Essays about: "Design Theory"

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1. 1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nicholas Eklund; [2024]
   Keywords : spatial theory; Liberia; Sierra Leone; environmental peacebuilding; conservation; case study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE

3. 2. Constructing Capabilities : Military Strategies of Small States in an Age of Transition: Examining the Influence of Strategic Culture

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Lara Kristjansdottir; [2024]
   Keywords : Strategic culture; neorealism; military strategy; defence planning; small state security; Sweden and Denmark.;

   Abstract : Scholars tend to approach small states’ military strategies in terms of restraints and opportunities in the external security environment, largely overlooking the influences of a state’s domestic particularities. This thesis aims to explore how the theory of strategic culture, regarded here as an inherent, domestic context in which strategy is formulated, can add nuance to such realist analyses of how small states build and adjust their defence capabilities. READ MORE

4. 3. Scaling up and down with circular economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Ríkardur Már Ellertsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Circular economy; home ownership; design for disassembly; Flexible construction; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This project commences with a personal reflection. I, the author, find myself on the verge of completing my academic journey and embarking on the pursuit of an independent life. This involves securing employment and establishing a place to call home, with the ultimate goal of starting a family. READ MORE

5. 4. Implementation of Dyson equation to accelerate convergence in RS-LMTO-ASA code

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Materialteori

   Author : Elis Uebel; Viktor Frilén; [2024]
   Keywords : Density functional theory; Dyson equation;

   Abstract : First-principle calculations is a key ingredient for us to understand, improve and design new materials. Density functional theory (DFT) [1] has proven to be a very powerful tool and a number of different versions exist depending on the problem at hand. READ MORE

6. 5. User-Centered Design in Digital Twins : Insights Based on Industrial Designers’ Activities

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

   Author : Velina Parapanova; [2024]
   Keywords : digital twin; user-centered design; activity theory; industrial design; scenarios;

   Abstract : Digital twin is an emerging technology that enhances digital transformation across many industries and domains. Most digital twins are made for a work context, and end users are the domain experts who carry knowledge in the work processes and products of which digital twin is part. READ MORE