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This study examines how population ageing influences tax revenues in OECD countries from 1965 to 2024. Tax revenues are expressed as a percentage of GDP to assess whether economic growth alone could ensure fiscal sustainability under population ageing. A two‑way fixed‑effects (TWFE) model is employed to control for unobserved heterogeneity across countries and years. On average across OECD countri
When nationwide protests erupted across Indonesia in August–September 2025 triggered by parliamentary pay rises and the death of a civilian under a police vehicle, the Indonesian government faced one of the most visible legitimacy challenges of the post-Reformasi era. Drawing on Suchman's (1995) typology of pragmatic, moral, and cognitive legitimacy and Weber's account of legitimacy as the
Keywords: news media houses, journalist professionals, sensemaking, corporate branding, tensions, digitalisation Overall aim & Purpose: The thesis aims to uncover the tensions that exist between enduring corporate brand values and the evolving demands of the digital media environment. The purpose is to understand how Swedish news media houses, as corporate brands, renegotiate and operationali
This thesis examined the concept of self-preferencing in digital platform markets and its treatment under Article 102 TFEU within the framework of EU competition law. The research focused on the extent to which existing competition law principles are capable of addressing preferential conduct by dominant digital platforms that simultaneously operate as intermediaries and competitors within the sam
This thesis examines the relationship between protection awareness exposure and reported gender-based violence (GBV) in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between 2023 and 2025. Using a balanced camp-level panel dataset covering 10 camps over 36 months, the study applies fixed-effects regression models to estimate within-camp associations. The results show a consistent and statistically signific
Northeast of the Swedish town of Lund lies Flyinge which today offers various equestrian educational programs. During the Middle Ages the Danish archdiocese, located in Lund, owned a manor with stables at this location. Besides Flyinge the archdiocese owned several other properties throughout Medieval Denmark such as the main residence of Lundagård, Hammershus on Bornholm and Åhus Castle. While c
To tackle the social inequalities in how disasters unfold, organisations working in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) have increasingly adopted socially inclusive approaches. With a similar aim of reducing disaster impacts, Anticipatory Action (AA) has emerged as a practical method to prevent losses and damage through forecasts, pre-agreed funding, and early action. However, a gap rema
The true nature of dark matter is still not fully understood. The low mass scale structures in dark matter simulations are not fully aligned with observations yet, and new simulations with high enough resolution to distinguish these low mass scale structures are vital. In this work we analyzed a new set of high resolution dark-matter-only (DMO) simulations, comparing cold dark matter (CDM), 7.5 ke
Acute wound fluid is a protein-rich and proteolytically active environment formed during the early response to tissue injury. Proteases involved in coagulation, fibrinolysis, complement activation, inflammation, and neutrophil activity can generate endogenous peptides from larger precursor proteins. Some of these peptides may have antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, therapeutic, or diagnostic relevan
The increasing economic significance of personal data in digital markets has blurred the traditional separation between data protection and competition law. Digital platforms often provide services at zero-price while collecting an extensive amount of personal data, which functions as a key source of market power. This development has raised the question of whether data processing practices can co
This thesis investigates public attitudes and the reception in Sweden of DeepSeek´s chatbot, with a particular focus on the discussions that appeared following its launch in January 2025. The study applies a thematic analysis and a quantitative content analysis, analyzing approximately 250 posts from Flashback and 80 news articles published by the “Big four” (Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Aft
People spend much of their adult lives within organizations, where they experience varying degrees of voice, participation, and autonomy in their everyday work. The political consequences of how this everyday authority is organized, however, have remained largely unexamined. This thesis asks whether the way work is structured shapes employees' understanding of democracy and their participation
This study examines how early-stage entrepreneurs come to engage in financial bootstrapping under conditions of financial constraint. Existing research has largely focused on the techniques entrepreneurs use to bootstrap and the structural conditions associated with such behaviour, while the interpretive process through which bootstrapping becomes a workable response has received limited attention
The Spoon, the Knife, the Fork and the Chaos? German Grammatical Gender as a Learning Challenge in Swedish Upper Secondary Schools This thesis examines German gender of German nouns as a learning and teaching challenge in Swedish upper secondary education. The study investigates how German teachers view the role of grammar, approach grammatical gender in the classroom and how they justify their
Segregation is a complex social phenomenon that has existed since the emergence of the first cities. In itself, segregation does not necessarily constitute a problem; however, it becomes a societal issue when it leads to excessively unequal conditions in people’s upbringing and living standards. One commonly highlighted approach to preventing and counteracting segregation is through deliberate and
This study investigates spatiotemporal changes in eelgrass (Zostera marina) extent in Skälderviken between 2006 and 2023, and compares these changes with riverine nutrient loads, modelled water-quality indicators and depth distribution. Eelgrass extent was mapped from orthophotos and high-resolution satellite imagery for 2006, 2010, 2016 and 2023. Annual nitrogen and phosphorus loads from Rönne å
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how consumers discuss the use of Generative AI in luxury heritage storytelling, and how such use influences perceptions of brand authenticity of luxury heritage brands. Research Question: How do consumers discuss luxury heritage storytelling in relation to Generative AI? Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework used is Beverland’s (2006) S
Anti-corruption reform is foundational for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. Although accession conditionality has become a key driver of reform, formal requirements alone provide only a partial insight into how anti-corruption reform is advanced in practice. This thesis examines how EU-promoted anti-corruption norms acquire meaning and practical significance through their interaction wit
This thesis investigates how residents of the Pogranicze region, specifically Hajnówka County in north-eastern Poland, experience and interpret the act of helping migrants crossing the Polish-Belarusian border under conditions of hybrid war. Starting in 2021, the region has become the site of a humanitarian crisis, as the Belarusian state has instrumentalised migration as a geopolitical weapon, to
