Search for dissertations about: "tensions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 298 swedish dissertations containing the word tensions.
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1. Negotiating Tensions : Designers’ responsibilities in democratic entanglements
Abstract : This thesis concerns the roles and responsibilities of designers when we design workshops with democratic ambitions. Reflecting on my experiences from making co-design workshops for citizen participation to support sustainable urban development in municipal planning processes, I inquire into designers’ societal entanglements and explore these from democratic, social, political and designerly perspectives. READ MORE
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2. Knowing the Ropes in Open Innovation : Understanding Tensions through a Paradox Lens
Abstract : The fundamental paradox of disclosure suggested by Kenneth Arrow represents a challenge in contemporary open innovation settings. Potential negative outcomes of this paradox – e.g. misappropriation of ideas – are still not fully avertable. READ MORE
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3. Exploring Tensions between Appropriability and Openness to Collaboration in Innovation
Abstract : Researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike have in recent years acknowledged a growing tendency towards opening up the innovation process by combining internal organizational assets with external actors’ resources. However, opening up the innovation process usually also entails revealing ideas, which may result in misappropriation. READ MORE
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4. Working Together : Exploring Relational Tensions in Swedish Academia
Abstract : This study explores the basic social conditions for high-quality university research, and focuses on research in science and technology in Sweden. Swedish research policy has adopted more of a market perspective on academic research and its role in society. READ MORE
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5. Tensions in Transdisciplinary Research : A study of a climate research group
Abstract : In a time of sustainability predicaments and ‘grand challenges’, transdisciplinarity has been put forward as an approach through which researchers can engage with societal transformation for a better world. This study examines tensions that arise in the on-the-ground efforts of researchers to establish and manage a transdisciplinary research group within a Norwegian university. READ MORE