In December 2019, news came from China about a mysterious virus that infected people in the Chinese city of Wuhan. During the following weeks the disease spread further to a number of countries all over the world (DW 2019). The new disease turns out to be very dangerous and highly contagious. While the pandemic spread and people died disinformation started to spread in the media, social media, and

This essay looks at the tonal change in the European Unions strategic communications after the Brexit referendum 2016, applying narrative and securitisation theory to find how the EU redefined their narrative after the 2016 Bratislava summit. To best get an indication of this material such as the annual EUGS reports, Council resolution etc is analysed for securitization buzzwords.

The notion of politicization in government agencies has been described by many researchers as a threat to our democracy. But what exactly is meant by the term politicization, and how is it understood in the debate? As an attempt to answer this question, a discourse analytical method has been applied. The results show that politicization might not have an axiomatic definition, but rather that the d

This thesis analyses the view on philanthropic organizations as it is expressed in the new law of poor relief passed in 1918 and in the discussions and motivations that underlie the law, published in 1915. By using Thomas F. Gieryns concept boundary-work the thesis analyses the different types of boundary-work that form part of the reform work of the law. The discussions that underlie the law take

The recent increase in climate warming has further increased the interest of climate policy in the European Union. In order to adapt to the climate change, policies must be implied to guarantee adaptation, and they need to be effective, even if members of the supranational organization have significant economic growth. Therefore, this research will examine what policies EU member nations, Ireland

Ownership is one of the most debated topics in Sweden and is incredibly fragmented. Some believe that constitutional property rights lead to restrictions in democracy, while others believe that constitutional property rights are important for democracy. This raises many follow-up questions, why is the subject so fragmented? Norrköping municipality is located in Östergötland county, the county has

Det senaste decenniet har flera allvarliga perioder och händelser av extremväder drabbat Europa. Tidigare studier visar att dessa händelser och perioder har ökat i antal och i intensitet och en fortsatt intensifiering är förväntad i framtiden. Extremväder såsom värmeböljor, torka och floder kan påverka vattenkvalitén i våra floder på olika sätt. Det är viktigt då flodernas ekologi är grundläggandeEurope has experienced several climate extremes during the past decades. These extreme events have increased in number and intensity and are projected to further intensify. Previous studies show that heatwaves, drought, and flood can have an impact on water quality in several ways. Drought can cause reduced dilution of nutrients, limiting oxygen availability as a result of increased water temperat

I den här uppsatsen undersöks regeringens proposition (2017/18:23) om skärpt exportkontroll av krigsmateriel utifrån Carol Bacchis metod ”What’s the problem represented to be?”, vilken är en form av policyanalys. Syftet är att undersöka vad regeringen ansett är problematiskt med riktlinjerna och tillståndsprövningen för den svenska krigsmaterielexporten. Utifrån detta formuleras uppsatsens frågestThe legitimisation of Swedish arms export: Guidelines, risk assessment and liberal militarism In this thesis the governments proposition (2017/18:23) ”skärpt exportkontroll av krigsmateriel” is examined by using Carol Bacchi's method ”What’s the problem represented to be?”, which is a form of policy analysis. The aim is to examine what the government considered as problematic about the guidel

Syfte: Denna uppsats avser att undersöka hur köpprocessen ser ut för konsumenter i generationerna Baby Boomers och Silent Generation under pågående Coronapandemi. Arbetet kommer tydligt fokusera på de fem stegen i The five-stage model för att bidra med ytterligare teoretisk kunskap om köpprocessen online, för konsumenter inom de valda generationerna. Metod: Undersökningen har ett hermeneutiskt f

Today cities across the world in different scales are struggling to achieve a sustainable living space where children are full of pride to call home. My thesis project inspired by my own journey of searching for a safe and inviting public space where I can spend my leisure time. I grew up in K.S.A, where for a long time I have experienced that women are not safe in a public space. Then I came to m

The purpose of this study was to examine social workers’ and social work students’ views on organized crime as a social problem, and on the ongoing societal work with it. The method used was qualitative and the empirical material was collected through semi-structured interviews. Questions focused on the interviewee’s perspectives on cause, victims and solutions as well as on their thoughts on poli

This thesis is a study of the public social life of children in an urban environment and of implementation of techniques and tools that would transform urban spaces in a typically large metropolitan city into a child friendly space. The common conception of children as the future citizen rather than as active citizens have lead to completely ignoring the needs of children during the designing proc

Equipment installation at MAX IV, a state-of-the-art particle accelerator in Sweden, requires accuracy and precision in the range of micrometers. The measurement technology used is laser tracking, with which the position of a movable reflector is determined, by reflecting the laser beam emitted from a stationary tracker. Data describing the real-time position of the reflector is handled in a softw

Purpose To examine if Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisitions, measured by fluctuations of the stock price of the acquiring firm. Additionally, to investigate if industrial, institutional and cultural independent variables affect the cumulative abnormal returns. Methodology The study is quantitative with a deductive approach and based on the tradit

Harm reduction as a response to drug problems has long been considered controversial in Sweden, among other countries. The term has therefore rarely been used in official Swedish documents. However, harm reduction in the neighboring country, Denmark, has in contrast to Sweden, not encountered the same degree of resistance. The aim of this study was, based on this difference, along with advances in

Detta examensarbete fokuserar på hur uppvärmningsprocessegenskaper kan användas för att bestämma en styrlag till en regulator inom fastighetsautomation. En testmiljö har satts upp med ventilationssystem och värmekälla. Testmiljön styrs av en PLC. Systemets överföringsfunktion har beräknats ifrån Newtons avsvalningslag. Tidskonstanten för det öppna systemet har beräknats utgående utifrån temperaturThis thesis focuses on how properties of a heating process can be used to determine a control law for a controller in a HVAC system. A test environment has been set up with a ventilation system and a heat source. The test environment is controlled by a PLC. The process transfer function has been modeled based upon Newton's cooling law. The time constant for the open-loop system has been estima

The aim of this study was to examine how women described their experiences of living with a drug and or alcohol abusing man. A qualitative approach has been used and the study was based on four autobiographical books written by Swedish female authors who either live or have lived with abusive men. The empirical material has been analyzed based on Lazarus and Folkman's theory of coping and Goff

The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of how social workers, working with people with substance abuse, describe the client relationship, the strategies they use and the challenges they encounter in building and maintaining this relationship. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with five professional social workers from two different municipalities in southern Sweden

Syfte: Att undersöka om utomstående investerare kan generera abnormal avkastning genom att följa insynspersoners köptransaktioner bland svenska bolag på First North Growth Market. Studien undersöker även om faktorerna transaktionsstorlek, insynspersoners befattning och bolags marknadsvärde kan förklara utomstående investerares möjlighet till abnormal avkastning genom att följa insynspersoners köpt

The purpose of the study was to investigate challenges, resistances and prejudices professionals experience in their day-to-day job when working with homelessness according to the model Housing first in Sweden. For this, I conducted six qualitative interviews with Case Managers within Housing first programs. The interviewees all worked close to the clients, and in cooperation with landlords, the s