During the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 and its aftershocks, many schools have been damaged or collapsed in Nepal. Reconstruction of schools is still in progress. The lack of funding, resources, engineering skills, knowledge and accessibility makes it difficult for a lot of schools to reopen. My aim with this thesis project is to contribute to the resiliency of Nepal by proposing a design for a speci

Värdegrunder är idag en naturlig del av många moderna organisationer. Fördelar som att värdegrunden kan vara vägvisande och grund för beslut lyfts ofta fram i nuvarande forskning (Lencioni, 2002; Philipson, 2011). På senare år har även kritik riktats mot värdegrundsarbete och viss forskning menar att det är slöseri med både tid och pengar (Alvesson, 2015). Det är emellertid svårt att fastslå hur m

Concentration of wealth has received considerable attention in recent years, and research shows that it is not only a modern day phenomenon. This thesis contributes to the ongoing debate by presenting wealth inequality estimates for rural Finland from 1750 to 1900 in three regions – East, Southwest and North. The current study uses a rich dataset of probate inventories containing over 18 000 obser

While foreign direct investments (FDI) are promoted as a vehicle for economic development their environmental consequences are less established. This study tests the hypotheses that 1) FDI led to environmental degradation in form of increased greenhouse gas emissions during Sub-Saharan Africa´s recent growth spurt but that 2) this impact was felt to a lesser extent in countries with a higher quali

Disasters are not natural, but rather a combination of a natural hazard and its impact on vulnerable people and resources. Therefore, when engaging in disaster risk reduction and coming to an understanding of disaster risk, existing conditions within society should be understood. As one component of disaster risk reduction, preparedness and respective planning efforts require an understanding of d

Eighteen years since the agricultural landscape of southern Öland were inscribed on the World Heritage list, this study aims to investigate the effect on the agriculture that created and are maintaining the World Heritage. Its relation to the tourism and the threats of climate change. Semi-structured interviews with farmers, destination developer and climate strategist were conducted to gain deepe

Housing affordability is an increasingly discussed political and economic issue. Recent research finds a negative relationship between housing affordability and mental health. Much of the prior research uses a ratio measurement for housing affordability. Using alternative measures of housing affordability, I re-examine the relationship between housing affordability and mental health. A fixed effec

The aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of pupil participation from the perspective of psychological wellbeing through analysing school policy discourse related to the reformation of the Swedish upper secondary school in 2011 (Gy11) and interviews with Swedish upper secondary school counsellors. Participatory learning is part of a new educational paradigm and coincides with Articl

The aim of this thesis is to investigate information use, equilibrium behavior and social welfare in a duopoly market with anti-coordination. The analysis is conducted through the application of a game theoretic model first introduced in a 2002 seminal paper by Morris and Shin, to the Los Angeles stringer industry. In this setting, freelance journalists selling footage to news networks have a moti

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of how different groups of consumers perceive a brand depending on whether they are exposed to influencer marketing or paid social media marketing. Methodology: A descriptive quantitative study with a between-subjects design was conducted using a digital survey. A combination of one-way ANOVA, independent samples t-test and Spear

Departing from the increased interest in and beneficial characteristics of investments in commodity futures evident in the literature. This paper evaluates the existence of factors that may explain the cross-section of commodity futures through macro, equity and commodity specific factors. The models employed are estimated through the Fama-Macbeth two step approach on individual contracts as test

The aim for this thesis is evaluate the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in emerging markets. Former researches are in a disagreement on whether it generates any effect at all. The theoretical framework suggests that the human ability to consume new technological innovation is the engine of growth. Furthermore, it implies that FDI is a valuable instrument that provides countr

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how marketing freelancers perceive personal branding and how they practice it. Both offline and online environments for practicing personal branding have been included. The aimed contribution is to broaden the understanding of personal branding by adding the perceptions that marketing freelancers have towards this topic. Additionally, the attempt is to prov

The solar and thermal performance of window is subject to a wide range of parameters. To simulate the energy performance is therefore difficult, and limitations might occur depending on the complexity of each case. This study presents some of the current limitations related to the assessment of window considering solar and thermal performance into the policy framework (standards, regulations and c

Syftet med denna studie var att i ett lokalt elnät undersöka hur laddningen av elbilar påverkar lastmönster i elnätet, både i nuläget och i framtida simulerade situationer. Samt undersöka vilken potential det finns att flytta laddningen över tid i testområdet i Hyllie, Malmö. Detta genom att simulera en del av elnätet i Hyllie och styra elbilsladdningen för att kapa effekttoppar. Därefter kartlägg

This research looks into the gender equality work of two IT companies in Sweden, examines what actions the companies pursue in their gender equality work, the level of management involvement and how that affects the outcome. In the IT industry, organizations are failing with retaining their female employees (Correll & Mackenzie, 2016). Further, stereotypes result in, e.g. the IT industry is se

Both automation and climate change are important topics on today’s policy agenda. Automation is often argued to have environmental benefits in terms of energy efficiency, however, no attempt has yet been made to empirically address the relation between automation and energy consumption. Therefore this paper aims to fill this gap by exploring whether automation and energy intensity developments fol

Located in Båstad, at the Bjäre peninsula, is the camping business Båstad Camping. With many guests from all over of Sweden, the owners of the business want to convey information about tourist attractions, sporting activites, events and restaurants at the Bjäre peninsula in a modern way. The purpose of the thesis is to develop a visitors mobile application with information about the Bjäre peninsul