How to Research Trends (Revised Edition)

Author: Els Dragt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789063696825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Take a deep dive into the future with this book as your trusty companion. "How to Research Trends" shows you how to navigate and explore using the powerful tool of trend research. Learn how to scan the environment for signs of change, analyse trend spots, and apply insights to kickstart innovation. This revised edition is designed for professionals who want to incorporate trend research into their own work. It features new interviews with professionals and agencies, as well as new theories, including Shalom Schwartz's human values model and the futures consciousness model from the University of Finland. Learn how to use trend research to explore the future, and you'll be prepared for change and the uncertainties it brings. - Interviews with professionals that provide insights on how to implement trends. - Various activities and tools to be used individually or in a team. - A dedicated chapter on how to set up your own trend practice within your organization.

Ecological Economics Research Trends

Author: Carolyn C. Pertsova
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781600219412
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
This new book presents important research in the field of ecological economics which is a trans-disciplinary field of academic research that addresses the dynamic and spatial interdependence between human economies and natural ecosystems. Ecological economics brings together and connects different disciplines, within the natural and social sciences but especially between these broad areas. Ecological economics presents a more pluralistic approach to the study of environmental problems and policy solutions, characterised by systems perspectives, adequate physical and biological contexts, and a focus on long-term environmental sustainability.

How to Research Trends Workbook

Author: Els Dragt
Publisher: Bis Publishers
ISBN: 9789063695279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Have you ever wondered how you can research the future? Trend research is a powerful method to detect and recognise change at an early stage. This DIY guide has been developed to show you the way in the trend research cycle. It will help you to find direction and which corners to take when you are scanning, analysing and applying the trends for any type of challenge or topic. This guide is linked to be used in combination with the bookHow to Research Trends by the same author. You can use it to challenge yourself or your team to 'learn-by-doing'. For easy usage, the guide follows the same structure as the book and it has the same colour coding and signage navigation. Don't just readHow to Research Trends, get yourself into the action mode! The guide is not linear, it does not have to be followed step-by-step in a rigid manner. You can create your own itinerary. Use it whenever you feel you the need for guidance or inspiration.

Fostering Integrity in Research

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309391253
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective adherence to core values of objectivity, honesty, openness, fairness, accountability, and stewardship. Integrity in science means that the organizations in which research is conducted encourage those involved to exemplify these values in every step of the research process. Understanding the dynamics that support â€" or distort â€" practices that uphold the integrity of research by all participants ensures that the research enterprise advances knowledge. The 1992 report Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process evaluated issues related to scientific responsibility and the conduct of research. It provided a valuable service in describing and analyzing a very complicated set of issues, and has served as a crucial basis for thinking about research integrity for more than two decades. However, as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct, detrimental research practices, and other forms of misconduct, as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct, and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted, it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated. Responsible Science served as a valuable benchmark to set the context for this most recent analysis and to help guide the committee's thought process. Fostering Integrity in Research identifies best practices in research and recommends practical options for discouraging and addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices.

Digital Humanities and Scholarly Research Trends in the Asia-Pacific

Author: Wong, Shun-han Rebekah
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522571965
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
Digital humanities is a dynamic and emerging field that aspires to enhance traditional research and scholarship through digital media. Although countries around the world are witnessing the widespread adoption of digital humanities, only a small portion of the literature discusses its development in the Asia Pacific region. Digital Humanities and Scholarly Research Trends in the Asia-Pacific provides innovative insights into the development of digital humanities and their ability to facilitate academic exchange and preserve cultural heritage. The content covers challenges including the need to maintain digital humanities momentum in libraries and research communities, to increase international collaboration, to maintain and promote developed digital projects, to deploy and redeploy resources to support research, and to build new skillsets and new professionals in the library. It is designed for librarians, government agencies, industry professionals, academicians, and researchers.

Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological and Organizational Perspectives

Author: Silva, Arlindo
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1615206183
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
"This book provides a detailed view on the current issues, trends, challenges, and future perspectives on product design and development, an area of growing interest and increasingly recognized importance for industrial competitiveness and economic growth"--Provided by publisher.

Caffeine and Behavior: Current Views & Research Trends

Author: B.S. Gupta
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781439822470
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
The psychobehavioral effects of caffeine on humans is analyzed in this book from an experimental approach. Caffeine and Behavior: Current Views and Research Trends is unique in its emphasis on empirical research and its inclusion of articles concerning the addictive potential of caffeine. Topics covered include addiction, neurotransmission

Latest Trends in ELF Research

Author: Alasdair Archibald
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443833282
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
English as a Lingua Franca, or ELF for short, is currently one of the most dynamic topics in the fields of applied and socio-linguistics and English Language Teaching. It has been a thriving field of research for the last twenty years with a growing number of books and journals dedicated to the subject. The field has also seen the foundation of an annual international ELF conference series, which started in 2008 and attracts growing numbers year on year. This book has developed out of contributions to the Second International ELF conference held in Southampton (UK) in 2009. The papers in this volume provide new insights into ELF, by presenting and exploring the implications of some of the latest findings of empirical research in key ELF research areas including business and academic ELF, intercultural communication, language attitudes and ideologies, code-switching, and accommodation. These papers will have a broad appeal among applied- and socio-linguists, both academics and under/post-graduate students, as well as ELT practitioners around the world. They will also be of interest to language planners because of the potential of the research to inform English language policies and practices.

Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification

Author: Donna Z. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781466686519
Category : Computer games
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"This book brings together innovative and scholarly research on the use of game-based design and technology in a variety of settings, including discussions from both industry and academic perspectives"--

Knowledge Unbound

Author: Peter Suber
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262329565
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 453

Book Description
Influential writings make the case for open access to research, explore its implications, and document the early struggles and successes of the open access movement. Peter Suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open access since 2003. As a professor of philosophy during the early days of the internet, he realized its power and potential as a medium for scholarship. As he writes now, “it was like an asteroid crash, fundamentally changing the environment, challenging dinosaurs to adapt, and challenging all of us to figure out whether we were dinosaurs.” When Suber began putting his writings and course materials online for anyone to use for any purpose, he soon experienced the benefits of that wider exposure. In 2001, he started a newsletter—the Free Online Scholarship Newsletter, which later became the SPARC Open Access Newsletter—in which he explored the implications of open access for research and scholarship. This book offers a selection of some of Suber's most significant and influential writings on open access from 2002 to 2010. In these texts, Suber makes the case for open access to research; answers common questions, objections, and misunderstandings; analyzes policy issues; and documents the growth and evolution of open access during its most critical early decade.