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1. 6. The Quest for Edge Awareness, Lessons not yet learned : PhD Thesis on practical and situated usefulness of advanced technological systems among inescapable uncertainties and competing interests in a world of dynamic changes

   Författare :Patrik Stensson; Anders Jansson; Pär Ågerfalk; Martin Norsell; Erik Hollnagel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; critical realism; human factors; situation awareness; resilience engineering; human-machine interaction; automation; autonomy; situated usefulness; systems thinking; sociotechnical systems; edge awareness; Människa-dator interaktion; Human-Computer Interaction;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis problematizes the concept of usefulness, in part by taking questions to the extreme. The starting point is the contemporary view of usefulness, a view that remains within a traditional paradigm of technical rationality in which important aspects are disregarded or not perceived because they are not part of the equation. LÄS MER

3. 7. Secure and Privacy Preserving Urban Sensing Systems

   Författare :Stylianos Gisdakis; Panos papadimitratos; Guevara Noubir; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation; Education and Communication in the Technological Sciences; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

   Sammanfattning : The emergence of resource-rich mobile devices and smart vehicles has paved the way for Urban Sensing. In this new paradigm, users, leveraging their sensing-capable devices, sense their environment and become part of an unprecedented large-scale network of sensors, with extensive spatial and temporal coverage, that enables the collection and dissemination of real-time information, potentially, from anywhere, about anything and at anytime. LÄS MER

4. 8. On Institutions, Economic Growth and the Environment

   Författare :Susanna Lundström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Carbon dioxide; Cross-country regressions; Cycles; Decomposition; Democracy; Economic freedom; Economic growth; Environmental quality; Innovations; Institutions; Natural resources; Paradigm shifts; Political freedom; Technological opportunities;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyzes economic growth and the environment by including institutional aspects and specific innovation mechanisms. It contains an introduction and five separate studies. Paper 1: The Effect of Democracy on Different Categories of Economic Freedom Many empirical studies conclude that democracy increases economic freedom. LÄS MER

5. 9. Water for a few : a history of urban water and sanitation in East Africa

   Författare :David Nilsson; Arne Kaijser; Gunilla Andrae; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urban water; urban sanitation; urban history; development studies; African history; environmental history; large technical systems; socio-technical systems; institutional change; public service; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis describes and analyses the modern history of the socio-technical systems for urban water supply and sanitation in East Africa with focus on Uganda and Kenya. The key objective of the thesis is to evaluate to what extent the historic processes frame and influence the water and sanitation services sectors in these countries today. LÄS MER

7. 10. Arkitektur och social ingenjörskonst : Studier i svensk arkitektur- och bostadsforskning

   Författare :Ulf Sandström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Architecture; Town Planning; Housing Research; Technocracy; Social Engineering; Technology Studies; Politics; Functionalism; Bibliographies; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : Artefacts are by definition artificial objects: human creations whose form and function are the result of planned actions. It would appear reasonable to assert that our attitude towards artefacts reveals specific sides of our personality and social organization. LÄS MER