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1. 16. What a Waste?! : Exploring the influence of nudging on consumer behaviour towards food waste.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ana Raquel Abreu; Laura Nicole Sage; [2023]
   Keywords : Food Waste; Social Nudging; Prompting; Consumer Behaviour; Experimental Research; Pro-environmental Behaviour; Sustainability;

   Abstract : Recognizing the importance of food waste as an environmental and social problem, this thesis aims to test nudging as a successful tool to promote a pro-environmental behaviour towards food waste reduction. The present research uses an experiment in a university canteen in Gotland, Sweden, with two interventions - posters with informational prompts and practical tips. READ MORE

3. 17. Informed Or Influenced? : Understanding if Implementing Defaults and Mappings in Privacy Notices Can Affect Users' Ability to Make Well-Informed and Deliberate Choices.

   University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datateknik och informatik

   Author : Isabella Gey; Vilma Varvne; [2023]
   Keywords : Choice architecture; Nudging; Defaults; Mappings; Privacy notices; Cookies; Decision-making;

   Abstract : Since 2018, privacy notices are required by websites to inform users of their use of cookies where the users can choose whether or not they want to accept the cookies. While the use of privacy notices theoretically provides the ability for users to be in charge of their own privacy online, there are issues regarding privacy notices that lead to that they hardly ever work in practice. READ MORE

4. 18. Nudging inom ICA : ett verktyg för att främja hållbar konsumtion?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Ellen Hedlund; Natalie Hjertberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Nudging; hållbarhet; dagligvaruhandel; konsumtion; konsumtionsbeteende; beteendeförändring; ICA; sustainability; grocery retailing; consumption; consumption behavior; behavior change;

   Abstract : Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur nudging kan användas inom dagligvaruhandel för att främja hållbar konsumtion, med fokus på vilka möjligheter och utmaningar som kan synliggöras. Med hjälp av en kvalitativ forskningsmetod har intervjuer med ICA handlare och en hållbarhetscoach, visat på att det finns ett aktivt arbete gällande nudging i matbutikerna. READ MORE

5. 19. Designing for Web Sustainability: The Potential of Nudges and Sustainable Web Design in Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Communication Platforms : Development and evaluation of a fictional communication platform with a sustainability-focused approach

   University essay from Jönköping University/Tekniska Högskolan

   Author : Anne Thiess; Joella Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable Web Design; Sustainable-Friendly Behaviour; Sustainability Nudging; Data Transfer; UX-Design; Communication Platform Design; Digital Nudging;

   Abstract : Digital communication through communication platforms has increased and changed significantly during the last decade and recently not least because of the corona pandemic, which has shifted many face-to-face activities to the internet (Obringer R. , et al., 2021). READ MORE

6. 20. Mesoscale precipitation systems in the Tibetan Plateau region as represented by global reanalysis, regional downscaling and satellite data between 2001 - 2016

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Benjamin Holmberg; [2022-09-01]
   Keywords : Tibetan Plateau; monsoon; westerlies; mesoscale; convection; precipitation; climate modelling; global reanalysis; regional downscaling; spatial resolution; re-initialization; spectral nudging; convective parameterization;

   Abstract : The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is one of the world’s most important water towers. Convective precipitation systems play an important role by providing freshwater for the highly densely populated downstream regions, but they can also cause hazardous floods. READ MORE