scholarly journals Assessing the societal impacts of green demonstration homes: a Canadian case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Rehkopf ◽  
Ian H. Rowlands ◽  
Danielle Tobert
Keyword(s):  
Societal Impacts

scholarly journals Humanitarian Engineering: A New Interdisciplinary Course on the Application of Engineering Skills to Local and Global Humanitarian Challenges

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Sheroubi ◽  
Gabriel Potvin
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Technical Design ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Undergraduate Studies ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Humanitarian Engineering ◽  
Interdisciplinary Course

Many students express a desire to apply their technical engineering skills to produce positive societal impacts, and although sustainability frameworks do take this into consideration in traditional engineering curricula, there are relatively few avenues for students to work on real global social issues during their undergraduate studies. This paper describes a new interdisciplinary course developed at UBC on the use of engineering skills to solve humanitarian challenges.The course is composed of case-study analyses, interactive activities and simulations, group discussions and seminars, and a technical design project completed in partnership with an NGO or charity working on a particular humanitarian challenge. The rationale and design of the course and its deliverables, as well as student feedback on this first iteration of this course are presented.

Societal Impacts of a Complete Street Project in a Mixed Urban Corridor: Case Study in Pittsburgh

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 05021003
Author(s):  
Rick Grahn ◽  
Chris T. Hendrickson ◽  
H. Scott Matthews ◽  
Sean Z. Qian ◽  
Corey D. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Urban Corridor

scholarly journals Demystifying Disruptive Innovation Phenomenon: Economic and Societal Impacts

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 9-24
Author(s):  
Roula TABBAH ◽  
Alex MARITZ
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Disruptive Innovation Theory ◽  
Societal Impacts

This research aims to demystify disruptive innovation phenomena and its economic and societal impacts. The study is investigative in nature and highlights the gap between the current endorsed disruptive innovation theory and the actual impacts of the phenomena as evident in markets, industries, and societies. The study adopts a positivism philosophical approach and deductive reasoning that builds on secondary data from literature across multiple disciplines that have a strong correlation with the research topic and case study analysis of five market-leading organizations that have significantly impacted their respective industries. The paper presents a comprehensive definition and a conceptual framework that provides an appropriate illustration of the term disruptive innovation based on the conceptual findings. The findings reveal that despite challenging mainstream incumbents, disruptive innovation yields positive impacts on economies, consumers and societies. The research concludes by advocating further research to empirically test the conceptual framework and validate it through primary data and assess its generalizability.

Assessing Societal Impacts When Planning Restoration of Large Alluvial Rivers: A Case Study of the Sacramento River Project, California

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 862-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory H. Golet ◽  
Michael D. Roberts ◽  
Eric W. Larsen ◽  
Ryan A. Luster ◽  
Ron Unger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sacramento River ◽  
Alluvial Rivers ◽  
Societal Impacts

scholarly journals Boundaries Crossed and Boundaries Made: The Productive Tension Between Learning and Influence in Transformative Networks

Minerva ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Risien ◽  
Bruce Evan Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Work ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Learning Network ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Practical Guidance ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Over Time

AbstractWe present an in-depth case study of a learning network that aims to transform infrastructure and practice across the research enterprise to advance societal impacts. The theory of social morphogenesis guides our processual qualitative analysis of the network. We describe how different types of boundary work, both building and navigating across boundaries, operate in tension while contributing to transformative capacity. We conclude that learning networks can play a robust role in fostering transformation by drawing together and holding together forces which expand knowledge and authority over time iteratively and recursively. In addition to this theoretical contribution, we provide practical guidance for how network leaders can dynamically manage boundaries, shifting emphasis between strength and fluidity to support transformative change across sites and scales.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

Dual systems for all: Higher-order, role-based relational reasoning as a uniquely derived feature of human cognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Povinelli ◽  
Gabrielle C. Glorioso ◽  
Shannon L. Kuznar ◽  
Mateja Pavlic
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Reasoning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Important Case ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Relational Reasoning ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
First Order ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
Role Based

Abstract Hoerl and McCormack demonstrate that although animals possess a sophisticated temporal updating system, there is no evidence that they also possess a temporal reasoning system. This important case study is directly related to the broader claim that although animals are manifestly capable of first-order (perceptually-based) relational reasoning, they lack the capacity for higher-order, role-based relational reasoning. We argue this distinction applies to all domains of cognition.

Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Van Bergen ◽  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

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