Sökning: "Simon West"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Simon West.

1. 1. Meaning and Action in Sustainability Science : Interpretive approaches for social-ecological systems research

   Författare :Simon West; Lisen Schultz; Lorrae van Kerkhoff; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Meaning; interpretive; social-ecological system; complexity; science-policy interface; transformation; sustainability science methodology; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Sammanfattning : Social-ecological systems research is interventionist by nature. As a subset of sustainability science, social-ecological systems research aims to generate knowledge and introduce concepts that will bring about transformation. Yet scientific concepts diverge in innumerable ways when they are put to work in the world. LÄS MER

3. 2. Negotiating social-ecological fit through knowledge practice

   Författare :Simon West; Lisen Schultz; Emily Boyd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Knowledge practice; adaptive governance; adaptive management; social-ecological systems; problem of fit; performative; narrative; Natural Resources Management; naturresurshushållning;

   Sammanfattning : Adaptive governance and management (AG and AM) have been proposed to address the “problem of fit” between ecosystems and governance systems. AG and AM are intended to reconfigure the relations between knowledge and action through, for instance, experimentation, collaboration and monitoring, to enhance social-ecological feedbacks. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Development of Parliamentarism in Western Europe

   Författare :Simon Davidsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parlamentarism; partisystem; västeuropa; institutionell förändring; parliamentarism; party systems; Western Europe; institutional change;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation describes and explains the development of parliamentarism in Western Europe. Defining parliamentarism as an institutional solution in which the government is politically responsible to parliament only, I use country historiography to map out a tug-of-war between parliament and the head of state over the ability to make governments resign or maintain them in office in 11 West European countries since the establishment of national parliaments. LÄS MER

5. 4. Studying Buoy Motion for Wave Power : Experiments at the Lysekil Research Site

   Författare :Simon Tyrberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : Since 2002, the Division for Electricity at Uppsala University has been running the Lysekil project. The project is an attempt to construct and evaluate a technology for extracting electrical energy from the motion of ocean waves. The idea is to let this up-and-down motion drive a linear generator. LÄS MER

7. 5. Behind the scenes of land grabbing : conflict, competition, and the gendered implications for local food production and rural livelihoods in Cameroon

   Författare :Frankline Ndi; Simon Batterbury; Australia Victoria University of Melbourne; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Land grabbing; conflict; competition; access to land; gender; food production; rural livelihoods; political ecology; Cameroon;

   Sammanfattning : Large-scale land acquisitions or land grabbing are widespread – cutting across almost all parts of the developing world – Asia, Latin America and Africa. In recent years, this phenomenon has grown at unprecedented rates with Africa being the most targeted continent. LÄS MER