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  1. 1. Differentiation of the history of ideas and delineation of the history of knowledge in Sweden 2015 - 2020

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Sverker Högberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Boundary-work; Discipline formation; Field formation; History of ideas; History of knowledge; History of science; Intellectual history; Sweden; Idéhistoria; Kunskapshistoria; Vetenskapshistoria; Disciplinbildning; fältbildning; idéhistoria; kunskapshistoria; vetenskapshistoria; Sverige;

    Abstract : This essay analyses the development of field and discipline formation in Sweden. A specific case is presented regarding the differentiation of the history of ideas, idéhistoria, and the delineation of the history of knowledge, kunskapshistoria, between 2015 and 2020. READ MORE

  3. 2. Lex Norrköping : The Norrköping Water Fluoridation Trials 1952-1962 and the Passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Jonatan Samuelsson; [2016]
    Keywords : science; dentistry; dentists; public health; caries; caries prevention; science and policy; history; history of science; uncertainty; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluorides; fluoridation; Norrköping; The Honest Broker; vetenskap; tandläkare; tandvård; folkhälsa; tandvård; karies; kariesprevention; vetenskap och politik; historia; vetenskapshistoria; osäkerhet; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluor; fluoridering; The Honest Broker; Norrköping;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how scientists and science were put to use in the passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act. The law was created for a specific purpose: that of facilitating the continuation of the water fluoridation trials that had been under way in Norrköping until January 1962, when they were forced to cease, having been deemed illegal by the Supreme Administrative Court. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dynamics of knowledge production in the Swedish Institute for Surface Chemistry, 1975-2005

    University essay from KTH/Teknik- och vetenskapshistoria

    Author : Karl Bruno; [2011]
    Keywords : knowledge production; research policy; research institutes; yki; institute for surface chemistry; kunskapsproduktion; forskningspolitik; forskningsinstitut; yki; ytkemiska institutet;

    Abstract : The Swedish industrial research institutes are research organisations that exist somewhat in between academy and industry, fulfilling an intermediary role as well as providing a space for research relevant to industrial companies, and they have a history of being funded by both state and industry as a way to support technical research in Sweden. The present study examines the history one of these institutes – the Institute for Surface Chemistry – with respect to three dimensions of its knowledge production: the role that basic and applied research has played for the institute, its external connections and the heterogeneity of its knowledge production, and how it has evaluated the quality of its research. READ MORE

  5. 4. Risk analysis and naval architecture in the period 1950-2010

    University essay from KTH/Teknik- och vetenskapshistoria

    Author : David Eriksson; [2011]
    Keywords : Risk analysis; naval architecture; modern;

    Abstract : This thesis treats the historical development of the marine industry worldwide and its relation to risk analysis during the 60 year period of 1950 to 2010. The relation between the two is found through analysis of what risks connect the two and drive the development of technology and legislation during different time periods. READ MORE