Search for dissertations about: "digital public policies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words digital public policies.

2. 1. "Please Mind the Grey Digital Divide" : An Analysis of Digital Public Policies in Light of the Welfare State (Sweden and Greece)

   Author : Sofia Alexopoulou; Joachim Åström; Martin Karlsson; Elin Wihlborg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; grey digital divide; welfare regimes; digital public policies; digital technologies; older people;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the grey digital divide and digital policies in the divergent welfare regimes of Sweden and Greece. The grey digital divide is a serious problem not only for the individual but also for society. The grey digital divide signifies the inability of older people to utilize digital technology. READ MORE

4. 2. The Internet of Things: Projects-Places-Policies

   Author : Xu Xiangxuan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internet of Things; digital service development; knowledge-intensive business services; EU ICT policy; smart public bike sharing; geography of knowledge; digital economy; geography of innovation;

   Abstract : The ongoing transition from the Internet age to the Internet of Things age is a paradigm shift of knowledge production and interactions: information and knowledge can be produced and disseminated either without or with very little human interventions. Non-human actors are given cognitive abilities, thus joining with humans to become the producers and carriers of knowledge, especially more tacit type of knowledge. READ MORE

5. 3. Biobank Research : Individual Rights and Public Benefit

   Author : Joanna Stjernschantz Forsberg; Stefan Eriksson; Mats G. Hansson; Angus Dawson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Biobank; Ethics; Consent; Returning results; Individual rights; Public good; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between individuals and society in the context of healthcare and medical research, more specifically concerning the rights and duties of individuals in regard to biobank-based research. My starting point is that we all have a strong vested interest in improved healthcare, and therefore the possibilities to conduct important research should be optimized. READ MORE

6. 4. Reassembling Local E-Government : A study of actors’ translations of digitalisation in public administration

   Author : Mariana S. Gustafsson; Elin Wihlborg; Bo Persson; Antonio Cordella; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Local e-Government; digitalisation; network governance; translation; tensions; Kommunal förvaltning; digitalisering; nätverksstyrning; översättning; spänningar;

   Abstract : The digitalisation of society decidedly affects public administration. Swedish public administration has long worked with information technologies for an effective and improved management of public services. But new and increased use of information technologies in society poses new challenges. READ MORE

7. 5. Changing Swedish sickness insurance : Policies, institutions and outcomes

   Author : Nadja Grees; Joakim Palme; Sven Oskarsson; Axel West Pedersen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sickness insurance; disability pension; Sweden; occupational welfare; policy change; stratification; social policy analysis; non-take-up; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to welfare state theorising by analysing changing risk protection in Swedish sickness insurance and demonstrate how the understanding of such, and its implications, can be enhanced by strategic methodological choices. When analysing formal policy change in the compulsory sickness insurance system, it is concluded that the Swedish system fulfils almost every aspect of a so called social democratic welfare state, and no institutional shift can be discerned over time. READ MORE