Search for dissertations about: "participatory modelling"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words participatory modelling.

  2. 11. The Transformative Imagination : Re-imagining the world towards sustainability

    Author : Diego Galafassi; Victor Galaz; Tim Daw; Karen O'Brien; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ways of knowing; transformations; complexity; futures; practice; transdisciplinarity; creativity; art-based; embodied meaning; action-research; science-policy; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : A central task for sustainability science in the Anthropocene is to offer guidance on alternative pathways of change. Even though this search and implementation of pathways towards sustainability is likely to require profound social-ecological transformations, little is yet known about the individual and collective capacities needed to support such transformations. READ MORE

  4. 12. Unpacking the Sociotechnical Complexity of a Surgical Setting : Capturing the Context of Use to Inform Design and Evaluation

    Author : Hedvig Aminoff; Sebastiaan Meijer; Maaike Kleinsmann; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Telemedicine; Implementation; Complexity; Sociotechnical systems; Design Science; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on how the implementation context for a surgical telementoringservice can be understood as a complex, adaptive sociotechnical system.Teleguidance was a service for remote surgical consultation in Endoscopic RetrogradeCholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a highly specialized clinical procedure. READ MORE

  5. 13. Communication quality : a conceptual approach focusing on classroom assistive listening devices

    Author : Johan Odelius; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Teknisk akustik; Engineering Acoustics;

    Abstract : In a classroom an assistive listening device (ALD) is a system of external microphones that transmit sound from a sound source directly to students' hearing aids. An ALD can be a microphone close to the mouth which transmits a voice directly to listeners' hearing aids. READ MORE

  6. 14. Design and assessment of legume-supported cropping systems

    Author : Moritz Reckling; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Legumes provide high quality protein for food and feed as well as other ecosystem services, but it is still challenging to use them to meet the growing global demand for protein, partly because European farmers consider their cultivation unprofitable and risky. This thesis aims to design legume-supported cropping systems and assess their environmental and economic impacts along with their production risks in European agriculture. READ MORE

  7. 15. Serious Game Approach for Improving Healthcare Logistics

    Author : Chen Zhang; Sebastiaan Meijer; Marcin Wardaszko; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

    Abstract : Although serious games are central to corporate learning of needed skills for industrial operations sectors, their use for managing healthcare logistics has rarely been discussed from the perspective of game mechanics in terms of motivation, engagement and the achievement of the desired objectives. This thesis discusses serious games as a method for improving healthcare logistics with a case study in paediatric emergency medicine. READ MORE