Search for dissertations about: "Relational tensions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Relational tensions.

  2. 1. Working Together : Exploring Relational Tensions in Swedish Academia

    Author : Tobias Fridholm; Anders Malmberg; Anders Waxell; Per Lundequist; Oliver Ibert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic geography; Relational tensions; Academic research; Academic entrepreneurship; Research commercialization; Creativity; Creative milieus; Innovation; Innovation systems; Trust; Authority; Research policy; Triple helix; Biotechnology; Swedish research; Universities; Expertise; Professionalism; Professions; Research collaboration; Collaborations; Research funding; Ekonomisk geografi; Relationella spänningar; Akademisk forskning; Akademiskt entreprenörskap; Forskningskommersialisering; Kreativitet; Kreativa miljöer; Innovation; Innovationssystem; Tillit; Auktoritet; Forskningspolitik; Trippel helix; Bioteknik; Svensk forskning; Universitet; Expertis; Professioner; Professionalism; Samverkan; Tredje uppgiften; Forskningsfinansiering; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This study explores the basic social conditions for high-quality university research, and focuses on research in science and technology in Sweden. Swedish research policy has adopted more of a market perspective on academic research and its role in society. READ MORE

  4. 2. The University and the Demand for Knowledge-based Growth : The hegemonic struggle for the future of Higher Education Institutions in Finland and Estonia

    Author : Adrià Alcoverro; Fredrika Björklund; Hans Andersson; Kristina Boréus; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Totalising; Post-Fordist capitalism; KBE; Gramsci; Bourdieu; solutionism; debauched meritocracy; science; market orientation; relational; hierarchy; autonomy; de-antagonise; competitiveness; legitimation.; Totalisering; post-fordistisk kapitalism; KBE; Gramsci; Bourdieu; lösningsorientering; tygellös meritokrati; vetenskap; marknadsorientering; relation; hierarki; autonomi; av-antagonisera; konkurrenskraft; legitimering.; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Higher Education Institutions have been reformed worldwide so that they may exert a greater influence in the production of knowledge within Knowledge-based Economies (KBEs). This transformation is often explained in terms of how advanced capitalist economies need to secure a prosperous future within post-Fordist capitalism. READ MORE

  5. 3. Consistent Inconsistency : The Role of Tension in Explaining Change in Interorganizational Relationships

    Author : Siavash Alimadadi; Anna Bengtson; Amjad Hadjikhani; Cecilia Pahlberg; Tuija Mainela; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Process of change; interorganizational relationship dynamics; business networks; dialectics; contradictions; tensions; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis commences with the notion that interorganizational exchange relationships are dynamic to an unprecedented degree. It is argued that, global production networks have integrated firms into interdependent structures that blur traditional geographical and organizational boundaries. READ MORE

  6. 4. Shortchanged : Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

    Author : Adelaida Caballero; Sverker Finnström; Don Kulick; Koenraad Stroeken; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elderly women; old age in Africa; street vendors; Malabo; relational personhood; autonomy in later life; authoritarianism; Equatorial Guinea; cultural gerontology; anthropology of aging; Mujeres mayores; vejez en Africa; comercio informal; Malabo; personalidad relacional; autonomía en la edad avanzada; autoritarismo; Guinea Ecuatorial; gerontología cultural; antropología de la vejez; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies;

    Abstract : Normative assumptions regarding reciprocity between adult children and elderly parents continue to dominate narratives on later life in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet strenuous socioeconomic conditions make it difficult for families to meet expectations of care and support. READ MORE

  7. 5. Roads to Repair : Extraordinary and Everyday Pathways to Reconciliation after Civil War

    Author : Kate Lonergan; Roland Kostić; Kristine Höglund; Brandon Hamber; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; reconciliation; everyday reconciliation; everyday practices; social repair; Sri Lanka; Sierra Leone; intergroup contact; field experiment; truth commission; everyday indicators; transitional justice; rebel governance; wartime order; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : How do societies emerging from civil war envision micro-level reconciliation across enduring relational divisions and conflict-related harms? This is a pressing question after civil war, which reshapes social processes and further entrenches societal divisions. Previous research seeks to address this question by documenting grassroots perspectives on reconciliation and highlighting the ways in which macro- and micro-level visions differ. READ MORE