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Understanding the Wicked Problem of Providing Accessible Housing for the Ageing Population in Sweden. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Jonsson O   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conspicuous compassion and wicked problems: the Howard government's national emergency in Indigenous affairs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A ‘wicked problem’ is a term used in the planning literature to characterise a complex multi-dimensional problem. The article argues that Indigenous child abuse is one such problem.
Hunter, Boyd
core  

Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Hypermedia support for argumentation-based rationale: 15 years on from gIBIS and QOC [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Having developed, used and evaluated some of the early IBIS-based approaches to design rationale (DR) such as gIBIS and QOC in the late 1980s/mid-1990s, we describe the subsequent evolution of the argumentation-based paradigm through software support ...
Buckingham Shum, Simon   +5 more
core   +1 more source

From dilemmas to paradoxes: A complex systems view of sustainability management in UK universities

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, universities have transformed from passive contributors to active participants in the global sustainability movement. However, the absence of robust theoretical frameworks and larger‐scale samples has limited the progress that universities can make towards becoming sustainable.
Antonia Voigt, Andrew MacLaren
wiley   +1 more source

Diving into the wicked discourse of lead ammunition for big game hunting

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin
As evidence regarding the toxicity of lead (Pb) amassed, the heavy metal became banned from several products, such as automotive gasoline and paint. However, Pb bullets are still used for hunting big game animals in most of the world. Although regulatory
Andreas Eleftheriou, Krysten Schuler
doaj   +1 more source

Process drama as a tool for participation in explorations of ‘wicked problems’ in upper secondary chemistry education

open access: yesLUMAT
This study targets a special form of educational drama called process drama, as a potential means for enabling student engagement with wicked problems. The overarching aim is to explore how process drama may afford student agency in dealing with wicked ...
Kerstin Danckwardt-Lillieström   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nepali Women at Work: Menstruation in Informal and Formal Workplaces

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women of specific castes in Nepal are socialized to adhere to a range of menstrual customs. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews, we examine the relevance of menstrual customs in informal and formal workplaces in Kathmandu, Nepal. We expand upon Acker's work on gendered institutions cross‐culturally, highlighting its global significance, and ...
Srijana Karki, Tamara L. Mix
wiley   +1 more source

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