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  1. 1. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Daniel Magnil; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Vulnerability; Knowledge; Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. New ideal types of development? The case of the United Nations Association of Sweden and the information and communication strategy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanne Andersson; [2023-11-08]
    Keywords : Foreign aid policy; Strategy for information and communication; Civil society organisation; Development; Agenda 2030; Internationalism; Isolationism; Protectionism.;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study examines how varying perspectives on development shape foreign aid budgets and how this leads to consequences for civil society organisations and society as a whole. Since Sweden´s new government took office, substantial cuts have been made to the foreign aid budget, notably reducing funding for the information and communication strategy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Approximating Reasoning with Transformer Language Models

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Daniel Enström; Viktor Kjellberg; [2023-10-19]
    Keywords : natural language processing; nlp; automated reasoning; logic; inference; machine learning; transformers; language models; BERT; BART;

    Abstract : We conduct experiments with BART, a generative language-model architecture, to investigate its capabilities for approximating reasoning by learning from data. For this we use the SimpleLogic dataset, a dataset of satisfiability problems in propositional logic originally created by Zhang et al. (2022). READ MORE

  5. 4. Beyond Formal Roles: A Balanced Leadership Approach to Leadership in Virtual Teams

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ezinne Ugochi Edet; Olaitan Zainab Ogundipe; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Organizational structure; leadership; Virtual teams; Complexity leadership; Digital platforms;

    Abstract : are becoming more complex such that they are beginning to branch out beyond the traditional top-down structures. Regardless of the structure of an organization, leadership seems to be a constant force that drives it to achieve set goals. READ MORE

  6. 5. Potentials and limitations of corporate intrapreneurship in a sustainability context – a conceptual model

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)

    Author : Alina Linden; Benjamin Randriamanampisoa; [2023]
    Keywords : corporate entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; corporate intrapreneurship; sustaina-bility; sustainable development; conceptual model;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship in organizations is defined from different perspectives and subjects, leading to a fragmented body of knowledge when it comes to defining its key characteristics. Moreover, a holistic connection [sa1] between entrepreneurship within organizations and sustainability is yet to be made. READ MORE