Sustainable Development Goals In The Arctic:The Nexus Between Water, Energy and Food Security

This research examined the nexus between Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Ending hunger and achieving Food security for all; Sustainable Development Goal 6 – Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of Water and sanitation for all; and Sustainable Development Goal 7 - Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern Energy for all.The research presented here is one of the first pan-Arctic Water, Energy, Food (WEF) nexus studies, and goes beyond the production knowledge towards concrete tools, giving both the Arctic Council and the SDWG an opportunity to be innovative in both respects. This study advances integrative thinking that reflects the interconnectedness within WEF systems in ways that will lead to the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic and the development of a Post-2030 Development Agenda in the Arctic

Consenting to the Use of Emotional Data by AI-Based Services

In data protection law, consent is a broad and flexible legal basis. While the use of emotion-related personal data in various AI-based services could be based on consent, this involves several practical challenges and unresolved legal questions that extend beyond data protection to other areas of law. In this chapter, we discuss to what extent and under which circumstances consent can be relied upon by providers of emotional AI services and applications. First, we analyse the requirements set by EU data protection law regarding consent as a legal basis for processing emotional data, and the issues raised by the rules concerning automated decision-making in the context of emotional AI. Then, we examine the boundaries and additional requirements imposed by EU competition law and the AI Act regarding the use of emotional AI based on data subjects’ consent. Our analysis highlights challenges that arise particularly when emotional AI is used at workplaces or in publicly accessible spaces.In data protection law, consent is a broad and flexible legal basis. While the use of emotion-related personal data in various AI-based services could be based on consent, this involves several practical challenges and unresolved legal questions that extend beyond data protection to other areas of law. In this chapter, we discuss to what extent and under which circumstances consent can be relied upon by providers of emotional AI services and applications. First, we analyse the requirements set by EU data protection law regarding consent as a legal basis for processing emotional data, and the issues raised by the rules concerning automated decision-making in the context of emotional AI. Then, we examine the boundaries and additional requirements imposed by EU competition law and the AI Act regarding the use of emotional AI based on data subjects’ consent. Our analysis highlights challenges that arise particularly when emotional AI is used at workplaces or in publicly accessible spaces

The EU and Justice in the European Arctic

The chapter considers the issue of distributive and procedural justice in the EU-Arctic nexus by looking at three themes that are currently particularly visible in the European Arctic: Green transition (with focus on renewable energy and critical raw materials), tensions between conservation and traditional livelihoods, as well as the efforts to ensure meaningful participation of Arctic stakeholders. Three features of EU-Arctic nexus emerge as relevant: a) The perception of the EU as a normative power, b) two disconnections, between EU goals and concrete projects’ implementation, and between the EU’s Arctic policy and EU policy frameworks that exert actual impact on Arctic realities, and c) the use of abstract sustainability language that obscures challenges and tensions in the pursuit of developmental goals. These three features, in connection with limited EU competences, lead to difficulties in assessing and pursuing substantive/distributive and procedural justice within the EU

Hyvä, paha yhteiskunta

Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon uudistus on ollut lähihistorian suurimpia hallinnollisia uudistuksia. Sen tekeminen kesti melkein 20 vuotta. Uudistuksen tavoitteena oli sekä alentaa kustannuksia että turvata yhdenvertaiset palvelut. Keskimäärin palveluja käyttävät kokevat ne hyviksi. Hyvinvointialueilla ollaan hyvinvointiyhteiskunnan ytimessä

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Hyvinvoinnin, terveyden ja arjen turvallisuuden edistämisen asiantuntijoiden haastattelut 2023 (VASA 2)

Osana VASA 2 Vahva sote Lapin hyvinvointialueelle -hanketta kerätty asiantuntijahaastatteluaineisto (n=23) hyvinvoinnin ja terveyden edistästämisen. Teemahaastatteluissa käsiteltyjä teeoja olivat monitoimijaisen yhteistyön yhdyspinnat sekä niiden tarkoitus ja luonne, monitoimijaisen yhteistyön tukeminen ja johtaminen, monitoimijaisen yhteistyön toimivuus ja vaikuttavuus sekä monitoimijaisen yhteistyön tiedolla johtaminen ja yhteistyöhön liittyvät osaamistarpeet

Muuttuvan metsän ajallisuudesta

Artikkeli etsii metsän olemusta seuraamalla Karen Baradin toimijuusrealismin teoriaa ja tukeutumalla tieteenfilosofiaan luonnontieteiden ja humanististen tieteiden välissä. Metsän ajallisuutta luonnehtii tästä näkökulmasta jatkuva ja vaikutussuhteiltaan moninainen muutostila. Ajallisuus ei ole metsän käsitteestä tai materiasta irrallinen ominaisuus, vaan muovautuu sen mukaan, miten ja mihin taustaoletuksiin perustuen metsää määritellään ja ymmärretään. Tällainen ajattelutapa voi osaltaan selittää ristiriitaisuutta, jonka äärelle metsäkeskusteluissa usein palaamme

Paws and reflect:Defining an assistance dog task

Definitions of assistance dogs rest on the performance of tasks that mitigate a human’s disabilities. However, the specific elements that constitute assistance dog tasks – those that effectively and consistently mitigate disabilities – remain undefined. As the assistance dog concept expands into new domains, the lack of a clear definition for an assistance dog task poses significant challenges for multispecies stakeholders. Based on the author’s professional experience educating and assessing assistance dog teams, as well as exchanges from a workshop with assistance dog professionals and individuals living with qualified assistance dogs, this article proposes nine criteria to address the question: what needs to be established to define an assistance dog task that considers the well-being, welfare, and working success of dog and human? The aim is for this definition to act as i) a guideline to further refine the assistance dog concept, ii) a resource for assistance dog professionals and their clients when developing a novel task, and iii) a framework for stakeholders to assess an individual’s need for an assistance dog task. In so doing, it situates assistance dog tasks as interdependent, caring acts on behalf of both dog and human that have been designed with the interests, well-being, and welfare of both at the forefront. Ultimately, this paper was written with an intention to support meaningful change within the assistance dog sector that can benefit assistance dogs, humans, the public, and further stakeholders

We are the missing people:On posthumanist onto-epistemologies in organization studies

This chapter is influenced by philosophical posthumanism (Ferrando, 2019, 2020), as a philosophy of mediation, and critical posthumanities (Braidotti, 2019a, 2019b), as a multi-layered alternative to the neoliberal governance of academic knowledge. It explores posthumanist ethico-onto-epistemologies and, in general, what the paradigm shifts from Eurocentric traditional hu-man thinking, knowing, acting, and being to rhizomic multi-directionality (Braidotti, 2019a, 2019b) may mean for organization studies (OS). Specifically, we seek to map studies of the “missing people” whose OS research concerns nonhuman animals. This body of research is part of the posthuman turn in knowledge creation within our discipline. In doing so, we hope to inspire others to think differently about who we are as humans in the process of becoming-with others, as we invite more individuals to join the movement, beyond this edited volume of scholars. Finally, we suggest some promising avenues for OS research that can help build further collaborations for the sake of multiplicity and peaceful planetary co-existence.</p