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Warnings that the Swedish culture and popular education (folkbildning) infrastructure is under threat due to cutbacks in public funding have recently been highlighted in a joint report published by national interest organizations representing the library and popular education sector. This thesis seeks to explore the role and perceived value of the collaboration between study associations and publi

Trigger warnings have become an increasingly common feature when literature is discussed on digital platforms, particularly on BookTok. However, research on how such warnings are understood and handled in everyday library practice remains limited. This study therefore took its starting point in an identified knowledge gap concerning how librarians relate to and work with trigger warnings when prom

This thesis examines the extent to which European Union (EU) labour law provides protection against unjustified dismissal. It focuses on both substantive and procedural forms of protection, as well as the limits imposed by EU competence. The analysis is based on a doctrinal method and draws on EU primary law, secondary legislation, and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ

The slow librarianship movement aims at re-introducing a qualitative, socially sustainable practice into the library and is a response to neoliberalism’s presence within the library sphere. ‘Slow librarianship’ as a concept emerged actively in the USA within the last decade. This thesis takes ‘slow librarianship’ into a Swedish context. It seeks to examine in how far Swedish librarians are familia

Narratives surrounding AI-technology have long been a fixture in news media, ranging from stories rooted in science-fiction, where robots take over the world, to reports on breakthroughs in machine-learning, which help doctors make better medical decisions. These narratives simultaneously highlight present-day shifts in social practices as well as paving the way for future visions of a society sha

This study investigates the spatiotemporal development of the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) in Malta, and compares it with Zaragoza, Spain, as an inland reference site of the same Köppen climate classification. High-resolution summer Land Surface Temperature (LST) data from 2013 to 2025, along with Impervious Surface Area (ISA), Land Use/Land Cover (LULC), and NDVI data were used to analyse the

Karst caves are known to buffer external climatic variability and track annual temperature and humidity means, yet little is understood about how this buffering extends beyond cave interiors or whether it influences vegetation patterns at cave entrances. This pilot study investigates microclimate (temperature, relative humidity and derived vapour pressure deficit) and vegetation patterns (Shannon

I takt med att avgasutsläpp från förbränningsmotorer minskar blir bidraget från icke-avgasemissioner till luftföroreningar allt mer betydande. En av de viktigaste källorna till dessa emissioner är slitage från bromsar. Trots att störst mängd bromsslitage kommer från tunga fordon är detta ett relativt outforskat ämne. Denna studie syftar därför till att fylla kunskapsluckorna som finns gällande broToday, non-exhaust emissions from brake wear are one of the biggest sources of air polluting PM10 in urban areas. To limit toxic effects, the recent Euro 7 regulations include non-exhaust emissions limit values for passenger cars. However, regulatory standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) do not yet exist and the effects of brake wear particles from HDVs are underexplored. The aim of this thesis

Under min ett och ett halvt år långa praktik inom scenografi introducerades jag till ett alternativt synsätt på rumslig gestaltning. Inom scenografin står berättelse, stämning och upplevelse i centrum, och varje gestaltningsbeslut – vad gäller mått, form, ljus, material eller rörelseflöde, utgår från en medveten intention om vad rummet gör med den som kliver in i det. Målsättningen är ofta att berDuring my one and a half years of internship in scenography, I was introduced to an alternative approach to spatial design. In scenography, narrative, atmosphere, and experience are key elements, and every design decision – concerning scale, form, light, material, movement – is based on a conscious intention regarding how the space affects those who enter it. The aim is often to move, engage, and

This master’s thesis examines how the experimental project My new museum?, initiated by Malmö Art Museum, is used to develop museum practice under conditions of shifting cultural policy expectations, and increasingly hybrid forms of legitimation. The study asks (1) what kinds of participation the project enables and when participation entails a redistribution of power between visitors and museum,

The thesis examines the transformation process from archaeological publication to archaeological exhibition, with a focus on how the narrative on prehistoric identity changes. The purpose of the thesis is to shed light on how museums fulfil their mission of making research accessible to the public and has two research questions: What changes occur in the narrative when text material produced from

Who’s Worth Identifying examines the reasonings behind the decision to exclude the use of forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG, to identify unidentified human remains belonging to victims of crime in Sweden. After FIGG was used to solve a double homicide in Linköping in 2020 the Swedish Police Authority published a report on its use. After the publishing of the report the Swedish Auth

This thesis examines how museums display human remains in relation to artefacts within the same exhibition contexts. While previous research has largely focused on ethical questions, repatriation, and public reactions to human remains, fewer studies have systematically compared how museums materially and affectively differentiate human remains from other museum objects. The study investigates

This master’s thesis examines how climate responsibility is formulated in policy and governance documents of Swedish national museum authorities. Drawing on a text analysis, the study investigates how climate-related issues are articulated, what meanings are attributed to sustainability, and how these formulations are shaped by institutional contexts. The theoretical framework combines social ecol

This study examines how archivists in Sweden perceive and relate to the development of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in relation to their professional role, practice, and conditions surrounding the use of AI. While AI has been described as having significant potential for increasing efficiency, handling large volumes of digital material, and improving access to archives, it also raise

This thesis examines how archivists perceive different archival spaces, with an emphasis on physical and digital archives. The study is based on four semi-structured interviews with Swedish archivists who all work in public archives. A key aim of the research has been to let the informants reflect on how the various archival environments make them feel – and which of the senses they invoke – rathe

In the early 20th century, researchers from folklore archives travelled across Sweden to collect stories from rural communities and peasant society, as this culture was widely believed to be disappearing as more people moved to urban areas. These stories became part of collections that are now documented as part of Swedish cultural heritage. In the 1970s, however, these collections were criticised

The purpose of this master thesis is to explore how platformization and artificial intelligence are reshaping power and governance in the digital economy, with a particular focus on the relationship between private technology companies and the public sector. Governments and institutions often present AI as necessary for innovation, economic growth, and efficiency, while researchers and representat

This master’s thesis studies several interviews conducted and recorded by the Swedish national archives in the 1980s. The interviews in question were carried out by a department at the national archives focusing specifically on acquisition and mapping of private archives. Between 1980 and 1991, employees at the department interviewed at least 20 people and recorded their stories, which were then a

This study evaluates an object-based image analysis (OBIA) approach using YOLOv11s-seg instance segmentation model for classifying thermally relevant land cover types from 0.16 m resolution orthophotos across three municipalities in Scania, Sweden. Six thermally relevant classes were defined: asphalt, bright roof, brown roof, dark roof, tree canopy and grass. The model was trained on annotations f