Category: Dissertations and Theses
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International Boundary Organisationsand the Knowledge-Governance Interface
Abstract Deliberation on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) for global grand challengestakes place within International Organisations, where complexity, uncertainty, andvalue divergence complicate traditional notions of the science-policy interface. Thisthesis argues that the Knowledge-Governance Interface (KGI) better captures thereciprocal and power-laden relations between knowledge and decision making. Itdevelops an analytical framework for studying KGIs within International…
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Technological Convergence in Manufacturing: Research, Adoption and Policy (full-text, dissertation)
Author: Tausif A. Bordoloi Organization: University of ManchesterSource: A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Humanities, Alliance Manchester Business SchoolYear: 2022 For FULL-TEXT https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/234004561/FULL_TEXT.PDF The notion of cyber-physical convergence, which indicates the pervasive integration of digitaltechnologies in manufacturing, has rapidly gained prominence…
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Digital Technologies of Information and Communication and Social Hierarchy of Objects in the field of Education: empirical tests (FULL-TEXT)
This article presents the report of an empirical investigation on scientific production in Education using bibliometric and scientometric data analyzed based on concepts created by Pierre Bourdieu for the sociology of science with the aid of a historical and philosophical framework. Using metadata from more than 6000 theses defended between 1996 and 2016 in postgraduate…
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2020 Dissertation: INTEGRATING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFICATION INTO SCENARIO-BASED TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPPING FOR TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT: A CASE EXAMPLE OF THAILAND’S AMBULANCE TECHNOLOGIES
Technology foresight allows an organization to systematically keep track of emerging technologies to be adopted in its technology development plan. In Thailand, the National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) develops the nation-wide emergency service system. While foresight methods such as scenario planning and technology roadmapping are already deployed at NIEM, the experts are unable to…