Search for dissertations about: "transdisciplinary case study research"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words transdisciplinary case study research.

2. 11. Understanding and Supporting Product-Service System Designing : Preliminary Insights and Support for Designing Resource-Efficient and Effective Solutions

   Author : Abhijna Neramballi; Tomohiko Sakao; Mattias Lindahl; Philip Cash; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis aims to establish the basis for scientifically understanding and supporting the cognitive processes involved in the conceptual design of resource- efficient and effective product-service systems (PSSs). The research carried out is transdisciplinary in nature and includes both prescriptive and descriptive studies. READ MORE

4. 12. Need for speed : towards urban planning for rapid transitioning to sustainable personal mobility

   Author : Varvara Nikulina; Henrik Ny; David Simon; Henrikke Baumann; Göran Broman; Ulf Ranhagen; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; personal mobility; urban planning; rapid transition; sustainability;

   Abstract : The Paris Agreement, the recent Special Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Sustainable Development Goals are examples of United Nation’s facilitated calls for urgent climate action and more generally for a rapid transition of society towards sustainability. Since urban personal mobility is a significant contributor to society’s current sustainability challenges, and considering current trends of population growth and urbanisation, there is a strong need to develop enhanced support for urban planning for rapid transitioning to sustainable personal mobility. READ MORE

5. 13. Steering sustainability transitions? Modular participatory backcasting for strategic planning in the heating and cooling sector

   Author : Kateryna Pereverza; Maria Malmström; Olga Kordas; David Lazarevic; Karel Mulder; Lars Coenen; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Sustainability transitions; strategic planning; participatory backcasting; scenarios; modularity; participatory modelling; transdisciplinarity; organisational changes; heating and cooling sector; Omställningsprocesser; strategisk planering; deltagande backcasting; modularitet; deltagandemodellering; tvärvetenskap; organisationsförändringar; uppvärmning och kylning; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

   Abstract : Fostering sustainability transitions in the heating and cooling sector is a necessary and urgent issue. Steering mechanisms can enable coordination of actions by different actors towards common sustainability goals. READ MORE

6. 14. Inviting Community into the Development of Globally Sustainable Food Systems

   Author : Liesel Carlsson; Göran Broman; Edith Callaghan; Mark Dooris; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sustainable food systems; strategic sustainable development; sustainable community development; nutrition; dietetics;

   Abstract : Food systems and human diets contribute to unsustainable socioecological conditions, which in turn negatively affect human health. These driver-impact relationships span multiple scales, prompting international governance bodies, nations, and communities alike to grapple with solutions for a better food future. READ MORE

7. 15. Devising Capabilities : Service Design for Development Interventions

   Author : Fiona Lambe; Stefan Holmlid; Matthew Osborne; Alison Prendiville; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Service design; Capabilities approach; Development interventions; Global South; Complexity;

   Abstract : Despite the progress in recent decades, one in ten people globally still live in extreme poverty, and this number is set to increase in the coming years. Designing interventions to improve well-being and livelihoods is challenging because poverty is multidimensional and plays out in complex, adaptive social-ecological systems, where behaviours and practices at the local level can have unintended consequences elsewhere in the system. READ MORE