In a profit-dominant narrative/world and a commodifying social-ecological system, the interactions between humans, environment and nature show us complex inequity and effects on the interwovenness of human health and the health of the environment. In this study, I aim to depict a different approach to human well-being. For that I lived in a so-called ecovillage named Gaia Terra and studied their w

Following postcolonial thought, this thesis argues that colonialism can be reconceptualized as an identity conflict. Consequentially, reconciliation theories concerned with identity creation and societal beliefs can be applied to better understand postcolonial relations. Through a discussion of sociopsychological reconciliation and ontological (in)security, this thesis discusses perceived insecuri

In recent decades, international financial institutions (IFIs) have become loud advocates for gender equality in development and post-conflict recovery contexts. Several organisations have incorporated standalone objectives of women’s empowerment and gender equality in their work. However, feminist scholars have aimed critique towards IFIs for perpetuating already existing inequalities in post-con

Knowledge is a key element in the transition to sustainable agriculture. Focusing on the biodynamic viticulture in Switzerland, this thesis investigates how winegrowers learn to change their practices to produce, without synthetic pesticides, in the context of conventional agriculture hegemony. The interviews conducted with biodynamic winegrowers, having carried out a transition, resulted in sever

Forests are vital for life on Earth. However, they are increasingly threatened, mainly by economic growth. Valuation of forests is dominantly viewed through instrumental values, which is highly problematic as forests are not seen in their complexity. This thesis understanding is based on criticising paradigms of the dominant economic and political system by mainly focusing on economic growth and i

Given a backdrop of industrial land use fractures in Northern Sweden, the kind of human-environmental relations cultivated in Sapmi has consequences for Sami indigenous sovereignty and ecological sustainability. Critically investigating different nature relations is of significance to Human Ecology fields in order to deepen knowledge on both unintended and intended consequences of how we understan

This thesis evaluates the political focus of the Swedish and Finnish green parties by examining their election manifestoes since year 2000. This is investigated through a content analysis with a coding scheme based on theories and previous research about post-materialism and post-material political issues. The theory of Inglehart regarding post-material value change, from material focus to post-ma

This study has examined whether there is a link between the degree of social exclusion in society and the will to defend one’s country. The study was conducted through a survey of 102 Swedish high school students at Borgarskolan in Malmö where the respondents were asked a number of questions that measured their social exclusion in society based on three variables: trust in the state, national prid

År 1987 infördes den första demokratiska reformen i Sydkorea, vilket har bidragit till att landet idag är en välutvecklad liberaldemokrati. Nordkorea har fortsatt bedriva en auktoritär regim sedan Koreas splittring 1945. Den här uppsatsen behandlar Nord- och Sydkoreas olika politiska utveckling sedan 1980-talet. Det är en komparativ studie med mest-lika design där orsakerna till ländernas olika po

As global average temperatures are rising, the populist radical right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has ramped up its anti-climate but pro environmental protection politics. As this focus is nascent, the question of how and for whom does the political ecology of the AfD articulates meaning has yet received little attention. My analysis of seven semi-structured interviews with party membe

Under de senaste tio åren har den globala osäkerheten ökat. Konflikter i Afrika, Mellanöstern och Östeuropa har lett till att säkerhetsfrågor har blivit allt viktigare. Sverige har länge värdesatt sin neutralitetspolitik, men detta håller på att förändras då allt fler politiska partier börjat överväga ett medlemskap i Nato. Högerpartiet Sverigedemokraterna (SD) har länge varit mot ett sådant medle

Den svenska samepolitiken präglas av tvetydighet gällande lagstiftning och reformer som har ändamålet att förstärka samernas rättigheter utifrån deras position som ett urfolk. Sverige har valt att ännu inte ratificera ILO-konventionen 169 som skulle förstärka och konkretisera samernas urfolksrättigheter, samtidigt som riksdagen 2022 röstade igenom en konsultationsordning i frågor med särskilt intr

Denna uppsats är en fallstudie av asylhandläggare på Migrationsverkets handlingsutrymme mellan 2012-2020. Ambitionen med studien är att undersöka hur handläggarnas handlingsutrymme förändras under perioder av hög respektive låg ärendebelastning, med bakgrund till flyktingkrisen i mitten på 2010-talet då över 160 000 människor kom att söka asyl (SCB 2022). För att utforska frågan om hur handlingsut

Already in 1979 the alarming trends of climate change were addressed at the first World Climate Conference (Rippel et al. 2020, s. 8). Now 40 years later, Planet Earth is facing a climate emergency (Ibid). Depending on one’s definition of security, climate change can be seen as one of the biggest security threats of our time. Although several climate change agreements, like the Paris agreement and

The NGO WWF runs conservation projects in the Tridom rainforest area to preserve biodiversity. They have financed and trained eco-guards whose task is to protect the forest from poaching. In the same area, the indigenous population Baka lives off and in symbiosis with the rainforest. Testimonies and reports have revealed how the eco-guards have committed violent and deeply offensive acts against t

Inom den svenska straffrätten uppfattas traditionellt individen som autonom, fri och rationell. Enligt den amerikanska professorn Martha Albertson Fineman bör däremot individen i grunden betraktas som sårbar. Ett område inom svensk straffrätt där frågor om sårbarhet och autonomi ställs på sin spets är sexuellt utnyttjande av beroendeställning. Området var tidigare reglerat som sexuellt utnyttjandWithin Swedish criminal law, the individual is traditionally understood as autonomous, free and rational. However, according to American Professor Martha Albertson Fineman, the individual should be seen as fundamentally vulnerable. A legal area within the Swedish criminal law where questions about vulnerability and autonomy come to a head is sexual exploitation of a position of dependence. This

För att kunna bygga mer klimatsmart har användandet av trä, både som byggnadsmaterial och som isoleringsmaterial fått ett allt större intresse. Vid byggnation av bärande träytterväggar i flervåningshus används normalt en träregelstomme eller en stomme av KL-trä, vilken måste kompletteras med isolering för att kunna uppnå ställda krav på U-värden. Dessa ytterväggskonstruktioner består vanligen av e

“Freedom of alliances in peace aiming for neutrality in war”. Those are the classic words of the Swedish security policy. But are they still relevant? Has a change taken place? And what does it depend on? This essay examines whether the Swedish security doctrine has changed over time and whether the security doctrine depends on a realist and constructivist perspective in IR-theory. It is a compara