Search for dissertations about: "Swedish culture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 494 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish culture.

  2. 11. A metric culture in academia : The influence of performance measurement on the academic culture of Swedish universities

    Author : Johan Söderlind; Lars Geschwind; Mats Benner; Peter Dahler-Larsen; KTH; []
    Keywords : Technology and Learning; Teknik och lärande;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how the proliferation of performance measurement within Swedish universities has affected the way university actors perceive academic work. The wide diffusion of performance measures in academia is conceptualised as a reflection of changes in the wider societal culture that may be attributed to comprehensive public sector reforms, the globalisation of the higher education sector and novel perspectives and expectations on universities. READ MORE

  4. 12. The Mystery of Inequality : Essays on Culture, Development, and Distributions

    Author : Olle Hammar; Daniel Waldenström; Niklas Bengtsson; Ingvild Almås; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inequality; Culture; Development; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I (with Daniel Waldenström): We estimate trends in global earnings dispersion across occupational groups by constructing a new database that covers 68 developed and developing countries between 1970 and 2018. Our main finding is that global earnings inequality has fallen, primarily during the 2000s and 2010s, when the global Gini coefficient dropped by 15 points and the earnings share of the world’s poorest half doubled. READ MORE

  5. 13. Family meal experiences : perspectives on practical knowledge, learning and culture

    Author : Inger M. Jonsson; Inga-Britt Gustafsson; Marianne Pipping Ekström; Lotte Holm; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; culture; children; education; family meal; family practice; food; experience; information; learning; practical knowledge; Culinary Arts and Meal Science; Måltidskunskap; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Måltidskunskap; Culinary Arts and Meal Science;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four studies reflecting information and education on food and meals at different levels of society. The educational efforts are directed towards everyday family practices. READ MORE

  6. 14. Becoming Swedish-American : The construction of an ethnic identity in the Augustana Synod, 1860-1917

    Author : Dag Blanck; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the construction of an ethnic identity in the Swedish-American community around the turn of the century 1900. It takes its starting points in discussions of the nature of ethnic identity, the role of ethnic leadership, and the process of nation-building and nationalism in 19th-century Europe and America. READ MORE

  7. 15. Black and Swedish : racialization and the cultural politics of belonging in Stockholm, Sweden

    Author : Lena Sawyer; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Race; Belonging; Sweden; Cultural Politics; Ethnology; Etnologi;

    Abstract : Black and Swedish: Racialization and the Cultural Politics of Belonging in Stockholm March 2000 Lena S. Sawyer, B.A., MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY M. READ MORE