Essays about: "CEMUS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word CEMUS.

  1. 1. Bugs in the system: Re-grounding planning and environmental assessment practice : The case of Blodstensskogen, Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling; Uppsala universitet/CEMUS

    Author : Eva Maria Kottkamp; [2021]
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    Abstract : This case study focuses on the planning practice for the building project in Blodstensskogen, Uppsala (SE), that started in 2010. I put together a creative framework of more-than-human theory and methodology, addressing the case as a material-semiotic practice within a natureculture. READ MORE

  3. 2. Smart Grids and Turkey: An Overview of the Current Power System and Smart Grid Development

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/CEMUS; Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Müge Keskin; [2021]
    Keywords : power systems; smart grid; turkey; sustainable development; electrical grid;

    Abstract : Successful integration of the smart grids is crucial for ensuring the efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability of future power systems. With a 46.53% increase in total primary energy supply between 2008 and 2018 (IEA, 2020a), Turkey has the fastest-growing energy market within OECD countries (Erdin and Ozkaya, 2019). READ MORE

  4. 3. Marginalized Indigenous Knowledge and Contemporary Swedish Colonialism: The Case of Reindeer Husbandry in Gällivare Forest Sámi Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/CEMUS

    Author : Elaine Mumford; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Indigenous Knowledge; Traditional Knowledge; Sámi; Colonialism; Land Use; hållbar utveckling; traditionell kunskap; ursprunglig kunskap; samer; kolonialism; markanvändning;

    Abstract : In the Forest Sámi community (Skogssameby) of Gällivare in northeastern Sweden, reindeer husbandry is in peril as commercial interests degrade viable reindeer habitat. Among clear-cut forest and young plantations, between highways and railroad tracks, reindeer seek dwindling food. READ MORE

  5. 4. A conflict of lifestyles and battle of time : International students in sustainable development at Uppsala University

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Ewa Livmar; [2020]
    Keywords : students in sustainability; Bourdieu; critical thinking; dissonance; cleft habitus;

    Abstract : This investigation has sought to explore and understand how students who come to Sweden to study sustainable development perceive their future and what struggles they face. Underpinned by Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theories the aim was thus to understand the role of education in sustainable development for international students; by looking at what kind of assets they possess, how struggles can be understood in relation to what assets they have, in what way geographical place might be significant and how changes of values and views of knowledge may affect their views of the future. READ MORE

  6. 5. Creating spaces for sustainability transformation at universities : conditions and practices at a transdisciplinary, student-driven center for sustainability in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Lakin Anderson; [2017]
    Keywords : sustainability; transformation; transition; social practice; sustainability in higher education; social innovation; student-led education; student faculty partnership;

    Abstract : Universities are systemically implicated in local and global sustainability problems. They, like many other institutions, face the challenging task of transforming themselves towards sustainability across their domains of education, research, outreach, collaboration and campus operations. READ MORE