I början av 2020 utropade World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 som en global pandemi och vaccinationerna påbörjades i slutet samma år. Under framtagningen av vaccinet började skepticism florera bland världens befolkning samtidigt som forskarna påpekade att vaccinets effekt är beroende av attityderna gentemot det. Tidigare studier har visat att misstro till vetenskapen kring vaccin och dess eff

Recent focus on the negative effects of climate change has amplified the importance of renewable sources of energy for electricity generation. The contribution of renewables to the energy mix is growing steadily with profound effects on the price of electricity and implications for market participants. In this paper, we employed a similar model to that developed in (Green, 2015) to model the very

This study seeks to investigate how an affective perspective can contribute to an understand- ing of the space of Kanalens Kvarter in Albertslund, Denmark. From the perspective of the phenomenological approach, the thesis explores the aesthetics, social boundaries, and the use of the space in Kanalens Kvarter. I found a knowledge gap within the literature on street culture because emotions are put

As the global food system fails to cope with its social and environmental depletion, Alternative Food Systems (AFSs) have emerged. While previous studies have focused on localization efforts through consumer and producer food initiatives, emerging start-ups which act as mediators between the farmers and consumers have been neglected.Therefore, semi-structured interviews with seven different start-

This study aims to map out Lund University students’ intentions and behaviors in regard to food waste. Through a thorough literature review, behaviors commonly related to food waste levels were identified, and are referred to as food-wasting behaviors. The theory of planned behavior is used for this paper, which is commonly applied when studying human behavior, and therefore also when it comes to

The purpose of this study was to investigate how social workers, working with financial aid, creates participation for children and if their work has been affected by the legal enforcement of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its children rights perspective. We used a qualitative method when interviewing in order to examine and find an answer to our purpose and question at issue. The r

The aim of this paper is to compare the performance of the Merton model to a machine learning technique (random forest), in a context where the number of predictors is low or the dataset is quite small. Since random forest is a data-intensive method, the main goal is to find the minimum number of explanatory variables and observations that is needed for it to perform at least as well as the Merton

The need for sustainable renewable energy has been increasing due to the negative impact of non-renewable energy sources. With the unstable and sporadic nature of sustainable renewable energy, flow batteries show immense potential in mitigating these issues. Traditional vanadium and zinc-based flow batteries, as well as new flow battery systems, are now being researched extensively. Vanadium and z

This paper examines the experiences of women working in the field of engineering. The specific focus of this qualitative interview study is female employees in a factory at an international engineering company. Previous studies have found that women face major barriers to success in the profession, including gender bias in recruitment processes (Kessler, Low & Sullivan, 2019), lower chances of

Denna text undersöker socialdemokratins utveckling under 2000-talet. I svallvågorna av en nyliberalisering av många socialdemokratiska partier på 1990-talet och genom tredje vägens politik fick många partier i Västeuropa ett politiskt lyft där man kunde kombinera vänsterpolitik med en mittenpolitik för att tilltala en större mängd väljare. På längre sikt är inte lyftet lika tydligt, utan i vissa f

Sustainability has become an urgent issue for business research. In this regard, many researchers attempted to examine the relationship between sustainability performance and corporate financial performance (CFP). However, the results remain unclear. Thus, this paper contributes with a new perspective on intra-industry performance of the poorly-studied North American oil and gas industry. Using mu

Capacity development in the field of disaster risk reduction is suggested by the Sendai Framework to be the primary tool for obtaining the goals of globally reduced disaster risk. However, ownership in capacity development initiative is often skewed towards the external organization. This thesis aims to understand the perceived success factors and challenges for the personnel in a governmental org

With the number of digital display advertisements increasing, consumers have become accustomed to ignoring or skipping internet ads. Previous research has investigated the use of different types of human images (like celebrities and social media influencers) in advertising to improve advertising effectiveness. However, existing studies neglect the role of normal people and examine the presence of

The purpose of this study is to find out how assistance officers reason about making decisions about moving to special housing. We pay special attention to the principle of remaining resident, which should guide such decisions. The main focus of this study is to increase understanding and provide a clearer picture of the historical events that have resulted in the success of the remaining residenc

The scope of this work is to help determine the functional improvement brought on by introducing a Bismuth germanate (BGO) Anti-Compton Scattering (ACS) shield system to a germanium COMPEX detector module. The COMPEX germanium detector module is already an extremely useful addition in examining gamma-ray spectroscopy. However, by introducing an ACS it is hoped to compound on these improvements yie

This thesis analyses the discourses of the Portuguese far-right party, Chega, through interviews and statements of its leader, André Ventura. With the rise of the political far-right in the European and Portuguese context, I focused my aim on understanding this politician’s use of the legal world in his discourse. Additionally, I sought to understand the representations of women and racialized gro

Spatial experience can be perceived as a kind of exploration of space that evolves within the fragments of lived moments and transforms over time. Squares, parks, and streets are the primary urban spaces where social interactions are experienced at an extremely high level. Taksim is one the most important and memorable public spaces of Istanbul, Turkey by being an assemblage of a square, a park, a

Fostering entrepreneurship has become fundamental to economic development in cities and countries globally. The emergence of digital tools and services has created novel ways of pursuing entrepreneurship. Sweden ranks as the third most digitalized EU country, so this thesis aims to investigate how digitalization has facilitated the development of one of its most progressive Entrepreneurial Ecosyst

Benefit fraud became a major topic in the Swedish news media during the 1990’s. The description of the benefit cheater in news reports has changed over time, often depending on the political landscape. The aim of this study was therefore to analyze how the phenomenon of benefit fraud is portrayed in news media in present time, between 2019-2021. The method chosen for this study was a qualitative c