Essays about: "evidence-based policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words evidence-based policy.

1. 1. “What can you offer them here that they don’t have in the bush?”: Exploring the impact of targeted sanctions on conflict-related sexual violence

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Megan Dumas; [2023]
   Keywords : conflict-related sexual violence; wartime sexual violence; targeted sanctions; UN sanctions; the Revolutionary United Front RUF ; the Lord’s Resistance Army LRA ; evidence-based policy;

   Abstract : Targeted sanctions have become increasingly utilized as conflict management tool to safeguard global peace and security. In recent years, there have been a global push to utilize this tool to specifically address conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). READ MORE

3. 2. Major forest companies and owner associations interpretation of policies and certification programs regarding riparian buffer zones

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Eric Lundström; [2023]
   Keywords : Buffer zone; Water quality; Buffer zone policy; Forestry; Policy interpretation;

   Abstract : Human intervention in forests such as clearcut forestry have a negative impact on water quality and biodiversity. To maintain water quality and its biological values a commonly used method is to leave trees and shrubs closest to the water, in so called a buffer zone. READ MORE

4. 3. Solving the BECCS Puzzle - The Role of Knowledge Brokers in the Science-Policy Interface around BECCS in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Jana Föcker; [2023]
   Keywords : Knowledge Brokers; Knowledge Transfer Process; Science-Policy Interface SPI ; Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage BECCS ; Sweden; Climate Neutrality Strategy; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Negative emissions and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) are seen as important strategies in order to reach climate neutrality by 2045 in Sweden. However, it remains largely unclear to what extent scientific knowledge has contributed to the formulation of the climate neutrality policies. READ MORE

5. 4. Practitioners of Social Investment Funds – Applied Phronesis : A study of how social investment fund policy framework affect the practices of professionals

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

   Author : Hannes Kärrman; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Investments; Evidence-Based Policy and Practice; Phronesis; Relational Theory; Impact Evaluation; Constitutive Effects; sociala investeringar; evidensbaserad policy och praktik; Phronesis; relationell teori; effektutvärdering; konstitutiva effekter;

   Abstract : Social Investments (SI) have become a significant policy tool during the 2010s for developing and implementing social policy. This study explores how the SI framework, based on social innovation, evidence-based policy and practice, and impact evaluation, affects professionals when it is implemented and evaluated. READ MORE

6. 5. Can Education Promote Wellbeing? : Implementing Social and Emotional Education in Europe: A Case Study in the Anthropology of European Policy Making

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Olga Talantopoulou; [2022]
   Keywords : Wellbeing Education; Policy Recommendations; Social and Emotional Education; European Commission; NESET;

   Abstract : This is an investigation of how the EU has promoted wellbeing education in primary and secondary schools. The aim of this thesis is to understand from an anthropological perspective how the European Commission makes recommendations in collaboration with the expert group NESET. READ MORE