• Climate change-induced sea level rise (SLR) will affect a range of coastal assets and prompt difficult decisions about coastal land use across the world. (hawaii.edu)
  • In the absence of sustained federal leadership to address climate change, many U.S. states and cities have implemented their own climate policies. (hawaii.edu)
  • It aims at elaborating such heritage for the use of scientific research on climate change adaptation. (abo.fi)
  • The project contributes to research on global climate change by highlighting social scientific and humanistic approaches. (abo.fi)
  • It draws on the idea that understanding of, and adaptation to, major environmental changes such as climate change greatly benefits from studying knowledge, skills and experience of people in their surroundings. (abo.fi)
  • The objectives of the research are 1) to identify, produce and contribute to the recognition of the environmental heritage of the Finnish coastal and archipelago areas that is relevant to climate change adaptation, and 2) to create methods of facilitating the circulation of knowledge(s) on the local environment and global climate change within local and scientific communities. (abo.fi)
  • These objectives are met with the help of four cases focusing on the environmental heritage related to the changes of the flora and fauna of the Baltic Sea, the livelihoods of coastal areas and archipelago, as well as the sea and coastal areas as lived and experienced environments, and on the scientific research on climate change adaptation in the context of the Baltic Sea environment. (abo.fi)
  • With 50 full-time academic staff, we provide specialist supervision on topics that range from climate change and hazards mapping to risk analysis, geocomputation and urban futures. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • In contrast, Buen Vivir centers on the collective well-being of both the environment and community, which can help societies effectively address crises like climate change and future pandemics. (dailygood.org)
  • We are working to understand the impact of climate change on the planet and its people, to improve air quality, and developing new technologies to decarbonise energy and transport in partnership with industry and government. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • A study of the likely social distributional impacts of UK Government energy and climate change policies. (cse.org.uk)
  • The European project "Schools at university for Climate & Energy (SAUCE)" will offer a series of one-week on-campus education programmes for pupils ages 10-13 on the core topics of energy and climate change. (fu-berlin.de)
  • For the first time in March 2009, the programmes will discuss the scientific, technical and global aspects of sustainable energy use and climate change in a way appropriate to the childrens' age. (fu-berlin.de)
  • The main idea is to enable the pupils to learn about the challenges of climate change and sustainable energy use and, at the same time, acquire the competences necessary to develop and subsequently apply adequate solutions. (fu-berlin.de)
  • As one project result, a conceptual template will be available, which will present a broad selection of energy and climate education tools and models for a continuous education programme for schools. (fu-berlin.de)
  • This project focuses on one of the most urgent challenges of our time: catastrophic human-induced environmental degradation and climate change. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • Merlijn: "This sizeable project is about conflicts in urban transformations linked to climate change, an important social issue. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • In this project, we investigate gender differences in participation and leadership in climate related processes - everyday practices, decision-making and adaptation strategies - at all levels in society. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • The SEQUAL research project addresses the gender dimension In climate behavior and decision-making. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • This is a sector particularly suited to exploring the intersections and interdependencies of climate change and gender. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • Sequal inculdes partners from Sweden, Norway, Spain and Burkina Faso and aims to investigate and compare how gender relations and climate change plays out in different local contexts. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • Drawing on existing research, they point out how gender equality could have been approached in climate policy on the international, regional and national level. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • Gender perspective could serve as a lens to strengthen the understanding of the ways in which the climate problem is man-made and what would be good strategies for change. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • In the article "Interplays between changing biophysical and social limits under climate change: implications for sustainable adaptation in food systems", Camilla Risvoll (Norwegian team) and Marta Guadalupe Rivera-Ferre (Spanish team) and co-authors analyse prospects of achieving sustainable and resilient food systems in light of climate change. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • In each case, future climate change scenarios and associated biophysical limits are mapped onto four key social factors that drive vulnerability and mediate adaptation, namely scale, history, power and politics, and social differentiation. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • Local and extensive food systems are under pressure worldwide through multiple interacting stressors such as climate change, industrialization, erosion of economic and political power, and land use change. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • What drives and what hinders economic growth, climate change, gender equality and peaceful societies? (lu.se)
  • The effects of climate change are being felt across every region of the world with severe consequences for people, nature and livelihoods. (lu.se)
  • LUCSUS research aims to tackle these changes by identifying strategies for mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and explores multiple drivers and impacts of climate change. (lu.se)
  • Our research also focuses on individual, collective, and political action to address climate change. (lu.se)
  • We focus on the societal dimension of climate change, exploring questions relating to whom is affected, where, how, and at what scale? (lu.se)
  • Our findings also improve understanding of urgent issues associated with changing environmental conditions (e.g., climate change, loss of natural habitats), a theoretical understanding that can be applied and tested in many specific ecosystems. (lu.se)
  • Her main interest in this topic is online media in different kinds of progressive social justice and climate change movements. (lu.se)
  • 2023. Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programmes . (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • We are fortunate that this strand of our work is being delivered in partnership with Professor Mike Robling of the Centre for Trials Research, and I am looking forward to exploring the development of advanced evaluative methodologies across children's social care. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • In addition to Nordberg and Kulmala, contributing to the project are University Lecturers Camilla Granholm (social work, Swedish School of Social Science), Eveliina Heino (social work) and Hanna Kara (social work) as well as Postdoctoral Researcher Antero Olakivi (Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care). (helsinki.fi)
  • Since then, only one topic has dominated the world's news, and activities of research in our Centre have naturally also been affected. (ifpindia.org)
  • Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a process through which people investigate meaningful social topics, participate in research to understand the root causes of problems that directly impact them, and then take action to influence policies through the dissemination of their findings to policymakers and stakeholders. (harvard.edu)
  • This study helps the cities of Mombasa in Kenya and Valparaíso in Chile reduce child malnutrition using participatory action research to broaden stakeholder participation at municipal level to change the social determinants. (who.int)
  • This UNWG would function as the participatory action research (PAR) group that was needed for the NICK Project. (who.int)
  • Following the granting of permission to work with the Provincial Nutrition Officer, several meetings were held in Mombasa to plan for an initial meeting with local stakeholders to introduce the project and form a Participatory Action Research (PAR) group. (who.int)
  • Atweh, Bill and Bland, Derek C. (2007) Action Research in Contexts of Change and Inequality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Students can select their areas of specialisation according to their interests from the following compulsory elective modules: scientific innovation and project-based research, management of organisations in social contexts, and systematic organisation development / diversity management. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • They bring to the course a wealth of experience and knowledge, engaging students in a range of topics that span the cultural, historical, and social contexts of literature and media. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • The changing nature of dogs in (post)medieval England: a bioarchaeological study of treatment, health, size, and diet across human social contexts. (york.ac.uk)
  • This research will address this gap for medieval/post-medieval (mid-Saxon to Victorian) England, using zooarchaeological data systematically to track changes in roles, status, and treatment of dogs, over time and between social contexts. (york.ac.uk)
  • The development of pet-keeping in different social/settlement contexts. (york.ac.uk)
  • By connecting the perspectives of biophysical and social-institutional limitations, the study illuminates the risks of unanticipated outcomes that result from the disregard of local contexts in adaptation. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • The aim of the course is to provide students with specialised knowledge of sociological theory and enable a good ability to participate in research and development or work in other qualified contexts. (lu.se)
  • Funded by the Ministry of Economy and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie) as part of the research programme "Multi-Dimensional Evaluation of Technology (EduaR&D). (uni-hamburg.de)
  • Exciting opportunities are now available to undertake a joint PhD programme with Hong Kong University or, for topics specifically relating to comparative urbanism, Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany) or the National University of Singapore, bringing together expertise in urban (social and/or economic) geography, physical geography, political geography, political ecology, risks and hazards. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Sounding Change is a new Artist Residency programme hosted by the Department of Music at the University of Birmingham. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • SEDRIC is a new interdisciplinary and international research project in the frame of the IFP Coastal programme. (ifpindia.org)
  • D. fellow at the post-graduate research programme "Global Challenges - Transnational and Transcultural Approaches" from 2002 to 2005. (lu.se)
  • Cancer inequalities are an emerging priority area for IARC, and the Agency has developed a programme of research projects to address related topics. (who.int)
  • In addition to producing social change reports, staff from the project have written on applied sociology throughout the world, conducted research about China, and reviewed books on various topics such as applied statistics for public policy, democracy and governance and history. (wikipedia.org)
  • Interdisciplinary research platform at Universität Wien (Principal Investigator). (uni-hamburg.de)
  • One fine example of an interdisciplinary research project that deploys team science is CONTRA. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • For universities that recommend innovation, interdisciplinary research and public engagement, there is also a challenge in the form of how a university as a whole can get involved in encouraging positive social change, for example by working for a sustainable and democratic Syria once peace is reached. (lu.se)
  • From a scientific point of view, it provides an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary research projects that are linked to processes of reconciliation. (lu.se)
  • Since these include partners from research performing, financing and governance institutions, we can build change coalitions at national and EU scale. (europa.eu)
  • Public Law and Governance (PLG) is the largest Department of Tilburg Law School in which team science is one of the strategic principles of research policy. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • Disturbances in a number of countries in the Middle East are a challenge for research and demonstrate clearly the need for more in-depth analysis of how repressive regimes control their citizens through hierarchical governance, and how people under these regimes undertake active resistance and oppose dominance. (lu.se)
  • citation needed] Aktan, C.C. "Understanding Change Trends and Dynamics in a Rapidly Changing World", in: Qafqaz and Central Asia in a Globalization Era, (International Conference Organized by Qafqaz University, Bakı- Azerbaijan, 2-5 May 2007. (wikipedia.org)
  • Alice Marwick and I discuss youth privacy dynamics in detail in "Social Privacy in Networked Publics" . (zephoria.org)
  • The PhD sees me return to the branch of "social zooarchaeology", delving into past dynamics between humans and animals, augmenting biomolecular methods in my research to expand the avenues available when exploring past animal populations. (york.ac.uk)
  • Social-ecological relations and gender equality: Dynamics and processes for transformational change across scales (SEQUAL). (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • This macro-oriented perspective of evolutionary economic geography of the project has gradually expanded into micro oriented perspective, for instance on the role of labour markets dynamics and skill relatedness as important diffusion mechanism for regional renewal and structural change. (lu.se)
  • Our research thus improves our general understanding of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that underpin the eco-evolutionary processes that drive ecosystem dynamics including population sizes, traits evolution and diversification. (lu.se)
  • On a general note Stefan's research is concerned with the dynamics and consequences of political and social change in China. (lu.se)
  • Member of the School of Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SREC). (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences includes the economic and social development of regions and cities. (lu.se)
  • The Institute attempts to provide governments, development agencies, grassroots organizations and scholars with a better understanding of how development policies and processes of economic, social and environmental change affect different social groups. (nzdl.org)
  • Yet, the extent to which these fundamental changes actually contribute to youth political empowerment and the possibilities for their long-term inclusion in political processes and sustaining peace remains largely unknown. (lu.se)
  • It also explores how broad social and policy changes can be capitalized on to ensure that youth is meaningfully contributing to political processes and sustainable peace. (lu.se)
  • European Social Services Conference, Milan, Italy (2019). (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Against a baseline of existing federal and state GHG -related policies, the study finds that if Hawaiʻi were to adopt a carbon tax at the level of the 2021 federally-specified social cost of carbon, Hawaiʻi's cumulative emissions would decline by an additional 10% from 2025 to 2045. (hawaii.edu)
  • 2009. abstract is here http://www.addletonacademicpublishers.com/abstracts/economics-management-and-financial-markets/volume-43-2009/good-and-bad-capitalism-re-thinking-value-human-needs-and-the-aims-of-economic-activity.html Tom Baum, Demographic change and labour supply in global tourism to 2030: a tentative assessment. (wikipedia.org)
  • This project aims to study these circular ecopreneurs. (lnu.se)
  • Working through an extensive network of national research centres, UNRISD aims to promote original research and strengthen research capacity in developing countries. (nzdl.org)
  • Using these initiatives as empirical studies, this PhD project aims to examine the prospects of a new industry based on blue and green hydrogen export in Arctic Norway from a social-technical perspective. (uit.no)
  • Taking place in Hammerfest, the project aims to be the first factory in Europe to produce blue hydrogen and ammonia at large scale. (uit.no)
  • Gaucher, 2004), aims to propose an explanatory model of site-formation from its birth to eventual abandonment The paleoenvironmental study in which the IFP is involved aims to obtain information from sediment record(s) to interpret changes in land-use and landcover indicated by shifts in the corresponding pollen records for the first time in an urban archeological context. (ifpindia.org)
  • Explore our research, our research units, services for researchers and our top-notch research infrastructures. (helsinki.fi)
  • Students often believe that researchers are well organized, meticulous, and academic as they pursue their research projects. (wikibooks.org)
  • With more than 1,000 academic staff researchers and around £80 million new research funding per year, we are dedicated to performing world-leading research with the ultimate goal of improving human health. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • Within this project, many researchers from different disciplines work together, including public administration, environmental law, philosophy of law, and European and international law. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • Within this Signature Plan, researchers are encouraged to contribute from their own expertise to joint research themes and to be inspired at the same time by the work of their colleagues and to make new connections. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • For instance, researchers are no longer 'judged' by the number of publications based on a scoring system, and the incentive policy has been extended to support new research initiatives and collaboration within the Signature Plans. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • Our researchers participate in the research area Human rights, which is one of five profile areas at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • For the intervention design, researchers developed a common study protocol based on behavior-change theories and models. (cdc.gov)
  • To achieve these objectives, project researchers developed a common study protocol based on behavior-change theories and models that allowed for flexibility in creating interventions for specific at-risk populations and communities in each city (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers from the selected project sites and CDC, as well as expert consultants, collaborated to design a common study protocol for community-level HIV prevention interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • This transdisciplinary research project focuses on the environmental heritage - environmental experience, knowledge and skills - that is constructed by living and acting in the Finnish coastal area and archipelago of the Baltic Sea. (abo.fi)
  • In the project, this kind of knowledge, skills and experience is called 'environmental heritage', which is a concept further elaborated during the project. (abo.fi)
  • The Department of Geography has a vibrant community of scholars - most are members of one of six research groups: Contested Development, Earth Observation & Wildfire, Physical & Environmental Geography, Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Risk, Hazard & Society and Urban Futures. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Making environmental information tangible - the art is to incorporate learning content and the desired change in consciousness into game design, genre, game mechanics and aesthetics in such a way that they are independently and voluntarily accepted, applied and transferred to the real world by the players. (fraunhofer.de)
  • It is also home to a people fiercely committed to their own social and environmental well-being. (dailygood.org)
  • A direct and critical response to Western ideas of sustainable development, Buen Vivir is about respecting the rights and responsibilities of communities to protect and promote their own social and environmental well-being by driving grassroots change. (dailygood.org)
  • The objective of the event was to organise a collaborative network that integrates sustainable food production, processing, distribution, consumption in order to enhance the environmental, economic, and social health of Pondicherry. (ifpindia.org)
  • Abt Associates-a global company that conducts research, consulting, and technical services in health, environmental and social policy, technology, and international development-commits to pursuing opportunities within new and existing global projects to conduct antibiotic resistance mapping, landscaping, and trend analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Other recent research is concerned with the effectiveness of environmental policies as well as public perceptions on environmental protection. (lu.se)
  • Explain the three broad approaches to Communication research as well as specific research methodologies. (wikibooks.org)
  • Social research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches (7th ed. (uit.no)
  • The research findings reviewed indicate that many strategies and approaches have been shown to be effective in preventing tobacco use among young people and in helping tobacco users end their addiction. (cdc.gov)
  • Qualitative data will be analyzed using rapid qualitative approaches to summarize implementation experiences and identify necessary changes prior to subsequent rollouts. (bvsalud.org)
  • This network investigates the changing nature of special education in six jurisdictions, interrogating the relationship between policy rhetoric, statistical evidence and practice on the ground. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Based on the authors' own practice, it proposes a partnership between students and community organisations that both meets community needs and develops students' research skills. (bloomsbury.com)
  • Accordingly, the materials of the project comprise various 'documents of practice', including interviews, dialogue workshops with participant observation, archival materials, research diaries and other diaries, letters, pieces of news and other media materials. (abo.fi)
  • In the project, multilingualism in social work will be examined in theory and practice in the Ostrobothnia region and the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. (helsinki.fi)
  • It will support musicians, composers and artists at pivotal stages of their careers to explore new ideas, and develop their practice in our research environment. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • From research-to-practice: an adaptation and dissemination of the COMPASS program for home care workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Facilitating factors and lessons learned from the project may inform future similar efforts to translate research into practice. (cdc.gov)
  • My research on Youth, Society and Risk focuses on improving the outcomes for young people. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • SOSKIELI (Language diversity and vulnerability in social work in the era of digitalisation), a project funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, focuses on four client groups: families with children, families with children who have disabilities, adolescents and people over 65 years of age. (helsinki.fi)
  • In understanding issues of capacity and desired change, I will look beyond traditional arts-funding models towards commercial innovation and creative social enterprises as a way of building new frameworks for financial stability. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • A special characteristic is the focus on development of social services through innovation. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • Her research interests are multidisciplinary and include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), data-driven design, games design, creativity and diversity, design innovation, gamification, emerging technologies, games for behaviour change and sustainable consumer behaviour across cultures. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • Verantwortungsvolle Forschung und Innovation (Responsible Research and Innovation, RRI) bedeutet, dass gesellschaftliche Akteure (aus Forschung, Bürgerschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Solidarwirtschaft) während des gesamten Forschungs- und Innovationsprozesses zusammenarbeiten. (europa.eu)
  • We set out to establish change labs as instruments for promoting and sustaining institutional change within our own organisations and reach out to actors in our innovation ecosystems. (europa.eu)
  • This biannual newsletter is conceived to give a glimpse of the many and varied projects conducted by the French research centres in India. (ifpindia.org)
  • Camilla Nordberg , docent in social policy at Åbo Akademi University, serves as the project's principal investigator. (helsinki.fi)
  • Adopting a critical social science approach, this PhD project seeks to unravel the social and political relations that underpin the existing basic structure of the regime (Neuman, 2014). (uit.no)
  • Stefan's most recent project seeks to understand technology and in particular the Internet as a motor for social and political change in China. (lu.se)
  • In January 2018, she started working on the research project Digital radicalization, analogue extremism? (lu.se)
  • The objectives of the projects were to a) increase the prevalence of consistent condom use among persons in targeted groups in all sites and b) increase the use of bleach to clean injection equipment * among IDUs at sites directing interventions to this population. (cdc.gov)
  • The Directory of Social Change supported the Sheila McKechnie Foundation to gather evidence about the impact of the Lobbying Act on campaigning by civil society organisations. (dsc.org.uk)
  • Students learn to manage complex social, diaconal and ecclesiastical organisations and to shape the community in non-profit organisations. (uni-heidelberg.de)
  • We have over 100 doctoral students drawn from across the world, many of whom are funded by national research councils and international organisations. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • The goal is for the results to be utilised in decision-making related to social policy, in practical social work and university education, as well as at welfare organisations. (helsinki.fi)
  • The project activates change coalitions around each lab, paying particular attention to interactions and dependencies of actors in each R&I ecosystem, since research performing (RPOs) and research funding (RFOs) organisations co-evolve in and with the R&I ecosystems they are embedded in. (europa.eu)
  • Gain practical experience through placements with media and communications organisations, employer-led projects and volunteering. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • Reports from the project have been cited by a number of texts and studies, such as a course on sustainable development, a chapter in a book on transnational education, a chapter in a book on demographic changes and tourism, and a paper on political regimes and education. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is the hope of this PhD project to provide valuable insights to the Norwegian policymakers that will facilitate better support for a sustainable energy transition in Arctic Norway as well as in the rest of Norway. (uit.no)
  • We contribute to this growing body of research with a case study of Oʻahu , Hawaiʻi , which is famed for its beaches as well as valuable coastal real estate. (hawaii.edu)
  • This study builds an economic model to understand how a state-level carbon tax in Hawaiʻi could contribute to meeting this objective and how it would change household welfare for five different income groups. (hawaii.edu)
  • More recently, I conducted a research study on the development of Supporting Separating Families Alliances in Wales. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Remember our discussion in Chapter 1, those of us who study Communication are interested in researching "who says what, through what channels (media) of communication, to whom, [and] what will be the results? (wikibooks.org)
  • A July 2015 study from Pew Research Center reveals that increasing numbers of Twitter and Facebook users visit the platforms to get news. (socialmediaexaminer.com)
  • Independent study project was hard. (studyabroad101.com)
  • NICK (Nutritional Improvement for children in urban Chile and Kenya) is a three year study that started in October 2010 with funding from the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID) through the Economic and Social Research Council. (who.int)
  • How to deal with it and how politics, media, new technology and social control affect it are issues that the university's social scientists study. (lu.se)
  • The aim is to study the social changes taking place in Sri Lanka, particularly with regard to poverty and education, and to increase the capacity on the use of GIS at the Kelaniya University. (lu.se)
  • METHODS: A co-designed Theory of Change from an earlier study phase and the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainment Model (PRISM) will guide the study design, measures selection, and evaluation. (bvsalud.org)
  • For the Federal Environment Agency, we are exploring and testing the potential of computer games to promote sustainability in various social groups. (fraunhofer.de)
  • Negative emotions of abandonment, change of habits, overwhelming demands or perceived individual ineffectiveness often associated with sustainability are obstacles to change and can encourage inertia. (fraunhofer.de)
  • To this end, the SubSeGa research team at Fraunhofer ISE is exploring the young field of serious games for the benefits of a change towards more sustainability. (fraunhofer.de)
  • Moreover, sweeping generalizations about female disadvantage (in mortality, nutrition, education) need to be revised in view of the contradictory findings of detailed studies of gender bias in well-being outcomes, which show incredible diversity not just across different regions, countries and localities, but also across social class, and over the life cycles of men and women. (nzdl.org)
  • 2005. Organizational Change in Transition Societies. (wikipedia.org)
  • and the War-torn Societies Project. (nzdl.org)
  • It emphasizes the development of young people's knowledge, skills, and abilities to be experts on issues of importance to them, and catalyze systemic change in collaboration with their peers and supportive adults. (harvard.edu)
  • The project is run as a collaboration with Cirkulär Ekonomi i Kronoberg och Kalmar län, contributing to the development of tools for circular business modelling. (lnu.se)
  • These groups operate through staff-funded research and PhD student collaboration on research projects. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • The Green Ammonia Berlevåg project is a collaboration between Aker Clean Hydrogen and Varanger Kraft, to produce green hydrogen and ammonia (a hydrogen-based fuel) in Berlevåg, using electricity generated from the wind farm in nearby Raggovidda. (uit.no)
  • The sudden emergence of hydrogen initiatives in Arctic Norway calls for the need to investigate the social impacts of the various hydrogen projects in Arctic Norway. (uit.no)
  • The outcomes of all change labs will be analysed to produce a toolbox and field book for RRI related institutional changes which will be broadly disseminated by committed multipliers. (europa.eu)
  • This particular approach has been prominent in aid agency writings on "gender and poverty", which have used social and/or economic indicators to capture poverty outcomes. (nzdl.org)
  • In the adaptation pilot several psychosocial , safety, and health outcomes changed by a similar magnitude relative to the prior randomized controlled trial. (cdc.gov)
  • By implementing change labs in their ecosystems, we generate transformative capacity for institutional change in terms of practices, procedures, rules and norms at the individual, organisational and system levels. (europa.eu)
  • What is the future of social movements? (lu.se)
  • Social movements on the internet : Together alone or alone together? (lu.se)
  • How might this play out in social movements on the Internet? (lu.se)
  • Sociomateriality}}, language = {{eng}}, pages = {{1--7}}, publisher = {{European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)}}, series = {{ECIS Proceedings}}, title = {{Social movements on the internet : Together alone or alone together? (lu.se)
  • This project deals specifically with the role of online media in the jihadi/takfiri movement and neo-Nazi movements in Sweden. (lu.se)
  • This embeddedness forms the social and institutional context, which either supports or slows down changes in the system. (europa.eu)
  • Its work is guided by the conviction that, for effective development policies to be formulated, an understanding of the social and political context is crucial. (nzdl.org)
  • I have undertaken numerous research and evaluation studies across a range of areas including adoption, child criminal exploitation, father engagement, home education, and youth violence. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • In this project, we have undertaken to produce knowledge and seek solutions with a collaborative research approach together with social work professionals," Kulmala adds. (helsinki.fi)
  • The Barents Blue project is undertaken by Horisont Energi with Equinor being a key partner. (uit.no)
  • Offsets seek to balance biodiversity losses from development projects in one location with an equivalent biodiversity gain in a separate location, with the goal of achieving "no net loss" (NNL) of biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • Co-Change supports the implementation of institutional changes of R&I actors within and beyond the key areas of RRI. (europa.eu)
  • SEARCA coordinates and facilitates implementation of research studies, which are regional and subregional in perspective and scope. (searca.org)
  • What are the main implications and lessons learned for policy development and implementation at scale in the project countries and for other countries? (who.int)
  • and c) conclusions from the design and implementation of a community-level, multisite intervention designed to facilitate behavior change. (cdc.gov)
  • This is especially pertinent now, in the midst of current social and ecological crises. (dailygood.org)
  • In the Social Ecology Lecture series, international and Austrian guests present current topics of socio-ecological research and open up for discussion. (boku.ac.at)
  • The project is interdisciplinary, and both quantitative and qualitative analysis are used and combined. (lu.se)
  • Effects, for example, of food production, different means of trans-port, or of leisure time activities will be presented by professors and scientists from different university faculties and research institutes as well as by energy education experts. (fu-berlin.de)
  • After one year of parental leave he rejoined the Center in 2009 as research fellow and lecturer. (lu.se)
  • It is part of their supporting the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) to explore ways in which dialogue can be used to address social challenges in South Africa. (thataway.org)
  • This research project was commissioned by GTZ as part of their supporting the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) to explore ways in which dialogue can be used to address social challenges in South Africa. (thataway.org)
  • It is important to identify and acknowledge, through research, various structural vulnerabilities and inequalities, as well as their interconnections, and subsequently strive to identify new solutions to remedy the situation. (helsinki.fi)
  • We are working with our partners to tackle inequalities in all aspects of society, striving to make change for a fairer world and one in which people can enjoy a fulfilling, rewarding life. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has launched a new website on inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality. (who.int)
  • The website describes IARC's ongoing work and specific projects on cancer inequalities. (who.int)
  • They have reports about social, political, economic, demographic and technological change throughout the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • To understand the world around us, we need to understand what causes social and economic development. (lu.se)
  • Strongly inspired by the neo-Schumpeterian tradition in economics/economic history and the evolutionary turn in economic geography, this research project started already back in the early 2000. (lu.se)
  • My research looks at the business challenges faced by micro feminist theatres for social change as they seek to make meaningful impact in the communities they work with. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • My research interests have come together in a key part of my current role - in which I am coordinating and developing the evaluative work of CASCADE as part of Health and Care Research Wales infrastructure funding. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Reviewer for social work and education journals. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Research in this work package covers a large-scale content analysis of a sample of news stories about immigration and integration. (google.com)
  • A two-year project carried out by the University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University investigates multilingual social work in physical and digital environments. (helsinki.fi)
  • The project develops participatory methods for social work involving particularly vulnerable clients whose native language is not Swedish, Finnish or Sámi. (helsinki.fi)
  • Our goal is to produce research-based knowledge on the manifestations of linguistic vulnerability in the various fields of social work. (helsinki.fi)
  • In fact, the project will explore how clients' linguistic vulnerability could be better considered in the physical and digital environments of social work, as well as how social work will fare in an increasingly multilingual society and promote linguistically participatory practices. (helsinki.fi)
  • CSE's Joshua Thumim, who led the research team, said: "This work confirms what we have long suspected - there is a direct and significant relationship between household income and carbon emissions. (cse.org.uk)
  • Thus, schools and teachers will be integrated in the project work and cooperation and networking with non-formal energy education experts is enhanced. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Another reason, as our work suggests, is that these exposures led to basic biological changes that impact both mental and physical health. (cdc.gov)
  • My research on workforce development has included evaluative research fast track training programmes for social workers and studies on specific interventions, such as Video Interaction Guidance. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • The Dallas project developed interventions for persons residing in two separate census tracts that had high rates of both sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and injecting-drug use. (cdc.gov)
  • This research in progress explores the role of social media as a way to facilitate collective political action. (lu.se)
  • Specifically the role that digital media and social media play in mobilizing political activities. (lu.se)
  • It's something super interesting that I see reflected in my own observations of the Nordic resistance movement where that is the image they want to project, that they are normal people with a political agenda. (lu.se)
  • This is a collaborative research project between CMES and Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) on political youth in conflicts in the Middle East. (lu.se)
  • This project investigates how, and in which ways, conflict has decreased or increased youth political empowerment in the region. (lu.se)
  • Identify motivational factors that influence Communication research. (wikibooks.org)
  • In the academic paper, a strong emphasis is placed on the ability to independently identify and formulate a sociological issue and actively follow development and research in the field that the issues concern. (lu.se)
  • At the University of Helsinki, the project is coordinated by University Researcher Meri Kulmala , who also heads the Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ) . (helsinki.fi)
  • Bringing together disciplines of feminist applied theatre, social change, and creative social enterprise, I will distil the ways in which small feminist theatres for social change financially survive and search for new opportunities that may enable them to financially, and socially, thrive. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • You will expand and enhance your creative and communications skills through practical projects, producing podcasts and videos, organising campaigns, curating social media content and visual media working alongside your peers, tutors and external partners. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • The tone and content of these reports have changed over the years. (cdc.gov)
  • Preliminary training evaluation data (n = 265) show high mean ratings indicating that workers like the program, find the content useful, and intend to make changes after meetings. (cdc.gov)
  • Within a year after a major change to the course or its cancellation, at least two further opportunities for assessment are offered on the same course content. (lu.se)
  • Through participation in the activities of pastoralists in Salten in Norway, we document struggles and efforts to strengthen and pass on the social and animal-human relationships surrounding sheep and reindeer husbandry. (nordlandsforskning.no)
  • The project, which started on October 1st 2010 and ends on September 30th 2013, is guided by the following central question: Can child malnutrition amongst families living in poverty in informal settlements and slums in Mombasa and Valparaíso be reduced through broadening community and stakeholder participation to change the social determinants of nutritional status? (who.int)
  • Read the six key findings from the research project here . (dsc.org.uk)
  • It is the research that builds on the results and findings of others. (tilburguniversity.edu)
  • It discusses the preliminary findings of a grounded theory analysis of the postings to a Spanish online social movement between July and September 2012. (lu.se)
  • But how does this measure up with the realities of researching human communication? (wikibooks.org)
  • The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous agency engaging in multi-disciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. (nzdl.org)
  • Given the recognition that the determinants of child malnutrition are systemic and require multi-disciplinary concerted efforts to address, the Kenyan research team decided to explore ways of ensuring that the project is integrated into the national efforts that focus on child nutrition. (who.int)
  • Geraldine Gorham, Ziene Mottiar, http://arrow.dit.ie/tfschhmtbook/15/ Baum, T. (2010) Demographic changes and the labour market in the international tourism industry. (wikipedia.org)
  • Demographic changes affect the world around us. (lu.se)
  • Co-Change strengthens transformative capacity and leadership for RRI through an innovative systemic approach, centred on the concept of change labs, building on years of solid experience. (europa.eu)
  • While it originates in the Indigenous philosophy of sumak kawsay, its current conception goes beyond Indigenous interpretations of community and environment to include progressive politics, contemporary academic research, and the experiences of non-Indigenous communities. (dailygood.org)
  • Without being cynical or detached from events, what is happening in Syria and in relation to the Arab Spring in general represents a challenge for academic research and universities. (lu.se)
  • The book provides detailed coverage of the 'scientific', ethnographic and feminist traditions in social research data collection and analysis, together with information on how to go about negotiating viable projects, developing personal transferable skills, and presenting and assessing reports. (bloomsbury.com)