Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE)
The 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) Conference, hosted by Aalborg University in 2025, brings together an interdisciplinary community of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on product longevity and sustainable development. As product lifetimes gain increasing importance in discussions on the circular economy, resource efficiency, waste reduction, and climate mitigation, the PLATE conference provides a key platform for advancing research and dialogue in this field. The 2025 edition marks a significant milestone for the community by introducing separate tracks for full research papers and extended abstracts. Both contribution types were subjected to double‑blind peer review and published open access with individual DOIs, reflecting the growing scientific maturity of the field and the need for robust, citable knowledge to inform policy and practice. This Book of Proceedings showcases contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including design, engineering, business, environmental studies, and the social sciences. Together, the papers offer new insights into how product lifetimes can contribute to more sustainable production and consumption systems within the limits of planetary resources.
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Proceedings from the 10th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL)
Engineering graduates are entering a profession marked by rapid socio‑technological change, increasing complexity, and rising demands for sustainable and socially responsible solutions. While strong foundations in engineering sciences remain essential, they are no longer sufficient. Contemporary engineers must develop a broader range of competencies, including complex problem‑solving, systems thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and emotional and interpersonal skills. International bodies such as the OECD and the World Economic Forum continue to highlight the accelerating transformation of professions and the need for education systems to prepare students for volatile and uncertain futures. Yet many engineering institutions still struggle to adapt their curricula, cultures, and practices to meet these evolving expectations. The joint conference Anchoring Conversations: Connection, Collaboration, and Co‑Creation for the Future - bringing together IRSPBL 2025, SASEE, and SoTL in the South - created a platform for dialogue across educational levels, sectors, and regions. Hosted by the University of Pretoria and Future Nations Africa, the event gathered 103 contributions from 29 countries, addressing themes such as PBL innovation, STEM education research, digital technologies and AI, sustainability, emotions and well‑being, and K–12 and vocational education. This volume presents current research and practices aimed at supporting educational transformation and equipping graduates to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Copyright (c) 2025 Juebei Chen, Lelanie Smith, Yasmin Belal Abouarabi, Karin Wolff, Zachary Simpson, Aida Guerra https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings for the European Conference on Reflective Practice-based Learning 2025
These proceedings present the contributions accepted for the Third European Conference on Reflective Practice-based Learning (ECRPL25), held in November 2025, hosted by University College of Northern Denmark (UCN) in Aalborg. For ECRPL 2025, the theme was “Reflective Practice-based Learning (RPL) and the Future of Practice-oriented Education”. The volume brings together peer-reviewed contributions from educators, researchers, and practitioners. The contributions delve into the evolving landscape of reflective practice in higher education and professional settings. Reflective Practice-based Learning (RPL) emphasizes the integration of experience, thinking, and action as foundational elements of the learning process. This approach is particularly relevant in bridging gaps between theory and practice and gaps between education and professions and businesses. The RPL framework should create good conditions for fostering a deeper theoretical understanding and better competencies for applying theoretical knowledge in real-world contexts. As we navigate the complexities of modern education, RPL offers a robust framework for developing critical thinking, adaptability, and lifelong learning skills.
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Proceedings of the 7th Conference of AG Animation 2024 (CAGA)
The Proceedings of the 7th Conference of AG Animation 2024 (CAGA), hosted by The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, present research and discussions from the conference held in Viborg, September 10–11, 2024. The event brought together scholars, industry professionals, curators, and practitioners to examine the rapid developments and emerging trends shaping contemporary animation and visual storytelling. Under the theme The (R)Evolution of Animation: Current Challenges and Future Directions, the conference explored how technological innovation intersects with ecological, political, ethical, and industrial challenges. The contributions collected in this volume analyse the key drivers transforming the field as well as the obstacles it currently faces, offering insight into the evolving trajectories of animation art, practice, scholarship, and industry.
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Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2025
The Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) organises its annual conference to address system­ic and urgent issues in urban research, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and policymak­ers to advance knowledge and collaboration. Each year, the conference provides a platform to explore critical questions at the intersection of sustainability, climate action, and social justice, while also contributing to education and capacity-building in these fields. In 2025, the conference took place in Rome at the National Research Council of Italy under the theme Sustainable and Climate-Neutral Cities for Inclusive and Equitable Urban Futures. It high­lights the urgency of addressing today’s polycrisis while recognising the planetary dimension of urbanisation. The 2025 UERA Conference featured 45 abstracts and full paper presentations, organized across five thematic sections, which structure this Book of Abstracts. The complete proceedings are currently under preparation and will be published by Springer in 2026. The DOI for the Springer publication will be shared on this page once it is available. This proceedings employed a double-blind peer-review process.
Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference
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Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2026
The 2026 conference marks another important milestone in the ongoing trajectory of the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA), building on the momentum of the recent conferences in Karls­ruhe (2024) and Rome (2025). Once again, the conference convenes a diverse and engaged scholarly community committed to advancing critical inquiry into urban transformations under conditions of rapid social, environmental, and technological change. This Book of Abstracts re­flects both the breadth and intellectual vitality of the contributions presented at the conference, as well as UERA’s continued role as a key long-term European platform for sustained scholarly exchange across disciplines, institutions, and national contexts. Beyond the presentation of individual research contributions, the conference articulates a broad­er ambition that has long characterised UERA’s activities: to provide continuity, reflexive dialogue, and cumulative learning beyond the temporal boundaries of individual research projects. While European urban research is frequently structured around finite funding cycles, UERA constitutes a durable relational infrastructure within which concepts, methods, and critical debates can be developed, revisited, and rearticulated over time. In this respect, the conference functions not merely as a venue for disseminating project-based results, but as a forum for sustaining schol­arly relationships and enabling the gradual consolidation of shared research agendas on urban transformation. This long-term orientation is particularly relevant in light of emerging efforts within European urban research to strengthen cross-project learning and knowledge consolidation, including through instruments such as the DUT Knowledge Hubs. In this evolving landscape, UERA has the potential to act as a connective reference point—linking project-based research, thematic hubs, and scholarly communities — while providing continuity beyond individual funding frameworks. By offering a stable arena for dialogue and reflection, UERA can contribute to anchoring such initia­tives within a broader, cumulative research conversation on urban transformations. The thematic focus of the 2026 conference reflects this ambition by foregrounding nexus think­ing across energy, food, mobility, and ecological transitions. Rather than approaching these do­mains as discrete policy fields or analytical categories, the conference invites contributions that interrogate their interdependencies, tensions, and governance implications. Such an approach responds to an increasing recognition within urban studies and sustainability research that con­temporary transformations demand integrated, multi-scalar, and reflexive modes of inquiry ca­pable of engaging with complexity, uncertainty, and contestation. The contributions assembled in this volume illustrate the diversity of empirical contexts, theoret­ical perspectives, and methodological approaches that characterise the UERA community. The abstracts testify not only to the richness of ongoing research, but also to the value of sustained scholarly exchange across disciplinary boundaries and career stages. As such, this Book of Ab­stracts should be read not simply as a snapshot of current research projects, but as part of an ongoing collective conversation— one that UERA is well positioned to continue nurturing through future conferences, collaborations, and shared research trajectories. Visit the conference website for more information.
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People with cerebral palsy (CP) have varying degrees of physical and cognitive challenges, which affect their opportunities to participate in the labor market. At the same time, there is limited knowledge about CP among employers, colleagues, and staff at job centers. This lack of awareness can lead to stereotypes, prejudices, and, in the worst cases, discrimination against people with CP. It is therefore important to gain new knowledge about employment and CP, and how best to support people with CP in becoming part of the workforce. The study combines data from the National Patient Registry with a nationwide questionnaire survey among people with CP, as well as interviews with people with CP, job center employees, and employers. No previous study has examined employment and CP on such a comprehensive scale. The research project is a collaboration between Aalborg University, VIVE, and Aarhus University Hospital. The research project is funded, but independent from the Elsass Foundation. We thank the Elsass Foundation for their support and for a good collaboration. We also extend our sincere thanks to CP Denmark, which has supported the dissemination of the project, and to the many people with CP who have answered our questions. A very special thanks goes to Chief Physician Gija Rackauskaite (Neuropediatrician, Ph.D.), who has participated in the project and contributed her extensive knowledge of children and adults with CP.
Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Bredgaard, Emilie Skyum-Jensen, Frederik Thuesen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
When Are You Too Old to Work and Too Young to Retire? Age Norms and the Danish Pension System
This book is produced within the framework of the Knowledge Center for Retention of Seniors in the Labor Market. The center is funded by a government appropriation and administered by VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research. The book builds on our research in the project SeniorArbejdsliv (2018–2026), which is funded by TrygFonden. Drafts of the book were read and commented on by colleagues at the Center for Comparative Welfare Studies at Aalborg University as well as two external reviewers. We thank them all for their insightful and constructive comments. The authors alone are responsible for the analyses, interpretations, and any possible errors or omissions. Finally, we extend our sincere thanks to our research assistant, Alberte Frendrup, for her invaluable help throughout the process.
Copyright (c) 2025 Christian Albrekt Larsen, Jeevitha Yogachandiran Qvist https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Systematic Quality Development in Daycare: Findings from the Fifth Mapping Survey in Kolding Municipality
This report presents the findings from the fifth mapping survey (T5) conducted in Kolding Municipality’s daycare services during the autumn of 2023. A total of 1,843 kindergarten children aged 4, 5, and 6 years, 1,856 key pedagogues, 809 pedagogical staff members, 93 leaders, and 3,242 parents participated in the survey. The mapping is part of the research and development project Learning Leadership – Daycare (2021–2025), which is based on a collaboration between Kolding Municipality and the Laboratory for Practice-Oriented Research in Daycare and School (LSP), Aalborg University. The Center for Practice-Oriented Educational Research (SePU) at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, led by Professor Thomas Nordahl, also participates in this collaboration.
Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Nordahl, Line Skov Hansen, Sigrid Øyen Nordahl (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Composition and Sound Production with SuperCollider
In this book, Anders Eskildsen introduces music and sound programming as a tool for composition and sound production at a basic level. His aim is for students to learn how to use programming as a creative tool for composing and producing sound—regardless of prior experience with programming. Everyone can learn to code at a basic level, and with music as our playground, it’s a joy! In the field of computer music, programming is the primary working tool for some musicians and composers. However, others can also benefit from exploring music and sound programming, as it opens up unique possibilities in sound design and compositional processes that are not (or only with great difficulty) accessible through more traditional instruments and tools. In addition to basic techniques in music and sound programming, the book introduces musical topics within algorithmic composition and digital sound synthesis, such as minimalist composition and beat production, as well as additive, subtractive, and granular synthesis. The technical platform is SuperCollider, a powerful tool for music and sound programming. It is also free and open source. This book was developed as supplementary material for Anders Eskildsen’s teaching in music and sound programming at the music programme at Aalborg University. Through his teaching, he discovered a lack of introductory material in Danish on the subject. While there are several excellent introductions to SuperCollider in English (Fieldsteel, 2024a, 2024b; Magnusson, 2021; Ruviaro, 2015), it can be overwhelming to acquire new knowledge in the field of computer music—filled with technical jargon—while simultaneously learning to read and write a new (programming) language, all in English. He therefore hopes that this book, aimed at beginners and written in Danish, can lower the barrier to entry for students and other curious minds interested in composition and sound production through programming tools. By studying this book, completing the exercises, producing sound, and composing in ways you never imagined possible, you will gain a solid foundation for continuing your work with composition and sound production in SuperCollider. Fortunately, there is much more to explore, and a new world of possibilities will gradually unfold before you. At the end of the book, Anders Eskildsen points to resources for further study.
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Paving the Way for Employment: An Evaluation
The project "Paving the Way to Employment" aims to support young people with disabilities in overcoming internal barriers that may hinder their access to the labor market or further education. Through a course program, the project seeks to strengthen participants’ self-understanding, self-confidence, and belief in their own abilities, while also providing concrete strategies for managing both working life and everyday life with a disability. This evaluation aims to assess whether the project has had the intended impact on the participating youth. The evaluation focuses on two key areas. First, it examines the extent to which the project has succeeded in breaking down internal barriers for the participants. Second, it assesses how far the participants have come toward employment or education after completing the course. To evaluate these aspects, the study is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative part consists of surveys conducted at the beginning of the course, at its conclusion, and six months after completion. The qualitative part includes observations and interviews, providing deeper insight into the participants’ life situations as young people with disabilities. The evaluation was carried out by the Research Center for Disability and Employment, with Associate Professor Ditte Shamshiri-Petersen as project leader and Professor Thomas Bredgaard as project participant. Student assistants Marika Urban Bløde, Sofie Locht, and Maria Petersen contributed to data collection and analysis. "Paving the Way to Employment" was developed as a project from 2020 to 2025 by the Danish Association of Youth with Disabilities (SUMH), funded by the VELUX FOUNDATION. The job-seeking and coping program for unemployed youth was created in collaboration with the Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted (IBOS). It has been implemented, tested, and further developed by SUMH in cooperation with the municipalities of Aarhus, Frederiksberg, Fredericia, Solrød, Hillerød, Slagelse, Lolland, and Bornholm.
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Active Mobility and Design in Vesterbro Torv: Investigating people’s active mobilities, practices and interactions with the temporary design of Vesterbro Torv
This report investigates active mobilities from the users’ perspectives in the temporary design of Vesterbro Torv in Aarhus, Denmark. Ethnographic and urban design research was conducted to understand the temporalities of people’s mobilities and interactions on the site, uncovering nuanced everyday life situations. We investigated: How do the temporary design and design elements of Vesterbro Torv facilitate and/or hinder active mobility and social practices? Who are the users, and how do they interact with the square in its temporary condition? What are their movement patterns and motivations? A multi-method approach was adopted, combining desktop research, ethnography, urban design mapping and analysis, and insights from the collaboration and discussions with Aarhus Municipality to gain a comprehensive understanding of the square’s dynamics. The research results indicate that Vesterbro Torv works as an urban node that facilitates active mobility, transit, and social interaction. The temporary arrangement of the square affords diverse and spontaneous cycling and pedestrian mobility patterns through and across the square. In some situations, the interaction between pedestrians and cyclists creates disruptions and conflicts due to the need of defining clear separation between mobility paths. In addition, the temporary spatial arrangement facilitates diverse social activities and opportunities to stay. The results from the interviews and observations revealed the need for more calm and inclusive areas for resting and moving, particularly for children, families, elderly, and people with mobility challenges (e.g., wheelchair users). Moreover, users expressed the need for more greenery, legibility and organized spaces to stay, linger and move around.
Copyright (c) 2025 Andrea Victoria Hernandez Bueno, Marwa Shokair (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
AI Disruption of Chartering in Danish Shipping
Our research highlights the current state and trends of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Denmark’s chartering, particularly in the dry bulk and tanker segments. Companies in the dry bulk sector are leading AI adoption, with the tanker segment closely following and adoption rates in our sample appear higher than national averages reported by consultancies. Most firms are in either the experimental phase or transitioning toward more integrated AI systems, often opting for hybrid models that allow them to maintain internal control over key processes. Factors such as company size and maturity also influence the pace and approach to AI adoption.AI is seen as a tool to enhance rather than replace jobs in the early stages of shipping operations, especially in pre-fixture activities. However, there is greater potential for automation and job substitution in the post-fixture phase, particularly in tasks such as contract (CP) management. On the supply side, the market for maritime AI and software solutions is highly competitive and fragmented, with many providers offering diverse products. Recent consolidation trends reflect different strategies: some companies, like are specializing in core offerings, while others, like are diversifying into both SaaS and pure software models. These consolidations are not only intensifying competition but also fostering partnerships between rivals—a dynamic known as coopetition. Interestingly, some shipping firms are entering the software market themselves, signaling innovation in business models. Machine learning (ML) technologies are primarily used in pre-fixture tools (like email management and tracking), while generative AI is increasingly applied in post-fixture functions, particularly contract management.
Copyright (c) 2025 Agnieszka Urszula Nowinska, Gisele Msann (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Negotiation Tool for Mutual Gains – A Handbook
Climate projects are filled with negotiations about how an area should look, when something should happen, or who should have a seat at the table. These negotiations often involve a wide range of disciplines, perspectives, and representatives who must agree on a shared path forward. This handbook presents a tool for “mutual gains negotiations”—that is, negotiations aimed at finding value-creating solutions that accommodate different perspectives, interests, and needs. The tool is based on interest-based negotiation approaches, where the goal is to serve the collective by delving deeper into the various interests at play. To do this effectively, I argue that it is necessary to clarify what is at stake for oneself and for the others at the negotiation table. Without such clarification, misunderstandings may arise about what is actually being discussed and what common path can be taken. The tool consists of seven “clarification points” that can be used as guiding markers in a collaborative process. It should not be seen as a recipe book, but rather as something that must always be tailored to the context in which it is used. Some points may only be partially relevant in your context, other key topics may need clarification, or some points may require longer conversations than others. Overall, however, the tool can be used in four phases of a collaboration: the preparation, learning, negotiation, or communication phases. This means you can prepare for a negotiation by reviewing the points and considering where you and others stand in the situation. Through conversations, you can then refine and nuance your understanding of others’ positions by learning more about their perspectives. This can lead to a negotiation phase where you agree on a shared path forward, and the points can be used to navigate and guide the negotiation. Finally, the tool can also be used to communicate about your process, project, or collaboration to ensure transparency and avoid misunderstandings about the project's content and purpose.
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Den Lille Bog om Reparation er en praktisk og inspirerende guide til børn og unge, der vækker nysgerrigheden for bæredygtighed og kunsten at reparere. Skrevet af Nikoline Sander og Linda Nhu Laursen, inviterer bogen læserne til at udforske de skjulte muligheder i hverdagsgenstande og forvandle dem fra ødelagte til funktionelle – alt imens vi passer på miljøet. Bogen er opdelt i tre spændende dele: 1. Produkter og Reparation: Lær, hvad produkter er lavet af, deres påvirkning på planeten, og hvorfor det er sjovt og vigtigt at reparere dem. 2. Produkter Pillet fra Hinanden: Kig nærmere på hverdagens genstande som lamper og legetøj, og lær at identificere og fikse deres dele. 3. Repair Camp: Skab din egen Repair Camp, arbejd som et team om ødelagte ting, og lær trin-for-trin teknikker til at bringe dem tilbage til livet. Fyldt med tips, aktiviteter og eksempler fra virkeligheden giver bogen læserne værktøjer til at handle, spare ressourcer og opleve glæden ved at give ting en ny chance. Uanset om det er derhjemme, i skolen eller med venner, gør Den Lille Bog om Reparation reparation til et kreativt eventyr.
Copyright (c) 2025 Nikoline Sander, Associate Professor, Linda Nhu Laursen (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Why is the world order always under transformation? Life-Modes in a Changing World Order describes how the formation of people’s distinct cultural life-modes and the states’ distinct defence modes contribute to the continuous and uneven transformation of the state system. Elaborating the concept of ‘neoculturation’, this work analyses how people strive to sustain, improve, and defend the conditions of existence of their own life-modes – with the unintended result that these modes are changing. It scrutinises how, when, and why the neoculturation of each life-mode is also changing the conditions of existence for the other life-modes with which it coexists – and the society these form together. The neoculturation concept is part of a theory on how struggles for recognition at the global level splits into self-defending states whose cultural modes of life condition each other. This fission theory – in critical dialogue with other classical and contemporary theories of culture and society – aims to explain why the formation of state forms constantly develops and dissolves into interdependent socio-cultural wholes of necessary life-modes. To do this, Life-modes in a Changing World Order elaborates the concepts of state, mode of production, and culture in analyses based on comprehensive ethnographic description and ethnological explanation of how modes of life are changing. Fieldwork has been conducted in Denmark and China providing insights into people’s contrasting ideas of what makes up ‘the good life’: The good family life, the good professional life, the good community, the good society. Life-Modes in a Changing World Order demonstrates how and explains why peoples’ life-modes have been changing from the cold war, high modernity period of the 20th century to the 21st century characterized by neoliberal political economy, great power rivalry and the global challenges of rising inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss.
Copyright (c) 2024 Thomas Højrup, Niels Jul Nielsen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with their cities.
Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
An overview of international research on manager well-being
The report provides a comprehensive overview of international research on manager well-being based on a scoping review of 698 research articles published from 1953 to 2024. The purpose is to create an overview of the existing research and identify research gaps that can inform future research and practice efforts. Manager well-being is an important, but still under-exposed area that has a direct impact on both managers and their organizations' results. The report finds that despite increasing interest in the topic since the turn of the millennium, which has provided valuable knowledge about manager well-being, there are significant gaps in the available knowledge about manager well-being, e.g. within many industries. We identify three overall main themes within the research and a number of knowledge gaps within each of the themes: The precondition perspective: What are the preconditions for manager well-being? That is, what helps to promote and hinder manager well-being? The outcome perspective: What are the results and effects of manager well-being? The intervention perspective: What initiatives and interventions can contribute to strengthening or promoting managers' well-being? Here we look at intervention studies. This is an emerging field of research where there is a need to consolidate and expand the understanding of managers' well-being. For example, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of how different management levels and factors affect managers' well-being over time. The report recommends a stronger focus on cross-sectoral studies, in-depth studies of less covered industries and geographical areas, and the development of and research into interventions that can test new ways to improve managers' well-being across sectors and management levels.
Copyright (c) 2025 Jan Heiberg Johansen, Stine Rasmussen (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
ISIC 2024 Adjunct Proceedings: The 15th Information Behaviour Conference
The Information Behaviour (ISIC) conference is a biennial conference focusing on contextualized information activities, expressed in different forms such as ‘information behaviour’, ‘information seeking’, ‘information experience’ and others. The conference is a platform for research exploring information seeking as a rich site of study, going beyond a sole focus on technological aspects and exploring a wide variety of contexts.
Copyright (c) 2024 Mette Skov, Perla Innocenti, Elina Late, Tim Gorichanaz, Elke Greifeneder (Volume editors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Affordance describes an object or space in terms of the actions made possible for the human in the meeting of a design (or non-design) of anything. Affordance is a key concept across all scales of design, as it allows us to not only understand a site, structure, or object in terms of its physical, aesthetical, and material, properties but how these relate to the abilities of humans or animals and their opportunities for actions. For an object “to be graspable, an object must have opposite surfaces separated by a distance less than the span of the hand.” (Gibson, 1979, p 133). In that way, affordances seek to capture the possible relation, the complementarity of the objects or environments properties and the human’s abilities and intent.
Copyright (c) 2024 Linda Nhu Laursen, Ole B. Jensen, Markus Löchtefeld (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Education and information in the Danish refugee camps after World War II
When the German occupation forces in Denmark capitulated in May 1945, there were several hundred thousand German refugees in the country. They had come from the easternmost parts of Germany, where many civilians fled westward for fear of the Russian soldiers. Most German men had been called into the military, so the refugees were mostly women, children and elderly people, and they had to stay in Denmark for several years after the end of the war. They lived in refugee camps around the country, isolated from the Danish society. It was a difficult situation. Returning to Germany was not possible for the time being, and most refugees' homelands would no longer be part of Germany at all. After the occupation, there was also aversion to Germans among the population. But the Danish authorities acknowledged that they had a responsibility for the refugees. They established a refugee administration to ensure humane conditions in the camps, and they also organized schools, education and information in the camps. This book is about the education and information work in the refugee camps. The book describes and analyses the Danish authorities' goals and plans and the activities that were initiated. At the same time, it sheds light on the ideological prerequisites and the German refugees' experiences of the school and information activities in an everyday life characterized by cramped conditions, uncertainty, the loss of family and homeland, and isolation from the Danish society.
Copyright (c) 2024 Karen Egedahl Andreasen, Palle Rasmussen (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
We have carefully curated and selected the 7 most important theoretical concepts in design theory, together they constitute the paradigm of design at Aalborg University. We bring an overview of these fundamental theories and provide a coherent and concise explanation of how they are interdependent. This unfolds the relativity of design, as each element constitutes a part of design that is not visible but influences, and is influenced by, the other elements. These invisible elements are essential and powerful – in fact, we see them as strong theoretical concepts that come to life as the forces of design. Through several years of research, we have gotten it narrowed down to 7 distinct key theories: 1) wicked problems, 2) co-evolution of problem and solution, 3) framing, 4) abductive reasoning, 5) reflection in- and on-action, 6) visual representations, 7) situating – which is the magic we teach our designers. The Design Lab Materials Series is practice-oriented research material from AAU Design Lab, Aalborg University. The main idea of ​​the Design Lab Materials series is to communicate design research in concrete terms. The vision is to give tangible knowledge input back to society. The goal is to communicate results from the researchers' systematic work with design education and research projects in an accessible format. The series contains various formats: textbooks, reports, handbooks, etc. The material is research-based, typically targeted at either: 1) Design students, especially from Industrial Design, Aalborg University. 2) Companies, other actors and organizations with an interest in responsible design. 3) Ordinary people interested in design. The Design Lab Material Series is Open Access and is published by Aalborg University Open Publishing. Series editors: Associate Professor Linda Nhu Laursen Associate Professor Christian Tollestrup
Copyright (c) 2024 Linda Nhu Laursen, Christian Tollestrup, Helle Nødskou Vesti (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0