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This book introduces critical mapping as a problematizing, reflective approach for analyzing systemic societal problems like food, scoping out existing solutions, and finding opportunities for sustainable design intervention. This book puts forth a framework entitled "wicked solutions" that can be applied to determine issues that designers should address to make real differences in the world and yield sustainable change. The book assesses the current role of design in attaining food security in a sustainable, equitable, and just manner. Accomplishing this goal is not simple; if it was, it would not be called a wicked problem. But this book shows how a particular repertoire of design tools ca...
Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information and communication revolution in human history. From e-commerce and social media to smart manufacturing and precision farming, digital technologies have become prevalent in all aspects of economic and social life.Digital technologies also have the potential to shape climate change action. Green digital transformation can help countries adapt e¬ffectively to the impacts of climate change and create greener growth pathways.Doing this means combining a focus on digital transformation and inclusion with a strategic and sustainable use of digital technologies to address climate change.Green Digital Transformation: How to Sustainably Close the Digital Divide and Harness Digital Tools for Climate Action illuminates the channels through which digital technologies intersect with climate change, and it proposes a path to low-emissions applications of digital technologies to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.
These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the 3rd International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship - ICIE 2015, which is being co-hosted by The University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban and the Ethekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa on the 19-20 March 2015. The ICIE Conference constitutes a valuable platform for individuals to present their research findings, display their work in progress and discuss conceptual advances in many different branches of innovation and entrepreneurship in business and management. At the same time, it provides an important opportunity for researchers and managers to come together with peers, share knowledge and exchange ideas...
These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the 6th International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE 2018) which is being co-hosted by Georgetown University and George Washington University and is being held at The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) on 5-6 March 2018.
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship held in Cyberjaya, Malayisa on 26th-27th April 2017.
The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the U...
Wie geht die Universität als privilegierter Ort der Wissenschaft mit den Erschütterungen der Covid-19-Pandemie um? Die Beiträger*innen beleuchten die deutsch-französische Forschungslandschaft sowie die Institution Universität während der Covid-19-Pandemie aus interdisziplinärer Sicht und zeigen: Mehr als sonst gerät die Universität ins zentrale Blickfeld gesellschaftlicher Aushandlungen. Das Jahrbuch dokumentiert außerdem das Treffen der Frankreich- und Frankophoniezentren Deutschlands zur 25-Jahr-Feier des Frankreichzentrums der Universität des Saarlandes sowie die französische Gastdozentur 2021 »Theaterarbeit transnational«. Rezensionen zu aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Werken aus dem deutsch-französischen Bereich komplettieren den Band.