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Texas is the leading destination for foreign direct investment in the United States. The opening of a Swedish Consulate General in the state in 2026 underscores its growing importance for Swedish corporate expansion. Swedish presence in the state, however, is concentrated in Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston and remains thin in Austin and at the start-up and scale-up level. The Texan business landscap
The attempt to give Africa the economic growth they were denied during colonialism seems to be a Western project, to alleviate them of the blame of the destruction they themselves created. Yet many of the ways used today can be argued to maintain structures created by imperialist powers to be in control, and thus today stay in control. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship betw
In recent years, a wave of protests has swept the South Asian subcontinent. These protests have been spearheaded by Generation Z, a generation that has been described as disillusioned with, and disconnected from, politics. The protests have been met with disproportionate state violence, despite generally following non-violent disciplines. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are two such countries. This thesi
During Chávez’s presidency (1999-2013), Venezuela experienced an increase in lethal violence, becoming one of the most violent countries in the world. In contrast, Ecuador saw a significant decline in homicide rates during the presidency of Correa (2007-2017). This thesis examines why two countries with similar conditions such as oil dependency, socialist governments and geographical locations, ex
This thesis addresses production planning and scheduling in sawmill operations, which involve a unique production flow characterized by both divergence and convergence. The study is conducted in collaboration with Södra Skogsägarna ekonomisk förening. Its objective is to identify existing production planning and scheduling approaches from the academic literature and to select the most suitable app
This study examines why some separatist insurgencies negotiate while others continue armed struggle, focusing on BRN-C in Southern Thailand and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Myanmar. Despite similar ethnoreligious, peripheral, and long-standing conflicts, BRN-C entered negotiations with the Thai state in 2025, while KIO continued its insurgency. Using a Most Similar Different Outco
When user interfaces are embedded in physical systems and cannot be accessed through conventional screen sharing, remote usability testing becomes challenging. This is increasingly relevant as products are developed for global markets, where remote evaluation is often necessary despite limited user interface access. This study investigates how alternative testing methods can be used and how they i
This master’s thesis examines how the experimental project My new museum?, initiated by Malmö Art Museum, is used to develop museum practice under conditions of shifting cultural policy expectations, and increasingly hybrid forms of legitimation. The study asks (1) what kinds of participation the project enables and when participation entails a redistribution of power between visitors and museum,
Clay boards are emerging as a sustainable alternative to gypsum boards for fire protective linings in timber structures. However, their fire behaviour is still not well understood. Most existing studies focus on full scale systems, which show when a board fails but not why it fails. This thesis addresses this gap by investigating two commercial clay board variants with different compositions, dens
The second wave women’s movement in the 1970s was global and many organized for better healthcare, against the exploitation of women’s bodies and for women’s liberation. In Sweden the largest and most visible group within the second wave women’s movement was Grupp 8. They existed in several cities and places in the country and out of all the local groups within Grupp 8, nine were donated to differ
Extreme heat is one of the deadliest consequences of climate change, with urban areas particularly exposed. Vulnerability to urban heat differs among members of society and is shaped by socio-structural disadvantages. This thesis adopts an intersectional understanding of vulnerability to qualitatively explore how people with a migration background experience and adapt to heat in Vienna, Austria. T
Nanoparticles are an emerging threat to the environment. A major source is tyre wear particles (TWPs), with an estimated 6 million tons released into the environment globally each year. In Nordic countries, studded tyres used during the winter contribute to this pollution. This introduces a co-release of both tyre wear nanoparticles (TWNPs) and metal nanoparticles made of tungsten carbide cobalt (
It is a known fact that traffic emissions are an environmental hazard. The nanoparticles (NPs) released from traffic emissions are composed of both plastics and rubber materials from the breakdown of tyres, so-called tyre wear particles, as well as metallics such as tungsten carbide (WC) and tungsten carbide cobalt (WC-Co) from the wear of studded tyres. Although research regarding the environment
In recent years, tyre wear particles (TWPs) have been included in the discussions regarding air pollution, which is a growing global concern. Although exhaust emissions have been extensively studied and are being reformed towards better alternatives, there is still a wide knowledge gap regarding non-exhaust emissions such as TWPs. Most studies regarding TWPs focus on microplastics environmental co
Endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting approximately one in ten individuals born with a uterus, remains widely unknown despite its high prevalence. This thesis conceptualizes endometriosis as a “silent disease” characterized by both physical and social invisibility. Drawing on a social constructivist perspective and Harding’s (2008) feminist standpoint theory, the study examines h
The thesis examines how the AI Act’s Article 2(3) security exemption and Article 346 TFEU interact in the context of dual-use AI systems. It argues that this interaction creates legal uncertainty regarding the status of technologies that can serve both civilian and military or security purposes. The AI Act applies to AI systems in the internal market, but excludes those used exclusively for milita
The thesis examines the transformation process from archaeological publication to archaeological exhibition, with a focus on how the narrative on prehistoric identity changes. The purpose of the thesis is to shed light on how museums fulfil their mission of making research accessible to the public and has two research questions: What changes occur in the narrative when text material produced from
Who’s Worth Identifying examines the reasonings behind the decision to exclude the use of forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG, to identify unidentified human remains belonging to victims of crime in Sweden. After FIGG was used to solve a double homicide in Linköping in 2020 the Swedish Police Authority published a report on its use. After the publishing of the report the Swedish Auth
Since the formation of the Tidö government in 2022, shifts have appeared in Sweden’s cultural politics relating to literature and reading which indicate a growing political interest in influencing what children are reading. In this thesis, it is investigated whether any of the ideas about what children should read which appear in recent political projects can also be found among children’s librari
Precision medicine is transforming healthcare by enabling diagnostics and treatment tailored to each patient’s unique biological characteristics. Whole genome sequencing and whole transcriptome sequencing (WGTS) have recently been introduced as clinical routine for pediatric cancer in Sweden, but the health economic and organizational consequences of this shift have not yet been fully mapped. Th
