Sökning: "Futures"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 146 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Futures.

1. 16. On the Role of Envisioned Futures in Sustainability Transitions

   Författare :Alexandra Nikoleris; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; förväntningar; socio-teknisk förändring; framtidsbilder; envisioned futures; sustainability transitions; expectations; structure and agency;

   Sammanfattning : Different kinds of representations of the future are often asked for in order to motivate and inspire societal change. These envisioned futures can be based on political or behavioural change, or may visualize technical developmentwhich could help us solve complex societal problems. LÄS MER

3. 17. Essays on Derivatives and Liquidity

   Författare :Caihong Xu; Lars Nordén; Björn Hagströmer; Hans Byström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Index options; volatility smile; liquidity; index futures; expiration-day effects; limit order book; trading patience; order flows; gold futures; hedging; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation contains four essays in which derivatives markets are studied in relation to three related topics in financial economics: asset pricing, market microstructure and risk management.Essay I studies the role of relative option liquidity in explaining the volatility smile. LÄS MER

4. 18. AND ... AND ... AND ... : Reiterating Financial Derivation

   Författare :Thomas Bay; Pierre Guillet de Monthoux; Bo Hedberg; Rolland Munro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial derivation; derivatives; options; futures; risk; finance; economy; gambling; reiteration; deconstruction; deterritorialisation; experimentation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Sammanfattning : This essay is an attempt at examining the general logic of derivation, the organisational geno-practice of financial derivationówhat I have called: reiterative derivation. I will endeavour to reiterate, to repeat otherwise, to displace the derivative distinction which apart from providing the financial markets with ever new business opportunities, makes financial instruments like options and futures the potential turning point, the crisis, the utmost risk, the pure possibility, of any economic reality. LÄS MER

5. 19. The Transformative Imagination : Re-imagining the world towards sustainability

   Författare :Diego Galafassi; Victor Galaz; Tim Daw; Karen O'Brien; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ways of knowing; transformations; complexity; futures; practice; transdisciplinarity; creativity; art-based; embodied meaning; action-research; science-policy; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Sammanfattning : A central task for sustainability science in the Anthropocene is to offer guidance on alternative pathways of change. Even though this search and implementation of pathways towards sustainability is likely to require profound social-ecological transformations, little is yet known about the individual and collective capacities needed to support such transformations. LÄS MER

7. 20. 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