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The scaling of high-mobility and superconducting transistors places strict demands on electrostatic control, making the gate capacitance a key factor for both performance and operational stability. In hybrid structures that combine semiconductors and superconductors, parasitic capacitances become particularly important, as fringing fields and heterogeneous material interfaces cause the total capac
Cultural spaces remain underexplored in sustainable urban transformation research. Berlin’s club culture is entangled with contested urban spaces and currently threatened by acute urbanization pressures. This qualitative case study draws on six expert interviews and participant observation to explore club culture’s role in Berlin’s sustainability transformation, interpreted through cultural sustai
Society is facing significant demographic changes, including declining birth rates and an increasing elderly population, which have direct implications for municipal facility planning. These shifts are expected to result in a growing surplus of preschool and over time also school buildings. At the same time housing shortages remain in many urban areas and there is an increasing demand of elderly c
Mangroves are crucial tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems in decline. In Kenya, 20% have been lost with degradation reaching nearly 90% in Mombasa’s Tudor Creek mangrove forest, mainly due to logging for livelihoods. Despite ongoing restoration efforts, plural values of mangroves and their representation in monitoring are insufficiently understood. Drawing on the IPBES typology of nature’s
Consumers are key players in mitigating climate change. Vietnam experienced Southeast Asia’s fastest economic growth, leading to modern lifestyles, while interest in organic products is growing, especially in urban areas. This study explores the motivations driving this interest among Gen Z by applying the concept of inner transformation, which links personal values and beliefs to sustainable chan
Green infrastructure (GI) has become a central instrument of post-industrial urban renewal, yet the gap between its visionary ecological promises and on-the-ground outcomes remains underexplored. This thesis examines that gap in the German Ruhr area, where sustainable urban development has been pursued through three successive event-led strategies: the IBA Emscher Park, the Green Capital of Europe
Humanity is faced with multiple interconnected crises, ranging from the climate breakdown to searing inequalities. There is thus an urgent need to move towards a different socio-political-economic system. Degrowth scholars envision a post-capitalist society centered around ecological and social wellbeing. One way to get there is by building on existing interstitial initiatives. At the same time su
As the EU accelerates its climate ambitions, the governance of logistics emissions reporting has become an increasingly contested and complex challenge. Despite growing regulatory ambition, alignment between governance frameworks across levels remains largely underexplored. This study examines EU multi-level governance of logistics emissions reporting, drawing on policy coherence theory and applyi
Datacenter utgör en central del av den digitala infrastrukturen, och efterfrågan på datacenterkapacitet ökar snabbt i takt med digitalisering, AI-utveckling och framväxten av det smarta samhället. Samtidigt står datacenterbranschen inför betydande utmaningar kopplade till ett energisystem under omställning samt en tilltagande geopolitisk osäkerhet som aktualiserat frågor om digital suveränitet och
Introduction: Neuroinflammation is a key feature of neurodegenerative diseases, such as PD. Emerging evidence suggests that endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), epigenetically silenced relics of ancient viral infections, may become reactivated under inflammatory conditions and contribute to the inflammatory process and disease progression. Background: Previous work from the Jakobsson group has shown a
Energigemenskaper lyfts som en del i omställningen till ett mer hållbart energisystem, där lokal produktion, lagring och delning av energi kan öka användningen av förnybar energi. Samtidigt innebär ny teknik en ökad klimatpåverkan i tillverkningsskedet, vilket gör att den totala klimatnyttan inte är självklar. Idag är det svenska elsystemet redan till stor del fossilfritt och förutsättningarna skiEnergy communities are increasingly recognized as a key element in the transition towards a more sustainable energy system, enabling local production, storage and sharing of energy. However, new technologies also introduce additional climate impacts from manufacturing, making the overall climate benefit uncertain. The Swedish energy system is already to a large extent fossil-free, and the conditio
Introduction: Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) catalyses the final rate-limiting step of glycolysis and contributes to cancer metabolism through its ability to shift between different oligomeric states linked to the Warburg effect. Background: Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs), including PARP14 and PARP15, mediate ADP-ribosylation of target proteins and are involved in cancer-associated signalling pat
Den statliga järnvägsinfrastrukturen är central för Sveriges transportsystem men är samtidigt resurs- och kostnadskrävande att anlägga och underhålla. Räler är en särskilt betydelsefull komponent eftersom de har lång teknisk livslängd och tillverkas av energikrävande stål. Skillnader i belastning och slitage inom järnvägsnätet innebär att räler som tas ur drift i vissa delar av anläggningen i andrThe state owned railway infrastructure is central to Sweden’s transport system but is at the same time resource and cost intensive to construct and maintain. Rails constitute a particularly significant component, as they have a long technical service life and are manufactured from energy intensive steel. Variations in load and wear across the railway network men that rails taken out of service in
Klimatförändringarna är en av de största samhällsutmaningarna i vår tid och det ställs därför högre av på dagens byggande och materialval. Cirka en femtedel av Sveriges utsläpp kommer från byggbranschen där materialtillverkning och produktionsutsläpp inkluderas. För att minska klimatpåverkan kan strategiska materialval göras för att sänka koldioxidutsläppen. Många gånger görs detta genom att tittaClimate change is one of the biggest societal challenges of our times, which is why high standards are set on today’s building construction and material choices. Around one fifth of the total carbon emissions from Sweden comes from the construction industry where material manufacturing and production are included. Through strategic material choices, could the carbon emissions be reduced. This is o
The artificial intelligence boom has led to demand and growth of datacentres and its associated infrastructure in semi-peripheral markets such as Malaysia which is emerging as a new regional hub in Southeast Asia. Drawing on theoretical frameworks of geopolitical ecology and ecologically unequal exchange, this thesis uses process tracing alongside a social network analysis approach to investigate
The digitalisation of the economy has fundamentally challenged the application of the European Union’s (EU) value added taxation (VAT) law, regarding the classification of transactions involving multiple elements. Digital platforms frequently combine content delivery, payment processing, platform access and intermediation into integrated offerings, making it difficult to determine whether a transa
Bygg- och fastighetssektorn står för en betydande del av samhällets klimatpåverkan, vilket har ökat fokus på hållbarhetsfrågor inom samhällsbyggandet. Kommuner har, i egenskap av markägare, en viktig roll genom möjligheten att ställa klimatkrav i markanvisningar. Samtidigt är kunskapen begränsad kring hur dessa krav påverkar exploatörers agerande, särskilt i kommersiella fastighetsprojekt. StudienThe construction and real estate sector contribute significantly to overall climate impacts, which has increased the focus on sustainability in urban development. Municipalities, as landowners, have an important role through their ability to set climate requirements in land allocation processes. At the same time, there is limited knowledge of how these requirements affect developers, especially in
The following thesis examines whether the Danish R&D tax incentives in sections 8 B and 8 X of the Danish Tax Assessment Act qualify as Qualified Tax Incentives (QTIs) under the OECD/G20 Side-by-Side Package and how such classification affects their treatment under Pillar Two. The analysis is based on a doctrinal legal method combined with a functional assessment of the incentives in ligh
Fel, brister och skador på svenska byggnader orsakar uppskattade kostnader på uppemot 111 miljarder kronor årligen. Trots befintliga kvalitetssäkringssystem visar studier återkommande att egenkontroller, det dominerande kontrollverktyget under produktion, inte uppfyller sitt syfte i praktiken. Mot denna bakgrund har användandet av byggkontrollanter på uppdrag av beställaren vuxit fram som ett kompDefects and damage in Swedish buildings result in estimated costs of up to 111 billion SEK annually. Despite existing quality assurance systems, studies consistently show that self-inspection, the predominant control mechanism during construction, fails to fulfil its intended purpose. Against this background, the use of construction inspectors employed by the client has emerged as a complementary
The renovation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings is increasingly recognised as a strategy to address both housing shortage and climate targets in Europe. In Sweden, there is a large potential in converting cold attic spaces in mid-twentieth-century multi-family buildings which offers increased housing capacity without new construction. However, attic retrofits involve complex interactions b
