Essays about: "science in everyday life"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 essays containing the words science in everyday life.

  1. 1. Model-Level Timing Analysis for UML-RT Capsules

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Niclas Ståhlbom; [2023]
    Keywords : computer science; software engineering; algorithm; real-time; real-time systems; UML-RT; capsule diagram; WCET; analysis; WCET analysis;

    Abstract : Real-time systems surround every facet of our lives. They can be found in anything from everyday objects like mobile phones and washing machines to objects critical to life and infrastructure including heart rate monitors and nuclear power plants. As time progresses these systems are becoming ever more complex. READ MORE

  3. 2. Occupational balance among Swedish working academics at the age of 65 and beyond

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; Lunds universitet/Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv

    Author : Joakim Brandt; Magdalena Jaros; [2023]
    Keywords : Occupational science; occupational balance; older academics; older workers; extended working life; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Backgrund: Academics in retirement age are the longest working professional group in Sweden. The need for a prolonged working life among other professions has been arising due to the aging population and its various implications for society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate Justice Movement as Norm Entrepreneur in Global Politics : Creating an Alternative Future in Lützerath to Protest Coal Mining

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Sara-Lorena Mehl; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Movements; Global Norms; Norm Entrepreneurs; Everyday Utopias; Prefiguration;

    Abstract : This thesis argues that contemporary climate justice actions can present a case for how social movements and activists engage as norm entrepreneurs with global politics. Following a case-based approach (McKee, 2003) and combining perspectives of political science with anthropology, theoretical concepts of everyday utopias (Cooper, 2014) and prefiguration (Maeckelbergh, 2011b; 2014) are applied to the case of a village occupation in Germany against a lignite coal mine expansion. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sámi people belong in Umeå: A qualitative research of institutions ontological security provision for the Sámi community in Umeå

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alicia Barkström; [2022]
    Keywords : Ontological security; Sámi; Identity; Belonging; Decolonial theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For many years, indigeneity has been conceptualized as rural, making Indigenous communities and people in cities invisible globally. For the Sámi people, Europe’s only indigenous people, security is mainly understood as physical-centering extraction and environmental degradation. READ MORE

  6. 5. If it’s not fun, it’s not sustainable - pathways to social change through connectedness, leading to action, leading to change at music & arts festivals.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Reece Jager; [2022]
    Keywords : Music and Arts festivals; Connectedness; Collective identity; Collective action; Sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to test the idea that the more connected you are to the people around you, the more likely you are to act collectively or in the best interest of the collective. I tested this using Music and Arts festivals, a context in which people feel connected faster and more intuitively than in everyday life. READ MORE