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11. Resolving or transforming conflict? Analyzing mediation guidance within the United Nations, through the lenses of a problem-solving and transformative approach to mediation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The field of mediation tend to shift as practitioners and theorists make new recommendations concerning how the mediation practice should be conducted. The United Nations play a crucial role in this, its work involves providing training and guidance for new mediators through various arms of their system. READ MORE
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12. Citizens’ Assemblies: a potential transformative method for addressing the wicked problem of climate change : A case study of the 2016 Irish Citizens’ Assembly.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The amount of global greenhouse gas emissions needs to be significantly reduced in order to reach the Paris agreement target of 1.5°C by 2050. Contemporary representative political systems have failed so far in adequately addressing the complex problem of climate change. READ MORE
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13. Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : Urban Living Labs emerged in the past decade as spatially embedded multi-stakeholder integrating forms of urban experimentation. They pose as key-nodes for transforming urban governance and generating new, innovative responses to pressing wicked planning and sustainability issues for cities in transition. READ MORE
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14. PARENT ENGAGEMENT IN SWEDISH PRESCHOOLS A narrative inquiry through the conceptual lens of proximal processes
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: There is an overall heavy emphasis on establishing strong teacher-parent relationships in the Swedish National Curriculum for Preschools and parent engagement in this regard, is considered important for reasons such as promoting child well-being-, healthy development-, socialisation- and learning through play. The central target of inquiry in this study was thus to investigate children- and adults’ understanding of parent engagement in Swedish preschools through the conceptual lens of proximal processes and explore how this may or may not affect child well-being and development Theory: The importance of understanding children’s learning as embedded in the social, cultural and family contexts in which it occurs contributes to the overall consensus that children will, in a well-being-, development- and learning perspective, do better with parents who are actively engaged in their children’s pedagogical life. READ MORE
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15. "We fight hard to make sure that we bring peace" - A study of women's organisations and peacebuilding in Liberia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000 it has become a frequently repeated argument that the participation of women makes peacebuilding processes more sustainable. Women’s involvement in peacebuilding is often connected to a long-term perspective, despite this little research have been carried out to examine how long-term peacebuilding is exercised in practise, leaving the understanding of the concept incomplete. READ MORE
