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Harberger, Arnold C. "Notes on some issues in social project evaluation." Journal of International Development 6, no. 1 (1994): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.3380060109.

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Тімофєєва, Марина Іванівна. "СОЦІАЛЬНІ ПРОЕКТИ В СИСТЕМІ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ НАСЕЛЕННЯ". Bulletin of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. Series: Economic sciences 127, № 5 (2019): 73–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.30857/2413-0117.2018.5.7.

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The paper discusses the issues of social projects development to meet the citizens’ needs or to resolve certain social problems by changing the social situation. The reason for designing social projects is responding to the challenges with conflicting, multi-vector development trends or those to be adequately addressed. Social projects demonstrate their specifics. In this context, the principal expert in their assessment is not the government or the project contractor but the society. In modern realia, it is critical to build a strong social state which can not be achieved through the government’s policies alone, however the combined efforts and close cooperation between the community and the state contributes to the desired effect. evidence revealed that such partnerships have gained great significance, although it is argued that there is a need to clearly demarcate the roles of each of the parties. An appropriate information platform was created in Ukraine that optimizes the process of selecting the best projects and accessing the results after their testing. Social projects have a large variety of forms, dimensions, sources of funding and terms of execution. The issue of project feasibility remains paramount. The key criteria to evaluate the social project implementation expediency are the following: harmonization of project proposals, business goals and the overall government strategic development plan; identifying the significance of the project results for the government; specification of the social project capability to adapt for most regions of the country; social project effectiveness. Social projects have become an essential element within the social protection framework, since modern society have no more expectations as to the government assistance, but ultimately seek to search for their own tools to resolve social issues through developing social projects and programs, attracting investment, etc.
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Putri, Claudia Karina. "PERAN AIESEC LOCAL COMMITTEE (LC) BANDUNG DALAM MENDUKUNG PENCAPAIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)." Global Political Studies Journal 2, no. 1 (2018): 41–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.34010/gpsjournal.v2i1.2008.

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As an International Non-Governmental Organization, AIESEC Bandung is supporting the achievement of SDGs. There are various activities of AIESEC Bandung, both internship programs and social projects that have an impact on achieving SDGs. In addition, AIESEC Bandung has carried out internships and social projects long before the SDGs were issued. After the SDGs were issued, AIESEC Bandung then included SDGs goals and targets relevant to the AIESEC Bandung social project. Based on the results of interviews and literature studies, it can be seen that there are various social projects in AIESEC Bandung that help achieve SDGs, such as the Sampurasun, I Green, Social Entrepreneur, Impacting, Malala and I Care for Disabled projects. Both project participants and project partners feel the positive results of these social projects. The activities of AIESEC Bandung which continue to take place every year also make this activity sustainable. Even so, there are still many improvements that must be improved by AIESEC Bandung to support the achievement of SDGs, such as social project sustainability issues, difficulties in finding partners and the absence of cooperation with the government.
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Taylor, C. Nicholas, Colin Goodrich, and C. Hobson Bryan. "Issues-oriented approach to social assessment and project appraisal." Project Appraisal 10, no. 3 (1995): 142–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02688867.1995.9726988.

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Barat Oglu, Rakhimov Adham. "Scientific Project For Humanities Students." American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations 03, no. 05 (2021): 346–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajssei/volume03issue05-63.

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This article covers issues such as "project", "project work" and the content of the research project for students of the social sphere, the importance of the research project in the teaching of foreign languages.
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Shaw, N. T., and B. Kaplan. "Future Directions in Evaluation Research: People, Organizational, and Social Issues." Methods of Information in Medicine 43, no. 03 (2004): 215–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1633862.

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Summary Objective: To review evaluation literature concerning people, organizational, and social issues and provide recommendations for future research. Method: Analyze this research and make recommendations. Results and Conclusions: Evaluation research is key in identifying how people, organizational, and social issues – all crucial to system design, development, implementation, and use – interplay with informatics projects. Building on a long history of contributions and using a variety of methods, researchers continue developing evaluation theories and methods while producing significant interesting studies. We recommend that future research:1) Address concerns of the many individuals involved in or affected by informatics applications.2) Conduct studies in different type and size sites, and with different scopes of systems and different groups of users. Do multi-site or multi-system comparative studies.3) Incorporate evaluation into all phases of a project.4) Study failures, partial successes, and changes in project definition or outcome.5) Employ evaluation approaches that take account of the shifting nature of health care and project environments, and do formative evaluations.6) Incorporate people, social, organizational, cultural, and concomitant ethical issues into the mainstream of medical informatics.7) Diversify research approaches and continue to develop new approaches.8) Conduct investigations at different levels of analysis.9) Integrate findings from different applications and contextual settings, different areas of health care, studies in other disciplines, and also work that is not published in traditional research outlets.10) Develop and test theory to inform both further evaluation research and informatics practice.
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Mowat, D. "Ethical, legal and social issues surrounding the Human Genome Project." Internal Medicine Journal 32, no. 3 (2002): 89–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00165.x.

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Mowat, D. "Ethical, legal and social issues surrounding the Human Genome Project." Internal Medicine Journal 32, no. 3 (2002): 89–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.d01-22.x.

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Kazamia, Kika Ioannou, and Marianna Kafaridou. "The Integration of Social Issues in Design Education as a Catalyst towards Social Sustainability." European Journal of Sustainable Development 8, no. 4 (2019): 401. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n4p401.

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This research focuses on how to enforce the social pillar of sustainability through design education and more specifically through an assignment of a real-life project given to design students. This need derived from previous research, which suggests that „change‟ towards social sustainability, should focus on two sectors: Education and industry. In this study, the suggestion will be realized through a proposed real-life project that aims at the promotion of literacy in a children‟s hospital environment. All students are involved in a creative design process starting with the problem analysis, which requires the identification of the nature and requirements of the task and the development of a plan of ideas and mechanisms, to answer the brief. Then they proceed with visual and textual research and conceptual development. Students generate concepts, produce rough ideas and explore a number of visual answers to the brief, which are analyzed in terms of project objectives. Project development is the next stage where ideas are further developed and explored implementing appropriate methods and techniques. The final stage of the process includes the final presentation, critique, feedback and then its realization. Through the above design process, the students acknowledged the needs of the community and how social issues can be assimilated in a design project to satisfy and enhance the social pillar of sustainability.Keywords: Design; Education; Social Sustainability
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Grier, Sonya A. "Marketing Inclusion: A Social Justice Project for Diversity Education." Journal of Marketing Education 42, no. 1 (2019): 59–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0273475319878829.

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Challenges related to marketplace diversity present an opportunity to prepare students to successfully engage with diversity through innovative curricular approaches. The present research develops a semester-long course project designed to enhance students’ awareness and understanding of diversity and inclusion issues from a social justice perspective. We discuss the context of diversity issues in business schools and identify key issues affecting marketing educators. Our review of the pedagogical literature on diversity highlights the importance of a social justice orientation. Social cognitive theory is used as a conceptual framework to guide the design of a problem-based experiential project. We detail project implementation and assess evidence regarding the impact of the project. Findings suggest an experiential, problem-based class project can support students understanding of diversity from a social justice perspective. We discuss the project benefits and challenges and highlight pedagogical issues for educators who want to integrate diversity content into a broad array of marketing courses.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Project Social Issues"

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Williams, Andrew Lewayne. "Attitudes of African American women toward marriage-related issues." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2433.

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This study presents results from a survey of 108 African American women. Survey questions covered attitudes towards marriage, qualities of an ideal spouse, and opinions of African American men in general.
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Breed, Courtney. "Horticultural therapy for mental health issues| A grant proposal project." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523335.

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<p> The purpose of this project was to design a program, identify potential funding sources and write a grant application to obtain funding for a Horticultural Therapy program at the consumer-operated, mental health self-help center in Santa Rosa, California, The Wellness and Advocacy Center. This program will provide urban dwelling adolescent, adult and senior consumers of mental health services with opportunities for healing, recovery and skill building through increased access to nature, gardening and outdoor activities. </p><p> A literature review was conducted in order to learn about the benefits of horticultural therapy for various populations including those who suffer from mental health issues. A search for potential funders was undertaken using the Internet and the Foundation Center's database. The Burpee Foundation was identified as the best fit for the program. Actual submission of this grant and/or funding for this program were not requirements for successful completion of this project.</p>
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Alston, Sylvia, and n/a. "Take that woman : a creatie writing project." University of Canberra. Creative Communication & Culture Studies, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060531.161023.

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Take that woman explores social issues as a piece of mainstream fiction. The story revolves around realistic characters, in a contemporary setting, facing situations which many people encounter in their lives. The piece isn't didactic. Nor does it force-feed the reader; rather it provides information in bite-sized pieces so it can be easily digested. Take that woman is the story of a group of people brought together by a wedding. Set in the present, the action takes place in Canberra on a day in early November. The story moves between Australia and England, between the present and the past as it examines the conflicts the day generates for the couple's families and friends. Not only does the wedding serve as a device to bring the characters together, it also highlights the seriousness of the issues being explored. The account is a fictional piece as fiction can be an effective communication tool. Information is disseminated in different forms through a variety of media, both electronic and print. But, however widely, or creatively, the material is distributed, there is nothing to ensure the recipient will read or understand the information. Mainstream fiction can be a means of raising awareness about serious social issues, of changing attitudes, and, ultimately, behaviours. The research for the piece involved a search of literature, films and videos, and relevant websites. It also consisted of personal interviews with subject experts, workers in the field of domestic violence, and people who have been exposed to violence in their own relationships.
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Tucker, Raymond Robert. "Influence of Individual Perceptions on Engineering Team Performance within Design Build Infrastructure Projects." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64933.

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The successful delivery of large complex infrastructure projects continues to challenge the civil engineering profession, with a predominance of projects delivered late and over budget. Many researchers have investigated methods and means of improving the less-than-satisfactory record of the execution of these projects. One recent research direction suggests that improvements in project delivery may not be realized until the project setting is understood from the as-lived perspective of the participants. Following this direction, the research described in this dissertation explores the personal and interpersonal dynamics operating within projects, treating them as complex social processes. The social dimensions explored in this study involve team leaders and staff engineers in a matriced organization handling a large urban design-build infrastructure project. The interactions among the participants within and across units and levels had both positive and negative impacts. The data for this exploratory case study comes from semi-structured interviews and online surveys collected at three points over eleven months when the project was in the design phase. Interviews were conducted with a limited number of individuals; the survey was collected from the larger engineering organization. From the interview data, issues which impacted project delivery were identified as the relationship with supervision, the availability of information, an understanding of the larger project context, and the response to project constraints. The survey data was used primarily to understand the social dimensions affecting two engineering disciplines, one that performed well and one that performed poorly. Issues that aligned with the performance differences included frequency of contact with supervision, the ability to make decisions, and effective use of time available to complete design tasks. Data from the two modes of investigation demonstrated strong triangulation. Recommendations for both academia and industry are provided.<br>Ph. D.
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Shockey, Tracy Lee. "The issues faced by mentally ill gays and lesbians." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2119.

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This project is significant to social work because it addresses a topic that has not been given much attention. This particular population has not been studied much and we know little about the issues that are important to mentally ill gays and lesbians. Even in schools of social work this particular topic is frequently overlooked, and when it is discussed it is usually in relation to another topic.
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Patt, Jacky Linn, and Gloria Ann Stickler. "A comparison of re-entry and traditional students needs and issues." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1863.

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Reyes, Sauri Josefina, and Michael Leslie Lau. "Child welfare professionals' knowledge of identifying factors for alcohol and other drug issues." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2620.

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Using both qualitative and quantitative research designs, this study focused on the knowledge of Children Protective Services (CPS) social workers for identifying Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) risk factors in their clients, and the impact that these AOD issues have on the child welfare system in San Bernardino County, California.
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Regis, Shirley Ann. "Charles Brockden Brown's place within the gothic and the influence of early America's social issues on Brown's writing." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3193.

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The purpose of this thesis is to show that Charles Brockden Brown was influenced by the American Revolution and the incidents that come after it. It is suggested that Brown created a gothic fiction that was intended to be a critique on the American Revolution by using murder narrratives present during the time to create his characters. Gothic fiction consists of many elements such as setting arechetypal characters, terror, emotion, psychological turmoil and language use.
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Taliaferro, Amy Rebecca. "Understanding the knowledge Masters of Social Work student's have in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender foster youth issues." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3210.

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Alberts, Terri Lynn. "Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome: its relationship to underlying emotional and psychological issues." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1181.

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This post-positivist research study explored the possible relationship between Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and the presence of underlying psychological and emotional issues. An exploratory design with naturalistic methods of inquiry was utilized to investigate whether the presence, or absence, of these issues had any impact on the overall disease process.
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Books on the topic "Project Social Issues"

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1968-, Friedman Robin. The Girlfriend Project. Walker & Co., 2007.

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Hrenchuk, Charlotte. Strong women's voices, rural choices: Report on the Northern Women's Issues Through a Rural Lens Project. Yukon Status of Women Council, 2004.

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Rebuilding Somalia: Issues and possibilities for Puntland : WSP Somali Programme. HAAN, 2001.

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Neuhold, Brita. Women on their way to empowerment: Challenges for Austrian development cooperation : basic issues and project examples. Vienna Institute for Development and Cooperation, 1994.

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Alcantara, Erlyn Ruth E. Special report on the Antamok Gold Project: Studies concerning social and environmental issues linked with open-pit mining in the Antamok area of Itogon, Benguet. Published by the Cordillera Resource Center for Indigenous Poples's Rights, Inc. and the Mining Communities Development Center, Inc. for the Task Force Against Open-Pit Mining, 1991.

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy. Department of Energy's human genome project issues arising from research: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, October 4, 1994. U.S. G.P.O., 1995.

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Department of Energy's human genome project issues arising from research: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, October 4, 1994. U.S. G.P.O., 1995.

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James, Ruth Muthei. Women leadership roles in church organisations in Kenya: A project report for the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) for the Eighth Gender Issues Competition. s.n., 1997.

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Beyond book issues: The social potential of library projects. Comedia, 1998.

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Kozhuhar', Galina, Nikita Kochetkov, Tat'yana Krasilo, et al. Social psychology of education. Practicum. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1014623.

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The workshop presents classic and original author's methods that can be effectively used in project and research work, in consulting practice, in the development of academic disciplines that consider the issues of harmonization of interaction in the educational environment.&#x0D; Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation.&#x0D; For practical classroom and extracurricular activities of undergraduate students studying in the areas of "Psychology" and "Psychological and pedagogical education", as well as for teachers of psychology, pedagogy and psychological and pedagogical disciplines, graduate students and researchers of the relationship of subjects of the educational space.&#x0D; The workshop is addressed to undergraduate students of higher educational institutions who are preparing for professional activities related to the solution of socio-psychological problems of education, upbringing, communication in educational institutions, as well as child-parent and marital relations.&#x0D; Для практических аудиторных и внеаудиторных занятий студентов бакалавриата, обучающихся по направлениям «Психология» и «Психолого-педагогическое образование», а также для преподавателей психологии, педагогики и психолого-педагогических дисциплин, аспирантов и исследователей взаимоотношений субъектов образовательного пространства. &#x0D; Практикум адресован студентам бакалавриата высших учебных заведений, которые готовятся к профессиональной деятельности, связанной с решением социально-психологических проблем обучения, воспитания, общения в образовательных учреждениях, а также детско-родительских и супружеских отношений.
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Book chapters on the topic "Project Social Issues"

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Nagata, Donna K. "The Sansei Research Project." In Critical Issues in Social Justice. Springer US, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1118-6_4.

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Baharum, Zirawani, Mohd Salihin Ngadiman, and Noorfa Haszlinna Mustafa. "Managing Uncertainty in Multi-project Constructing for Environmental Issues on Project Completion Late Delivery." In Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2014). Springer Singapore, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1458-1_69.

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Che Nen, Akhtarul Norfaiza, Che Maznah Mat Isa, Christopher Nigel Preece, and Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim. "Issues and Challenges Contributing to Complexity in Infrastructure Project Performance." In Charting a Sustainable Future of ASEAN in Business and Social Sciences. Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3859-9_10.

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F. Allen, David, Keva Bethell, Denie Fountain, and Marie Allen Carroll. "A Social Intervention for Court-Ordered Adolescents – The Family: People Helping People Project." In Examining Social Identities and Diversity Issues in Group Therapy. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429022364-14.

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Fox, Nathan A., Charles A. Nelson, and Charles H. Zeanah. "The Effects of Early Severe Psychosocial Deprivation on Children’s Cognitive and Social Development: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project." In National Symposium on Family Issues. Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6194-4_4.

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Maine, Fiona, and Maria Vrikki. "An Introduction to Dialogue for Intercultural Understanding: Placing Cultural Literacy at the Heart of Learning." In Dialogue for Intercultural Understanding. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71778-0_1.

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AbstractThis book is a result of an extensive, ambitious and wide-ranging pan-European project focusing on the development of children and young people’s cultural literacy and what it means to be European in the twenty-first century, prioritizing intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. The book explores themes underpinning this unique interdisciplinary project, drawing together scholars from cultural studies, civics education and linguistics, psychologists, socio-cultural literacy researchers, teacher educators and digital learning experts. This chapter sets the context for the book by introducing the DIALLS project (Dialogue and Argumentation for cultural Literacy Learning in Schools) and its core aims and themes. It sets the tone of interdisciplinarity and its importance for an educational future where issues of living together, social responsibility and sustainable development transcend traditional categories of learning. DIALLS is seen as an opportunity for a synthesis of thinking, but our book allows each author to explore the goals of the project from their own interdisciplinary angle.
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Golfarelli, Matteo. "Design Issues in Social Business Intelligence Projects." In Business Intelligence. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39243-1_3.

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Leonard, Awie C., and D. H. Van Zyl. "Social Issues in IT Project Teams." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch067.

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The role and impact of social issues in IT project teams should not be under estimated. With the involvement of virtual project teams, this is even more relevant. One such social issue is the establishment of relationships between members of teams. The establishment and maintenance of social relationships and networks in the IT project environment is a phenomenon all IT professionals are exposed to and in many cases involved in. The question is what impact such social relationships and networks might have on the success or failure of any given IT project? The objective of this chapter is therefore to emphasize the important role social relationships and networks play in the IT project team environment. Furthermore, to illustrate to the management of software project teams how such relationships can have a positive or negative impact on team members. In this regard a climate or culture should be allowed for these relationships to flourish to the benefit of the IT department.
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Leonard, Awie C., and D. H. Van Zyl. "Social Issues in IT Project Teams." In Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7362-3.ch029.

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The role and impact of social issues in IT project teams should not be underestimated. With the involvement of virtual project teams, this is even more relevant. One such social issue is the establishment of relationships between members of teams. The establishment and maintenance of social relationships and networks in the IT project environment is a phenomenon all IT professionals are exposed to and in many cases involved in. The question is what impact such social relationships and networks might have on the success or failure of any given IT project. The objective of this chapter is therefore to emphasize the important role social relationships and networks play in the IT project team environment and furthermore, to illustrate to the management of software project teams how such relationships can have a positive or negative impact on team members. In this regard, a climate or culture should be allowed for these relationships to flourish to the benefit of the IT department.
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Sweis, Ghaleb J., Rateb J. Sweis, Muhannad A. Al-Shboul, and Ghadeer A. Al-Dweik. "The Impact of Information Technology (IT) Adoption on the Quality of Construction Projects." In Technology Adoption and Social Issues. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5201-7.ch040.

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Despite the advances and the developments of technology, research investigating the impact of Information Technology adoption on the quality of construction projects has been limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of Information Technology adoption on the quality of Jordanian construction projects. Measures and analysis procedures were survey based. Ninety questionnaires were distributed among different construction companies to study the impact of (IT) adoption on the quality of the project during the four phases of construction. Descriptive statistics were obtained and regression test was applied. Results indicate that more investment and encouragement of the use of (IT) in the construction sector essentially increase the quality of the project in the construction throughout its four phases (Planning, Design, Construction and Finishing). The main limitation of this study is that it is conducted with a convenience sample. The academic and managerial implications of the findings are discussed and further research directions are offered.
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Conference papers on the topic "Project Social Issues"

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Rosyida, Fatiya, Khofifatu Rohmah Adi, and Nailul Insani. "Increasing Dedication Awareness in Disadvantaged Areas for Geography Education Students Through PBL (Project Based Learning)." In International Conference on Social Studies and Environmental Issues (ICOSSEI 2019). Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200214.018.

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Bułat, Radosław, and Łukasz Popławski. "Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Poland – an Attempt to Apply Genetic Algorithms and Expert Systems in Decision Making Process." In Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/cbme.2017.049.

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All scientific projects have the need of operating on large matrices of data. This article has the aim to establish if there is a correct and useful scientific method of data management by utilizing genetic computations and/or artificial intelligence expert systems in the sustainable development of selected rural areas in Poland, using a cross-field project of economic development and IT. It discusses the methods of preparing of the data from their most basic form, data manipulation, database operations in the form of genetic operators, custom scripting and working algorithms, getting the answers from the multi-criterion analysis. There are also further case studies, achievable with the methodology, as a successful example of the right set of methodologically correct tools. Also a consideration if there is a potential for its possible usage on economic and social analysis in the aspect of sustainable development.
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Daughdrill, William H. "Assessing the Role of Environmental and Regulatory Issues on Offshore Renewable Energy Projects in the United States." In ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2009-79097.

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This paper will describe some of the key environmental and regulatory issues affecting development of offshore renewable energy projects in the United States. Offshore wind, wave, tidal current, and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) projects all have unique environmental and social issues that must be addressed to the satisfaction of federal, state, and local authorities. This paper examines the existing federal regulatory schemes applicable to offshore renewable energy development in the United States including a discussion of an on-going jurisdictional debate between agencies at the U.S. federal government level. The various permitting processes for offshore renewable energy projects all involve an examination of the potential environmental and social/human effects of each proposed project. Typically, the agency with primary permitting authority must prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) or equivalent document that includes a transparent process that encourages the participation of the interested public and other affected stakeholders. While acknowledging the importance of social/human impact issues, this paper will focus primarily on the potential physical and biological effects from offshore renewable energy projects including a discussion of the uncertainty that surrounds predicting the impact of new or innovative technologies. The U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) recently published a programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) that includes 52 “best management practices” for reducing environmental and social impacts from offshore alternative energy projects. Finally the paper will examine the important role of environmental monitoring and adaptive management in informing regulators and developers of potential adverse impacts and adapting project design and operations to avoid or minimize these effects.
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Mathewson, Andrew. "“Show-Stopper” — Effectively Managing Project Social Risks: Improved Approaches to Aboriginal Engagement and Consultation." In 2012 9th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2012-90145.

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A number of proposed pipelines in western and northern Canada have highlighted critical path social risks associated with effectively engaging and consulting with impacted Aboriginal rightsholders along pipeline rights-of-way. Opening up new markets for Canada’s oil sands, shale and off-shore gas resources will require an expansion of the pipeline system in northern British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. While navigating the regulatory approval process can be a formidable hurdle, a far greater challenge is how proponents manage the process of building relationships and consulting with affected Aboriginal communities. Failing to earn Aboriginal support for proposed projects can be a “show-stopper”. Exploration of new basins in Canada, driven by increased demand for energy in Asia, may compete with other land uses and constitutionally-protected rights and practices of indigenous peoples. Public, media and environmental response to new pipelines is often lead by the reaction of impacted communities. The task of identifying the social risks to a project, understanding the engagement process, fulfilling the regulatory consultation requirements of different jurisdictions, balancing impacts with benefits, managing issues and resolving disputes, communicating with the public and media effectively all require improved skills and approaches. The paper surveys the stakeholder engagement experience and differences in approaches for recently proposed major arctic gas and western oil pipeline projects, as well as pipelines to service Liquefied Natural Gas export facilities on the Pacific north coast, providing practical insights with possibly international application. Utilizing decision and risk analysis and scenario planning methodologies, applied to development of an Aboriginal engagement and consultation strategy, the paper examines how multi-billion dollar investments in new pipelines can be better secured by integrating stakeholder engagement into a project’s risk management design. With greater precision and improved approaches proponents can effectively manage social risks, reduce stakeholder conflict and associate project uncertainties.
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Chueri, Luciana, Anderson Afonso, Mariana Pinheiro, Mateus Lambranho Ramos, and Rodrigo Pereira Dos Santos. "Um Estudo Exploratório sobre Plataformas Digitais para Ecossistemas de Inovação Social no Brasil." In Workshop sobre Aspectos Sociais, Humanos e Econômicos de Software. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/washes.2020.11200.

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Due to the growing need for allowing different social innovation project actors to work in a coordinated and collaborative manner, the use of digital platforms has been considered as a great opportunity for social innovation ecosystems. However, in addition to technical issues, the existing challenges in the design and management of such platforms are combined with economic and social issues. This paper presents an exploratory study on real social innovation platforms to investigate technical, human and organizational factors. We expected that this study stimulates researchers and professionals to better design and manage such platforms in the context of social innovation.
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Share, Perry, and John Pender. "Helping tomorrow’s social professionals to learn about social robotics." In Sixth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head20.2020.11205.

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This paper identifies that social robotics and autonomous technologies will inevitably impact on the field of care for human beings. Those currently employed in caring roles, and those about to enter these roles, are generally ill-prepared to respond to this challenge: whether it is to develop the skills to work alongside such technologies or to critically engage with their development. The paper outlines a current Erasmus+ funded international project (PRoSPEro) that brings together social roboticists, educators, learners, practitioners and policymakers in order to develop, pilot, assess and deploy innovative pedagogical materials to address the gap in provision. It also describes a locally-generated learning opportunity within futures studies that facilitates learners to engage directly with these new technologies. The paper provides ideas for strategies and techniques to successfully engage learners from social science and therapeutic-based fields to engage with urgent contemporary technological issues.
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Dowse, Susan, Meaghan Hoyle, and Katherine Card. "Socio-Economic Effects Monitoring and Pipelines: Moving Towards a Practical and Project-Specific Framework." In 2016 11th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2016-64607.

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Socio-economic effects monitoring is emerging as a regulatory requirement and risk management tool in the Canadian pipeline sector. While socio-economic impact assessments have been part of the regulatory landscape for some time, the additional step of socio-economic monitoring beyond the predictions of the assessment, in a parallel fashion with environmental monitoring, has not. Generally, socioeconomic monitoring is a process to track project-related socioeconomic outcomes, to evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation that was designed during the regulatory assessment phase, and to adapt or improve mitigation in order to respond to unanticipated outcomes. Different from mines or industrial facilities that are focused in one geographic area with a long term operating presence, pipelines present unique challenges with respect to socio-economic monitoring. Monitoring of pipeline projects requires an approach that considers the interests of often numerous administrative and geographic jurisdictions and the challenge of data collection over a relatively short-term construction period. These pipeline-specific factors are layered with the challenges associated with all socio-economic monitoring programs related to multiple influences on social and economic outcomes and the challenge of effect attribution. This paper provides an overview of socio-economic monitoring as a requirement in the Canadian pipeline context, and reviews the public domain approaches proposed by various recent project proponents in Canada. This paper ultimately presents a framework for a practical and focused socio-economic monitoring process that is uniquely suitable for the context of major pipeline projects (Pipeline Socio-Economic Monitoring — or P-SEM — Model). The P-SEM model will help Project Managers meet regulatory requirements, improve mitigation, buffer projects from broader socio-economic issues that are beyond their sole control, and create a touch point for engagement with project stakeholders through pipeline construction.
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Pribyl, Barbara, Satinder Purewal, and Harikrishnan Tulsidas. "Development of the Petroleum Resource Specifications and Guidelines PRSG – A Petroleum Classification System for the Energy Transition." In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/205847-ms.

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Abstract The Petroleum Working Group (PWG) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has developed the Petroleum Resource Specifications and Guidelines (PRSG) to facilitate the application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) for evaluating and classifying petroleum projects. The UNFC was developed by the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) and covers all resource sectors such as minerals, petroleum, renewable energy, nuclear resources, injection projects, anthropogenic resources and groundwater. It has a unique three- dimensional structure to describe environmental, social and economic viability (E-axis), technical feasibility and maturity (F-axis) and degree of confidence in the resource estimates (G-axis). The UNFC is fully aligned to holistic and sustainable resource management called for by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda). UNFC can be used by governments for integrated energy planning, companies for developing business models and the investors in decision making. Internationally, all classification systems and their application continue to evolve to incorporate the latest technical understanding and usage and societal, government and regulatory expectations. The PRSG incorporates key elements from current global petroleum classification systems. Furthermore, it provides a forward-thinking approach to including aspects of integrity and ethics. It expands on the unique differentiator of the UNFC to integrate social and environmental issues in the project evaluation. Several case studies have been carried out (in China, Kuwait, Mexico, Russia, and Uganda) using UNFC. Specifically, PRSG assists in identifying critical social and environmental issues to support their resolution and development sustainably. These issues may be unique to the country, location and projects and mapped using a risk matrix. This may support the development of a road map to resolve potential impediments to project sanction. The release of the PRSG comes at a time of global economic volatility on a national and international level due to the ongoing impact and management of COVID-19, petroleum supply and demand uncertainty and competing national and international interests. Sustainable energy is not only required for industries but for all other social development. It is essential for private sector development, productive capacity building and expansion of trade. It has strong linkages to climate action, health, education, water, food security and woman empowerment. Moreover, enduring complex system considerations in balancing the energy trilemma of reliable supply, affordability, equity, and social and environmental responsibility remain. These overarching conditions make it even more essential to ensure projects are evaluated in a competent, ethical and transparent manner. While considering all the risks, it is also critical to reinforce the positive contribution a natural resource utilization project provides to society. Such an inquiry can focus on how the project contributes to the quality of life, environment, and the economy – the people, planet, and prosperity triad. Such an approach allows consistent, robust and sustainable investment decision making and energy policy development.
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Galego, Diego, Waldo Soto, Gabriela Carrasco, Marlene Amorim, and Marta Ferreira Dias. "Embedding Social Innovation in Latin America Academic Curriculum." In Fourth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.8184.

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Recently we have witnessed the growth of social innovation initiative as a viable approach to address many challenges of contemporary societies across the social, cultural, economic, educational and environmental domains. Social innovation stes up to develop alternative, and sustainable solutions to social issues by means of organizational models that rely on strong civic engagement and participation across private and public sectors. As such, social innovation holds a strong potential for the transformation of societies and has attracted a growing interest from researchers, practitioners and policy makers around the world. A key domain of concern is the need for developing adequate models and methodologies for the qualification of indivduals for social innovation. In this vein the Students4Change project aims to develop and implement an integrative methodology to embed social innovation and entrepreneurship in the academic experience of students in Latin America. This paper offers a preliminary description of the advancements led by 10 universities in 5 Latin America countries engaged in the project, in order to develop competences for social innovation and social entrepreneurship through innovations in academic curricula.
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C MacKrell, Dale. "Win-Win-Win: Reflections from a Work-Integrated Learning Project in a Non-Profit Organization." In InSITE 2016: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Lithuania. Informing Science Institute, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3467.

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[The final form of this paper was published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.] This paper reports on the educational aspects of an information systems work-integrated learning (WIL) capstone project for an organization which operates to alleviate homelessness in the Australian non-profit sector. The methodology adopted for the study is Action Design Research (ADR) which draws on action research and design research as a means for framing a project's progress. Reflective insights by the project stakeholders, namely, students, academics, and the non-profit client, reveal a curriculum at work through internal features of the organization; personal features of the participants and features of the external environment. Preliminary findings suggest that students in a WIL project for a non-profit are highly engaged, especially when they become aware of the project’s social value. As well, the improvement of professional skills and emotional intelligence by students is more likely in real-life practice settings than in other less authentic WIL activities, equipping graduates for the workforce with both strong disciplinary and generic skills. Win-win-win synergies through project collaboration represent worthwhile outcomes to education, industry and research.
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Reports on the topic "Project Social Issues"

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Kvam, Reidar. Social Impact Assessment: Integrating Social issues in Development Projects (Summary Brochure). Inter-American Development Bank, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001140.

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Kimberly Parker, Kimberly Parker. The Health Justice Project: Using digital stories to address health disparities as a social justice issue. Experiment, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18258/8585.

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Taela, Kátia, Taela, Kátia, Euclides Gonçalves, Catija Maivasse, and Anésio Manhiça. Shaping Social Change with Music in Maputo, Mozambique. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.020.

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In Mozambique, development programmes have traditionally drawn on music as a means to promote social transformation by educating citizens on key social development issues. Shifting the focus from music as a teaching medium to music as a rich source of information can provide vital insights into public opinion and political ideas, and significantly impact the development of citizen engagement projects. Maximum gains for development and civil society agencies can be achieved by mainstreaming gender into mutual learning activities between singers, audiences, and academics.
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Petrie, Christopher, Clara García-Millán, and María Mercedes Mateo-Berganza Díaz. Spotlight: 21st Century Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003343.

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There is a wealth of conversation around the world today on the future of the workplace and the skills required for children to thrive in that future. Without certain core abilities, even extreme knowledge or job-specific skills will not be worth much in the long run. To address these issues, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and HundrED conducted this Spotlight project with the goal of identifying and researching leading innovations that focus on 21st Century Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Spotlight program was supported by J.P. Morgan. The purpose of this project is to shine a spotlight, and make globally visible, leading education innovations from Latin America and the Caribbean doing exceptional work on developing 21st Century Skills for all students, teachers, and leaders in schools today. The main aims of this Spotlight are to: Discover the leading innovations cultivating 21st century skills in students globally; understand how schools or organizations can implement these innovations; gain insight into any required social or economic conditions for these innovations to be effectively introduced into a learning context; celebrate and broadcast these innovations to help them spread to new countries. All the findings of the Spotlight in 21st Century Skills are included in this report.
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Lawrence, Sara, Michael Q. Hogan, and Elizabeth Brown. Planning for an Innovation District: Questions for Practitioners to Consider. RTI Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.op.0059.1902.

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Innovation districts are physical spaces that serve to strengthen the foundations and institutions of an innovation ecosystem. The design, implementation, and management of formalized innovation districts is a new practice area. Research draws upon the experience of concentrated areas of innovation that occurred organically, such as Boston’s Route 128, as well as intentional projects to bring together innovators in large science and technology parks, such as North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Existing research focuses on how to define and design innovation districts and evaluate their impact, as well as general policy considerations. In this paper, we review the definitions and benefits of an innovation district, reviewing the existing empirical research on their impacts. We then propose a series of questions to guide practitioners in addressing the economic, physical, social, and governance elements of an innovation district. Finally, we outline some of the challenges in creating an innovation district and ways to measure progress, to allow practitioners to get ahead of potential issues in the future. This paper is intended to help policymakers and practitioners working in innovation and economic development translate the concepts of innovation ecosystems into actionable next steps for planning innovation districts in their communities.
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Milek, Karen, and Richard Jones, eds. Science in Scottish Archaeology: ScARF Panel Report. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.06.2012.193.

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The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under four key headings:  High quality, high impact research: the importance of archaeological science is reflected in work that explores issues connected to important contemporary topics, including: the demography of, the nature of movement of, and contact between peoples; societal resilience; living on the Atlantic edge of Europe; and coping with environmental and climatic change. A series of large-scale and integrated archaeological science projects are required to stimulate research into these important topics. To engage fully with Science in Scottish Archaeology iv these questions data of sufficient richness is required that is accessible, both within Scotland and internationally. The RCAHMS’ database Canmore provides a model for digital dissemination that should be built on.  Integration: Archaeological science should be involved early in the process of archaeological investigation and as a matter of routine. Resultant data needs to be securely stored, made accessible and the research results widely disseminated. Sources of advice and its communication must be developed and promoted to support work in the commercial, academic, research, governmental and 3rd sectors.  Knowledge exchange and transfer: knowledge, data and skills need to be routinely transferred and embedded across the archaeological sector. This will enable the archaeological science community to better work together, establishing routes of communication and improving infrastructure. Improvements should be made to communication between different groups including peers, press and the wider public. Mechanisms exist to enable the wider community to engage with, and to feed into, the development of the archaeological and scientific database and to engage with current debates. Projects involving the wider community in data generation should be encouraged and opportunities for public engagement should be pursued through, for example, National Science Week and Scottish Archaeology Month.  Networks and forums: A network of specialists should be promoted to aid collaboration, provide access to the best advice, and raise awareness of current work. This would be complemented by creating a series inter-disciplinary working groups, to discuss and articulate archaeological science issues. An online service to match people (i.e. specialist or student) to material (whether e.g. environmental sample, artefactual assemblage, or skeletal assemblage) is also recommended. An annual meeting should also be held at which researchers would be able to promote current and future work, and draw attention to materials available for analysis, and to specialists/students looking to work on particular assemblages or projects. Such meetings could be rolled into a suitable public outreach event.
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Hunter, Fraser, and Martin Carruthers. Iron Age Scotland. Society for Antiquaries of Scotland, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.09.2012.193.

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The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under five key headings:  Building blocks: The ultimate aim should be to build rich, detailed and testable narratives situated within a European context, and addressing phenomena from the longue durée to the short-term over international to local scales. Chronological control is essential to this and effective dating strategies are required to enable generation-level analysis. The ‘serendipity factor’ of archaeological work must be enhanced by recognising and getting the most out of information-rich sites as they appear. o There is a pressing need to revisit the archives of excavated sites to extract more information from existing resources, notably through dating programmes targeted at regional sequences – the Western Isles Atlantic roundhouse sequence is an obvious target. o Many areas still lack anything beyond the baldest of settlement sequences, with little understanding of the relations between key site types. There is a need to get at least basic sequences from many more areas, either from sustained regional programmes or targeted sampling exercises. o Much of the methodologically innovative work and new insights have come from long-running research excavations. Such large-scale research projects are an important element in developing new approaches to the Iron Age.  Daily life and practice: There remains great potential to improve the understanding of people’s lives in the Iron Age through fresh approaches to, and integration of, existing and newly-excavated data. o House use. Rigorous analysis and innovative approaches, including experimental archaeology, should be employed to get the most out of the understanding of daily life through the strengths of the Scottish record, such as deposits within buildings, organic preservation and waterlogging. o Material culture. Artefact studies have the potential to be far more integral to understandings of Iron Age societies, both from the rich assemblages of the Atlantic area and less-rich lowland finds. Key areas of concern are basic studies of material groups (including the function of everyday items such as stone and bone tools, and the nature of craft processes – iron, copper alloy, bone/antler and shale offer particularly good evidence). Other key topics are: the role of ‘art’ and other forms of decoration and comparative approaches to assemblages to obtain synthetic views of the uses of material culture. o Field to feast. Subsistence practices are a core area of research essential to understanding past society, but different strands of evidence need to be more fully integrated, with a ‘field to feast’ approach, from production to consumption. The working of agricultural systems is poorly understood, from agricultural processes to cooking practices and cuisine: integrated work between different specialisms would assist greatly. There is a need for conceptual as well as practical perspectives – e.g. how were wild resources conceived? o Ritual practice. There has been valuable work in identifying depositional practices, such as deposition of animals or querns, which are thought to relate to house-based ritual practices, but there is great potential for further pattern-spotting, synthesis and interpretation. Iron Age Scotland: ScARF Panel Report v  Landscapes and regions:  Concepts of ‘region’ or ‘province’, and how they changed over time, need to be critically explored, because they are contentious, poorly defined and highly variable. What did Iron Age people see as their geographical horizons, and how did this change?  Attempts to understand the Iron Age landscape require improved, integrated survey methodologies, as existing approaches are inevitably partial.  Aspects of the landscape’s physical form and cover should be investigated more fully, in terms of vegetation (known only in outline over most of the country) and sea level change in key areas such as the firths of Moray and Forth.  Landscapes beyond settlement merit further work, e.g. the use of the landscape for deposition of objects or people, and what this tells us of contemporary perceptions and beliefs.  Concepts of inherited landscapes (how Iron Age communities saw and used this longlived land) and socal resilience to issues such as climate change should be explored more fully.  Reconstructing Iron Age societies. The changing structure of society over space and time in this period remains poorly understood. Researchers should interrogate the data for better and more explicitly-expressed understandings of social structures and relations between people.  The wider context: Researchers need to engage with the big questions of change on a European level (and beyond). Relationships with neighbouring areas (e.g. England, Ireland) and analogies from other areas (e.g. Scandinavia and the Low Countries) can help inform Scottish studies. Key big topics are: o The nature and effect of the introduction of iron. o The social processes lying behind evidence for movement and contact. o Parallels and differences in social processes and developments. o The changing nature of houses and households over this period, including the role of ‘substantial houses’, from crannogs to brochs, the development and role of complex architecture, and the shift away from roundhouses. o The chronology, nature and meaning of hillforts and other enclosed settlements. o Relationships with the Roman world
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Aalto, Juha, and Ari Venäläinen, eds. Climate change and forest management affect forest fire risk in Fennoscandia. Finnish Meteorological Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35614/isbn.9789523361355.

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Forest and wildland fires are a natural part of ecosystems worldwide, but large fires in particular can cause societal, economic and ecological disruption. Fires are an important source of greenhouse gases and black carbon that can further amplify and accelerate climate change. In recent years, large forest fires in Sweden demonstrate that the issue should also be considered in other parts of Fennoscandia. This final report of the project “Forest fires in Fennoscandia under changing climate and forest cover (IBA ForestFires)” funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, synthesises current knowledge of the occurrence, monitoring, modelling and suppression of forest fires in Fennoscandia. The report also focuses on elaborating the role of forest fires as a source of black carbon (BC) emissions over the Arctic and discussing the importance of international collaboration in tackling forest fires. The report explains the factors regulating fire ignition, spread and intensity in Fennoscandian conditions. It highlights that the climate in Fennoscandia is characterised by large inter-annual variability, which is reflected in forest fire risk. Here, the majority of forest fires are caused by human activities such as careless handling of fire and ignitions related to forest harvesting. In addition to weather and climate, fuel characteristics in forests influence fire ignition, intensity and spread. In the report, long-term fire statistics are presented for Finland, Sweden and the Republic of Karelia. The statistics indicate that the amount of annually burnt forest has decreased in Fennoscandia. However, with the exception of recent large fires in Sweden, during the past 25 years the annually burnt area and number of fires have been fairly stable, which is mainly due to effective fire mitigation. Land surface models were used to investigate how climate change and forest management can influence forest fires in the future. The simulations were conducted using different regional climate models and greenhouse gas emission scenarios. Simulations, extending to 2100, indicate that forest fire risk is likely to increase over the coming decades. The report also highlights that globally, forest fires are a significant source of BC in the Arctic, having adverse health effects and further amplifying climate warming. However, simulations made using an atmospheric dispersion model indicate that the impact of forest fires in Fennoscandia on the environment and air quality is relatively minor and highly seasonal. Efficient forest fire mitigation requires the development of forest fire detection tools including satellites and drones, high spatial resolution modelling of fire risk and fire spreading that account for detailed terrain and weather information. Moreover, increasing the general preparedness and operational efficiency of firefighting is highly important. Forest fires are a large challenge requiring multidisciplinary research and close cooperation between the various administrative operators, e.g. rescue services, weather services, forest organisations and forest owners is required at both the national and international level.
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Determining an effective and replicable communication-based mechanisms for improving young couples' access to and use of reproductive health information and services in Nepal—An operations research study. Population Council, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh17.1009.

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This operations research study sought to determine an effective communication-based model for increasing the involvement of community-based groups in improving access to and use of reproductive health services and information by young married couples. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with two experimental and two nonequivalent control groups in the Udaypur district of Nepal. As stated in this report, this OR study clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of communication-based models such as the formation and reactivation of Youth Communication Action Groups and Mother’s groups, basic and refresher training, group interaction and mobilization, and social events in creating an enabling environment for young married couples to learn and interact about sexual and reproductive health issues. The increase in reproductive health-related knowledge and practice among young married women has been high in both experimental areas. However, changes in the practice of family planning and antenatal care have not shown consistent trends probably because of the conflict situation in the project sites during the implementation phase.
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