Search for dissertations about: "communities of practice"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 172 swedish dissertations containing the words communities of practice.

2. 11. Sites and Modes of Knowledge Creation: On the Spatial Organization of Biotechnology Innovation

   Author : Jerker Moodysson; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; epistemic communities; biotechnology; communities of practice; geography; proximity; knowledge; localization; globalization; innovation systems; Innovation; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences;

   Abstract : The accelerated speed and intensity of global interconnections in all segments of society during the last couple of decades have had a profound impact on the workings of contemporary capitalism. Increased pressure is put on national and regional economies to continuously upgrade their competitive advantages, at the same time as new learning opportunities occur at a faster rate than ever. READ MORE

4. 12. Living in the Borderland : Young Migrant Converts in the Church of Sweden

   Author : Jonathan Morgan; Etik; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; unaccompanied refugee minors; ethics; migration studies; religious conversion; recognition; precarity; communities of practice; practice theory; ritual; narrative; Church of Sweden; Scania; migrationsverket; political theology; productive waiting; lived religion;

   Abstract : From 2014 to 2016, 44,617 unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) arrived in Sweden and sought asylum. The Church of Sweden has received hundreds of these young people seeking to join the church and be baptised as Christians. READ MORE

5. 13. SOMWeb : Supporting a Distributed Clinical Community of Practice Using Semantic Web Technologies

   Author : Marie Gustafsson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; clinical collaboration; distributed communities of practice; knowledge management; medical informatics; online communities; ontologies; Semantic Web; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Teknik; Technology;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns supporting the collaboration and knowledge sharing of distributed clinicians of oral medicine, a sub-discipline of dentistry. The Swedish Oral Medicine Network (SOMNet) holds monthly telephone conferences where a group of clinicians discuss interesting and difficult cases, which distinguishes it from one-to-one teleconsultations. READ MORE

6. 14. Supporting knowledge management with information technology : the significance of formal and informal structures

   Author : Karin Dessne; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; knowledge management; km; cscw; cscl; communities of practice; cop; military; lessons learned; experience; learning; knowing; formal; informal; structures; knowing wheel; preconditions; it support; collaborative work; communication; Datalogi; Computer and Systems Science; Teknik;

   Abstract : Knowledge Management (KM) is a relatively young field of research. It has traditionally aimed at managing work in organisations often by the assistance of supporting Information Technology (IT).In this thesis, the definition of KM is expressed as facilitating the intertwined process of learning and knowing in an organisation. READ MORE

7. 15. Exploring young fishers' and teachers' knowledge and value aspects concerning the practice of fishing in the Rufiji Delta in Tanzania

   Author : Fika Burton Mwakabungu; Su-Nu Chang Rundgren; Marianne Teräs; Ranz Rauch; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; the practice of fishing; communities of practice; knowledge; value; young fishers; teachers; socioscientific issues; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The study aims to explore and understand how knowledge and value are expressed by part-time and full-time young fishers and teachers concerning the practice of fishing in the Rufiji Delta in the South-Eastern zone of Tanzania. Social constructivism perspectives and the theoretical frameworks including communities of practice, scientific literacy for responsible citizenship, sustainable development and socioscientific issues shaped the study. READ MORE