Search for dissertations about: "Transformative change"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words Transformative change.
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11. A systemic stigmatization of fat people
Abstract : The aim of this work was to develop knowledge about and awareness of fatness stigmatization from a systemic perspective. The stigmatization of fat people was located as a social problem in a second-order reality in which human fatness is observed and responded to, in turn providing it with negative meaning. READ MORE
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12. Evaluating transformative innovation policy: towards an integrated framework
Abstract : Past reviews show that the current practice of science, technology, and innovation policy evaluation lags behind the development of innovation theory. The emergence of the transformative innovation policy paradigm, which aims at addressing transformative change or ‘grand challenges’, implies new challenges for policy evaluation. READ MORE
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13. Transformative innovation policy evaluation: characteristics, challenges, and lessons from practice
Abstract : The emergence of the transformative innovation policy (TIP) framing, which builds upon previous science, technology, and innovation policy (STI) approaches to address transformative change or “grand challenges,” implies new challenges for policy evaluation. While most frameworks for TIP evaluation are quite similar to those of previous STI policy evaluation approaches, it is here argued that issues such as capturing the effect of such policies, such as related to the direction of transformative change and its additionality, remains unaddressed in the literature. READ MORE
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14. Pursuing a Circular Economy in the Danish Waste Sector : Scale and Transition Dynamics in Transformative Innovation Policy
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to advance the conceptual understanding of transformative innovation policy through empirical research focusing on the transition towards a circular economy in the Danish waste sector. Under this broad aim, the thesis is more specifically concerned with exploring issues relating to the geography of transformative innovation policy as well as transition dynamics and agency in socio-technical system change. READ MORE
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15. The political economy of adaptation pathways to climate change : An historical institutional approach
Abstract : While there is a growing recognition of the need for societies to adapt to climate change, adaptation governance often falls short and can even worsen existing vulnerabilities. This problem is exacerbated by the deep connection between climate change and economic system governance. READ MORE