Sökning: "social contract for science"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden social contract for science.
1. The An-Archical State : Logics of Legitimacy in the Social Contract Tradition
Sammanfattning : The modern state is today under great pressure. In the face of globalization, many theorists seek to rethink the boundaries of the state. They call for a transformation of the state from the national to the global level. But there is a deeper theoretical question at stake. LÄS MER
2. Trust, identity and beer : institutional arrangements for agricultural labour in Isunga village in Kiryandongo district, midwestern Uganda
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the role and influence of institutions on agricultural labour transactions in Isunga village in Kiryandongo District, Midwestern Uganda. It primarily focuses on how farmers structure, maintain and enforce their labour relationships during crop farming. LÄS MER
3. Testing Pills, Enacting Obesity : The work of localizing tools in a clinical trial
Sammanfattning : This study examines tools and practices involved in a large scale and multi-sited clinical trial of a potential drug against obesity. Two tools are in focus: a clinical research protocol and a computer control system. LÄS MER
4. Vetenskapens självstyre - styrning, organisation och genomförande av universitetsforskning
Sammanfattning : The thesis deals with a tension in university governance concerning research policy actors’ mandate to decide on the academic organization and direction of research, vis-à-vis researchers’ perceptions of governance in research. This tension is addressed through an analysis of the ideas and attitudes towards universities as institutions, and research as a practice, expressed at the policy level in connection with major reforms. LÄS MER
5. Sense of place and culture in the landscape of home : Understanding social-ecological dynamics on the Wild Coast, South Africa
Sammanfattning : Development for sustainable poverty alleviation requires engagement with the values and cultural frames that enable or constrain communities to steward ecosystems and maintain their capacity to support human well-being. Rooted in a social-ecological systems (SES) perspective, this thesis explores the concept of sense of place to understand how emotional and cultural connections to place mediate human responses to change and influence interventions for development. LÄS MER