Essays about: "Technical Unemployment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Technical Unemployment.

1. 1. Exploring learning processes and social capital in community urban agriculture projects in Bogotá, Colombia

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Lily Begg; [2023]
   Keywords : urban and peri-urban agriculture UPA ; social capital; social learning; knowledge transfer; capacity-building; agroecology; community UPA; Bogotá; huerta;

   Abstract : As the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, the social, economic and environmental living conditions of city-dwellers are under pressure. High levels of pollution, lack of transport links, informal housing, unemployment rates and increasing inequalities are just some of the challenges that rapidly urbanising cities face. READ MORE

3. 2. Getting What You Want but Not What You Need - A Qualitative Investigation of Founder-CEO Role Transition During Venture Growth

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Vendela Högberg; Sanna Liljestrand; [2021]
   Keywords : Founder-CEO; Role transition; Entrepreneurship; Venture growth; Identity conflict;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship is considered essential for societal and economic development, stimulating technical advancement, decreasing unemployment, and generating tax revenues. Likewise, founder-led companies have been proven to generate higher value than externally led companies. READ MORE

4. 3. Quests for knowledge and social mobility : Vocational and on-the-job-training as navigational tactics in the urban labour market of Sierra Leone

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Bim Kilje; [2021]
   Keywords : On-The-Job training; OTJ; apprenticeship; Technical and Vocational Education and Training; TVET; Sierra Leone; urban; labour market; tailoring; trading; practice theory; social mobility; moral education; youth; unemployment; livelihood; informal sector;

   Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the experiences of those learning tailoring and trading in Freetown, Sierra Leone via apprenticeships, other on-the-job training or Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs (TVET). I examine these forms of occupational training by investigating the practices underway, how knowledge transmission occurs, as well as why learners engage with and what they get out of these activities. READ MORE

5. 4. The Future of Human-Robot Interaction : A socio-economic Scenario Analysis

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Benedikt Krieger; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Advancing research in an interdisciplinary field such as robotics is a complex undertaking. Seldom, it is moved beyond the scope of an individual science and the challenges from other fields of research are incorporated. Research on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is attributed interdisciplinarity and, thus, is a case in point. READ MORE

6. 5. Solar Energy Potential in Kosovo : Pilot study of installation with photovoltaic modules at The University of Prishtina

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Mergim Jakupi; Maxwell Minotta Cuervo; [2020]
   Keywords : Solar PV; Prosumer; Photovoltaic Incentives; Net metering; Net billing; LCOE; Kosovo; Solceller; Prosumer; Fotovoltaiska Incitament; Nätmätning; Nettofakturering; LCOE; Kosovo;

   Abstract : The Republic of Kosovo, and its 1.8 million inhabitants, is heavily reliant on two highly pollutive lignite coal-fired power plants, Kosova A and Kosova B for energy generation. READ MORE