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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 19351 avhandlingar innehållade orden Social sciences.
16. Social kompetens : också ett disciplinerande uttryck
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how the term social competence is interpreted by professionals, as well as what message it carries at an individual and contextual level when used in the recruitment of new employees.The study includes an analysis of recruitment advertisements that specify social competence as a requirement, of letters from applicants responding to a number of these advertisements, and of reflective conversations with 11 informants. LÄS MER
17. How on Earth? : Operationalizing the ecosystem service concept for sustainability
Sammanfattning : Production landscapes are at the center of many of the sustainability challenges that we face. The ecosystem service concept has risen in prominence over the last decades as a tool to support sustainable landscape management. LÄS MER
18. Harvesting from land and sea : Social relationships, trade networks, and spatial connectivity in changing social-ecological systems
Sammanfattning : In the era of global change, the connectivity of aquatic and terrestrial food production systems across spatial scales is increasing. At the same time, diverse actors that participate in food systems, from production to consumption, face the need to adapt their daily activities to an increasingly changing context. LÄS MER
19. Sport as a Means of Responding to Social Problems : Rationales of Government, Welfare and Social Change
Sammanfattning : Sport has been increasingly recognized in social policy as a means of steering social change and as a method for responding to diverse social problems. The present study examines how rationales of social change are formed through ‘sport as a means of responding to social problems’. LÄS MER
20. Guiding Sustainability Transitions: Backcasting, Experimentation and Social learning
Sammanfattning : Sustainability challenges including climate change, social injustice, resource depletion and biodiversity loss are becoming increasingly apparent. These challenges can be understood as partly resulting from unsustainable socio-technical systems in society, assumed to require transitions to become sustainable in time. LÄS MER