Given the increasing world population, prices and greenhouse gas emissions, there is a need to innovate agriculture in order to accelerate crop productivity sustainably. These issues are compounded in developing countries, which often face severe droughts, famine, and have limited access to drinking water. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are the proposed solution to these concerns, with an i

This thesis aims to study the representation of female and male terrorists in two daily media sources to see if a gendered portrayal is present. Its aim is also to see what portrayal is present in documents regarding counter-terrorism. Feminist theories within the study of International Relations are used together with theories regarding media’s framing effect on policy makers. The country that se

Den senaste tiden har ifrågasättandet av diagnosen skakvåld fått mycket uppmärksamhet, bl.a. eftersom HD i NJA 2014 s. 699, just på grund av ovan nämnda ifrågasättande, friade den tilltalade från anklagelserna om skakvåld. I ett annat fall beviljade HD resning för en man som tidigare dömts för skakvåld. Syftet med denna uppsats är att granska diagnosen skakvåld ur ett juridiskt perspektiv. Det skeRecently the questioning of the diagnosis ’shaken baby syndrome’ has received attention, partly because the Supreme Court in a judgment, because of the poor scientific evidence base for the diagnosis, acquitted the defendant from the accusations of shaking his baby. In another case the Supreme Court granted a man, who had been sentenced to prison for killing his daughter by violent shaking, a new

The city of Malmö has seen growing media attention recent years in light of increased reporting on its anti-Semitism. The media image is one where the Jewish population is constantly harassed and threatened. This study aims to clarify whether or not there has been an actual increase of anti-Semitism in Malmö, what might be causing it, and with this shed light on modern anti-Semitism. Limiting the

This study is about changes of institutional values in the procedur of public procurement. The results show that there is a change of focus from government values to market values in the policies and recommendations from the Swedish Competition Authority. The method of the study is a text analysis of the material presented on the homepage of the Swedish Competion Authority and also covers analysis

This essay tries to find out what Isis-supporters tweets about and how that can be explained. Since the Islamic State, Isis, took large swaths of Syria and Iraq the activities from sympathisers on social media have been noticed all over the world. To analyse the tweets this essay uses a theory inspired by social movement studies. From this theory four categories are derived which together with thr

The ‘New Public Management’ wave of the 90s is considered to have had a great impact on the values that control the Swedish public administration. Arguably, it has led to an increased representation of economic values within the public administration and, as a result, democratic values have been neglected. This qualitative case study has analyzed the democratic and economic values within the publi

The collective housing movement in Sweden has undergone a lot of changes since it started in the 1930s. It has identified different problems over the years, but the solution has always remained the same. In my thesis I ask if these changes can be explained with individualization-theories, and my hypothesis is that the movement has been individualized. I have chosen to analyze the collective housin

In the year of 2015, Freedom House released their yearly report where they concluded that the global level of democracy had been declining for nine straight years. This raised questions about whether the golden era of democracy had come to an end. Shortly after, the Journal of Democracy released a special issue with the title Is Democracy in decline?, where a number of well-known academics gave th

In this thesis the starting point is the question on how the fact that the negotiations about nuclear power in Iran could be initiated. The time boundries are quite narrow, taking as the starting point when Rouhini became president in Iran. To answer the question the two theories ripeness theory and readiness theory are used. The goal is to test if these two theories can be used to explain why the

This thesis drives a twofold argument about the Swedish policies on foreign aid and development. First of all is it stated how there has been a continuity in this particular field of policy has since its inception in the 1960s and the issue has in the closest become depoliticised in mainstream politics. With the intent of bringing this field of policy back in to the light of politics and ideology

I tvistemål ska tappande part svara för uppkomna rättegångskostnader. I de fall ett aktiebolag för process är det som utgångspunkt aktiebolaget som vid ett ogillande av talan ska ersätta sin motparts rättegångskostnader. Principens ändamål kan beskrivas som handlingsdirigerande, då den primärt syftar till att avskräcka från obefogade anspråk. I arbetet redogörs för möjligheterna att utnyttja ett kIn civil proceedings, the loosing party account for legal expenses. In case a company holds a suit, the company primary accounts for legal expenses. The principle aims to discourage claims that have a lack of legal ground. This thesis investigates the possibilities to avoid responsibility for legal expenses by the use of a wholly owned yet less financially strong company, in order to cut ones loss

Traditional vegetation indices have long encountered a problem of saturating at high biomass levels. A newly formulated vegetation index, the Plant Phenology Index (PPI), which has a near linear relationship with canopy green leaf area index (LAI) is tested in this study against temperature at 12 sites across Sweden. For comparison, the performance of the Normal Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

Policy making processes is under constant study and scrutiny. Different theories bring different dimensions to the table. The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is especially developed studying ”wicked” problems, which the climate issue without controversy can be called. The ACF studies belief systems among actors, forming advocacy coalitions which act to achieve desired policy outcome. In this st

Sweden and Norway are both Social Democratic welfare states where abortions are legal, however Norway has a conscience clause in its abortion law and Sweden does not. This provides for a puzzle as well as research questions aimed at understanding how the debates in Sweden and Norway differ and if there is any difference over time as well. Since this also raises the question of why they differ an a

Adapting to climate change is a growing policy area and today more municipalities see a future need of protecting themselves against rising sea levels, floods and higher temperatures. In 2012 the city of Malmö took a significant step when adopting a strategy plan where actions where pointed out and prioritized. But the plan was three years later neither pursued nor prolonged. By using the advocacy

Uppsatsen ämnar redogöra för koncerners etablering i EU i ett svenskt och EU-rättsligt perspektiv. Detta sker genom att sätta den svenska skattelagstiftningen i ett EU-rättsligt sammanhang för att illustrera EU-rättens betydelse vid etablering. Nationella skattesystems regleringar har inte fullt ut harmoniserats med EU-rätten men EU-domstolens praxis har blivit en ledstjärna vad gäller förenlighetThe essay intends to describe the establishment of groups of companies in the EU from a Swedish and EU legal perspective. This is done by putting Swedish tax legislation in an EU legal context to illustrate the significance of EU law in the establishment. National tax system regulations are not fully harmonized with EU law and the European Court of Justice has instead become a beacon in terms of t

Flyktingar, alternativt skyddsbehövande och övrigt skyddsbehövande har rätt till uppehållstillstånd då dem har asylskäl i den svenska rätten. Uppehållstillstånd kan även beviljas när det föreligger synnerligen ömmande omständigheter. Ensamkommande flyktingbarn som flyr från krig eller förföljelse i hemlandet möts i Sverige av en asylprocess där åldern är viktig för prövningen av uppehållstillståndRefugees, persons eligible for subsidiary protection and persons otherwise in need of protection have the right to residence permit when they have grounds for asylum in the Swedish law. A residence permit may also be granted for an asylum seeker with exceptionally distressing circumstances. Unaccompanied children who are fleeing war or persecution in the native country meet in Sweden an asylum pro

Civilkurage är ett flitigt debatterat område i Sverige, och trots att de flesta av våra grannländer har lagstiftning om en allmän handlingsplikt att bistå en nödställd person har Sverige valt att inte införa en sådan. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att belysa de olika problem som lagstiftaren ställs inför vid ett eventuellt införande av en civilkuragelag. Uppsatsen redogör för hur gällande rätt ärMoral courage is frequently debated in Sweden, and despite the fact that several countries in our proximity have implemented a general legal duty to rescue a person in distress, Sweden has chosen not to implement such a legislation. The main purpose of this essay is to illustrate the different problems the legislator is facing regarding the possible insertion of a “moral courage law”. The essay ac

Sverige har genom tiderna varit en stark röst för folkrätten och respekten för mänskliga rättigheter samt en engagerad del i FN:s internationella insatser. Men efter det paradigmskifte som skakade världen i och med Sovjets fall och kalla krigets slut, vilken roll kan Sverige ta där. Och med antaganden om en bredare samt djupare definition av säkerhetsbegreppet blivit allt mer implementerad i den s