The heterogeneity in regional growth rates within the European Union has been subject to a vast array of studies and research. However, there exists surprisingly little literature focusing on the impact of regional structural development on the economic growth processes. Given that the treaty on the functioning of the European Union emphasises the strengthening of the economic and social cohesion

This paper was aimed at synthesising a comprehensive understanding of the sometimes opposing conceptualisations and practical applications of mindfulness in Western societies. Mindfulness is a part of a meditation practice derived from ancient Buddhist doctrine, in the form of the Pāli word sati. After proven successful against stress, Jon Kabat-Zinn started promoting it in 1990. It became popular

The COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled the transformation of organisations from physical work environments to hybrid working environments. Some organisations have made the permanent change to a hybrid working environment – the hybrid working environment, herein, a mix of office and remote work. However, there is a limited body of literature to be found on the relation between organisational identificat

In this paper I will be analyzing a Scottish political party and their collective identity. This includes the party’s history and how their collective identity is created by drawing boundaries, as well as showing solidarity. I will be using an anthropological approach and anthropological theory to help define their collective identity. I will be using theories and concepts from Thomas Hylland Erik

Drottninghög is a neighborhood in Helsingborg, Sweden that was almost entirely built during Miljonprogrammet, a housing project conducted between 1965-1975 in Sweden with the goal of building housing for a hundred thousand people each year during its ten year run. Drottninghög has for a longer period of time been in need of restoration and development. Hence, the municipality of Helsingborg as wel

Videomötet är på uppgång i verksamheterna men forskning visar att kommunikationen i dessa verktyg kan hindras. För projektgruppen kan detta innebära risker eftersom en god kommunikation är en förutsättning för projektets framgång. Syftet med studien är att identifiera vilka kommunikativa svårigheter som finns i videomötet och vad dessa kan innebära för arbetsgruppen. Studien utgår från tidigare fo

I den politiska överenskommelsen januariavtalet ingick bland annat förslag om att den svenska arbetsrätten skulle förändras och moderniseras. Regeringen tillsatte först en egen utredning, SOU 2020:30. Därefter utarbetade arbetsmarknadens parter efter förhandlingar en egen principöverenskommelse om förändringar av arbetsrätten. I januari år 2020 tillsatte Regeringskansliet tre utredningar vars syftThe political agreement “januariavtalet” included a proposal to change and modernise Swedish labour law. The government first appointed its own enquiry, SOU 2020:30. Subsequently, the social partners negotiated and prepared their own agreement regarding changes to the labour law. In January 2020 the Swedish government offices appointed three enquiries whose purpose was to modernise the labour law

Genom den externa dimensionen av EUs migrations policys har EU och medlemsstaterna alltmer börjat använda sig av externaliseringsåtgärder som ett sätt att få till bukt på de irreguljära migrationsströmmar som når unionens externa gränser. Åtgärderna är karaktäriserade av inhemska handlingar med extraterritoriella effekter vilka leder till ökad migrationskontroll i de tredjeländerna som åtgärderna Through the external dimension of the EU migration policy, the EU and its member states have increasingly employed externalization measures as a means of stemming the irregular migration flows that reach the external borders of the Union. The measures are characterized by domestic conduct with extraterritorial effect leading to increased migration control in the third countries targeted by these m

Given the rise of new startups and the challenges amplified by events like the Covid-19, it is critical to address the notion of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem which, in turn, facilitates the development of new ventures. One of the actors within this ecosystem is startup accelerators, which provide networking opportunities, financial and mentoring assistance to new ventures. Previous research on ac

In one way or another, everyone is a pedestrian. The planning for walkable cities has received more and more attention over the years. Researchers in the fields of transportation, the health sciences, urban design, and environmental psychology have all contributed to the walkability research by focusing on different aspects of walking. Walkability can be defined as factors related to the planning-

I slutet av 1900-talet och kring år 2020 var Hong Kong måltavla för flera amerikanska lagar med syftet att stärka regionens demokrati, mänskliga rättigheter och autonomi. Detta trots Kina uttryckt stark ovilja till detta. Vi har utifrån liberalism och postkolonialism med användandet av idealtyper identifierat och kommenterat koloniala och liberala idéer i dessa lagar genom en beskrivande idéanalys

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the elderly and disabled are included and excluded by the municipality of Malmö in three different published planning documents. To investigate this purpose, the main question asked is: how are elderly and disabled people described and included in/excluded from the City of Malmö's master plan, the in-depth master plan for Nyhamnen and the Detail

The increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a multitude of fields comes with many benefits but also managerial and ethical challenges. One such challenge relates to how we attribute and distribute responsibility when artificial intelligence decision support systems (AI-DSS) are part of human decision-making, also known as the “responsibility gap”. This paper explores what factors can faci

Price stability has become an increasingly important target of policy makers. However, the debate on the effects of inflation and economic growth is by no means settled. It is generally agreed that inflation uncertainty harms growth, however, a common challenge in inflation-growth studies lies in the difficulty to separate the effects of inflation rates from inflation volatility. Using inflation r

In recent years whistleblowing has increased. At the same time, the hybrid media culture has allowed whistleblowers to further participate in, and influence narratives. Previous research demonstrates both the increased impact of whistleblowers and the relevance of the two-step flow model in the hybrid media landscape. What is not investigated, however, is the relationship between whistleblowers

Bakgrund. Varje år drabbas ca 5900 personer av hjärtstopp i Sverige. Under pågående HLR behöver luftvägen säkras. Valet kan stå mellan endotrakelintubering och suppgraglottisk luftväg. Enligt SSAI är det anestesisjuksköterskan på plats som avgör vilken metod som ska användas. Syfte. Sammanfatta litteratur inom aktuellt forskningsområde angående om supraglottisk luftväg eller endotrakealtub bör an

Bakgrund: Barn som växer upp i utsatta område kämpar med socioekonomisk utsatthet, trångboddhet och brist på tillgång av resurser i samhället. Dessa barn utsätts dagligen för olika former av aktivitetsorättvisa som påverkar deras vardag, uppväxt och identitet. De olika dimesionerna av aktivitetorättvisa är: occupational alienation, occupational deprivation, occupational marginalisation, occupation

The study of how regional and global resources are allocated geographically, the incentives for these trends, and what strategies can be used to prevent adverse effects between economic core areas and peripheral areas, are key themes in economic geography, and of crucial interest in studies of regional development. This paper addresses these issues in light of the relationship between the emerging