Search for dissertations about: "interdisciplinarity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word interdisciplinarity.

  1. 11. Legal Questions and Scientific Answers : Ontological Differences and Epistemic Gaps in the Assessment of Causal Relations

    Author : Lena Wahlberg; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interdisciplinarity; law and science; ontology; scientific knowledge; standard of proof; sustainable development; uncertainty; tort law; jurisprudence; allmän rättslära; ignorance; expert knowledge; evidence; environmental law; environmental damage; causation;

    Abstract : A large number of legal rules create an obligation to prevent, repair or otherwise mitigate damage to human health or the environment. Many of these rules require that a legally relevant causal relation between human behaviour and the damage at issue is established, and in the establishment of causal relations of this kind scientific information is often pressed into service. READ MORE

  2. 12. Right to Regulate for Sustainable Development in International Investment Law : The Challenge of Incomplete Assessments, Promise of Sustainable Investment, and Need for Reserved Optimism

    Author : Soo Hyun Lee; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International investment law; Right to regulate; Financing for Development; Sustainable investment; Sustainable development; Public international law; Internationell investeringsrätt; Folkrätt;

    Abstract : Within international investment law scholarship, increased attention has been devoted to the capacity of international investment law, which includes investment treaty arbitration, to facilitate sustainable development. Scholars increasingly agree that issues of sustainable development permeate throughout the international investment law system and thus cannot be viewed as beyond its scope and jurisdiction. READ MORE

  3. 13. The social and intellectual development of library and information science

    Author : Fredrik Åström; Olle Persson; Pertti Vakkari; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; library and information science; sociology of science; scholarly communication; ; Library and information science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The background of the project is partly found in a long tradition within library and information science (LIS) of meta-analyses on the field, partly in a science studies discussion on research fields and their contextual relation to wider academia, fields of professionalpractices and professionalization processes. The general purpose of the project is to analyze the social and intellectual development and organization of LIS; and to investigate the impact of the close relation to the practice field, as well as the relation to the academic world in general. READ MORE

  4. 14. A Spatial Scale Approach to Fish Habitat Ecology and Impacted Rivers

    Author : Henry H. Hansen; Eva Bergman; Max Lindmark; Dana Infante; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Fish Habitat Models; River Ecology; Novel Riverscapes; Spatial Scale; Fish Communities; Anthropogenic Impacts; Sustainability; River Management; River Restoration; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : Fish biodiversity in rivers is threatened by continual habitat loss. Evidence to support management and restoration of rivers requires information about the specific habitat requirements for entire fish communities. READ MORE

  5. 15. Academics and Politics : Northern European Area Studies at Greifswald University, 1917–1991

    Author : Marco Nase; Norbert Götz; Mark Bassin; Peter Stadius; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian Studies; Soft Power; Public Diplomacy; History of Universities; Nazi Germany; GDR; Historical Studies; Historiska studier;

    Abstract : The decision to institute Area Studies in German universities in 1917, was born out of a perceived need to widen the intellectual horizon of the public and academia alike. At Greifswald University this ambitious reform programme saw the foundation of a Nordic Institute, charged with interdisciplinary studies of contemporary Northern Europe. READ MORE