286 research outputs found
Interview with Trine Jensen, IAU
No full text<h2>Interview with Trine Jensen</h2>
<p>Trine Jensen leads the work on the strategic priority Higher Education & Digital Transformation at the International Association of Universities (IAU). She is spearheading projects spanning policy-shaping, strategy, advocacy, and monitoring of the digital transformation of HE with global partners and is the author of the IAU Global Monitoring Report on Higher Education in the Digital Era: the Current State of Transformation around the World (January 2020) and leads on the IAU Policy Statement: “Transforming Higher Education for the Global Common Good in a Digital World” in collaboration with an international Expert Advisory Group. In 2019, she launched a new IAU programme entitled: “Institutional site visits” fostering international peer-to-peer learning in relation to digital transformation of higher education institutions. She is also co-editor of the Associations’ magazine IAU Horizons . Finally, she works with the Secretary General on the IAU events and Administrative Board meetings. Trine Jensen worked several years for UNESCO as part of the Bureau for Strategic Planning before she joined the IAU in 2012.<br><br></p>
<h2>IAU 2024 International Conference</h2>
<p>This interview was held ahead of this year’s conference, hosted by Sophia University, which brought together over 200 representatives from institutions across 80 countries to address the theme: "University Values in a Changing World." The conference underscored the pivotal role of core values, highlighting how they guide universities in decision-making, ethical conduct, and meaningful societal engagement. Additionally, sessions explored how these values can be leveraged to address the grand challenges facing societies worldwide.</p>
Digital Detox The Politics of Disconnecting
No full textAgainst a backdrop of increasingly intrusive technologies, Trine Syvertsen explores the digital detox phenomenon and the politics of disconnection from invasive media. With a wealth of examples, the book demonstrates how self-regulation online is practiced and delves into how it has also become an expression of resistance in the 21st century.Intro -- Digital Detox -- SocietyNow -- SOCIETYNOW -- Copyright Page -- Further praise for Digital Detox -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1: Introduction: Do We Have a Problem?* -- Introduction -- The Problem -- The Big Picture -- The Personal View -- Addiction -- Motivation: The Three Ps -- Presence -- Productivity -- Privacy -- Conclusion -- 2: What is the Problem? Intensifying the Quest for Attention -- Introduction -- Media and the Attention Economy -- Social Media 'Stickiness' -- Games and Gamification -- News, Streaming and Video -- It All Comes Together: The Smartphone -- Gaining and Avoiding Attention -- Conclusion -- 3: You are the Problem! Everybody Online and Self-Regulation -- Introduction -- Everybody Online! -- Online State -- Be Responsible - Use the App -- You've Got Mail - On Your Phone -- Resistance and Regulation -- Be Responsible - Don't Use the App -- The Digital Divide Revisited -- Conclusion -- 4: Managing the Problem. Disconnection and Detox -- Introduction -- Self-Optimising and Self-Help -- Offline Periods -- Time Management -- Screen-Free Zones -- Delete Apps and Platforms -- Mute and Block -- Go Analogue or Retro -- The Joy, of Missing Out? -- Conclusion -- 5: The Problem is Personal - and Social: Making Sense of Digital Detox -- Introduction -- Digital Detox in Context -- Detoxing Stories -- Conversation and Community -- Silence and Depth -- Surviving Work -- 'Destructive Industry' and 'Information Liberalism' -- Tech Activism -- Norms, Roles, Responsibilities -- Conclusion -- References -- INDEXAgainst a backdrop of increasingly intrusive technologies, Trine Syvertsen explores the digital detox phenomenon and the politics of disconnection from invasive media. With a wealth of examples, the book demonstrates how self-regulation online is practiced and delves into how it has also become an expression of resistance in the 21st century.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The Threat effect of Active Labor Market Programs:A Systematic Review
No full textThis paper is a systematic review of the threat effect of active labor market programs for unemployed individuals. The threat effect is the induced change in the hazard rate of leaving unemployment prior to program participation. Studies included in the review all estimated a threat effect, with the participants in all cases being unemployed individuals in receipt of benefit of some kind during their tenure of unemployment. Eight of these studies have been included in a meta‐analysis: The meta‐analysis, which has been carried out using a random effects model to account for heterogeneity, indicated a hazard ratio of 1.25 for the pooled estimate. We conclude that active labor market programs constitute a statistically significant threat effect, although it is modest
IS UNEMPLOYMENT ALWAYS HIGHER WHEN INSIDERS DECIDE?
No full textThis paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The insiders in this paper are characterized by being more efficient when they search for a job than the outsiders, implying that they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a union leader is elected by a majority voting rule. Insiders may prefer a lower wage than outsiders, implying the possibility of lower unemployment.Insiders and Outsiders; Search; Unemployment
The Impact of Youth Unemployment Policy
No full textThis paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment Programmes (YUPs). The aim of YUP is to increase the number of young people acquiring skills. We assume that the YUPs are a complete success and consequently analyse what happens when the number of skilled workers increases relatively to the number of unskilled workers. The results depend on the productivity of the skilled workers when employed in the "unskilled sector" relatively to the productivity of the unskilled worker
The Impact of Yputh Unemployment Policy
No full textThis paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment Programmes (YUPs). The aim of YUP is to increase the number of young people acquiring skills. We assume that the YUPs are a complete success and consequently analyse what happens when the number of skilled workers increases relatively to the number of unskilled workers. The results depend on the productivity of the skilled workers when employed in the "unskilled sector" relatively to the productivity of the unskilled worker.Skill; Unemployment; Search
Is Unemployment Always Higher when Insiders Decide?
No full textThis paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The insiders in this paper are characterized by being more efficient when they search for a job than the outsiders, implying that they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a union leader is elected by a majority voting rule. Insiders may prefer a lower wage than outsiders, implying the possibility of lower unemployment when insiders are decisive in the union than if outsiders were decisive in the union.Insiders and outsiders; Search; Uemployment
Stick, Carrot and Skill Acquisition
No full textWe evaluate the impact of specially designed youth unemployment programmes (YUPs), intended to provide young unemployed unskilled workers with skills. If unemployment among skilled workers is lower than among unskilled workers, YUPs imply that unemployment falls. However, YUPs potentially crowd out ordinary training. We set up an equilibrium matching model with endogenous skill choice and examine the impact of an increase in programme participation. We derive a condition for crowding out of ordinary training, as well as a condition for an increase in the skilled labour force and thereby reduced unemployment. The impact of YUPs on welfare and wage dispersion is also considered. Copyright The editors of the "Scandinavian Journal of Economics", 2005 .
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