In this qualitative study, we set out to explore the effects the pandemic had on Fountainhouse members. We narrowed this down to six members and two staff members in Falkenberg Fountainhouse and Lund Fountainhouse. Using coping theories and Antonovsky's KASAM theory the findings suggest that some of the Fountainhouse members handled the pandemic well, often due to the digital implementations t

The aim of this study was to examine how youths’ behaviors are portrayed within Swedish administrative courts verdicts regarding compulsory care in 3§ LVU (the Care of young person act) and to examine potential gender differences. The study was conducted with a qualitative research method through a thematic analysis of court verdicts. The selection for the empirical material was based on the follo

Although extensively advertised as a positive practice that enhances students’ intercultural competencies, internship programs have been increasingly criticised for reinforcing simplistic understandings of global development. Often involving students from the Global North engaging in placements with development organisations and institutions in the Global South, these programs perpetuate dynamics

Democracy is facing mounting challenges in today’s globalised world, with rising inequalities and unsustainable practices. Yet money creation and design are kept independent of popular control despite the substantial impacts they have on the development of society and the well-being of its citizens. Some movements have challenged this demarcation and created their own currencies; complementary cur

The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions concerning how people with financial aid are affected mentally by being provided with financial aid. ​​The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six professional social workers from various municipalities in the south of Skåne, who work within the social service department for financial aid. The theoretical metho

This thesis examines the intersection between the cultural sector and international development in Mozambique, focusing on the practical implications of the increased attention given to the sector and the depoliticization processes that have emerged. Three research questions are addressed: - What are the practical implications of the increased attention given to the cultural sector by internationa

Unsafe abortion is a major contributing factor to maternal mortality with 47,000 largely avoidable deaths occurring globally every year, the majority in the global south. Ethiopia has taken a unique approach to addressing maternal mortality impacted by unsafe abortion through a 2005 reform of the abortion legislation in which abortion is illegal but available under a range of exceptions. The purpo

I Sverige har förvaltningsbeslut överprövats sedan medeltiden. Överprövning har i regel genomförts av myndighet även om vissa frågor prövats i domstol. I slutet av 1900-talet fick europarätten, i form av Europakonventionen och EU-rätten, allt större inflytande på svensk rätt. Till skillnad från den svenska traditionen för förvaltningsrättsligt överklagande fäster europarätten stor vikt vid domstolIn Sweden, administrative decisions have been reviewed since the Middle Ages. As a rule, review has been carried out by different authorities, although some issues have been tried in the courts. At the end of the 20th century, the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law became increasingly in- fluential in Swedish law. Unlike the Swedish tradition of administrative ap- peal, both the Europe

To tackle global deforestation, the EU enacted a new regulation on deforestation-free products in 2023. The regulation aims to eliminate production-linked deforestation of specified commodities by requiring complete traceability and due diligence from importing EU companies. To explore the challenges the EU regulation will face to achieve deforestation-free cattle commodities from Brazil, we condu

The combined global emergence of a sustainable development discourse and Swedish policies requiring municipalities to rapidly build new housing have led Lund to develop Brunnshög. This pioneering megaproject balances urban expansion with high sustainability ambitions. Through the lens of urban political ecology, this thesis aims at analysing Brunnshög’s dominant sustainability narrative as told by

Electric road systems can be defined as a system transferring energy from a road to an electric vehicle while the vehicle is in motion, either to power the vehicle’s movement or to charge its batteries. This thesis aimed to investigate how this relatively new technology of electric road systems could be implemented in a port. The research was conducted by having a two-fold research purpose. Firstl

Det har argumenterats för att den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen (den svenska modellen) och arbetsmarknadens parters ställning kan vara hotad till följd av EU-samarbetet och den utveckling som skett på arbetsrättens område. Redan vid det svenska inträdet i unionen betonades vikten av att modellen skulle vara ohotad och frågan om den svenska modellens ställning har diskuterats flitigt sedan dess. DIt has been argued that the Swedish labour market model (the Swedish model) and the status of the social partners could be threatened because of Sweden ́s EU membership and the development in the field of labour law. Upon Sweden ́s entry into the Union, the importance of the model being unthreatened was emphasised, and the question of the position of the model has been widely discussed since. The

The purpose of this study was to investigate social work students at Lund University's attitudes toward social services in Sweden and analyze the potential connection between the student's previous experience with social services and their attitudes using the Tripartite model of perspectives presented by Rosenberg and Hovland (1960). This study is based on a quantitative approach using an

In September 2020, the EU Commission published the New Pact on Migration and Asylum in order to offer ‘fresh start’ for EU migration law and policy. Complementary pathways for admission to EU territory were among the proposals set out in the Pact. This article takes stock of the different measures suggested by the Commission to create such complementary pathways. It suggests that the aim of creati

Den här uppsatsen undersöker Europadomstolens praxis gällande utvisningar av personer som har begått brott, som hävdar att deras utvisning strider mot Artikel 8 av Europakonventionen. Uppsatsen undersöker hur domstolen har använt sig av den nationella beslutsprocessens kvalitet som ett argument för att komma fram till sin slutsats i sådana fall. Uppsatsen utgår från premissen att utvisningar som bThis thesis examines the practice of the European Court of Human Rights to decide expulsion cases implicating migrants with criminal record under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights by use of process-based review. It departs from the premise that such expulsions do not violate absolute rights but constitute interferences with a qualified right, which allows for infringements neces

This study analyzes the memory of Rosenhagen, a People’s Park in Anderslöv. The Park was founded in 1930 by the local labor movement and has since then served varied, but important functions in the community. In January 2022, the main building in the Park was burned down in arson, which initiated a process within the association to write down the history of the Park to make sure that Rosenhagen wo

The aim of this study has been to study the process of implementing shared leadership in special housing for the elderly in the Health- and welfare administration of Lund. Therefore we have analysed the decisions and the decision-making process through discourse analysis. Carol Bacchi’s WPR analysis has provided us with a method to analyse the policy-making process and deconstruct the problem repr