Search for dissertations about: "Risk Position"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 369 swedish dissertations containing the words Risk Position.

2. 1. Trust, risk and vulnerability : towards a philosophy of risk communication

   Author : Madeleine Hayenhjelm; Sven Ove Hansson; Ingar Brinck; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Risk communication; two-way communication; democratic approach; equality; asymmetry; vulnerability; trust; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : This thesis is a philosophical contribution to the theories on risk communication. The topic of risk communication is approached from several different angles, but with a normative focus on equality and vulnerability. Essay I is a comment on risk perception theory and the psychometric model in particular. READ MORE

4. 2. Investigating mental health disorders in relation to job and living related factors

   Author : Salahuddin Mohammad; Jessica Mwinyi; Helgi B. Schiöth; Katarina Laurell; Kent W. Nilsson; Jussi Jokinen; Gustaf Gredebäck; Kristiina Tammimies; Giorgia Bussu; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health; job satisfaction; job tenure; Autism spectrum disorder; well-being; genetic risk score; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science; Medicinsk genetik; Medical Genetics; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Arbets- och miljömedicin;

   Abstract : Job satisfaction plays an important role for life quality and health of working individuals. While studies have shown that self-reported mental health conditions such as stress, anxiety and depression are associated with job satisfaction, a large population-based study exploring and comparing self-reported physician posed diagnosed conditions and their association with job satisfaction and job tenure is missing. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Frame dynamics and stakeholders in risk governance

   Author : Beatrice Bengtsson; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GMOs; framing; EU; stakeholders; expertise; governance rationalities; policy; feed; boundary framing; frame extension; intertextuality; food chain; participation; EFSA; DG SANCO; risk assessment; risk management; threshold; risks.;

   Abstract : The EU governance of food safety and GM food and feed has gone through significant changes since the BSE crisis and food scares during the 1990s. This work focuses on one particular new feature; the role of stakeholders representing the food chain: biotech associations, farmer organizations, food and feed processors, consumer organizations and environmental NGOs. READ MORE

7. 5. Individual Preferences, Choices, and Risk Perceptions - survey based evidence

   Author : Elina Lampi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; administrators; aircraft; airports; birth order; choice experiment; citizens; environmental policy; female infertility; free entrance; general risk; health care; information; media; museum; natural experiment; noise; only-child; optimistic bias; personal risk; positional concern; relative income; siblings; stated preferences; visitor composition.;

   Abstract : Paper 1 investigates how birth order and having siblings affect positional concerns in terms of success at work and of income. We find that only-children are the most positional, but that number of siblings increases the concern for their position among those who grew up together with siblings. READ MORE