To deal with the problems resulting from the current unsustainable pattern of resource utilization, the material life cycle of plastics should be extended. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly adopted as a strategy to redirect the material flow, but its contributions to the market development of recycled plastics have not been well researched. Norway is one of the countrie

This thesis examines the tension between norms and interests in the European policy on Russia, looking specifically at how this tension manifests itself in the EU's relation to Russia. This is being analysed with the help of two theoretical approaches; the norm-driven and the interest-driven approach. The empirical examination indicates that while the interest-driven approach is explaining the

This thesis is set in the context of project financing for renewable energy technologies (RETs). The research looks closely at the environmental review procedures of financial institutions, focusing on the practice of environmental due diligence. This practice originally emerged as an approach used by lenders or investors to manage environmental risks and liabilities stemming from an investment de

The aim of this study was to investigate leadership in public health care. The methods used were shadowing and semi-structured interviews. The shadowing involved observing the shared leadership of two head nurses in an administrative management position of a ward in their daily work during two weeks. The observation was supplemented by ten semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis of the dat

Temat för denna uppsats är fördomar, och hur de påverkar oss i vårt identitetsskapande. Min hypotes är att vi bildar vår identitet utifrån den Andre, och genom de fördomar vi har om den Andre påverkas vårt identitetsskapande i en positiv riktning. Fördomar bygger enligt mig på en ojämn maktbalans, vilken gör att vi skapar fördomar mot människor i vår utgrupp. Det är mot utgruppen våra negativa för

The aim of this paper is to examine the psychosocial work environment and safety culture in minor Swedish airports. The purpose is also to investigate the relationships between these two. The paper deals with theories regarding psychosocial work environment, organizational culture and safety as well as safety culture and safety climate. The participants are air traffic controllers working in minor

In the prison of Kumla, Sweden`s highest security classified institution, spiritual retreats are pursued since 2001. The aim is to offer the inmates a possibility to enter deeply into spiritual contemplation. This spiritual contemplation is made possible through the fact that the prisoners carry out a retreat designed after guidelines written by Ignatius of Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises. The p

This thesis investigates the process of innovation in environmental technology and the role that government interventions can play in fostering this innovation, using a cross-sectoral perspective based on three Nordic sectors - mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings. Using an analytical framework based on innovation and environmental policy and their interactions with three preconditions for

This essay is about children who have psychological and social problems. An increase part of children and young people in Sweden describe this kind of difficulties. These problems are at the same time a concern for the school as well as the social welfare. The purpose in this essay is to explore if children with psychological and social problems have the same legal rights to education as other chi

Denna uppsats undersöker hur Malmös högstadieskolor arbetar mot homofobi och heteronormativitet. Uppsatsen utgår från ett queerteoretiskt perspektiv och materialet består av två enkäter bland lärare och skolledare på sammanlagt tretton skolor. Resultaten tyder bl a på att kränkningar pga sexuell läggning och kön är vanliga på skolorna samt att lärarna nästan helt saknar utbildning och kompetensutv

Continuous improvement is not a new idea in business. Six Sigma, Lean Production and the PDCA cycle are some of the approaches companies can take to conduct continuous improvement of their operations. However, when a buyer is engaged with a supplier via a service provision contract, their combined effort to work towards continuous improvement is made more complex. This research adds to the underst

Tourism is recognized as one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Tourism activities entail economic, social and environmental benefits as well as adverse impacts. ?The Asian Highway Network? crisscrossing 32 countries in Asia has been promoted as a tourism-related and transport infrastructure. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has provid

This master thesis was performed at Architecture and Development Studies at Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University. It is a collaboration with NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston and Lund University Hospital with the objective of making an operating table for long term missions like Mars explorations. The Zero Gravity Surgical Workstation (0GSW) is an operating table designed to man

The focus of this essay is Swedish bilateral development aid. With the help of organization theory I analyse the development aid strategies and policies of the 1990s, in order to examine how and why they were introduced. I investigate three different types of aid organization, namely structural adjustment programmes, political conditionality tied to aid co-operation, and equality policy as part of

I uppsatsen tittar jag på hur tre språk (svenska, tyska, engelska) har hanterat stavningsreformer, eller planer på en sådan. Jag är intresserad av hur de olika sidorna i en stavningsreform positionerar sig, och om det är samma typ av argument oavsett vilket språk det gäller. Ja det är det. Båda sidor tar till brösttoner.

This study aims to investigate possible correlations between cognitive functions and self perceived psychological wellbeing, possible correlations between cognitive functions and degree of mindfulness and possible correlations between degree of mindfulness and self perceived psychological wellbeing. 18 patients diagnosed with ICD-10 taking part in a transdiagnostical cognitive behavioural group th

Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utifrån ett lönsamhetsperspektiv analysera konceptet ModernaHus och hur det ska möta marknadskraven för flerbostadshus på den svenska marknaden.

In this thesis, it is investigated if it is possible to create a common factor of the work tasks done by an air traffic controller, which then can measure workload. This will lead to the development of a tool to measure workload at small airports. In the research project a questionnaire is created to measure the different tasks an air traffic controller has. The same questionnaire will also measur

The purpose of this thesis is to cast light on the residential area Rosengård in Malmö which during the years between 1965 to 1975 was part of a programme known as "Miljonprogrammet", a project which was supposed to put an end to the housing shortages. The purpose of this thesis is also to investigate the social consequences in Rosengård, which arose as a result of Miljonprogrammet. Rose

This study probed a possible relationship between fantasy proneness and several ways of coping; task oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance oriented, and their connection with mental and physical health. The participants consisted mainly of university students (N = 51) and were given three scales; the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris, 2001), the Cop