Search for dissertations about: "göteborg university"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 156 swedish dissertations containing the words göteborg university.

2. 1. Profession, science and state : Psychology in Sweden 1968-1990

   Author : Eva Marie Rigné; Sweden Göteborg Göteborgs universitet Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology of science; profession; history of psychology; discourse analysis; social policy; higher education; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of a case study of Swedish psychology during a specific period of time. It focuses psychology as a scientific discpline, as a professionalised occupation and as a cognitive resource for policy-making. READ MORE

4. 2. Wastelands of difference? Urban nature and more-than-human difference in Berlin and Gothenburg

   Author : Mathilda Rosengren; Matthew Gandy; Maan Barua; Steve Hinchliffe; University of Cambridge; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Berlin; Gothenburg; more-than-human ethnography; multispecies ethnography; more-than-human geography; urban green space; urban wastelands; landscape architecture; urban planning; non-human agency; affect; Stadtbrachen; Brachen; Anita-Berber-Park; St. Thomas Friedhof; Natur-Park Südgelände; Park am Gleisdreieck; Göteborg; Trollspisberget; Högåsberget; Frihamnen; Mossen; bostadsnära natur; Urban studies; Urbana studier;

   Abstract : This thesis explores more-than-human entanglements of contemporary urban environments in order to develop a rearticulation of urban landscapes as spaces decidedly beyond the exclusively human. Taking its cue from the question “How do we live with urban difference today?,” such spaces, the thesis argues, emerge through, as well as change with, a variety of socio-ecological entwinements. READ MORE

5. 3. The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment. The Case of Cotton, Coffee and Maize Production in Arumeru and Geita District, Tanzania

   Author : Jonas Ewald; Björn Hettne; Sweden University of Gothenburg; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural Adjustment Program; International Political Economy; development; development theory; inclusive growth; rural development; agricultural development; local level; globalization; Tanzania; Geita; Arumeru; Cotton; coffee; Maize; Freds- och utvecklingsstudier; Peace and Development Studies;

   Abstract : This licensiate thesis is based on a number of fieldworks in Arumeru and Geita district during the years 1992-1996, as well as on national level in Tanzania. The aim was to study how the SAPs have affected local level economies, with a specific focus on cash crop (coffee and cotton) vs food crop production, as well as social service provision on local level with a focus on the quantity and quality of health and education. READ MORE

6. 4. Group Goals and Fairness in Public Good Dilemmas

   Author : Ali Kazemi; Tommy Gärling; Gothenburg Göteborg University Department of Psychology; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public good dilemma; cooperation; group goal; distributive justice; fairness; allocation preference;

   Abstract : Social groups implicitly or explicitly strive to achieve various goals that pervade most activities within the group. In social dilemma and game theoretic research, it has been posited that the goal is to achieve the highest possible monetary outcome for the individual or the group. READ MORE

7. 5. Challenges of renovating the Gothenburg multi-family building stock - An analysis of comprehensive building-specific information, including energy performance, ownership and affordability

   Author : Mikael Mangold; Seppo Junnila; Sweden Chalmers University of Technology; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Aging building stock; Energy performance certificate; Energy retrofitting; Equity; GIS; Göteborg; Measured energy usage; Multi-family dwellings; Social sustainability; Tenure;

   Abstract : In Sweden and many European countries, the building stock increased at a rapid pace during the period of 1950-1975. This aging building stock is in need of renovation which is a challenge and an opportunity in reaching the energy performance targets as well as decreasing societal inequities. READ MORE