Search for dissertations about: "ambiguous concepts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words ambiguous concepts.

  2. 1. Under Construction: Making Meaning of Social Sustainability in Strategic Planning Practice

    Author : Hannah Saldert; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; urban sustainability; sustainable development; ambiguous concepts; discourse; situational analysis; Gothenburg;

    Abstract : While social sustainability is attracting attention in both policy and academia, there are still challenges when turning social sustainability policy into practice. Instead of making cities more socially sustainable, the meaning of social sustainability tends to change, become simplified, or disappear when it is actualized in practice. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Messenger of the Lord in Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis

    Author : Camilla Hélena von Heijne; Tord Fornberg; Mikael Winninge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; Old Testament; Genesis; Judaism; early Jewish interpretation; angel of the Lord God; messenger; angelology; angelophany; ambiguous identity; relationship; God; theophany; vision; revelation; dream; anthropomorphism; angel of the Presence; hypostasis; Raphael; Gabriel; Wisdom; Logos; Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; Book of Tobit; Wisdom of Solomon; Philo; Josephus; Rabbinic literature; Midrash; Targum; rewritten Bible; Talmud; type-scene; allusion; Gospel of Luke; annunciation narrative; Gospel of John; Hagar; Jacob Israel; Aqedah.; Old Testament exegesis; Gamla testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the ambiguous relationship between God and ‘the angel of the Lord/God’ in early Jewish interpretations of Genesis, for example, Gen 16:7–14; 22:1–19, and 31:10–13. Although the designation ‘the angel of the Lord’ does not appear in Genesis 32, this text is included because it exhibits the same ambiguity as the explicit ‘angel of the Lord-texts’. READ MORE

  5. 3. Linguistic Challenges in Science Education : A Classroom Study of Teachers’ and Students’ use of Central Concepts in Genetics

    Author : Karin Thörne; Niklas Gericke; Anders Arnqvist; Anat Yarden; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classroom study; Classroom talk; Genetics education; Genetics concepts; Scientific language; Secondary school; Systemic Functional Linguistics; Thematic pattern analysis; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : This thesis examines linguistic aspects of genetics education and is based on the view that language is an essential dimension of teaching and learning. Its objective is to clarify how teachers and students use genetics concepts in real teaching situations. READ MORE

  6. 4. At the End of the Funnel: Translation of Improvement Approaches in Healthcare

    Author : Christian Colldén; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Translation; Health care; Value-based health care; Improvement approaches; Psychiatry; Implementation; Ambiguity; Healthcare improvement; Quality improvement;

    Abstract : Myriad approaches aimed to improve different aspects of healthcare organizations, such as Lean healthcare and patient-centered care, are presented to managers in pursuit of operational improvements. At the same time, the focus of healthcare improvement is shifting from quality to value, and value-based healthcare has become one of the more bespoken contemporary improvement approaches (IA). READ MORE

  7. 5. Translating grand challenges into municipal organizing : Prevention of terrorism, extremism, and radicalization in Scandinavia

    Author : Robin Andersson Malmros; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; grand challenges; municipalities; counter-terrorism; new institutional theory; translation;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates why and how municipalities organize to address grand challenges. Previous research shows that municipalities have increased their policymaking and organizing in relation to grand challenges, often without any national regulations forcing them to do so. READ MORE