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Visar resultat 6 - 8 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Nina Wormbs.
6. Success as Science but Burden for Business? : On the difficult relationship between scientific advancement and innovation
Sammanfattning : Today, a general policy and investment recipe for economic growth and innovation, on both a national and an international level, is to base commercial ventures on novel scientific solutions. From this perspective, scientific research is seen as an untapped source of innovation, and the ambition is to make new scientific knowledge more easily transferable to business settings, where it is supposed to generate direct economic benefits. LÄS MER
7. The Northward Course of the Anthropocene : Transformation, Temporality and Telecoupling in a Time of Environmental Crisis
Sammanfattning : The Arctic—warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet—is a source of striking imagery of amplified environmental change in our time, and has come to serve as a spatial setting for climate crisis discourse. The recent alterations in the Arctic environment have also been perceived by some observers as an opportunity to expand economic exploitation. LÄS MER
8. Scientizing performance in endurance sports : The emergence of ‘rational training’ in cross-country skiing, 1930-1980
Sammanfattning : Elite athletes of today use specialized, scientific training methods and the increasing role of science in sports is undeniable. Scientific methods and equipment has even found its way into the practice of everyday exercisers, a testament to the impact of sport science. LÄS MER