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Heritage as Common(s) - Common(s) as Heritage
- 2015
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The book consitutes the printed outcome of a seminar series run by the Critical Heritage Initiative (University of Gothenburg) and the Urban Heritage Cluster (Curating the City).
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- Rubegni, Elisa, et al.
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Owning Your Career Paths: Storytelling to Engage Women in Computer Science
- 2023
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In: Intelligent Systems Reference Library. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 1868-4408 .- 1868-4394. ; , s. 1-25, s. 1-25
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Motivation & challenge: Computer Science suffers from a lack of diversity that gets perpetuated by the most dominant and visible role models. The community is doing itself a disservice by upholding techno-solutionism, short-term efficiency, and busyness as central values. Those models are created and consolidated over time through social and cultural interactions that increase the perpetration of gender stereotypes. Exposing people to diverse types of role models and stories can contribute to making them more aware of the complexity of reality and inspire them taking better informed decisionsmaking on their career paths. Likewise, showing different role models to stakeholders in society and industry can contribute to increase the workforce diversity in the profession of computing as well as to make a shift towards the consolidation of different role models. This, in turn, may contribute to strengthen resilience and adequacy for solving issues related to diversity, equality and inclusion in Computer Science and more importantly allowing women take the ownership of their career path. Goal: To encourage the dissemination, sharing and creation of stories that show diverse career pathways to address gender stereotypes created by dominant stories in Computer Science. We tackle this issue by developing a framework for storytelling around female scientists and professionals to show a diversity of possibilities for women in pursuing an academic career based on the ownership of their pathways. Method: We apply a qualitative approach to analyse stories collected using the auto-ethnography and use thematic analysis to unpack the components of what in these stories contribute to building the academic path in the field of Computer Science. Authors used their own professional histories and experiences as input. They highlighted the central values of their research visions and approaches to life and emphasised how they have helped to take decisions that shaped their professional paths. Results: We present a framework made of the nine macro-themes emerging from the autoethnography analysis and two dimensions that we pick from the literature (interactions and practices). The framework aims to be a reflecting storytelling tool that could support women in Computer Sciences to create their own paths. Specifically, the framework addresses issues related to communication, dissemination to the public, community engagement, education, and outreach to increase the diversity within Computer Science, AI and STEM in general. Impact: The framework can help building narratives to showcase the variety of values supported by Computer Science. These stories have the power of showing the diversity of people as well as highlighting the uniqueness of their research visions in contributing to transformation of our global society into a supportive, inclusive and equitable community. Our work aims to support practitioners who design outreach activities for increasing diversity and inclusion, and will help other stakeholders to reflect on their own reality, values and priorities. Additionally, the outcomes are useful for those who are working in improving the gender gap in Computer Science in academia and industry. Finally, they are meant for women who are willing to proceed into an academic career in this area by offering a spur for reflection and concrete actions that could support them in their path from PhD to professorship.
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- Sagberg, Fridulv, et al.
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A Review of Research on Driving Styles and Road Safety
- 2015
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In: Human Factors. - : SAGE Publications. - 1547-8181 .- 0018-7208. ; 57:No. 7, November 2015, s. 1248- 1275
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objective: To outline a conceptual framework for understanding driving style and, based on this, review the state-of-the-art research on driving styles in relation to road safety.Background: Previous research has indicated a relationship between the driving styles adopted by drivers and their crash involvement. However, a comprehensive literature review of driving style research is lacking. Method: A systematic literature search was conducted, including empirical, theoretical and methodological research on driving styles related to road safety. Results: A conceptual framework was proposed where driving styles are viewed in terms of driving habits established as a result of individual dispositions as well as social norms and cultural values. Moreover, a general scheme for categorising and operationalizing driving styles was suggested. On this basis, existing literature on driving styles and indicators was reviewed. Links between driving styles and road safety were identified and individual and socio-cultural factors influencing driving style were reviewed. Conclusion: Existing studies have addressed a wide variety of driving styles, and there is an acute need for a unifying conceptual framework in order to synthesise these results and make useful generalisations. There is a considerable potential for increasing road safety by means of behaviour modification. Naturalistic driving observations represent particularly promising approaches to future research on driving styles. Application: Knowledge about driving styles can be applied in programmes for modifying driver behaviour and in the context of usage-based insurance. It may also be used as a means for driver identification and for the development of driver assistance systems.
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- Isacson, Åsa, 1983, et al.
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The use of digital layers in post-growth communities - an exploratory study
- 2023
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In: Proceedings for the 6th International Conference on Smart Villages and Rural Development (COSVARD 2023). - 9780734057150
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The pursuit of infinite growth on a planet with finite resources is leading to a failure in achieving global sustainable transition goals. The concept of Degrowth or 'post-growth' has emerged as a counter-movement advocating for alternative approaches focused on living within resource constraints. Within this context, small-scale communities with post-growth orientations are particularly interesting, as they actively explore their own alternative development models. These communities have potential to act as decentralised laboratories for radical change, translating Degrowth/post-growth theory into actionable practices. This paper examines how the operational tools have changed for post-growth communities since 2004 (Web 2.0). Through in-depth interviews with tech-savvy representatives in this field, the study explores the potential of "new" technologies to empower post-growth communities.
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- Geib, Jonathan, 1979
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Ett skepp kommer lastat...
- 2015
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Ett skepp kommer lastat...: a Swedish children's game in which players recount, in accumulated succession, the imagined contents of an incoming ship. The metaphorical abundance and unknowability of the latter drove this cross-institutional, multi-disciplinary collaboration and PhD research case study which engaged with the Frölunda Kulturhus's theme of 'neighbors'. A constellation of twelve participatory workshops with children explored indirect dialogues between neighbors via architectural interfaces and perspectival reversals of researcher and subject. The project led to a three-week exhibition in the Frölunda Kulturhus's main exhibition hall and involved over 165 children and youth from three different schools.
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- Johansson, Erika, 1969
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House Master School: A Model for Cross-disciplinary learning and ESD in the Construction and Built Heritage Field
- 2010
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In: Paper presented at the International conference: Engineering Education in Sustainable Development, EESD'10, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 19-22, 2010. ; , s. 12-
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper outlines some of the main characteristics of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the context of sustainable building, conservation and transformation of the built environment. It addresses the various aspects of ESD, shows how these relate to construction technology, heritage preservation and design, urban planning and development, and the emergence of this inter- and crossdisciplinary field. Some key developments affecting the various professions involved are introduced, including the learning and utilization of leadership, management, business and entrepreneurship, the role of democracy, diversity and crafts, and the need for inclusion of various groups and perspectives. In this paper, an integrated conceptual framework and a model for ESD, educational development andresearch is introduced; i.e. the House Master School (HMS). This paper discusses the concept and rationale for the development of the HMS model, and the participatory action planning and research, which underpins it. The author describes the learning objectives, expected outcomes, the anticipatedcontent and structure of the HMS model, and reflects on the experience of delivering such education and research programs in the future. The attention is focused on the role of engineering education in relation to ESD and other disciplines in the field.
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- Bakker, F. T., et al.
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The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education
- 2020
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In: PeerJ. - : PeerJ. - 2167-8359. ; 8
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Natural history museums are unique spaces for interdisciplinary research and educational innovation. Through extensive exhibits and public programming and by hosting rich communities of amateurs, students, and researchers at all stages of their careers, they can provide a place-based window to focus on integration of science and discovery, as well as a locus for community engagement. At the same time, like a synthesis radio telescope, when joined together through emerging digital resources, the global community of museums (the 'Global Museum') is more than the sum of its parts, allowing insights and answers to diverse biological, environmental, and societal questions at the global scale, across eons of time, and spanning vast diversity across the Tree of Life. We argue that, whereas natural history collections and museums began with a focus on describing the diversity and peculiarities of species on Earth, they are now increasingly leveraged in new ways that significantly expand their impact and relevance. These new directions include the possibility to ask new, often interdisciplinary questions in basic and applied science, such as in biomimetic design, and by contributing to solutions to climate change, global health and food security challenges. As institutions, they have long been incubators for cutting-edge research in biology while simultaneously providing core infrastructure for research on present and future societal needs. Here we explore how the intersection between pressing issues in environmental and human health and rapid technological innovation have reinforced the relevance of museum collections. We do this by providing examples as food for thought for both the broader academic community and museum scientists on the evolving role of museums. We also identify challenges to the realization of the full potential of natural history collections and the Global Museum to science and society and discuss the critical need to grow these collections. We then focus on mapping and modelling of museum data (including place-based approaches and discovery), and explore the main projects, platforms and databases enabling this growth. Finally, we aim to improve relevant protocols for the long-term storage of specimens and tissues, ensuring proper connection with tomorrow's technologies and hence further increasing the relevance of natural history museums.
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- Berlin, Cecilia, 1981, et al.
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Fysisk arbetsmiljö för hälsa, välmående och prestation
- 2020
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Denna rapport har till syfte att ge en kunskaps-översikt över tillgänglig forskning på temat ”Fysisk arbetsmiljö för hälsa, välmående och prestation”. Kunskapsöversiktens innehåll fokuserar på hur en frisk och välmående fysisk arbetsplats utformas, för att ge förutsättningar för god arbetsprestation parallellt med hög grad av välmående. Rapporten är avsiktligen vinklad bort från problemfokuserad litteratur om skaderisker, likaså om insatser för hälsopromotion som syftar till att individen tar ett större eget ansvar för att öka sin fysiska aktivitet eller ändring av livsstil. Istället riktas fokus mot friskfaktorer som härrör från en väl genomtänkt och avsiktlig formgivning (design) av arbetsplatsen, både i form av layout och dess ingående tekniska lösningar (exempelvis utrustningar, möbler med mera). Översikten inkluderar till stor del litteratur från ergonomi- och design-fältet, i syfte att betona kunskap om den avsiktligt formgivna arbetsmiljön och dess ingående designparametrar. En systematisk litteratursökning har genomförts med sökning i två databaser, Scopus och Web of Science. Till en början identifierades 4299 sökträffar som uppfyllde sökkriterierna. Efter sållning, granskning av abstracts och kvalitetsutvärdering av 446 fulltexter inkluderades och kategoriserades till slut 317 artiklar i två huvudsakliga kategorier: 196 primär- och litteraturstudier om fysisk belastning på arbetsplatser, samt 121 designprocessorienterade artiklar vars innehåll ger råd om, vägleder och organiserar formgivningen av en hälsosam och välfungerande fysisk arbetsplats. Kvalitetsgranskning genomfördes på samtliga inkluderade artiklar; empiriska primärstudier utvärderades med McGill Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT), litteraturstudier med Critical Appraisal Skills programmes (CASP) mall för kunskapsöversikter, och den designprocessorienterade litteraturen genomgick en förenklad kvalitetsgranskning med specialanpassad mall. Den inkluderade kunskapen spänner över många olika studietyper, metodansatser, interventionsavsikter och yrkesgrupper. Inom kategorin primär- och litteraturstudier identifierades fältstudier (134), laboratoriska studier (45), enkätbaserade tvärsnittsstudier (53) och litteraturstudier (14). Ett första resultat var att friskfaktorer av olika slag identifierades; dessa uttrycks oftast i form av önskade utfall som är spridda över ett spektrum mellan välbefinnande å ena sidan och prestation å andra sidan, till exempel välmående, nöjdhet, återhämtning, komfort, engagemang, prestation, produktivitet, effektivitet, kreativitet, problemlösning och samarbete. Vissa ”negativt” formulerade utfall är också indikatorer på fysisk belastningsfriskhet, till exempel minskad stress, fysisk belastning, fysisk skaderisk eller felhandling. Som synes håller sig inte alla dessa utfall strikt till den fysiska arbetsmiljön, utan påverkar även kognitiva och organisatoriska friskfaktorer. Resultaten redovisades även indelat i de yrkeskategorier som kunde betraktas som utmärkande i materialet. Den största proportionen av yrkesrelaterad litteratur om friskfaktorer handlar om kunskapsarbete (som domineras av kontorsstudier), följt av studier från vårdsektorn, därefter från industriella tillämpningar (inklusive byggbranschen) och därefter övriga yrken och studier som inkluderar flera yrkeskategorier samtidigt. Den design-processorienterade litteraturen innehåller mycket vägledning i hur arbetsplatser bör utformas generellt för att förbättra friskhet. De flesta studier om designprocesser som ger processrekommendationer om hur utformningsarbetet bör fortlöpa och organiseras rekommenderar en deltagande (participativ) ansats, för att skapa bättre förståelse för medarbetarnas behov och skapa engagemang under designprocessen både för design av arbetsredskap och av arbetsplatser. Det finns dock en del studier som visar att deltagande processer inte alltid leder till önskade effekter. Andra värdefulla bidrag från denna litteraturkategori berör användandet av olika verktyg för simulering och utvärdering samt metoder för att bedöma lämpligheten av arbetsplatsutformningen för specifika grupper av användare. Både arbetsplatsdesign och tekniska produktlösningar för att stödja friskhet på arbetsplatsen har utvärderats av litteraturen. Ett fåtal studier fokuserade på att utvärdera arbetsredskap för olika yrkeskategorier, ofta med belastningsergonomiska och riskkartläggande perspektiv, men även med hänsyn till aspekter som nöjdhet, preferens och användarvänlighet. Andra specifika spår i litteraturen är artiklar om sittande och stående, särskilda arbetskrav och förutsättningar för äldre arbetskraft, återhämtning. Användning av nya teknikutvecklingar i design- och utvärderingsprocesser är en annan trend som syns i litteraturen. Rapporten lyfter fram tre områden som kan bli allt vanligare: robotar som arbetsredskap inklusive hur arbetsfördelning mellan robotar och människor bör ske, användning av bärbar teknologi (wearables) eller rörelseregistrerande teknik (till exempel sensorer och kameror) för aktivitets- och/eller biometrisk mätning och slutligen ökad användning av simuleringar, exempelvis via så kallade digitala tvillingar, för design och underhåll av arbetsplatser. Enligt en kategori studier framhålls att designmässiga arbetsplatsförändringar bör kombineras med utbildning, träning och kunskapskomplettering för att uppnå beteendeförändringar hos användare av arbetsplatsen eller arbetsredskapen, detta för att erhålla de största och mest varaktiga effekterna på hälsa och välmående. Den designprocessorienterade litteraturen gav en rik och varierad vägledning i olika processer, ansatser, verktyg och metoder för hur en friskhetsfrämjande arbetsplatsdesign kan stödjas. Bidragen kan vara vägledande både för individ- och makroperspektiv, det vill säga systemsynen i artiklarna varierar mellan olika systemnivåer och kan vägleda såväl olika processteg som val och utvärdering av specifika utrustningar och layouter samt ge råd för hur en deltagande process som involverar medarbetarna bör gå till. Bland verktygen som beskrivs för dessa ändamål finns metoder, analytiska modeller, mätutrustningar och simuleringstekniker. Denna översikt hade en bred ansats, vilket har visat sig vara både en styrka och en svaghet. Det är svårt att finna klara, allmänna rekommendationer med hänsyn till så många olika specialsammanhang och skilda arbetssystems syften. Även om renodlade studier om enskilda ”friskhetsfrämjande” faktorer finns, är multi-utfallsinriktade ansatser en mycket mer intressant och relevant väg att gå för framtida forskning och utveckling. För att komma längre och djupare med sådana kombinationer av syften, tror författarna att en framgångsfaktor är att begränsa sig till fördjupade studier inom avgränsade yrkesområden, till exempel industri, vård, kunskapsarbete och andra, mer specifika områden som i denna översikt har sammanförts med andra kategorier. En ytterligare rekommenderad fördjupning skulle vara att fokusera på utvärderingar av belastningsreducerande arbetsredskap, särskilt i syfte att vägleda organisationer, arbetsgivare och formgivare i processen att upphandla, välja, införskaffa och implementera utrustning och arbetsredskap. Något som bör beforskas mer är parallella utvärderingar av fysisk och kognitiv (eller mental) arbetsbelastning från samma arbete. Detta är svårt men mycket viktigt att undersöka. Denna studie har även funnit få bidrag som berör tidsrelaterade faktorer som till exempel schemaläggning, rotation med mera, vilka presenterats som strategier för en hälsosammare grad av fysisk belastning i arbetet. En närbesläktad aspekt som vore intressant att undersöka närmare är hur interaktionen med digitala gränssnitt påverkar den fysiska belastningen, då användningen av fler digitala tjänster leder till mer fysisk interaktion med ”smarta” gränssnitt och handhållna/bärbara tekniker både i våra yrken och privat. Vidare identifierade översikten få studier som beskriver misslyckade designprocesser.
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- Baumann, Henrikke, 1964, et al.
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One, two, three, many! or…? Mapping of the controversy over the Swedish West Coast shrimp
- 2016
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In: 22nd International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- 'Controversy mapping' can provide insights about issues related to actors, their networking, and governance where the interpretation of science is at stake. In turn, these insights can be useful for advocacy processes and collective problem-solving. In order to illustrate this statement a case study was conducted for the North Sea prawn (Pandalus borealis) in the West Coast of Sweden which was the main subject of a controversy that started in 2014 and ended in October 2015 with a Marine Stewardship Council labeling for the contested prawn. We used a method from the scientific humanities, 'controversy mapping', following the methodology suggested by Venturini (2010) and Latour (2012). The method enabled us to trace statements, literatures, and actors involved in the shrimp controversy. By assembling these elements over time, we were able to describe the process of the controversy and identify the networks that 'wrestled' over the scientific interpretation of the (same) data on shrimp population size along the Swedish West Coast. By using network visualisation and analysis software, the case study shows the extension of the network of actors that were part of the controversy, their roles, influence, perspectives and relationships. The material gathered on the controversy was subsequently analysed from the perspective of the production and consumption system of the shrimp. It shows how advocacy actors build alliances with selected product chain actors in order to gather momentum for change. Based on the findings from this research it is possible to suggest that controversy study can help the product chain actors understand their production and consumption system better and provide a basis for product chain roundtables for conflict resolution and problem solving. Latour, Bruno. “Mapping controversies: syllabus 2012 -13.” MediaLab. Science Po. Retrieved from www.medialab-dev.sciences-po.fr October 15, 2015. Venturini, Tommaso. “Diving in magma: How to explore controversies with actor-network theory.” Public understanding of science 19.3 (2010): 258-273
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