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Digitaliseringens utveckling har förändrat konsumtionsmönster och gjort Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) till en allt vanligare betalningslösning inom e-handeln, särskilt bland unga vuxna och studenter. Trots att tidigare forskning främst fokuserat på ekonomiska och tekniska aspekter av BNPL, såsom ökad konsumtion och skuldsättning, är kunskapen begränsad kring hur konsumenter själva upplever och motiver
Det moderna arbetslivet har under de senaste åren genomgått omfattande förändringar i riktning mot ökad flexibilitet, där distans- och hybridarbete blivit en etablerad del av hur arbete organiseras. Utvecklingen har inneburit att ett större ansvar för planering, strukturering och gränsdragning i arbetet lagts på individen. För unga anställda i början av sin karriär kan det innebära särskilda utmanIn recent years, working life has undergone significant changes towards greater flexibility, with remote and hybrid work becoming an established part of how work is organized. This development has placed greater responsibility for planning, structuring and managing work boundaries on the individual. For young employees at the beginning of their careers, this may present particular challenges, as t
As environmental demands increase, the requirements for the design and production of aseptic packaging increase as well. To meet these new requirements, an optimisation framework is to be developed, but traditional - gradient based - approaches struggle to handle the non-smooth nature of the problem. Instead, this thesis aims at building a framework where the underlying problem is considered a bla
Tropical peatlands in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, represent important terrestrial carbon stores and support highly diverse tropical rainforest ecosystems with significant ecological, hydrological, and climatic functions. However, decades of drainage development, deforestation, plantation expansion, land-use change, and recurrent fire have contributed to extensive peatland degradation across the
Freeze-thaw cycling is a major durability issue in cement-based materials, as water within its pores can freeze, expand and generate internal stresses that contribute to cracking and material degradation. Understanding how pores, water distribution and deformation evolve during repeated temperature cycles is therefore important for improving the durability of these materials. This thesis investiga
Forskningsfrågor: Hur arbetar företag med trendbaserad marknadsföring på TikTok i relation till sin varumärkesidentitet? Hur balanserar företag kortsiktig synlighet och långsiktigt varumärkesbyggande i sin TikTok-kommunikation? Syfte: Studien syftar till att undersöka hur företag arbetar med trendbaserad marknadsföring på TikTok, i relation till företags varumärkesidentitet. Studien syftar även ti
När ett nedslag gräver upp och modifierar Mars yta, genom att medföra material från djupare delar till ytan, öppnar det fönster ner till äldre geologi. Att försöka förstå ytegenskaper på Mars och hur källmaterialet beter sig vid ett nedslag kräver en metod från flera perspektiv. Tidigare forskning har främst fokuserat på ejecta och ejektamorfologi som en indikator på ytegenskaper. Däremot kan ävenWhen an impact excavates and modifies the Martian surface, by bringing deeper lying material to the surface, it opens a window into past geology. Trying to understand surface properties on Mars and how target material behaves during impact requires a multi-view approach. Previous research has focused mainly on ejecta emplacement and morphologies as a proxy for surface properties. However, interior
Falsterbonäset i sydvästra Skåne präglas av ett dynamiskt kustlandskap vars geologiska och vegetationshistoriska utveckling rymmer flera outforskade frågor. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka tidsramen för Skanörs ljungs etablering och när det tidigare separerade näset sammanlänkades med fastlandet, samt att pröva hypotesen om huruvida en ekskog kan ha funnits i området under medeltid eller föThe Falsterbo Peninsula in southwestern Skåne is characterised by a dynamic coastal landscape whose geological vegetational history still harbours unresolved questions. This study aims to investigate the timeline for the establishment of the Skanörs ljung heatland, to determine when the previously isolated peninsula became connected to the mainland and to test the hypothesis of whether a historica
I och med stigande havsnivåer blir stormfloder allt vanligare och destruktiva. Stormfloder är kraftiga och snabba höjningar av vattennivån till följd av meteorologiska och hydrologiska förhållanden. Dessa högvattenhändelser mobilisera sediment för att bilda överspolningssediment längst med kusten. Spekulationer kring sedimentens värde i syftet att rekonstruera historiska stormar har gjort det aktuDue to rising sea levels storm surges are becoming increasingly commonplace as well as destructive. Storm surges are quick and powerful increases of sea level as an effect of meteorological and hydrological conditions. These high-water events mobilize sediment to create washover deposits along the coast. Speculations around the sediments value in the pursuit of reconstructing historical storms has
Scene perception requires the integration of multiple levels of visual information. The present study examined the temporal dynamics of context-level and schema-level representations during scene categorization and investigated how these representations were related to behavioral performance and task-oriented (indoor vs. outdoor) category decoding. Previously collected EEG data from 39 healthy adu
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes organizational structures and forces leaders to reevaluate their professional identity, executive coaching has emerged as a key developmental resource. Despite this relationship, the coach’s perspective on how their practice evolves in AI contexts remains largely underexplored. This study examined how executive coaches experience and navigate AI-related lea
Urban heat island effects are intensifying in rapidly urbanizing coastal cities, yet the thermal implications of wetland transformation remain insufficiently understood. This study investigates the spatial and seasonal dynamics of Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) intensity in Kochi, India, with particular focus on reclaimed wetlands. An integrated framework combining Landsat-derived environmental
This thesis is a feminist study of the technological intervention in the patriarchal-authoritarian-neoliberal configuration in China. It examines how the AI-girlfriend industry shapes emotional, romantic and sexual perceptions of women and intimacy. This research employs visual and textual critical discourse analysis, while further investigating public perception through an online survey and semi-
Residual stresses and geometric imperfections are unavoidable consequences when manufacturing a submarine pressure hull. These effects can reduce collapse pressure by promoting earlier yielding, particularly in regions subjected to compressive stresses. In this work, nonlinear finite element analyses were performed on ring stiffened segments of a pressure hull using Abaqus to investigate how res
Despite the growing importance of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a key tool to assess the environmental impact of products and services, many companies struggle with its implementation, lacking internal structures and capabilities to incorporate it into their operations. This thesis aims to understand the factors influencing companies' implementation of LCA, examining both drivers and barriers
The growing demand for sustainable packaging has driven the transition from fossil-based materials to renewable alternatives, such as paper-based packaging combined with water-based coatings and adhesive. In such systems, coating performance is strongly governed by the transition from a liquid to a solid-state during application. Understanding this immobilization process is therefore essential for
This thesis examines how India’s rise as a major economic actor shapes EU-India trade relations and the EU’s economic security in strategic sectors, technology and energy. The thesis asks how developments of increasing global trade fragmentation and geopolitical competition shape the EU's economic security and how the EU responds to this through trade policy, regulatory instruments, and the 20
This thesis examines how Chinese tourists construct geographical imaginations of the Gulf region and understand China–Gulf relations through travel experiences. The study integrates Critical geopolitics and Feminist geopolitics as its theoretical framework, viewing tourism as an everyday practice through which geopolitical meanings are produced and negotiated. Methodologically, the research uses t
This study examines how the European Union is represented in Viktor Orbán’s political speeches. It is based on a qualitative analysis of sixteen speeches and interviews delivered between 2022 and 2025. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, the study investigates how the EU is constructed across societal, political, economic, and military dimensions, guided by insights from populism and securitization
This thesis examines the transformation of Finnish international identity between Finland’s accession to the EU in 1995 and its membership in NATO in 2023. The study is significant as Finland’s NATO accession has frequently been portrayed as a sudden and unprecedented rupture in Finnish foreign and security policy following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Challenging this interpre
