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This chapter offers a critique of the metaphor of hijacking in the study of religion. Taking recent reflections on the role of religion in the far right as a case, it characterizes the heresiological logic of purity that is implied by this metaphor, before capturing its impact on investigations of religion from inter- and intra-religious angles. The chapter clarifies that the heresiological logic
To verify the justification for an amendment of European Standard EN 14770:2023, this study investigates the effect of trimming on measured shear modulus and phase angle of bituminous binders using Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). Six bituminous binders were analysed, including penetration grade neat bitumen and modified bitumen with polymer and wax. More than 400 DSR measurements (with trimming ver
The Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) system utilizes a diffusive phase-field for interface tracking of multi-phase fluid flows. Recently structure preserving methods for CHNS have moved into focus to construct numerical schemes that, for example, are mass conservative or obey initial bounds of the phase-field variable. In this work decoupled implicit-explicit formulations based on the Discontinu
The starting point of this dissertation is the increasing number of Swedish consumers who use the Internet for shopping. Convenience is said to be an important ground for this choice. However, there are few studies that attempt to understand the true meaning of convenience. This study sets out to understand what convenience entails for Internet shoppers, what characterizes a convenient Internet sh
In order to provide a functional foodscape in the grocery store, chilled products need to be stored in cabinets according to the regulations. Doors on display cabinets are energy-efficient but can also be perceived as a barrier by consumers. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an understanding of how consumers behave and what they perceive when shopping chilled groceries from cabinets wi
This chapter contributes to the understanding of the impulsive fashion consumer online in a digitalized retail and consumer world. It also questions the notions of impulsive consumption in general. The description of the impulsive fashion consumer as guided by emotional irrationality is questioned and disputed, as the digitalization transforms the retailing concept, alters consumer's way of thinki
Even though contemporary practice within e-business retailing demonstrates knowledge on how to collect and process big data, e-businesses have a hard time with the organizational mind-set to focus on data-driven innovation. In this perspective paper the author analyses an action-research study from a Swedish e-business retail actor, and explores how to change the mind-set to focus on data-driven i
This systematic literature review examines 69 studies published between 2012 and 2025, investigating how corruption affects corporate ESG performance and reporting. It analyzes the impact of corruption at both the national and firm levels, highlighting how it undermines sustainability, transparency, and stakeholder trust. Using bibliometric and thematic synthesis, the review identifies key intelle
Energy supply is a critical societal function, where disruptions can quickly lead to serious consequences for populations, industries, and other societal functions. Ensuring resilience therefore requires not only the ability to withstand interruptions, but also the capacity to adapt and recover from crises. In Sweden, district heating plays a particularly important role, supplying heat to more thaEnergy supply is a critical societal function, where disruptions can quickly lead to serious consequences for populations, industries, and other societal functions. Ensuring resilience therefore requires not only the ability to withstand interruptions, but also the capacity to adapt and recover from crises. In Sweden, district heating plays a particularly important role, supplying heat to more tha
We present a topology optimization framework for anisotropic elastoplastic structures based on a new deformation plasticity formulation derived directly from Hill’s yield criterion. Conventional incremental elastoplastic approaches in topology optimization, while accurate, are computationally demanding due to their path-dependent nature and the need to store internal variables over multiple load s
This thesis investigates quantum dynamics induced in atoms by ultrashort pulses of light. The work is motivated by recent developments in free-electron lasers, which generate ultrashort pulses of intense, coherent light and enable coherent control of quantum dynamics. We develop theoretical models to study the processes of absorption and emission in laser-atom interactions. Additionally, we study
This paper presents a predicted information and predicted action (PIPA) decision-analysis approach with Bayesian material updating for planning material testing in existing reinforced concrete members. The objective is to select the number of concrete and reinforcing-steel tests before testing is performed and before a management action is chosen, accounting jointly for the updated structural perf
This article aims first to understand how and why refugees decide to leave or stay in their first country of asylum, and second to contribute to the theory of agentic analyses of migration. Our contribution adds to the growing body of research examining the impact of social class and associated capitals on the trajectories of forced migrants. Our analysis of the experiences of Syrians in Turkey an
Disruptions of the patient-general practitioner (GP) relationship due to GP exits affect patient outcomes in various ways. The literature suggests that the loss of a trusted professional can have negative effects, but also points at the benefits of being examined by a new GP. We study the impact of GP exits in the Swedish primary care setting, in which care is provided in group practices and even
This licentiate thesis is based on two papers related to convergence analysis of numerical schemes that contain stochasticity for problems under low-regularity assumptions. The first paper is about a randomized Runge-Kutta scheme for stiff ODEs. The second paper is on a domain decomposition method for parabolic SPDEs.In the first paper, we show that a two-stage singly diagonally implicit Runge-Kut
