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Countering pro-change bias in digital services by shedding light on non-adoption

Non-adoption of new digital services is an underinvestigated topic. Research suggests that many consumers are reluctant to even try new services, for reasons that studies into technology acceptance or adoption of new services cannot reveal. This blog post elaborates on non-adoption and provides an example from online grocery shopping.

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Healthcare Leadership in 2024 – a summary of master’s thesis topics

In an era characterised by the continuously evolving demands and challenges within the healthcare sector, healthcare leadership roles encounter increasingly multifaceted issues that calls for proficient and qualified leadership (Lysfjord & Skarstein, 2024).

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Learning through diversity in a multidisciplinary innovation project

This blog post explores experiences in an open innovation project addressing social polarisation, viewed through the lens of studies on multidisciplinary student innovation projects and Higher Education institution (HEI)-Industry collaboration.

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Students as Change Agents for regional and local organisations – An example from a Nordic-Baltic circularity initiative for the textile industry

In this blog post we describe how we approached the task of coming up with or designing circular solutions for a client in the textile industry.

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Who is an international talent?

In this article, we explore the term ‘international talent’ and the lack of a definition for it. Although we offer no conclusion, we hope to raise awareness of the complexity and potential discomfort the well-intended use of the term may bring about.

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Observations on the reflections of generative AI on media analysis and its methodology

This blog post explores the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on media analysis and research methodologies. It highlights the Media Intelligence Laboratory (MILa) at Arcada, which focuses on developing analytical tools for media education.

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Common reed – from coastal restoration to novel biomaterial

In this blog post, an overview of the role of Baltic Sea reed beds is presented in the context of harvesting reed and using it as a sustainable biomaterial. This overview will give perspective to the work that has been initiated at Arcada in the Baltic Reed project. The blog post will also introduce the Baltic Reed project and how Arcada is working together with partners towards using reed as a sustainable material.

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Media Intelligence Laboratory: A new research initiative at Arcada

The development of data analytics and AI provides researchers with new opportunities to study media content. A new project for media analysis at Arcada starting in spring 2024 aims to harness the power of the new analytical tools, and to generate findings that will be analysed and interpreted in a context social research and theory.

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Healthcare Leadership – master's thesis topics and themes 2023

In the dynamic and ever-changing realm of healthcare, leadership on all levels is a critical and necessary aspect that is required to enable healthcare organisations to fulfil their purpose of caring for others and improving health status within societies (Ledlow, Bosworth & Maryon, 2023). Amidst the rapid technological changes, as well as the challenges in staff shortage and new working environments, the need for adaptive, visionary leadership is more critical than ever (Fagerdahl et al., 2022). Consequently, academic education and professional development on leadership topics, training and development are critical to enhancing healthcare leadership in practice, organisational and societal contexts (Marcellus et al., 2018).

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