The discussion of the ‘retail apocalypse’ can be found both in recent scientific articles as in the media. With an increasing volume of electronic trade and with 2 pandemic years behind us, a lot of stores have closed their physical businesses (Chatterjee m. fl. 2021, HD 2021b, Mende – Noble 2019). In Sweden a lot of these affected stores are located in the town's city centers (Anselmsson 2021

This essay analyses the three climate documents published by the Swedish Council of the Bishops between 1989 and 2019. The documents are analysed from a sociological perspective on religion that focuses on the Church of Sweden's role from a crisis perspective in a secularised society. My interest in this subject is based on the common perception that Sweden is the most secular country in the w

Sociala medier används idag av mer än hälften av jordens befolkning inom olika kontexter och användningen fortsätter att öka. Upplevd självkänsla och vänskapsrelationer påverkar hur vi människor förhåller oss till varandra och hur vi upplever oss själva, och påverkas av sociala mediernas utbredning. Med anledning av detta är det viktigt att den forskning som görs fortsätter att undersöka sociala mMore than half of the world’s population use social media today in different contexts and the usage increases every year. Perceived self-esteem and friendships influence how we as humans relate to each other and are affected by the growth of social medias. It’s important that research continues to examine how social media influences people both in a general and specific aspect. This study aimed to

This report investigates the impact of extinguishing sprays on residential fires, these sprays are a relatively new category of extinguishing equipment and therefore their actual effect on fires is generally unknown. Taking several factors such as human behavior and user error into account the report aims to give a comprehensive picture of potential risks and dangers connected to the usage of thes

There are some people that cannot bear with their own burden of debt. These are over-indebted individuals. Research show that the reasons for over-indebtedness are macroeconomic shocks, personal shocks such as sickness, divorce and unemployment, but also sociological factors that make individuals want to spend more than they should. Additionally, research show that being over-indebted is correlate

År 2015 samlades världens ledare och antog 17 globala hållbarhetsmål för att bidra till en social, ekonomisk och miljömässigt hållbar utveckling. De 17 globala hållbarhetsmålen utgör Agenda 2030 och ansvaret för genomförandet av agendan vilar på medlemsländernas regeringar. För att uppnå agendan måste alla sektorer engagera sig. Det innebär att kommunal räddningstjänst som är en del av den kommunaThe importance of sustainability is constantly increasing in today’s society and 2015 the United Nations adopted 17 global sustainable development goals (SDGs), summarized as the “2030 Agenda”. To achieve the 2030 Agenda all sectors must become involved which means that the Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) must contribute to this sustainability work. It is therefore important to map how the Swedish

I denna uppsats analyseras uppsägningar där arbetsgivaren säger upp en enskild arbetstagare på grund av arbetsbrist, men det verkliga skälet grundar sig i personliga förhållanden. Detta fenomen benämns fingerad arbetsbrist. Vid en uppsägningstvist där arbetstagaren påstår att uppsägningen egentligen grundar sig i personliga förhållanden, prövas uppsägningen i domstolen utifrån den verkliga grundenThis essay processes employers who terminate employees due to shortage of work, but the real reason for the dismissal is based on personal reasons attributed to the individual. This topic is referred to as an induced labor shortage. In a situation where an employee claims that the real reason for a dismissal is based on personal circumstances, the court should try the real basis for dismissal. The

The aim of this study was to explain how homelessness is depicted in two of Sweden's national newspapers, ETC and Svenska Dagbladet, during Sweden's first period of Covid-19 restrictions, March 11th 2020 to September 29th 2021. The two newspapers were chosen due to the difference between their ideological values, hence another aim became analysing how the depictions differed in these newsp

The purpose of the thesis was to gain a better understanding of how social media affects young adults’ expectations of themselves, their self-image, and how it in turn is perceived to affect their health. This was investigated using semi-structured interviews. The concepts of social mirroring and "Me" and "I" have been used to explain how we build identity through mirroring in

The aim of this study was to investigate the strategies foreign-born women choose to use in order to succeed in establishing themselves in the labor market in their new home country and to illustrate the reasoning of foreign-born women about negative and positive experiences in their situation. Foreign-born women are often faced with unemployment to a greater extent than foreign-born men and nativ

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious social problem and teenagers are particularly exposed. A study by Axell (2018, s. 11) showed that one in five adolescents has been exposed to some criminal act by their partner, often taking place in school (Korkmaz 2021 s. 79). Teachers play asignificant role in students' lives, and have the opportunity to notice if a student is being exposed to IP

Tidigare forskning har visat att patienter inom psykiatrin är föremål för kränkande behandling och oetiskt bemötande från personalen, där stigmatisering av psykisk sjukdom ses som en bidragande faktor. Föreliggande studie ämnade att undersöka bemötandebrister inom den svenska vuxenpsykiatrin. Syftet var att identifiera riskfaktorer för kränkande behandling och olika former av oetiskt bemötande av Previous research has shown how patients in psychiatry are subjected to abusive and unethical treatment by staff, where stigmatization of mental illness is seen as a contributing factor. The present study aimed to investigate treatment deficiencies in Swedish adult psychiatry. The purpose was to identify risk factors for treatment deficiencies described as abusive and unethical treatment of patien

Reliable methods for estimating financial return volatility are crucial in many areas of trading and investing. Two such frameworks, the GARCH and SV, have been of particular interest to academics and practitioners alike. The GARCH model describes the variance of the current innovation as a function of the actual sizes of the previous innovations. In contrast, the stochastic volatility model descr

The purpose of the study is to examine how mothers and fathers are treated in Swedish judgments in custody disputes and whether this affects the child's possibility of a relationship with both his parents. Based on gender theory by Yvonne Hirdman (2001) and the theoretical concept of social constructivism and a discourse analysis we examine if formal- and informal constructions of mothers and

This essay will discuss three craniums from the neolithic and bronze age which each has an interpreted hole from a trepanation. The purpose of this text is to study whether these three craniums truly are trephined and if characteristics such as cut marks, linear fractures, signs of scraping or healing are visible. The aim is also to find which diagnostic characteristics have been used in earlier r

Although human rights related controversies in Formula 1 have arisen in the past, conversations about sportswashing have been particularly prevalent during the 2021 season. The idea behind the practice of sportswashing is for an authoritarian state to use sporting events to form a distraction from human rights abuses and improve the practicing nation’s image. Many countries accused of using Formul

The aim of this study is to interview social workers from different units in the social services. We have taken a starting point in a cooperation group called Rosen. Rosen is a fictitious name. We chose a fictitious name to maintain the anonymity of the two interviewees who are working in Rosen. Rosen was formed in 2011 with the aim of giving victims of domestic violence an effective support. Furt

The aim of this study was to examine how social workers in civil society experience their work, by using organizational theories. In addition the aim was to study how social workers in civil society look at their role as social workers, with the terms professional identity and professional role. The method that was used was qualitative and semistructured interviews with five social workers that wo

Bakgrund: Varje år skördar fysiskt trauma 4,4 – 5 miljoner dödsfall och i Sverige vårdas närmare 9 000 patienter årligen för fysiskt trauma. Konsekvenser av ett trauma kan vara fysiska och även psykiska beroende på allvarlighetsgraden av händelsen. Under vårdtiden är det vanligt att oro och osäkerhet uppstår hos patienten som kan befinna sig i ett utsatt tillstånd, därmed är det kritiskt att sjuks

This essay aims to examine the public’s trust in the social service’s work with children and young people and whether it is possible to find a connection between the trust and the media as a source of information. The study is based on a quantitative approach in the form of a questionnaire study shared through the digital forum Facebook. The study examines the public’s trust in the social services