The global trend of democracy has shown a marked decline, characterized by the erosion of democratic values and the rise of autocratic tendencies and political populism. Simultaneously, citizen participation in liberal democracies has notably decreased in recent decades. Engagement within participatory budgeting will be analyzed through the lens of sense of place. The research aims to investigate

This thesis is an attempt to evaluate the pre-Christian and Christian and cult-place continuity question. This is done by investigating intervisibility between Christian Churches and pre-Christian grave monuments within the province of Halland Sweden. This analysis was done via large statistical GIS databases of which viewshed analysis was applied to, which in turn was then interpreted via theoret

This thesis aims to explore the issue of trademark squatting and its solutions in the EU and China. Trademark squatting is a form of trademark infringement that occurs when individuals or entities register trademarks in territories where they do not have legitimate business operations, taking advantage of the "first-to-file" systems. If trademark squatting is permitted to persist, it has

Much of contemporary organisational life is enacted in meetings. Yet, our understanding of meetings and coworkers’ role in them remains limited and influenced by the dominant functionalist and linear perspectives on communication. Such an approach is, however, problematic as it obscures the constitutive role of coworker’s voicing in meetings and how it produces and reproduces work teams, organisat

This thesis is about health information on the internet. Most people in Sweden today search for health information on Google, but research is lacking on the way health information is displayed on Google. Research is also lacking on how health information is produced for the web. The thesis examines, through analysis of searches on Google, how health information is formed in the search engine based

Critical theories, specifically feminist, postcolonial, and development theories, inform and shape much of the practice of international development, by both criticising current conventions and procedures as well as introducing new ways of thinking. One current frontier within development practice involves reimagining Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) practices according to feminist princ

The study aimed to investigate gender differences in court decisions about compulsory care according to LVM through a gender perspective. Normative notions about women and men exist and are reproduced throughout society. These normative notions can be found within the judiciary and social services, which affects the professional's assessment regarding addicted men and women in court orders con

This thesis investigates the enhancement of technical tasks in penetration testing through the integration of soft skills, contrasting them with hard skills within the cybersecurity profession. The research utilized a conceptual framework developed for this study, alongside empirical data gathered from semi-structured, qualitative interviews with 3 penetration testers and 2 in-formation security s

This qualitative study delves into enhancing the scalability of sustainable development across European nations by analyzing the key success factors in sustainable urban mobility initiatives. Employing an abductive approach, the research integrates existing theoretical frameworks of stakeholder management, stakeholder salience, and value creation, with the aim to provide practical insights rather

Eurasia represents a unique blend of European and Asian geographies, transcending geographical conceptualization to encompass cultural and ethnic elements embodying the ideology of Eurasianism. Initially developed by Russian philosophers for Russian politics, Eurasianism extends across Europe and Asia to varying degrees. In Türkiye, its engagement ranges from nationalist to Kemalist and even socia

This study investigates the relationship between insider trading activities and share repurchase announcements in the Swedish market. While buybacks and insider trading have been individually studied, their interaction remains underexplored. This research fills the gap by analysing insider trading patterns before buyback announcements and examining the impact on post-announcement market returns. T

The debate between advocates and critics about the link between trade and labour standards is still relevant. Looking at history, labour rights have been important in the international trade system since the 1890s, when the import of goods by prison labour was prohibited by international treaties and national laws. Nowadays, the need to strengthen sustainability rules is growing because more and m

By taking a starting point in the climate action, implemented by the climate activist group Återställ Våtmarker, in the summer of 2023 at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm this thesis explores the topic of climate activism and climate actions set within the museum room. The purpose of the study is to gain a deeper understanding of climate activism and climate actions in museums by gathering knowledge on

Popular involvement in Swedish society has gone through what can be described as a “death of associations”, a decreased participation in formal organizations. The involvement has not vanished, it merely seems to (partially) have changed shape to the benefit of less formal types of organizing, among others social movements. The informal structures raise questions about fundamental archival concepts

This Master’s thesis concerns librarians and community work in Zimbabwe, and investigates the ways in which librarians may be seen as agents of change. The focus areas are five public and community libraries in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe, where the first language is Ndebele. The libraries are situated in the city of Bulawayo, in suburbs, in a town and at rural sites. The study investigates wh

This study aimed to investigate how gender is constructed by the court in court orders regarding the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act. We wanted to draw attention to how gender discourses were used to describe the norm-breaking behaviors of boys and girls. To do this we used the method of discourse psychology and the empirical material consisted of 32 court orders with an even distri

The research examines Germany’s feminist development policy (FDP), presented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in 2023. This is done to see how the BMZ engages with the feminist discourse on development and in what ways it is drawing on (neo)liberal feminist approaches, thereby relying on the status quo of feminism in development, and in what ways it is drawing

University libraries have an important mission to support researchers in their work. Among researchers the PhD student is in a special position. They are in a process of transitioning from being students to becoming researchers. To properly support PhD students, it is important that the support is relevant to the group. The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge of how librarians and PhD s

The fundamental principle of investing, applicable at both systematic and individual levels, is the art of balancing the portfolio between expected returns and acceptable risk exposure. Risk management involves predicting the direction of the underlying asset’s movement and taking appropriate actions accordingly. Traditionally, statistical models such as GARCH have been used to achieve this object