Search for dissertations about: "futures"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 130 swedish dissertations containing the word futures.

  2. 11. Lucky People Forecast : a systemic futures perspective on fashion and sustainability

    Author : Mathilda Tham; Richard Kimbell; Kate Fletcher; Emma Dewberry; Kay Stables; University of London Goldsmiths; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Lucky people; Fashion; Sustainability; Futures; Systems thinking; Change; Metadesign; Design; Design;

    Abstract : The detrimental environmental effects associated with fashion production and consumption are increasingly recognised, and strategies in place. However, these are production-focused, top-down strategies, which do not reach where the impact is highest - the user phase, or where the scope for improvement is utmost - the design phase. READ MORE

  4. 12. Sharing the doughnut : Exploring sustainable and just futures

    Author : Eléonore Fauré; Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling; Göran Finnveden; Frances Fahy; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainability goals; goal conflicts; trade-offs; environmental justice; futures studies; backcasting; future scenarios; climate and energy targets; sustainability assessments; Objectifs de durabilité; Conflit d objectifs de durabilité; justice environnementale; prospective; backcasting; évaluation d impacts de durabilité; Hållbarhetsmål; målkonflikter; miljörättvisa; framtidsstudier; backcasting; framtidsscenarier; klimat och energimål; hållbarhetsutvärderingar; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Despite decades of international discussions or summits on the need to radically reduce e.g. increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) or biodiversity loss, these are still rising. READ MORE

  5. 13. Medicine for Uncertain Futures : A Nigerian City in the Wake of a Crisis

    Author : Ulrika Andersson Trovalla; Jan Ovesen; Sten Hagberg; Rachel Spronk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : The Nigerian city of Jos used to be seen as a peaceful place, but in 2001 it was struck by clashes that arose from what was largely understood as issues of ethnic and religious belonging. The event, which would become known as ‘the crisis’, was experienced as a rupture and a loss of what the city had once been, and as the starting point of a spiral of violence that has continued up to today. READ MORE

  6. 14. On the returns of trend-following trading strategies

    Author : Christian Lundström; Tomas Sjögren; Jussi Nikkinen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bootstrap; Commodity Trading Advisor funds; Contraction-Expansion principle; Crude oil futures; Futures trading; Opening Range Breakout strategies; S P 500 futures; Technical analysis; Time series momentum; Time-varying market inefficiency; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Paper [I] tests the success rate of trades and the returns of the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) strategy. A trader that trades on the ORB strategy seeks to identify large intraday price movements and trades only when the price moves beyond some predetermined threshold. READ MORE

  7. 15. On the Role of Envisioned Futures in Sustainability Transitions

    Author : Alexandra Nikoleris; Miljö- och energisystem; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; förväntningar; socio-teknisk förändring; framtidsbilder; envisioned futures; sustainability transitions; expectations; structure and agency;

    Abstract : Different kinds of representations of the future are often asked for in order to motivate and inspire societal change. These envisioned futures can be based on political or behavioural change, or may visualize technical developmentwhich could help us solve complex societal problems. READ MORE