Space configurations for empowering university-community interactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Dorland ◽  
Christian Clausen ◽  
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Ideal Space ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Relational Perspective ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract Some see universities as a possible source of solutions to enable a sustainable transition and overcome societal challenges. Findings from three multisite case studies of Desis Labs, FabLabs, and Science Shops shed light on how universities can help empower communities and solve societal challenges locally. Adopting a sociotechnical and flat relational perspective inspired by science and technology studies (STS), we focus on the material and spatial aspects of how these spaces are configured, thereby ensuring practical relevance for policy makers and practitioners. Applying an analytical generalization methodology, we condense the qualitative data into a typology of three ideal space-types (i.e. affording, mediating, and impact-oriented) that represent specific configurations of actors, researchers, students, communities, spaces, infrastructure, equipment, facilitators, etc. The ideal space-types empower communities in different ways, require different resources to create and operate, and translate differently into specific local contexts.

scholarly journals Circular Economy in Home Textiles: Motivations of IKEA Consumers in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Lehner ◽  
Oksana Mont ◽  
Giulia Mariani ◽  
Luis Mundaca
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Disposal Option ◽  
Disposal Options ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
Normative Issues ◽  
Shed Light

(1) If policy-makers and businesses are to encourage consumers to participate in circular consumption systems, knowledge is needed about what motivates consumers to choose different disposal options. This paper aims to shed light on what motivates consumers to engage in circular home textile disposal practices. (2) Quantitative data was collected through a survey of members of the IKEA Family programme (N = 238), and logistic regressions were carried out to complement the quantitative analysis. Qualitative data was collected in semi-structured interviews with a total of 24 Swedish consumers. (3) Our findings show that donating and discarding are the most common options for handling home textiles, followed by reusing/storing, repairing, and reselling. Regression results indicate that environmental concerns, convenience, and economic reasons are the dominant motivations in choosing a disposal option. Prosocial behaviour and normative issues play a lesser role. (4) We recommend that policy-makers and businesses work to increase convenience of consumers’ participation in circular product practices, and continually communicate environmental benefits of circular disposal options. Businesses and policy-makers aiming to make circular consumption more attractive also need to ensure economic benefits for consumers.

SUR L'APPROXIMATION DES BOSONS ET L'ANTISYMÉTRIE

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 3241-3245 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Simard
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Space ◽  
Quasi Particle ◽  
Anharmonic Corrections ◽  
Spherical Nuclei ◽  
Unified Description ◽  
Boson Approximation ◽  
The Ideal

A method is presented in the scheme of the boson approximation such that the antisymmetry between the quasi-particles is introduced naturally. Based on the transcription of the quasi-particle into the ideal space, the method enables one to give a unified description of the anharmonic corrections in the even–even and odd spherical nuclei.

scholarly journals Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ami R. Moore ◽  
David Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Specific Reason

This study examined the structural constraints to disclosure of children's positive serostatus among informal caregivers to family and nonfamily members in Togo. It drew on two data sources, one qualitative and the other quantitative. Qualitative data showed that caregivers cautiously disclosed child's positive serostatus for fear of being stigmatized and discriminated against as well as to protect the children from being stigmatized. Binary regression analyses revealed that different factors influenced reasons for disclosure of a child's serostatus. For instance, while caregivers' serostatus and number of children significantly influenced disclosure for financial support, disclosure of a child's serostatus for spiritual support was strongly affected by education and religion. These results shed light on factors and reasons for disclosure among caregivers. This knowledge is important because different types of programs and advice should be given to caregivers with specific reason(s) for disclosure instead of creating a “one-size-fits all” program for all caregivers.

Franciscan Books and their Readers

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Space Form ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Ideal Space ◽  
Skilled Readers ◽  
Personal Library ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Cultural Agency ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Ideal

The book explores the manuscripts written, read, and studied by Franciscan friars from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries in Northern Italy, and specifically Padua, assessing four key aspects: ideal, space, form and readership. The ideal is studied through the regulations that determined what manuscripts should aim for. Space refers to the development and role of Franciscan libraries. The form is revealed by the assessment of the physical configuration of a set of representative manuscripts read, written, and manufactured by the friars. Finally, the study of the readership shows how Franciscans were skilled readers who employed certain forms of the manuscript as a portable, personal library, and as a tool for learning and pastoral care. By comparing the book collections of Padua’s reformed and unreformed medieval Franciscan libraries for the first time, this study reveals new features of the ground-breaking cultural agency of medieval friars.

scholarly journals SMEs Must Go Online—E-Commerce as an Escape Hatch for Resilience and Survivability

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 3043-3062
Author(s):  
Joana Costa ◽  
Rafael Castro
Keyword(s):  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
New Era ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Business Ecosystem ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Strategic Options ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Ideal

The recent emergence of e-commerce has brought a shifting paradigm into global markets. This revolutionary framework relying upon technological progress has conveyed a new era of commerce. More than ever, businesses are using digital marketplaces to stay relevant and competitive. Suddenly, buying online has become part of their daily routines. Accessibility, flexibility, and convenience make the internet the ideal platform for modern age consumers. Small and medium enterprises predominate in almost every industry generating employment, income, and sustainability. Nonetheless, e-commerce adoption among these organizations is yet to be widely undertaken. This article has a twofold objective: first, it gathers data regarding the emergence of e-commerce adoption by SMEs through a systematic literature review encompassing 32 indexed articles (published between 2003 and 2021). Secondly, it provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis identifying strategic options and guidelines for a smooth digital transition among these players. Lastly, some recommendations to policy makers were clipped to work as facilitators, given SMEs specificities. The future is digital and the struggle for e-commerce adoption and exploitation among these organizations is at the top of the agenda. It is central in maintaining the vibrancy of the business ecosystem, and is therefore a turnkey for economic recovery.

scholarly journals Research collaboration and topic trends in Computer Science based on top active authors

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Wu ◽  
Srinivasan Venkatramanan ◽  
Dah Ming Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Time Window ◽  
Time Windows ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Continuous Presence ◽  
Shed Light

Academic publication metadata can be used to analyze the collaboration, productivity and hot topic trends of a research community. In this paper, we study a specific group of authors, namely the top active authors. They are defined as the top 1% authors with uninterrupted and continuous presence in scientific publications over a time window. We take the top active authors in the Computer Science (CS) community over different time windows in the past 50 years, and use them to analyze collaboration, productivity and topic trends. We show that (a) the top active authors are representative of the overall population; (b) the community is increasingly moving in the direction of Team Research, with increased level and degree of collaboration; and (c) the research topics are increasingly inter-related. By focusing on the top active authors, it helps visualize these trends better. Besides, the observations from top active authors also shed light on design of better evaluation framework and resource management for policy makers in academia.

scholarly journals Impacting Networked Technologies on Teaching Practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cutajar ◽  
Matthew Montebello
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Higher Education Administrators ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Work And Life

Networked technologies are found permeating all work and life activities even in the education realm. Today’s networked technologies are changing the way we interact within the online environment and amongst themselves. Networked technologies have unleashed a plethora of possibilities for educators to take advantage of by employing them as part of their teaching practices. In this paper are presented findings related to how academics are experiencing networked technologies for teaching and their relation to learning. A phenomenographic approach and subsequently a quantitative stance was employed to shed light on the nature and the current dynamic of such practices. This paper recounts the phenomenographic outcome, but it particularly attends to subsequent quantitative findings obtained from consideration of learning experiences against the phenomenographic map of variation in teaching experiences whereby an unexpected clustering trend was exposed. The outcomes of this exploratory research provide crucial and essential insights for higher education administrators and policy makers on how to regulate themselves with regards to the adoption of networked technologies within their institution.

Homeomorphic Analytic Maps into the Maximal Ideal Space of H∞

1999 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Maximal Ideal ◽  
Maximal Ideal Space ◽  
Ideal Space ◽  
Gleason Part ◽  
Interpolating Sequences ◽  
Closed Subalgebra ◽  
Analytic Maps ◽  
The Ideal

AbstractLet m be a point of the maximal ideal space of H∞ with nontrivial Gleason part P(m). If Lm : D → P(m) is the Hoffman map, we show that H∞ ° Lm is a closed subalgebra of H∞. We characterize the points m for which Lm is a homeomorphism in terms of interpolating sequences, and we show that in this case H∞ ° Lm coincides with H∞. Also, if Im is the ideal of functions in H∞ that identically vanish on P(m), we estimate the distance of any f ϵ H∞ to Im.

scholarly journals Examining healthcare institutions by bringing qualitative data from two eras into empirical dialogue

Ethnography ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146613812091306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judson G Everitt ◽  
James M Johnson ◽  
William H Burr ◽  
Stephanie H Shanower
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Institutional Persistence ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Shed Light

In this paper, we argue that there is new insight to be gained by reexamining the classic text, Boys in White, in strategic ways. Specifically, we share excerpts from Boys in White with current medical students and ask for their reactions in qualitative interviews, examining the relevance (or lack thereof) of earlier meanings about professional training for current processes of professional training. We show how we have employed this technique in our current project revisiting Boys in White with current medical students, and discuss preliminary findings that reveal the potential of this technique for documenting evidence of macro-level forces in healthcare institutions using qualitative data on new doctors. We conclude with discussion of alternative approaches through which scholars could make use of this technique in future professional socialization scholarship that could shed light on dynamics of institutional persistence and change.

scholarly journals Archaeology, climate, and global change in the Age of Humans

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (15) ◽  
pp. 8250-8253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torben C. Rick ◽  
Daniel H. Sandweiss
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Political Uncertainty ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Human Ecodynamics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Shed Light

We live in an age characterized by increasing environmental, social, economic, and political uncertainty. Human societies face significant challenges, ranging from climate change to food security, biodiversity declines and extinction, and political instability. In response, scientists, policy makers, and the general public are seeking new interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches to evaluate and identify meaningful solutions to these global challenges. Underrecognized among these challenges is the disappearing record of past environmental change, which can be key to surviving the future. Historical sciences such as archaeology access the past to provide long-term perspectives on past human ecodynamics: the interaction between human social and cultural systems and climate and environment. Such studies shed light on how we arrived at the present day and help us search for sustainable trajectories toward the future. Here, we highlight contributions by archaeology—the study of the human past—to interdisciplinary research programs designed to evaluate current social and environmental challenges and contribute to solutions for the future. The past is a multimillennial experiment in human ecodynamics, and, together with our transdisciplinary colleagues, archaeology is well positioned to uncover the lessons of that experiment.

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