E-böcker / Samhälle & politik
Nordic voices
According to the Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, the countries of the Nordic Region are the strongest countries in the UN’s 70-year history. “This is a fact that commands ...
Sted, (U)lighed og Køn
Denne kortlægning præsenterer en selekteret oversigt over eksisterende forskning og faglitteratur om køn, uddannelse og befolkningsstrømme i yderområderne i de nordiske lande. De n ...
Vändpunkt - Förslag om kultur och hälsa
Nordisk ministerråd/kulturministrene besluttet i april 2013 å iverksette en kartlegging av kultur- og helseområdet i Norden. Region Skåne ble tildelt prosjektoppdraget, som er gjen ...
Working hours and health - 2014
The 2014 workshop on "Co-ordination of research on working hours and health in the Nordic countries" was held at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health on the 23rd-24th Octob ...
Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy
During the past few years, reproductive technology and surrogacy have emerged in a number of European countries as issues of debate. There has been a steady increase in the use of ...
Climate Benefits of Material Recycling
The purpose of this project is to compare emissions of greenhouse gases from material recycling with those from virgin material production, both from a material supply perspective ...
TROUT 2013 - simulating VHS outbreaks
Fish diseases are a major concern for aquaculture where fish are commercially reared. In the Nordic-Baltic countries aquaculture is currently taking place in freshwater fish farms ...
Angela Merkel
En högaktuell biografi om världens mäktigaste kvinna. Vi möter en av vår tids mest tongivande politiker, i denna första biografi om Angela Merkel på svenska. Hon har blivit en saml ...
Afrikanska möten
En spännande inblick i arbetet som aktiv fältorienterad diplomat. Som Sveriges ambassadör har Sten Rylander följt den afrikanska utvecklingen på nära håll, då han arbetat för UD oc ...
Zigenerska
En självbiografi vid 31 års ålder vore för pretentiöst, skriver hon. Ändå är det just det debutboken blir – en öppen, uppriktig och upplysande skildring av livet som romsk kvinna i ...
179 år av ensamhet
”En vintermorgon låg Handels uppdaterade jämställdhetsplan ute på intranätet och upplyste att ’målet att ha tjugo procent kvinnor som professorer år 2020 kvarstår’. Vad tar man sig ...
Lyckomyten – en arg bok om lycka
Jakten på den ultimata lyckan är inget nytt. Vi söker den i böcker, resor, konsumtion, kost, pengar, karriär, träning, terapi, mindfulness. Det är en intensiv jakt ändå verkar den ...
En värld att vinna
Året är 1999 och snart ska ett nytt årtusende inledas. I en villa på Lidingö sitter 80-årige Karl Frisch och tar emot beskedet att hans barnbarn misshandlats till döds av nynaziste ...
Sectoral expansion of the EU ETS
The European Emissions trading Scheme (EU ETS) was launched in 2005. The scheme started off with a limited scope, but has gradually expanded, in terms of geographical, sectoral and ...
Som jag behagar
George Orwell skrev sina samhällskritiska essäer och artiklar under det bruna 30-talet och nattsvarta 40-talet. De präglades djupt av de utmaningar som dessa tider stod inför: nazi ...
Sverige, en (o)besvarad kärlekshistoria
Vi är: Kvinnor, välutbildade, blattar, integrerade, flerspråkiga, multikulturella, de ständigt tacksamma. Vi är första generationens svenskar, uppväxta och utbildade i Sverige. Men ...
Restrictions on export of used EEE
The purpose of the report is to clarify the legal possibilities of restricting export of certain types of used EEE due to e.g. content of hazardous substances, energy consumption a ...
Tackling Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change
This report presents research on fossil fuel subsidy reform across 20 countries and reveals an average reduction in national GHG emissions of 11% by 2020 from potential reform, and ...
Human biomonitoring and policy making
This report is based on the seminar “Human biomonitoring (HBM) as a tool in policy making towards consumer safety” directed towards professionals involved in HBM programs, legislat ...
Nordic agriculture air and climate
This report constitutes the main outputs of the project “Pathways to a Nordic food system that contributes to reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants”. The overall ...
BAT in fish processing industry
The Nordic Council of Ministers, the BAT Group under the Working Group for sustainable consumption and production, has requested the consultant to prepare a report on Best Availabl ...
Improving food composition data by standardizing calculation methods
Food composition data is important in nutritional policy making. However, food analyses are expensive and to use analysed values only is not economically justifiable; hence recipe ...
The Knowledge Triangle Programme
The Knowledge Triangle programme was initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011 with the aim to study and promote knowledge transfer between innovation actors in academia ...
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic countries
The Nordic countries are currently facing major challenges with regard to maintaining and further developing social welfare. Against this background, the Nordic Council of Minister ...
Capacity adequacy in the Nordic electricity market
An increasing share of intermittent renewable generation and reduced profitability of conventional power generation has led to a growing concern for capacity adequacy in the Nordic ...