The purpose of this study was to identify if and how the personal perspectives and views of social workers active within local social services departments in Sweden might affect how they carry out the transfer of children’s custody from biological to foster parents. The general discourse in child welfare in Sweden gives predominance to a family preservation perspective in which foster care placeme

The purpose of this study was to find out more about which role the school counselor has in the work against bullying and harassment. We also wanted to find out how the collaboration works in these questions between the school counselor and other school personnel, such as: the principal, school nurse and teachers. We wanted to get a deeper understanding of what it is like to be the only one with t

Abstract This essay presents a study of the different alternatives concerning ways of living elderly people have in Helsingborg’s municipality. The intention with the essay was to examine the different senior housing alternatives for people that’s not in need of care but needs more than their own home can offer, what the target group is, and why they are needed and also to examine aspects that cou

In these times, when global warming is escalating and the finite resources of the world are consumed in a fast pace, it is very important to find sustainable solutions for the near future. Transport is one of the sectors that need to find alternative solutions to the utilisation of fossil fuels. This master thesis investigates biogas production from ley crops, which is a mixture of different speci

The purpose of this study was to examine the collaboration between organizations that care for mentally retarded persons with added psychiatric problems when they have the need of institutional care in the psychiatry. I have both looked at which kinds of collaboration there are and then looked closer on the coordinated care plan. I’ve also looked at how the organizations adjust themselves after th

Bränder utgör en viktig roll i jordens system. Det är kritiskt för oss att förstå bränder och dess drivkrafter, för att på så sätt kunna förutspå brändernas förändring på grund av klimatförändring. Den här studien använder sig av Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) brandens area produkt MCD45A1 för att karakterisera bränder. Högupplöst data är omformaterad till 0.25° × 0.25° cellWildfires play an important role in the earth system. Understanding the relationship between wildfires and their drivers is critical for us to predict fire regime transformations under the changing climate and anthropogenic influences. This study used the novel Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) burned area product MCD45A1 to characterize wildfires. The high resolution data were

The purpose of this study was to analyze experiences from five social workers and three former criminal girls, how they apprehend young girls with a criminal risk-behaviour in the crime prevention work today. Another aim with this study was to analyze how our informants from Gothenburg thought the crime prevention work should be developed. The study was based on semi-structured inter¬views with fi

Metan är en effektiv växthusgas som har stor betydelse för det globala klimatet. Metanemissioner från våtmarker med underliggande permafrost anses bidra väsentligt till dynamiken som styr koncentrationen av metan i atmosfären på de nordliga breddgraderna. Under nedfrysningen av marken hösten 2007 uppmättes ett stort utsläpp av metan vid en mätstation på nordöstra Grönland. Mängden metan motsvaradeMethane is an effective greenhouse gas of vital importance to global climate. Methane emissions from permafrost dominated peatlands contribute significantly to the dynamics of the high-latitude atmospheric methane concentration. During the freezing period of autumn 2007 a large methane emission peak was recorded at a peatland in northeast Greenland. The integral of this abrupt peak was equivalent

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the social service and the adminisarative law reasoning out their decisions in cases concerning compulsory care of children under LVU §2. The aim was also to concider how to discern any similarities or differences in the two organizations way of reasoning. An content analysis is made on social service´s childcare investigations and the judgements made by

The aim of this study was to analyze in which ways the issue of privatization of welfare services has been reported and debated in Swedish media. More specifically its purpose was to explore how ideas and arguments were presented, and if the language use reflected ideological conceptions in the debate. The study was based on a selection of articles, collected from three of Sweden’s largest broadsh

The reality demands – framing of residential care for unaccompanied minors. The purpose of this study was to examine what factors that influence the framing of residential care for unaccompanied minors and how superintendents within the field view and approach the National Board of Health and Welfare’s policy regulating standards for “HVB-homes”, SOSFS 2003:20, as well as the concept of “HVB-home

The aim of this study was to explore the supportive and therapeutic practice with patients and their kin performed by the social worker within specialist palliative care. A qualitative research methodology was used where the social workers was asked to describe cases in which they were involved. We interviewed five social workers within specialist palliative care, all active in the southern region

The aim of this study is to attain a deeper understanding of how managers in the Swedish geriatric care motivate their employees. Another aim is to investigate if there exists any differences between public and private managers way of motivating. Questions of issue: How do managers motivate their employees? The empirical data has been gathered through four semi-structured interviews. Managers in t

The Transformation of Social Work Students – a Quantitative Study of Social Work Students Perception of Social Work and the Change Thereof through the Thought Processes of Socialization This study focuses on social work students and how they perceive not only social work as a profession and what it means to be a good social worker, but also social work education and lastly the factors influencing

Denna studie behandlar ämnesintegrering utifrån olika svensk- och musiklärares perspektiv. Tre lärare med ämneskombinationen har intervjuats. I denna studie har jag valt att undersöka vilka metoder som används i ämnesintegrerad undervisning för musik och svenska. Jag har även valt att undersöka vilka möjligheter och hinder som finns med ett sådant arbetssätt. För att undersöka ämnesintegrering äveThis study discusses the integration of the subjects Swedish and music from a teacher´s perspective. Three teachers working with the subjects Swedish and Music have been interviewed. In this study I have chosen to investigate the methods that are being used in integrating teaching in the subjects Swedish and music. I have studied the possibilities and difficulties that you can find in this kind of

I nästan två århundraden har koncentrationerna av växthusgaser i atmosfären ökat som ett resultat av mänskliga aktiviteter. Detta har lett till vad som nu är känt som växthuseffekten. Behovet av att kunna förstå och förutsäga effekterna som förhöjda koncentrationer av växthusgaser har på jorden är viktigt. En diskuterad effekt är en global höjning av havsnivåerna tillföljd av höjd global medeltempFor about two centuries the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases has been increasing as a result of human activities. This has lead to what is now commonly knows as the greenhouse effect. The need to predict and to understand the affects that elevated concentration of greenhouse gases has on Earths systems is important. One effect that is predicted to occur is the rise of global sea leve

With larger income gaps and opportunities between rich and poor countries, world labour migration has increased, and so have remittances from international labour migrants. Since remittances are an important source of income for many developing countries of the world, there is a need for studies that address effects of remittances on the receiving economy. The objective of this thesis is to study

Metan (CH4) är en av de viktigaste växthusgaserna i atmosfären och dess kraftiga ökning har bidragit till den uppvärmning som vi har upplevt fram till idag. Sedan mitten av 1980-talet påvisar mätningar att metantillväxten i atmosfären har börjat fluktuera från år till år. Orsakerna till detta är omstridda och ännu inte klargjorda. Under 2007 uppmättes en kraftig ökning i tillväxt som var särskilt The increasing atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gas methane (CH4) is highly relevant for current and future global warming. Since the mid-1980s atmospheric measurements have revealed large interannual fluctuations in methane growth rate. However, the causes of this feature are still not well understood. In 2007, a peak in growth rate appears to have been particularly strong at high nort

This essay examines whether there is empirical evidence of greater switching costs, and consequently greater lock-in eects, in the choice between online services bearing social characteristics than in the choice between services lacking such social network characteristics. An online choice experiment was performed where respondents were asked to choose between consumption bundles consisting of eit

Systemet med premiepension tvingar samtliga arbetande svenskar att själva ansvara för en del av sin framtida pension, vilket ställer allt högre krav på kunskap och engagemang. Om man kan utveckla enkla och generella råd till sparare skulle detta vara till stor hjälp för alla i den stora grupp som inte anser sig ha tid och lust att sätta sig in i de komplexa mekanismerna somstyr fondmarknaden. Vi s