Essays about: "role of science in present life"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words role of science in present life.

1. 1. Womens’ Perception of their Role as CEOs and Managers of Business Incubators: leadership, environment and challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Natalia Przybyslawska; Esthefany Moscoso; [2022]
   Keywords : management; perception; challenges; gender; incubators; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Business incubators are a fundamental part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sweden. One of the key actors in these institutions are CEOs and managers. However, research on how they lead and manage is still in the early stages, and it mainly addressed the topic from a male perspective. READ MORE

3. 2. The Chilean Old-Age Pension System in Light of International Human Rights Law and the Inter-American Jurisprudence on the Right to Social Security

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Rafael Ignacio Numi; [2021]
   Keywords : Human Rights - Social Security - Pension System - Chile - Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the early 1980s, during the darkest years of Pinochet’s dictatorship, an apparently innocuous but radical decision was made: to implement an old-age pension system based on individual accounts mandatorily administered by private for-profit entities called ‘pension fund administrators’ (‘AFPs’, by its acronym in Castilian), in which the workers’ social security regarding old-age pensions was in practice totally dependent on their individual saving capacity during their working life. This was a completely novel system at that time, even at the international level, and part of a package of reforms allegedly directed to refound and modernise the country, deeply transforming the functions of the State and the role of the private sector, and causing a multiplicity of consequences felt until today in all possible areas of society and where, of course, human rights are no exception. READ MORE

4. 3. Towards a generational transformation of the role and meaning of friendship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Julie Kirketorp; [2021]
   Keywords : Friendships; individualization; biographical narrative; identity; life witnesses; intimacy; and care.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis sets out to explore the role and meaning of friendships across two age groups. This is attained by a generational interview design where the groups are separated by nearly 20 years. READ MORE

5. 4. Att utforma utemiljöer anpassade för LSS-verksamheter

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Johannes Godsk; [2020]
   Keywords : LSS; miljöpsykologi; trädgårdsterapi; trädgård; sinnesträdgårdar; autism; vårdhistoria;

   Abstract : Huvudsyfte med arbetet är att utreda hur man utformar en god utemiljö för LSSverksamheter. Närmiljön är ytterst viktig för personer som av olika anledningar behöver hjälp i vardagen. Denna grupp har i olika grad en mer begränsad förmåga att ta sig till andra miljöer än den direkta närmiljön. READ MORE

6. 5. Rejecting Fate : The challenge of a subaltern community to the creation of a sacrifice zone in Can Sant Joan, Catalonia

   University essay from KTH/Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö

   Author : Sergio Ruiz Cayuela; [2018]
   Keywords : political ecology; environmental justice; environmental humanities; subaltern environmentalism; slow violence; sacrifice zones; environmental humanities;

   Abstract : It was my first visit ever to the neighborhood association – in February 2017 – and the phone rang again in the contiguous room. “I’m sorry” apologized José Luis “but our colleagues are not here yet and I need to answer the phone”. READ MORE