Koblenz University of Applied Science, Department of Materials Engineering, Glass and Ceramics Playing a Key Role in the Science and Education Network for the Refractory Industry

2014 ◽  
pp. 409-412
Author(s):  
Olaf Krause ◽  
Peter Quirmbach
Keyword(s):  
Refractory Industry ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Science Department ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Education Network ◽  
Engineering Glass

The Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark Science and Education Network for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Gomes ◽  
Emanuel Castro ◽  
Gonçalo Vieira ◽  
Carla Mora ◽  
Susana Echeverria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Dynamic Structure ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Education Network

<p>The Network of Science and Education for Sustainable Development of the Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark, implemented in 2019, aims at supporting and fostering applied research in the Estrela Geopark’s territory, based on an articulated set of interdisciplinary working Groups with close links to the Higher Education Institutions and the national scientific and technological system, highlighting the entities that carry out research in mountain regions. Besides, it will also serve as a catalyst for the new generation of scientists who will benefit from the more than 2,200 km<sup>2</sup> of this territory as a living laboratory.</p><p>The Network presents a dynamic structure, through a set of nuclei (working groups), promoting science and education, and developing scientific research in complementary areas. Each Nucleus is coordinated by a Responsible Researcher (RR) and includes a team appointed by him. The Nuclei develop their R & D activity in articulation with public and private research units and technology centres, whose activity is developed in lines and projects closely related to the Estrela Geopark. Its priority activities will be defined within the framework of the Estrela Geopark’s Strategic Plan for Science, as well as within the premises of UNESCO, with priority in the following areas: Geology and Geomorphology, Landscape, Culture and Heritage, Climate and Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecology, Environment and Natural Resources, Territory Planning and Risks, Tourism, Leisure and Sustainable Development.</p><p>Thus, this network aim at creating activities that promote science, education and scientific knowledge, in a collaborative way, based on the establishment of medium and long-term strategic partnerships between different actors of the territory and institutions that carry out research in the several themes, having as main objectives the cooperation in the identification of challenges, joint planning of activities, the definition of projects, the development of studies on the territory of the Estrela, the sharing of resources and infrastructures and the mobility and / or exchange of resources, with the aim of transferring, sharing and disseminating knowledge.</p><p>This Network promotes 5 working groups of science and education in: Climate Change; Water Resources; Biodiversity and Ecology; Tourism and Sustainability; Geodiversity and Geoconservation.</p><p>This holistic strategy aims at putting scientific knowledge at the service of the communities, through an effective citizen science, implementing various activities with the direct involvement of the communities and its promotion.</p>

IBM's Early Adaptation to Cold War Markets: Cuthbert Hurd and His Applied Science Field Men

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Akera
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Business ◽  
The United States ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Science Department ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Science Field ◽  
War Economy ◽  
Federal Research ◽  
The Cold War

The International Business Machines Corporation adapted early on to the opportunities created by the cold war economy in the United States. This account of IBM's adjustment to the circumstances of that time unveils the detailed process by which a firm situated outside the traditional defense industries forged new institutional allegiances between business and government and between science and industry. Beginning in 1949, IBM's Applied Science Department, under the leadership of Cuthbert Hurd, enabled the company to enter new technical markets that had been created by federal research and defense expenditures. But there were also broader consequences to IBM's decision to embrace scientific culture, among them the transformation of its traditional sales and product development strategies in ways that were not indisputably functional.

The Education of Research Psychologists in Sweden

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Larsson ◽  
Josef Frischer
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Science Department ◽  
Research Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Science Department ◽  
Learning Alliance ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
The Government

The education of researchers in Sweden is regulated by a nationwide reform implemented in 1969, which intended to limit doctoral programs to 4 years without diminishing quality. In an audit performed by the government in 1996, however, it was concluded that the reform had failed. Some 80% of the doctoral students admitted had dropped out, and only 1% finished their PhD degree within the stipulated 4 years. In an attempt to determine the causes of this situation, we singled out a social-science department at a major Swedish university and interviewed those doctoral students who had dropped out of the program. This department was found to be representative of the nationwide figures found in the audit. The students interviewed had all completed at least 50% of their PhD studies and had declared themselves as dropouts from this department. We conclude that the entire research education was characterized by a laissez-faire attitude where supervisors were nominated but abdicated. To correct this situation, we suggest that a learning alliance should be established between the supervisor and the student. At the core of the learning alliance is the notion of mutually forming a platform form which work can emerge in common collaboration. The learning alliance implies a contract for work, stating its goals, the tasks to reach these goals, and the interpersonal bonding needed to give force and endurance to the endeavor. Constant scrutiny of this contract and a mutual concern for the learning alliance alone can contribute to its strength.

Environmental Psychology as an Applied Science

1978 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-138
Author(s):  
ALAN S. LEVY
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Psychology ◽  
Applied Science
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