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This thesis examines Swedish national role conceptions and the extent of role contestation in the Swedish Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (Utrikesutskottet) in the context of Sweden’s recent changes in security and foreign policy. Drawing on role theory, particularly the concepts of national role conception and domestic role contestation, the study investigates (1) which national self-im

This study examines how repressive measures targeting minors have been legitimised in the political discourse during the Tidö Agreement period 2022–2025, with a particular focus on the introduction of youth detention facilities and proposals to lower the age of criminal responsibility. The study analyses how youth crime is constructed as a political problem and how these constructions shape unders

In recent years, research on European politics has increasingly examined a perceived turn toward nationalism, focusing largely on why this shift occurs and how it manifests. However, fewer studies address Swedish party politics and whether such nationalist tendencies can be identified in mainstream parties. Against this background, this thesis investigates whether nationalist ideas can be traced i

Elderly care constitutes a central part of the Swedish welfare system and is characterised by high job demands, limited resources, and relationally intensive work. The social work environment therefore plays a significant role in how everyday work is experienced. The aim of this study is to explore how the social work environment and experiences of participation are shaped in daily work within an

Den svenska arbetsmarknaden har under de senaste decennierna präglats av en ökad andel tidsbegränsade och flexibla anställningsformer. Bemanningsanställningar har blivit en vanlig väg in i arbetslivet för unga vuxna, men denna anställningsform innebär särskilda villkor som kan påverka upplevelsen av trygghet, social tillhörighet och integration på arbetsplatsen. Unga vuxna befinner sig i ett formb

Rapid urbanisation has intensified socio-spatial inequalities in cities of the Global South, leading to the growth of informal settlements that remain excluded from formal planning systems. In India, this condition is increasingly evident in rapidly urbanising cities such as Coimbatore. This thesis investigates how sustainable urban design strategies can be employed to rehabilitate informal settle

This analytical essay critically examines how social sustainability is constructed within Lund’s municipality district development program for Norra Fäladen. The existing research widely acknowledges that sustainable development and social sustainability are characterized by conceptual ambiguity and a lack of consensus regarding definition and measurement. Despite this, they are leading concepts f

Bernhard Oelreich (1626-1686) blev 1647 magister vid universitetet i Köpenhamn och var sedan lärare i grekiska vid Sorö akademi. Han prästvigdes 1651 till kyrkoherde i Norra Åsum och Skepparslöv och blev – sedan Skåne hade blivit svenskt – 1664 hovpredikant hos änkedrottning Hedvig Eleonora. Han bidrog till att Lunds universitet inrättades, och efter att ha blivit teologie doktor vid universitetetBernhard Oelreich’s (1626-1686) autograph book (album amicorum) with entries from the period 1644-1649 is preserved in the Peabody Library in Baltimore. Some pages have been removed by autograph collectors, and one of these pages is in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover. This essay analyses the entries that remain in the autograph book and the entry found in Hanover. The entries w

Hybrid detectors, consisting of semiconductor sensors bonded to a readout Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), are widely used for single-photon detection in photon science and high-energy physics. The Timepix3 readout chip provides precise Time-over-Threshold (ToT) and Time-of-Arrival (ToA) measurements, making it a valuable tool for sensor characterization. This thesis presents the

Journalistbranschen är präglad av prekära anställningar där bland annat arbetsgivarna anställer systematiskt enligt Lagen om anställningsskydd genom så kallade in-och utlasningar. Dessa används genom skapandet av korttidskontrakt i syfte att undvika tillsvidareanställningar. Sämre allmänhälsa, oförmågan att planera en framtid och en instabil ekonomi är några aspekter som framkommit som konsekvenseThe journalism industry is characterized by precarious forms of employment, and employers systematically hire in accordance with the Employment Protection Law (Lagen om anställningsskydd) through so-called “in-och utlasning” a practice by which employers, with the aim of avoiding permanent employment, create short-term contracts. Bad general health, difficulties in planning the future and economic

Climate change poses significant challenges, demonstrated by climate threats that are becoming increasingly severe and frequent. This creates a higher need for uncertainty communication that considers risk-based decision-making. Global climate research, synthesised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is a starting point for regional climate assessments, for which the Swedish M

Med Gareth Morgans organisationsmetaforer som utgångspunkt undersöker denna uppsats medarbetares beskrivningar av en organisationskultur genom att via de metaforer de använder försöka fånga deras djupaste tankar om organisationen och dess natur. Familje- och hemmametaforen samt dikotomin mellan den organiska och mekaniska organisationsmetaforen står i centrum när metaforers betydelser utforskas.

Lipsky’s concept of street level bureaucracy has been a central part of political science theory for many years but has been used more for certain professions than others. One of these understudied professions is the judge. The judge was, by Lipsky, included in the group from the very beginning but it seems the field itself has not fully accepted this inclusion. Often the reasoning for this has be

This study is a discourse analysis on how the term climate justice is constructed in the current Swedish Climate Action Plan (Skr.2023/24:59). The study specifically uses the method: “What’s the problem represented to be?” where the purpose is to shed a light on what kind of problem orientations, assumptions and unproblematized circumstances policy documents consist of and what consequences that c

Cross-border health care within the EU has been available through legislation since 2004. In Sweden, being in the top of the class when it comes to using healthcare abroad, only 0.0032% of those in line for specialist care use the opportunity. In this essay we capture a broader understanding of what factors might inhibit Swedes to seek health care in other EU countries. The study is a qualitative

The purpose of this paper is to examine how youth crime is constructed as a political problem in the different parties' political manifestos and Tidöavtalet from 2022. The methodological approach is based on a qualitative content analysis together with WPR. The theoretical field is based on discourse theory and framing. Framing theory is used to identify which aspects of a political problem ar

This study examines how the World Health Organization (WHO) influences national obesity prevention guidelines through a comparative analysis of Sweden and New Zealand. As obesity affects over one billion people globally, WHO's role in global health governance has become increasingly significant, despite relying on non-binding soft law mechanisms rather than enforceable regulations. Using quali

Building on debates over whether external shocks, notably Russia’s war against Ukraine, drive deeper integration, the study probes claims that defence cooperation is best understood through domestically grounded state preferences and intergovernmental bargaining rather than supranational breakthroughs. The research adopts a qualitative, theory-driven design using minimalist process tracing and dia

This study examines how a political leader’s personal style shapes its political leadership, using Magdalena Andersson as a case study. Situated within the field of Foreign Policy Analysis, the study applies Alexander George’s Operational Code framework to examine how Andersson’s philosophical and instrumental beliefs have shaped her leadership style during her time as Sweden’s finance minister, p

This thesis aimed to examine the conditions under which neutrality is respected in war and, by applying alliance- and shelter theory, to analyze how the neutrality of Sweden and the Netherlands was respected during the First and Second World Wars. The study addressed two research questions which are; Under what conditions is neutrality respected in war? and How can alliance theory and shelter theo