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Local knowledge in vulnerable communities can be vital when developing adaptation and mitigation strategies especially as issues such as sea level rise in Falsterbo become more prominent as global warming increases. At present, traditional local knowledge is often explored within indigenous communities but significantly less so in western communities. The importance of local knowledge, in regards

Wilhelm Röpke was a german economist best known as one of the founders of ordoliberalism. After the second world war Röpke was instrumental in rebuilding the German economy, and he is therefore most of all known as an economic thinker. This thesis, however, is centered around his sociological and political thoughts, as well as his ideas on the economy. It examines the ideas presented in his 1941 w

I denna uppsats har jag granskat tre aktuella debatter som spridit sig och framkallat starka reaktioner via internet och sociala medier. I samtliga debatter har en kvinna och hennes kropp hamnat i fokus och blivit temat för diskussionen på grund av att hon på något sätt avvikit från normen och den normativa bilden av kvinnlighet. Fallen är: Nakenprotesterna av Aliaa Magda Elmahdy och Golshifteh Fa

The purpose of the thesis is to investigate how social and cultural factors influence the decision making behaviour regarding publicly displayed items, using the outdoor space as an example. We want to provide a more dynamic view on decision making concerning publicly displayed products, taking the personalities of the consumers into consideration. By using a qualitative research design we found t

To receive support from social services in one’s own home is a major life course transition for the client in need of help. But this is also a life changing transition for cohabitating partners, whose home is transformed to a workplace where staff come and go. Partners' perspectives have received a lot of attention in social work, but almost exclusively based on their relationship with the primary

PurposeInvasive infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae predominantly occur in persons of older age with substantial morbidity and mortality. Time to positivity from blood cultures (TTP) has been shown to be a prognostic indicator in bloodstream infections caused by other beta-haemolytic streptococci. This study aimed to determine any possible association between TTP and outcome in invasive infPurposeInvasive infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae predominantly occur in persons of older age with substantial morbidity and mortality. Time to positivity from blood cultures (TTP) has been shown to be a prognostic indicator in bloodstream infections caused by other beta-haemolytic streptococci. This study aimed to determine any possible association between TTP and outcome in invasive inf

År 2014 begick 22-åriga Elliot Rodger en attack i Isla Vista, Santa Barbara Kalifornien, som lämnade sex döda och fjorton skadade. Slutligen tog han sitt eget liv. Innan Rodger genomförde attacken mailade han ut ett 137 sidor långt dokument till bekanta. Detta spreds sedan på internet och blev känt som hans manifest. Via manifestet blev det tydligt att Rodgers syfte med attacken var att döda så må

Ett dilemma som säkerhetstjänster ställs inför är hur de ska värdera och kommunicera de hot mot nationen som är sanktionerade av den regerande makten. Uppsatsen undersöker hur FBI konstruerar hotbilder från högerextremism under Obamas respektive Trumps presidentskap. Ambitionen är att belysa hur FBI förhåller sig till de säkerhetshot som Trump legitimerar med sin retorik och politik. Tal och anför

The aim of this study was to examine the view of social service workers on the secondary housing market based upon their work with social investigations regarding people with a difficult substance abuse. The foundation of this study rests upon a phenomenon, which according to other scholars, occurs in the secondary housing market in Sweden. The secondary housing market consists of a multitude of h

Title: The Nucleus of CSR – Creating and Communicating a Strategic Corporate Responsibility Agenda in a Controversial Industry Authors: Karin Andersson and Anne Frandsen Supervisors: Martin Blom – Department of Business Administration, Lund School of Economics and Management Per Svenningsson – Department of Technology and Society, Envi-ronmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund Institute of Techno