Sökning: "Futures Studies"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 86 avhandlingar innehållade orden Futures Studies.

  1. 1. Making Futures : On Targets, Measures and Governance in Backcasting and Planning

    Författare :Josefin Wangel; Örjan Svane; Lars Nilsson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; futures studies; backcasting; planning; governance; sustainable development;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the making of futures – in the sense of planning, through which the world of tomorrow is crafted, and in the sense of images of the future, developed through the futures studies approach of backcasting. The point of departure for the thesis is that more visionary and strategic forms of planning are needed if the challenges of sustainable development are to be met, and that backcasting, through its long-term, integrative and normative character, can be a helpful tool towards this end. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Reef Futures : Exploring the dynamics of transformative change in marine social-ecological systems

    Författare :Franciska von Heland; Per Olsson; Beatrice Crona; Marja Spierenburg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; transformative change; marine governance; multi-stakeholder collaboration; multi-level governance; institutional entrepreneurship; boundary work; narratives; Coral Triangle; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis explores issues relating to transformative change in the context of marine governance in the Coral Triangle, and the effects of such change processes on policy, stakeholder relations and management activities. Paper 1 studies how change-oriented actors (institutional entrepreneurs) operating at the international level can introduce and purposefully navigate large-scalechange processes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Futures som ett mångsidigt instrument : En empirisk studie av oljebolag som använder futureskontrakt

    Författare :Darush Yazdanfar; Thomas Polesie; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  5. 4. Of Imagined and Potential Futures : Speculative Fiction in Southern Africa, 2008-2018

    Författare :Joanna Woods; Stefan Helgesson; Marina Kohnen Ludwigs; Adnan Mahmutović; Madhu Krishnan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Southern Africa; contemporary literature; speculative fiction; short stories; digital; rhetorical studies; narratology; literary field; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This research project explores the rhetorical function of contemporary Anglophone speculative fiction (sf) in southern Africa. Focusing on short fiction produced between 2008 and 2018, the project delineates this literary production both theoretically and historically. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Sharing the doughnut : Exploring sustainable and just futures

    Författare :Eléonore Fauré; Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling; Göran Finnveden; Frances Fahy; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainability goals; goal conflicts; trade-offs; environmental justice; futures studies; backcasting; future scenarios; climate and energy targets; sustainability assessments; Objectifs de durabilité; Conflit d objectifs de durabilité; justice environnementale; prospective; backcasting; évaluation d impacts de durabilité; Hållbarhetsmål; målkonflikter; miljörättvisa; framtidsstudier; backcasting; framtidsscenarier; klimat och energimål; hållbarhetsutvärderingar; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Despite decades of international discussions or summits on the need to radically reduce e.g. increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) or biodiversity loss, these are still rising. LÄS MER