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1. 11. China's Creation of Biopharmaceutical Drugs : Combining Political Steering, Military Research, and Transnational Networking

   Författare :Åse Linné; Alexandra Waluszewski; Enrico Baraldi; David Ford; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation; biotechnology; China; resource interfaces; commerciali-zation; Chinese government; command network economy; biopharmaceutical drugs; military research;

   Sammanfattning : Not only the Western world is focused on creating new innovations based on scientific discoveries; this is also the case in China where discoveries in biotechnology science are aimed at creating new biopharmaceutical drugs in order to create a future biotechnology industry and in the end generate economic growth. The focus to invest in high-tech industries such as biotechnology can be traced to the “open-door policy” issued in 1978 with the aim to modernize China and transform China into a “socialistic market economy. LÄS MER

3. 12. Tilltro och misstanke : Genteknik och fosterdiagnostik i det offentliga samtalet

   Författare :Ann-Sofie Bakshi; Per Linell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gene technology; pre-natal diagnostics; discourse; public discourse; dialogue; narrative; ideology; genre; recontextualization; metaphor; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to study how gene technology appears as a topic in certain arenas of the public discourse. What are the premises, visions and ideas that are continuously formulated and circulated in the public discourse, and through what communicative practices are they formulated? In order to limit the vast research field, this study focuses on gene technology in relation to pre-natal diagnostics. LÄS MER

4. 13. Technology, Language and Thought : Extensions of Meaning in the English Lexicon

   Författare :Marlene Johansson Falck; Ulf Magnusson; Dirk Geeraerts; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive linguistics; cognitive tools; language; English; sense development; meaning extension; thought; metaphors; metonymies; scaffoldings; entrenchment; technology; electricity; steam engines; motor vehicles; roads; ways; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; English; engelska; Engelska med didaktiskt inriktning;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, the relationship between technological innovation and the development of language and thought is analysed. For this purpose, three different fields of technology are investigated: 1) the steam engine, 2) electricity, and 3) motor vehicles, roads and ways. LÄS MER

5. 14. Generative Design Exploration : Computation and Material Practice

   Författare :Mania Aghaei Meibodi; Oliver Tessmann; Jonas Runberger; Neil Leach; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkitektur; Architecture;

   Sammanfattning : Today, computation serves as an important intermediary agent for the integration of analyses and the constraints of materialisation into design processes. Research efforts in the field have emphasised digital continuity and conformity between different aspects of a building project. LÄS MER

7. 15. Hybrid Research Policy : How to Organize Research Funding

   Författare :Marta Cocos; Monika Berg; Jan Olsson; Joachim Åström; Jarmo Vakkuri; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutional hybridity; research funding policy; institutional logic; sociological institutionalism; research funding organizations; handling of institutional tensions; research excellence; research utility; new public management;

   Sammanfattning : Science and innovation are crucial parts of societal prosperity. Yet managing scientific activities is challenging because, even before the implementation of any give n policy starts, policy makers have to overcome the fact that there areprofoundly different views on what the role of science in society should be and hence how the state could intervene to shape or increase the research outputs. LÄS MER