Search for dissertations about: "science 2.0"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words science 2.0.

  2. 1. MINISTOP 2.0 : a smartphone app integrated in primary child health care to promote healthy diet and physical activity behaviors and prevent obesity in preschool-aged children

    Author : Christina Alexandrou; Marie Löf; Hanna Henriksson; Ulrika Müssener; Nina Cecilie Øverby; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MHealth; Primary child health care; Early prevention; Preschool; Diet; Physical activity; Childhood overweight and obesity; Smartphone app; Randomized controlled trial;

    Abstract : BackgroundChildhood overweight and obesity is currently estimated to affect 39 million children under the age of five worldwide. After the COVID-19 pandemic, further increases have been observed in several countries including Sweden, where an increased incidence was observed in 3- and 4-year-old children, especially in disadvantaged areas. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Global City 2.0 : An International Political Actor Beyond Economism?

    Author : Kristin Ljungkvist; Nils Hertting; Stefano Guzzini; Bo Bengtsson; Jan Aart Scholte; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Global City; urban security; cities and globalization; counterterrorism; cities and climate change mitigation; New York City politics; role conception; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to increase our understanding of the Global City’s pursuit of what can be regarded as independent foreign and security policies, despite the fact that such policies have traditionally been considered to be a core function of central governments. By studying how the Global City’s role in the globalized world is constructed in local public narratives as the local government develops and pursues specific international policies, the thesis argues, we can come closer to an understanding of what it means to be and to govern a Global City, and why its local government find it to be in the city’s interest to claim international political authority. READ MORE

  5. 3. The resource model of political participation 2.0 : Protesting in semi-authoritarian regimes – A privilege of the privileged

    Author : Elizaveta Kopacheva; Per Strömblad; Giangiacomo Bravo; Gil de Zúñiga; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Transitioning to and sustaining democracy cannot be possible without active citizens joining protests, distributing political information, or representing fellow citizens in legislative institutions. Due to this, political-science research for several decades has tried to investigate why some citizens are involved in political decision-making while others prefer to refrain from it. READ MORE

  6. 4. An m-Government Solution for Complaint and Problem Management : Designing a Solution for Government 2.0

    Author : Carl-Mikael Lönn; Christer Magnusson; Paul Johannesson; Louise Yngström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; m-government; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : In recent years emphasis has been placed on opening up governments and empowering and engaging citizens in governmental activities: this view of e-government is referred to as government 2.0. Government 2. READ MORE

  7. 5. Leetocracy : Political participation, social network sites and inequality

    Author : Nils Gustafsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political participation; social network sites; social media; Web 2.0; political mobilization; social movements; political parties; democratic theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about whether social network sites have the potential to bring about more equal participation. It deals with a phenomenon that has changed the underlying infrastructure of how millions of people communicate. READ MORE