Essays about: "consensus in science"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 129 essays containing the words consensus in science.

  1. 21. Teknik och Naturvetenskap – sambo eller särbo? : Intervjuer med svenska och israeliska tekniklärare om tekniken och dess förhållande till naturvetenskapen

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Hans Nachmann; [2021]
    Keywords : Technology as a school subject; natural sciences; technological knowledge; teachers; middle school; Teknikämnet; naturvetenskap; teknisk kunskap; lärare; högstadiet;

    Abstract : Teknik som skolämne är, jämfört med många andra skolämnen, en relativt ny företeelse. Detta gäller för Sverige såväl som för resten av världen. De flesta andra skolämnen vilar på en sedan länge etablerad akademisk modersdisciplin. Dessa andra kunskapsområden är väldefinierade och har utvecklat egna ämnesfilosofier. READ MORE

  3. 22. Radicals with a cause: How Nordiska motståndsrörelsen expresses grievances in its violent political mobilization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Freja Wehrling; [2021]
    Keywords : Radicalization; extremism; violent political mobilization; right-wing; grievance; horizontal inequality; identity; relative deprivation; Nordiska motståndsrörelsen; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Radicalization is a debated concept and should a consensus arrive on its meaning, the ambiguity of the process would most likely remain. This research paper does not side with any model of radicalization but instead chooses to focus on one concept present in much of this research, namely grievance. READ MORE

  4. 23. Wall Street on a Mission I (Re)instating the Legitimacy of Finance for Development: An Analysis of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Aicha Chabbi; [2021]
    Keywords : SDG funding; global recession; public debt; Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance GIDS ; legitimacy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : According to estimates advanced by the United Nations, the annual SDG funding gap amounts to $2.5 trillion. The covid-19 pandemic further exacerbated the underlying issues as the global recession led to an unprecedented rise in public debts and economic distress triggered by defaults, capital flights and fiscal austerity. READ MORE

  5. 24. Red Lines & Hockey Sticks : A discourse analysis of the IPCC’s visual cultureand climate science (mis)communication

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Thomas Dawson; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate Change; IPCC; Data Visualisation; Information Aesthetics; Science Communication;

    Abstract : Within the climate science research community there exists an overwhelming consensus on the question of climate change. The scientific literature supports the broad conclusion that the Earth’s climate is changing, that this change is driven by human factors (anthropogenic), and that the environmental consequences could be severe. READ MORE

  6. 25. DEBATING DEMOCRACY. The Effect of Chile’s Democratization on Income Inequality, a Synthetic Control Approach.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Amber Bosma; [2021]
    Keywords : Income Inequality; Chile; Third Wave Democracy; Latin America; Synthetic Control Method; Democratization; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : How does democracy affect income inequality? Most would expect democracy to reduce income inequality. There is a general consensus that indeed democratizations in Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth century did decrease income inequality. READ MORE