Search for dissertations about: "Victor Galaz"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Victor Galaz.
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1. Power in the Commons. The Politics of Water Management Institutions in Sweden and Chile
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2. Financial institutions, companies, and the biosphere
Abstract : International organisations, governments and civil society have become increasingly vocal in their demands that financial institutions take social and environmental responsibility for the companies they invest in. Some financial institutions have started to assume this responsibility in practice by building international alliances and standards, by reallocating their capital, and by trying to influence corporate policies towards environmental and social goals. READ MORE
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3. The Transformative Imagination : Re-imagining the world towards sustainability
Abstract : A central task for sustainability science in the Anthropocene is to offer guidance on alternative pathways of change. Even though this search and implementation of pathways towards sustainability is likely to require profound social-ecological transformations, little is yet known about the individual and collective capacities needed to support such transformations. READ MORE
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4. Transformational knowledge practices in social-ecological systems
Abstract : Climate change and poverty alleviation are examples of interconnected challenges propelling changes across environmental, social, cultural and political spheres. Interconnected challenges are characterized by multiple causality, feedback loops, non-linear dynamics. READ MORE
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5. Global Ocean Futures : Governance of marine fisheries in the Anthropocene
Abstract : This PhD thesis provides an analysis of how an adaptive governance approach can be applied to address existing and emerging challenges in global governance with a focus on marine, wild-capture fisheries. All the papers share a coupled social-ecological framing while providing diverse but complementary perspectives. READ MORE