Humanitarian crises caused by natural disasters or human reasons have hampered the access of generations of young adults to higher education. The aftermath of the Syrian conflict in 2011 led to the emergence of various initiatives, mostly set in neighboring countries and the global north, for refugees and displaced populations to pursue higher education studies. Policymakers and academics have foc

Narrative and gender are both notions closely connected to culture and society. Narrative, on the one hand, is not just the art of telling stories, it carries deeper meanings, evokes feelings, and even affects our actions and interactions with one another. Gender, on the other hand, and specifically social gender, is defined as the gender identity that a person has shaped through his or her intera

As the clock ticks on our opportunity to limit catastrophic climate change, mitigation efforts are becoming increasingly essential, especially amongst countries with high current or historic emissions. However, these mitigation attempts are not a guaranteed success, especially when the system within which they operate is not understood due to unacknowledged bias in quantitative data. As such, wick

Purpose: The purpose of this study is trying to understand which elements are essential to obtain loyalty in the alcoholic beverage industry and how companies can focus their branding efforts on these drivers of loyalty. Methodology: A literature review is conducted to identify the key drivers which can influence brand loyalty. These drivers are then analysed by researching two case studies, Hein

This thesis analyzed multimodal social media communications of a government agency that manages national parks, to study the kinds of discourses that are constructed by national parks agencies through representations of the parks and their nature. Furthermore, it analyzed and interpreted how the discourses relate to the mandate and other missions that the agency must adhere to, which are generally

Sound ranging is a method to locate sources of sound waves using microphones or other types of receivers at known reference positions. Nowadays, these receivers can be made both very small and powerful, lasting for a long time on a single battery charge, making them suitable for longtime outdoor purposes such as detecting artillery fire or other loud sounds. In this master thesis, we present a sou

The Viking Age saw the colonisation of most of the isles of Scotland by settlers from Norway. These newcomers brought their own customs, practices and perceptions to the Isles, maintaining close links with the Scandinavian world. However, these islands had already experienced millennia of anthropogenic change by the time of Norse settlement, and generations of previous inhabitants had populated th

Planning for capacity in not just the production, but also in the supply chain, is important. Strategic long-term planning for the supply chain will affect how the company will be able to meet the demand. This Master Thesis will focus on the capacities within the supply chain at PolyPeptide and how they could be planned for in the future. PolyPeptide is a company that manufactures active pharmaceu

This paper investigates if migration policy reforms have the ability to affect the trade enhancing effect of migration. Migration policies are one of the factors through which a country can control its migration. A shift in migration policy could therefore possibly alter or affect the effect that migration has on trade. In order to investigate this, the Swedish asylum policy changes of 2016 and it

This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty and increasing HDI by analysing three different types of aid; bilateral, multilateral and NGO aid. While there have been several papers that have studied the differences between bilateral and multilateral aid and their effectiveness, such studies have not included NGO aid. In addition, research on what impact foreign aid has

I ett försök till att hindra den skatteflykt som uppstår av skatteplanering genom hybrida missmatchningar som leder till att länders skattebaser urholkas antog Europakommissionen direktivet ATAD 2. Till skillnad från ATAD 1 så siktar ATAD 2 in sig på olika typer av betalningar, inte bara räntebetalningar, samt att bestämmelserna även rör tredje land och inte bara medlemsländerna i EU. MedlemsländeIn an attempt to prevent tax evasion caused by tax planning through hybrid mismatches that lead to tax bases erosion in countries, the European Commission adopted the directive ATAD 2. Unlike ATAD 1, ATAD 2 aims at different payments, not just interest payments, and third countries, not just member states of the EU. ATAD 2 should have been implemented in member states national legislation on 31 Ja

Communication and conflict are inevitable in working groups and is the foundation of how working groups cooperate. This study explored how communication and conflict can be perceived by individuals in a smaller work group at a support home for children ages 14–20. Aim: The aim was to create an understanding of how communication and conflicts were described by staff at a support home for children a

Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka hur ideella verksamheter och kommunala myndigheter arbetar med digital utanförskap bland sina klienter, vilka faktorerna för digital utanförskap kan vara samt hur den digitala utvecklingen ser ut. Studien genomfördes som en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Totalt intervjuades sex personer, tre från ideella verksamheter och tre från The aim of this study has been to examine the way non-profit organizations and municipal administrations work with digital exclusion amongst their clients, what the factors for digital exclusion can be and what the digital development looks like. The study was performed using a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews. In total six people were interviewed, three from non-profit organizat

Stor risk för mjölkallergiker att äta på restaurang i Malmö Vågar allergiker äta på restaurang? Går det att lita på att maten innehåller det som restaurangpersonalen säger att den gör? Innehåller grädde, ost och yoghurt mjölk? Att äta på restaurang kan vara utmanande för en allergiker eftersom restauranger är bland de vanligaste platserna där allergiska reaktioner inträffar. Omkring 15 procentFoodallergy is on the rise in Sweden and the rest of the world and is a global health issue. Milk protein is the allergen that causes the most allergic reactions in Sweden and those who are highly allergic to milk risk going into an anaphylactic shock which in worst case can be fatal. Eating at a restaurant can be a challenge for a person with food allergy since this is where the majority of aller

Byggprocessen har en omfattande roll i det infrastrukturella bygget och utgör grunden till en byggnation. Man kan uttrycka byggprocessen som en helhetsbild av hur uppförandet av en byggnad/anläggning går till. Många olika aktörer är involverade i denna process. Byggprocessen innefattar allt från inventeringar, behovsutredningar, gestaltningar till tekniska lösningar, produktion och förvaltning. ÄvThe construction process has a profound role withing the infrastructure, and lais the foundation for the construction itself. It can be described as layout of how the construction will be managed, provided for and organized. Therefore, this process involves several actors. The construction process involves activities such as inventory, needs investigations, designs for technical solutions, product

De svenska ränteavdragsbegränsningsreglerna infördes 2009 för att förhindra att vinster fördes ut ur Sverige till länder med en mer förmånlig beskattning med hjälp av olika typer av ränteupplägg. Dessa regler har utvecklats succesivt för att täcka in ytterligare situationer där det har upptäckts att brister i regler-na. 2021 avgjorde EU-domstolen det så kallade Lexel-målet kopplat till ränteav-drThe rules on whether a company may deduct interest expenses or not was first introduced in Sweden in 2009 to make sure that the country’s tax base wasn’t emptied to countries with preferable tax laws. These rules have since then been developed to fill in any gaps that may have been discovered. In 2021 the European Court of Justice determined that the rules regarding the deduction of interest expe

Avtalslagens 36 § anses vara en av de mest betydelsefulla bestämmelserna i avtalslagen. Denna generalklausul öppnar upp möjligheten att jämka eller lämna ett avtal helt utan avseende. Ett avtal kan jämkas om en omständighet, som t.ex. ett senare inträffat förhållande, bedöms vara oskäligt. Syftet med uppsatsen är att närmare utreda hur oskälighetsbedömningen enligt 36 § AvtL görs, med fokus på änSection 36 of the Swedish Contracts Act is considered to be the most momentous regulation in the Contracts Act. The general clause gives the opportunity to adjust- or to disregard the agreement in whole. A contract can be adjusted if a circumstance, i.g. a changed circumstance, is assessed to be excessive. The purpose of the essay is to research how to address the excessive matters in relation to

This paper investigates if there was an opportunistic politcal cycle in transfers and taxes in Sweden during the period 1982-2019. A regressional model with conditional effects is employed to condition the cycle on performance in an opinion poll and to account for partisan differences. Significant results are found in both transfers and taxes but for taxes, the results come into question due to li