This open access book offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon of volunteer work: it examines motivational factors and questions of corporate organization and the social environment. In particular, this is the first book to present volunteer work in detail as a psychosocial resource and a source of well-being that should not be overused or abused. The book is based on the authors' 15 years…
Buku ini berpendapat bahwa elektrifikasi terbarukan di negara-negara berkembang memberikan peluang penting bagi pembangunan ekonomi lokal, tetapi jalur baru diperlukan untuk mengubah peluang ini menjadi kenyataan yang sukses. Membangun Kemampuan Inovasi untuk Industrialisasi Berkelanjutan menawarkan masukan baru ke dalam perdebatan tentang pengembangan kemampuan untuk industrialisasi berkelanju…
Buku ini memberikan kontribusi signifikan terhadap meningkatnya perbincangan mengenai tempat big data dalam pendidikan. Menawarkan pendekatan multidisiplin dengan beragam perspektif dari para akademisi internasional dan pakar industri, para penulis bab terlibat dalam diskusi dan analisis yang diinformasikan oleh penelitian dan industri mengenai tempat big data dalam pendidikan, khususnya yang b…
Smart and Resilient Infrastructure For Emerging Economies: Perspectives on Building Better is about pressing and multidimensional challenges faced in constructing resilient, sustainable, and smart infrastructure in developing countries. The 32 case studies, literature reviews, comparative analyses and systematic reviews, cover a wide range of topics, including: sustainable and resilient infr…
Appeals are a crucial part of Europe’s asylum system but they remain poorly understood. Building on insights and perspectives from legal geography and socio-legal studies, this book shines a light on what takes place during asylum appeals and puts forward suggestions for improving their fairness and accessibility. Drawing on hundreds of ethnographic observations of appeal hearings, as well as…
Buku ini menawarkan studi komprehensif pertama tentang banyak antarmuka yang membentuk hubungan antara komik dan videogame. Ini menggabungkan refleksi konseptual yang mendalam dengan pilihan studi kasus paradigmatik yang kaya dari budaya media kontemporer. Para editor telah mengumpulkan sekelompok cendekiawan internasional terkemuka yang bekerja di persimpangan studi komik dan studi permainan u…
Revisualising Intersectionality offers transdisciplinary interrogations of the supposed visual evidentiality of categories of human similarity and difference. This open-access book incorporates insights from social and cognitive science as well as psychology and philosophy to explain how we visually perceive physical differences and how cognition is fallible, processual, and dependent on who is…
This open access book explores the relevance of the concept of technology assessment (TA) on an international and global level. Technologies play a key role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, population aging, digitization, and health. At the same time, their use increases the need for coordinated action and governance at the global level in the field of science, technology…
Laporan ini merupakan salah satu studi komprehensif pertama tentang anak-anak di India. Laporan ini berfokus pada anak-anak di bawah usia 6 tahun dan menyajikan aspek-aspek utama kesejahteraan dan perkembangan mereka. Dengan jumlah kematian neonatal, bayi, dan balita tertinggi di dunia, ada kebutuhan mendesak untuk mengatasi berbagai masalah yang terus memengaruhi anak-anak di India. Volume ini…
‘Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society’ includes the papers presented at the XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Lisbon, Portugal, August 26 to 30th, 2024). The papers aim to contribute to a better understanding of problems and solutions of geotechnical nature, as well as to a more adequate management of natur…