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When the air went viral: Exploring SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols during the covid-19 pandemic

Despite the enormous economic and health-related burdens caused by respiratory infectious diseases globally, there are significant knowledge gaps regarding how these are spread by aerosols. The covid-19 pandemic made it clear that understanding airborne transmission is especially important in healthcare, where workers and patients are highly exposed to sources of virus. This thesis aims to advance

Nordic Academic Feminism and Whiteness as Epistemic Habit

This chapter is a contribution to ongoing discussions about Nordic academic feminism. It asks why and how this field continues to assume and reproduce whiteness as its naturalised point of departure and orientation and for forming a Nordic feminist “we.” It is largely conceptual, and I draw on a lived archive of 15 years of participant observation in ”Nordic” academic feminism as it has taken shap

Donors we choose : race, nation and the biopolitics of (queer) assisted reproduction in Scandinavia

In the 2000s, same sex partnership laws, new reproductive technologies, and legislation rendering lesbian couples and single women eligible for state-funded assisted reproduction with donated gametes in the Scandinavian nations has resulted in significant changes in family formation. Drawing on two separate qualitative studies, this paper scrutinizes Scandinavia’s alleged progressive LGBTQ politic

The Eritrean Practice of the Issuance of Identity-Proving Documents with Particular Focus on the Case of Returnees from Ethiopia

Difficulties in proving Eritrean nationality are commonly experienced by asylum applicants who have a background of expulsion from Ethiopia. Most of them were expelled from Ethiopia during or after the 1998-2000 border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and may also have left Eritrea without relevantdocumentary evidence that proves their identity and nationality. By examining the relevant natio

The Prohibitive Condition : The Performativity of the Incest Taboo and its Incestuous Remainders

Den här avhandlingen utforskar incesttabuts politiska natur genom att analytiskt fokusera på dess förbudsobjekt: incest. Från ett politiskfilosofiskt perspektiv framstår incesttabut som ett problem som handlar om att människans otyglade natur på olika sätt måste begränsas genom en grundläggande civiliserande lag. Följaktligen verkar incesttabuts auktoritet knytas till dess förmåga att utesluta tenThis dissertation explores the political nature of the incest taboo, with an analytical focus on its object of prohibition: incest. From the perspective of political philosophy, the incest taboo appears as problem of an unruly human nature that must be subjected to a foundational civilizing law. To this end, the taboo’s authority seems to derive from its ability to evict tendencies and desires tha

Chronic widespread pain and cause of death : a 25-year follow-up study

Introduction:Chronic widespread pain (CWP) has been suggested as a risk factor for mortality in cardiovascular diseases and malignancies. Different definition of CWP makes it difficult to compare previous studies.Objectives:The aim was to study whether mortality and certain causes of death were increased among people with CWP and whether the definition of CWP influenced outcome.Methods:This 25-yea