Essays about: "science affects society"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words science affects society.

1. 6. ‘The Gaps Between Stories’ : Examining the Gray Area of Sexual Consent in The Handmaid’s Tale

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Paulina Sundqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This project’s aim was to examine how the institutionalization of rape and sexual violence becomes problematic if analyzed through the conceptual lens of consent and complicity. After this close reading of consent and sexual violence, the answers are still not clear or easily discerned. READ MORE

3. 7. Exploring Megaproject Governance with Regard to Collaboration : The case of the International Space Station

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Tatar Gabor; [2021]
   Keywords : megaproject; project management; governance; project governance; collaboration; space industry; construction industry; ISS; control; flexibility; megaprojekt; projektledning; styrning; projektstyrning; samarbete; rymdindustri; byggindustri; ISS; kontroll; flexibilitet;

   Abstract : Our society is more dependent on global problem-solving than ever before. Megaprojects are one way of solving this challenge. Even though some of them are supposed to give answers to the direst problems of our time, our knowledge about them is paradoxically poor that leads to economic losses. READ MORE

4. 8. We need engineers - not dishwashers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Patrice Katumbulu; [2021]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to perform a media study of how the identity of” immigrants” is constructed and which discourses about “immigrants” appear in one of the Swedish newspapers, Aftonbladet. With this study, I intend to shed light on how the discourse reflects and affects the broader marginalization in the Swedish society. READ MORE

5. 9. How We Define Corruption : A comparative study of NGOs and government agency’s definition and experience of corruption

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Turkan Omari; [2020]
   Keywords : corruption; NGO; INGO; SIDA; SCA; Afghanistan;

   Abstract : Objective Over the latest decades, NGOs have grown exponentially both in size and influence; they have come to play a significant role in development and support for civil society and the democratization process in developing countries. With an increased influence and budgets, NGOs have also come to be increasingly associated with corruption – as victims of corruption, as driving forces of corruption, and finally as anti-corruption activists and strategists. READ MORE

6. 10. Caring for women with experiences of intimate partner violence : Nurses’ perspectives in Hanoi, Vietnam

   University essay from Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap

   Author : Linn Backeström; Ida Olsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Intimate partner violence; Vietnam; nurses; care; caregiving; nurse-patient relation; Våld i nära relationer; Vietnam; sjuksköterskor; vård; omvårdnad; sjuksköterska-patientrelationer;

   Abstract : Background: Intimate partner violence affects 30 percent of women globally and implies physical, sexual or psychological harm to a person, caused by their partner or ex-partner. There exists gender inequality in Vietnam that affects women negatively during their lifetime. READ MORE