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Motivated by the democratic and environmental shortcomings of traditional energy governance models, this research investigates how democratic governance within an energy community (EC) influences members orientations and practices towards energy sufficiency. This study conducted an in-depth case study of the island-based cooperative Energía Bonita in La Palma, Canary Islands. Responding to critiqu
Denna uppsats undersöker hur svensk identitet kan uttryckas genom en byggnad och dess arkitektur. Den utforskar uppförandet av Svenska Victoriaförsamlingens i Berlin byggnader mellan 1951 och 1959, med ett särskilt fokus på den kreativa processen och de sätt på vilka identitet skapas, förhandlas och reproduceras i brevväxlingen. Primärmaterialet består av korrespondens mellan kyrkoherde Heribert J
This thesis examines what happens to a city’s maritime heritage when it transitions from being lived in shipyards, to being managed in office buildings. Set in the post-industrial harbor district of Västra Hamnen in Malmö, Sweden, the study investigates how the gentrification of a former shipyard created the spatial and symbolic conditions for the World Maritime University (WMU), a United Nations
In the current era of worsening climate impacts on a global scale the drive for sustainable solutions to address the climate crisis has increased across all levels of governance. Globally cities house most of the population leading to significant impacts on the environment with urban mobility representing one of the major sources of GHG emissions. As cities start to implement solutions to address
This thesis examines the electrification of district heating in Greater Copenhagen, focusing on how key actors perceive the system’s future and which constraints hinder the scaling of electrified district heating. It adopts a qualitative single-case study design, drawing on interviews, recordings, and reports. The analysis is informed by Large Technical Systems theory, particularly the concept of
This thesis examines how biodiversity policy ambitions and scientific biodiversity knowledge can be translated into practical site-level actions within an industrial context. The research was conducted in collaboration with Volvo Group, specifically Volvo Trucks Tuve, focusing on biodiversity measurement methods, organisational readiness, and the development of operational biodiversity strategies.
Only a small fraction of municipal waste is currently prepared for reuse (PfR), despite it being the prioritized waste‑treatment option in the EU Waste Hierarchy and a key contribution to slowing resource loops within the Circular Economy. Although many discarded products retain both functional and economic value, the absence of appropriate infrastructure and processes within municipal waste manag
Early-stage sustainable fashion enterprises face a structural paradox: they are increasingly expected by funders, investors, and programme partners to demonstrate measurable environmental performance, yet the ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that rigorous measurement demands is largely inaccessible to ventures operating with small teams, limited data infrastructure, and constrained budget
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) generation resulting from rapid digitization and increasing electronic device use poses significant environmental and public health risks, particularly in developing countries. In response, Nigeria established an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme for WEEE, which is currently being implemented. However, its effectiveness in achieving i
This thesis investigates how modifying the initial angular momentum (AM) condition of a Milky Way-like dark matter halo affects the orbital and structural properties of its satellite subhalos. This work uses a suite of five dark-matter-only (DMO) cosmological zoom-in simulations, the VINTERGATAN-GM-AM, in which the initial AM of the Lagrangian patch is modified using the genetIC code to obtain the
The gaseous halo around galaxies, known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM), has been inferred from observations and simulations to transition from cold chaos to hot stability (virialisation), but the road it takes is uncertain. One of the possible routes is via the ejections of energy and matter from stars, called stellar feedback, within the galaxy, providing the necessary thermal support to stab
β Pictoris is a nearby, young planetary system hosting an edge-on oriented dust disk. It is not only the system where the first exocomets were discovered, but also the most studied exocomet system. Decades of observations since the first exocomet discovery in the 1980’s have shown spectroscopic transits of evaporating exocomets at close orbital distances to the host star. Although many observation
This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced bycritical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We arguethat despite the historical and structural limitations, the criticaljuncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest inagrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering adiverse research agenda that opens space for critical perspectivesabout, from and b
The complexity of the perishable food supply chain (PFSC) and disruption vulnerability are rising gradually from technical failures, demand fluctuations, equipment failures, and labor shortages. This research emphases on how digital technologies (DT) can contribute to the resilience of these supply chains (SC), particularly when challenged with obstacles. The research employs the DEMATEL technique
We here present an RF-DAC-based PD featuring IQ expansion, a linearization concept using segmented non-linear RF-DACs combined with increased expansion in the IQ direction. The proposed predistorter, realized within the RF-DACs themselves, is very hardware efficient, only requiring a small amount of additional hardware compared to a conventional RF-DAC. The proposed RF-DAC-based PD, realized in a
Post-harvest losses are a significant challenge in Bhutan and Nepal, where around half and two thirds of the population rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. Traditional open-sun drying methods suffer from contamination, slow drying and weather vulnerability, contributing to losses that can reach 40%–73% for certain crops. While improved solar drying technology offers promising opportunities
