This is a qualitative case study, comparing the experiences of three documentary film directors, each using archival sources in their works. Their experiences are communicated through a series of semi-structured interviews and compared for textual analysis. The research is intended as a contribution to the archival science by expanding our knowledge on this group of archival users and by applying

Grundprincipen att "avtal ska hållas" är en central del i avtalsrätten. Frågan gällande ändrade förhållanden och dess inverkan på avtal har därför länge varit ämne för diskussion. I en långvarig avtalsrelation är det svårt att förutse risken för förändringar som kan drabba avtalet och avtalsrelationen. Frågan väcks i ett sådant sammanhang om vilka möjligheter avtalsparter har att regleraThe fundamental principle that "agreements must be kept" is a central part in contract law. How "changed circumstances" can impact an agreement has long been a subject for discussion. In long-term agreements, it is difficult to determine what risks that can impact an agreement. The question of possibilities available to handle such a situation, where the agreement can be regula

Topics of financial distress and corporate governance structure have attracted many researchers before. However, no one combined the three distress models of Altman (1968), Ohlson (1980) and Zmijewski (1984) with corporate governance variables. The main goal of this paper is to answer the following question: what is the impact of corporate governance variables on financial distress for traded U.S

An article written by the Swedish Government in 2018 outlines that they are working towards a more equal society and describes how they are conducting prevention work regarding men’s violence towards women. Although recently media has portrayed street harassment and catcalling as something that has become an increasing problem for young women in Sweden. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to

Det finns en risk att återvinningen av schaktmassor sprider gifter i miljön Ett överskott av schaktmassor är resultatet av många byggprojekt. Samtidigt behövs schaktmassor på många andra håll i samhället, som när vägar, järnvägar och bullervallar ska byggas. Att återvinna schaktmassor minskar uttaget av naturresurser och leder ofta till kortare transporter. Problemet är att massorna som återvinnsExcess soil can be a product of construction, roadwork and other types of infra-structure projects. This soil can be polluted to a greater or lesser degree, but still be suitable for recycling in different types of constructions. This study investigated what knowledge the regulatory authorities have of the pollution content in the recycled soil. Further, this study investigated opportunities and o

Dance as an art form is strongly connected to the experience of movement. Dance is also connected to the experience that occur in the relation between the audience and the performers on stage. Therefore, information is based on subjective impressions. It’s something limited and framed in a certain time and space that arises, lives and dissolves in the body and in the now. To add the archival funct

Syftet med studien var att undersöka unga kvinnors upplevelser av sexualisering i reklam samt vilka hanteringssätt de använde sig av för att hantera detta i sitt vardagliga liv. Undersökningen grundades i kvalitativ metod med en kritisk realistisk ansats där tematisk analys och semantisk kodning tillämpades för att bearbeta datan. Sju kvinnliga studenter vid Lunds Universitet deltog i semi-struktuThe study captured young women’s experience of sexualization in advertising and examined the different coping strategies they adopt to tackle sexualization in everyday life efficiently. The study was grounded in a qualitative method with an epistemological approach of a critical realist nature. Thematic analysis and semantic coding was used to interpret the data. Seven semi-structured interviews w

The faculty of Social Science of Lund University has experienced a change in the social debate; strong political beliefs have started to challenge scientific facts, together with a growing intolerance against theory and empirics that challenge one’s view of the world. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the social work students’ perception of the culture of political correctness and its

Author: Jessica HauschildtTitle:Have all students the opportunity to succeed? -a qualitative study on how teachers disclosestheir interpretation space of the knowledge requirements[translate]Supervisor:Maria Bangura Arvidsson The purpose of the paper was to investigate whether there were similarities and differences between how teachers described their interpretation space of the knowledge requir

This master’s thesis studies the way in which museum education officers use different exhibitions when conveying their message to visiting groups. Furthermore, it studies the consequences of this usage in relation to the visitor’s ability to obtain new knowledge. In order to find this out, I have observed school visits in four varied types of exhibitions in museums in the county of Scania in the s

The purpose of this thesis is to further the knowledge of the Internet’s effect on trade. The study is conducted by examining the specific example of the introduction of the SAT-3/WASC submarine Internet cable in Benin. The research is conducted by using a Difference in Difference estimator and observing the treatment effect of the Internet cable on the country’s exports. Previous studies have mo

In the light of reports of decreasing litteracy among Sweden’s youth, several public studies indicate the importance of promoting reading at an early age. In this context, library activities directed at preschools has been pointed out as especially important. Although there is presently no requirement for preschools to have access to a school library, which is the case for elementary schools, the

This study aims to analyze the effects of competition on quality, efficiency, produced volume and gaming the system of specialized health care in Sweden, after implementation of the Freedom of Choice Act (LOV, Lagen om Vårdval). This is done by using data for specialized ophthalmology, which is a patient-elective diagnostic category. The motive behind the law, which established free entry for priv

The aim of this study was to explore how school counsellors at schools in low-socioeconomic areas in Malmö act and work in relation to child poverty and how they reflect on the school’s responsibility regarding child poverty. The method chosen for this study was qualitative research method with semi structured interviews with eight school counsellors from seven different schools. When analysing ou

The year 2018 was the first complete year with aerosol observations at the rural background station Hyltemossa in southern Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to analyse and investigate the influence from long-distance transport (LDT) aerosols, local sources and precipitation on the black carbon (BC) mass concentration by utilising the Aethalometer and the HYSPLIT model, which estimated the BC mass

This qualitative research aims to observe, understand and provide an overview regarding the knowledge management processes at a high-risk organisation such as an aviation school that does not have an established knowledge management system, but has reported zero accidents during its 35 years of operation, achieving an excellent safety record that demonstrates its high level of reliability. The res

In recent years the role of partnerships has become a popular approach in the crime prevention area where it is argued that crime is a multifaceted problem that requires work from several actors to be solved effectively. However, despite the increasing popularity of partnerships there is a lack of research that explains the effects that comes from this work. This paper is written in collaboration

This paper examines the effect from issuer-sponsored equity research on stock prices in Sweden. This kind of reports has risen in popularity and today, over 290 firms in Sweden are covered by a sponsored equity research. To reach a conclusion, a traditional event study was performed on 141 Swedish firms between the years of 2008 and 2019. The result show that there are significant, at the 1%-level

The main purpose of this master's thesis is to explore how public libraries in Sweden work to increase digital skills among older people. This is done by studying social practices in digital technology workshops at local meeting places for older people. Public librarians participated as instructors and the purpose of these workshops was to enhance the digital skills of older people. This stu

Under-five mortality in rural and urban areas in Tanzania is of critical national concern as is also the case in other developing countries. Within Tanzania, mortality rates vary greatly by region, with some regions having much higher mortality rates than others. The government of Tanzania has made substantial progress in reducing the under-five mortality rate. Despite the strategies introduced by