT; Spot Image; sustainable development; Sweden; Swedish Space Corporation; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

   Abstract : The state-owned Swedish Space Corporation established a satellite remote sensing infrastructure and defined uses for the technology both within and beyond Sweden during the latter part of the twentieth century. This thesis studies Swedish satellite remote sensing as an environing technology – a technology that environs, that produces environments and our perceptions of the environment. READ MORE

5. 3. Success as Science but Burden for Business? : On the difficult relationship between scientific advancement and innovation

   Author : Malena Ingemansson; Alexandra Waluszewski; Nina Wormbs; Luis Araujo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific research; commercialisation; innovation; use; biotechnology; economic logic; resource interaction; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Today, a general policy and investment recipe for economic growth and innovation, on both a national and an international level, is to base commercial ventures on novel scientific solutions. From this perspective, scientific research is seen as an untapped source of innovation, and the ambition is to make new scientific knowledge more easily transferable to business settings, where it is supposed to generate direct economic benefits. READ MORE

6. 4. The Northward Course of the Anthropocene : Transformation, Temporality and Telecoupling in a Time of Environmental Crisis

   Author : Eric Paglia; Sverker Sörlin; Nina Wormbs; Charles Parker; John McNeill; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Anthropocene; Arctic; Fernand Braudel; environmental and climate crisis; environmental history; expertise; polar geopolitics; securitization; Svalbard; telecoupling; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

   Abstract : The Arctic—warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet—is a source of striking imagery of amplified environmental change in our time, and has come to serve as a spatial setting for climate crisis discourse. The recent alterations in the Arctic environment have also been perceived by some observers as an opportunity to expand economic exploitation. READ MORE

7. 5. Scientizing performance in endurance sports : The emergence of ‘rational training’ in cross-country skiing, 1930-1980

   Author : Daniel Svensson; Sverker Sörlin; Nina Wormbs; Leif Yttergren; Helena Tolvhed; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; environmental history; history of science; history of technology; landscape studies; cross-country skiing; Nordic skiing; endurance physiology; sport history; sportification; scientization; sport physiology; sport science; Sweden; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

   Abstract : Elite athletes of today use specialized, scientific training methods and the increasing role of science in sports is undeniable. Scientific methods and equipment has even found its way into the practice of everyday exercisers, a testament to the impact of sport science. READ MORE