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1. 6. Att bo med soffa : en möbels betydelse för bostadens planering och livet i hemmet

   Författare :Birgitta Mitchell; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; participatory design; interior design; house design; gender; lifestyle; sofa; home; Architecture; dwelling; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

   Sammanfattning : Experiences of participatory design with full-scale modelling in three case studies form the basis of this work. When the participants in these studies visualised their dwellings there was a strong focus on the sofa. This piece of furniture is one of the most common in Swedish homes. It also requires much space. LÄS MER

3. 7. EFFICIENCY OF FLEXIBLE FIXTURES: DESIGN AND CONTROL

   Författare :Ilker Erdem; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; control; design; fixture; assembly; manufacturing; efficiency; flexible; production;

   Sammanfattning : The manufacturing industries have been using flexible production technologies to meet the demand for customisation. As a part of production, fixtures have remained limited to dedicated technologies, even though numerous flexible fixtures have been studied and proposed by both academia and industry. LÄS MER

4. 8. Relational creativity : what can participatory art do for higher education?

   Författare :Sol Morén; Simon Lindgren; Thomas von Wachenfeldt; Fernando Hernádez-Hernández; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; creativity; relational creativity; higher education; participatory art; visual arts; fine arts; arts-based research; participatory design; design for learning; sociotechnical design; educational design research; future education; rethinking education; sustainable development;

   Sammanfattning : Why research creativity in higher education? Creativity is regarded as a key competence for future education by the European Union as well as by UNESCO, and my wish is to contribute to this contemporary global agenda of rethinking education. Creativity is central for complex problem- solving and we need to rethink education to facilitate for our future citizens to develop creativity, to be able to meet our interconnected world's urgent need for sustainable development. LÄS MER

5. 9. Quality of Democracy Around the Globe : A Comparative Study

   Författare :John Högström; Ingemar Wörlund; Svante Ersson; Joakim Ekman; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; quality of democracy; stable democracies; political institutions; political participation; political competition; political equality; rule of law; demokratikvalitet; stabila demokratier; politiska institutioner; politiskt deltagande; politisk konkurrens; politisk jämlikhet; rättsstatens principer;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with the quality of democracy, and its purpose is to examine which factors affect the varying levels of the quality of democracy in the stable democracies in the world. The research question posited in the study is: what explains the varying levels of the quality of democracy in the democratic countries in the world, and do political institutions matter? Theoretically, the quality of democracy is distinguished from other similar concepts employed in comparative politics, and what the quality of democracy stands for is clarified. LÄS MER

7. 10. Implementing Community Based Re/habilitation in Uganda and Sweden : A Comparative Approach

   Författare :Charlotte Persson; Masoud Kamali; Rafael Lindqvist; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Social work; Social Justice; Disability; Travelling Ideas; Implementation; Community Based Rehabilitation;

   Sammanfattning : In our global world, ideas in general and social work models in particular are spread and implemented in a variety of socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts, generating different outcomes. Many ideas and services launched in different countries by international organisations or governments in order to bring social justice to marginalised and oppressed groups, such as people with disabilities, have been criticised for not reaching or involving those such services aim to serve. LÄS MER