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The global community has acknowledged the role of cities and specifically of public spaces for achieving sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to contribute to increasing knowledge on the significance of public spaces for social sustainability to create sustainable cities and communities. To this end, the study applies the lively public space concept to understand the relationship

Objectives: Multi-stakeholder partnership is garnering greater attention worldwide as a means of tackling global wicked problems, implementing sustainable development and leveraging development cooperation. By adopting meta-governance approach, this study investigates the case study of Hoi An - A Green Destination partnership in the waste management context of Hoi An city, Vietnam to understand ho

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is suggested to be solved by policies and action plans. However, post-structural scholars argue that discourses shape policies, and their solutions. The policy discourse on women with disabilities’ SRHR needs has not been given much attention, especially in the context of Africa. Therefore, this study questions how SRHR is represented in relation to

Governing multifunctional resource landscapes in ways that protect ecosystems without aggravating poverty is a critical task for development efforts. This thesis adopts an institutional bricolage approach to scrutinise institutional interplay in the Zambian woodfuel sector. Through a qualitative case study design, the study analyses how smallholder land users renegotiate formal and informal instit

In December 2020, the Swedish parliament accepted a proposition from the government, stipulating cruise missiles for the Gripen fighter jet should be acquired. This could be seen as a turn in Swedish defence policy since cruise missiles would enable airstrikes inside enemy territory in a conceivable conflict. Furthermore, this capability has not existed before and acquiring it has been criticised

Coordination of Official Development Assistance (ODA) has been an important topic in debates focused on improving the outcomes of international development. The subject assumes particular importance with the expected increase of ODA flows to support developing countries addressing climate change-related issues. The case of Mozambique is of special relevance due to the heightened consequences of cl

För patienter med långvarig smärta har kognitiv beteendeterapi (KBT) länge varit den dominerande psykologiska interventionen och behandlingen ges ofta multimodalt. Tidigare forskning har vittnat om relativt blygsamma behandlingsresultat. I den forskning som bedrivits under senare år har Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) fått alltmer empiriskt stöd som psykologisk behandling för långvarig smäCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has long been the dominating psychological treatment alternative for patients with chronic pain and the treatment is often given multimodal. Previous research has shown relatively modest treatment outcomes. In research conducted in recent years, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), has received increasingly empirical support as psychological treatment for chr

Active calls are made for sustainability science to step up and provide guidance to address the global challenges of climate change, land degradation, and unsustainable urbanisation. Some scientists claim that an “integral sustainability science” can provide some answers. Relationality and integral theory are combined in an experimental research design to reveal and capture the emerging concept of

When an emergency occurs, bottlenecks can emerge at the corners of corridors. Therefore, it is essential to understand how people move through complex geometries during evacuation to improve architectural designs. Virtual Reality (VR) is a versatile tool used for evacuation research since it allows to replicate evacuation routes easily, with high levels of experimental control. These advantages ar

This study analyzes the relationship between economic growth and health. Furthermore, the study analyzes if there are regional differences in the relationship as well as if there are differences between advanced and non-advanced economies. The purpose of this study is to investigate if it is profitable for the economy to increase the health level. There have been studies on the relationship betwe

Syftet med denna studie var att få en fördjupad förståelse för hur medvetna psykoterapeuter är om skam i terapin och få mer kunskap om hur de hanterar sin egen och patientens skam i det interpersonella samspelet. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med psykodynamiskt inriktade psykoterapeuter verksamma i södra Sverige. Materialet analyserades med tematisk analys och sju teman valdes ut. StudiThe purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of how aware psychotherapists are about shame in therapy and gain more knowledge about how they deal with their own and the patient's shame in the interpersonal interaction. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists active in southern Sweden. The material was analyzed with thematic

This thesis adresses a lack engagement with the role of agency in the literature on urban sustainability transitions and urban experiments. By introducing the trinity of change agency framework from economic geography a hypothesis of how agentic processes can be conceptualized for urban sustainability transitions is developed. The framework allows to adress the shortcomings of the existing literat

Textual analysis is increasingly becoming a reliable tool for pattern assessing and forecasting especially statistically. Implementing such techniques in the financial field is still in an infantry stage and it represents a novel research area. While previous literature tends to rely on news articles as the source of data when examining the link with financial returns, internal information such as

The aim of this paper is to study the effects of private equity ownership on sustainability performance in private equity backed companies. The paper initially makes an introductory explanation of the private equity business model and covers indications that the industry is facing rapid change within the ESG space. Furthermore, it analyzes the current state of sustainability from a corporate persp

I denna studie undersöks det hur chefer på kommunala fastighetsbolag har påverkats av att arbeta på distans genom en digital kommunikationskanal. Grunden i arbetet byggs upp med hjälp av litteratur i relevanta områden, samt en kvalitativ undersökning genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med chefer inom 2 olika kommunala fastighetsbolag. Fokus under intervjuerna låg på chefernas upplevelse kring dist

The aim of this qualitative study was to examine how studying through remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic could be like. This was examined through the experiences of eight school counselors regarding the situation of high school students during the pandemic. All school counselors work within the region of Skåne in Sweden. The collecting of the empirics was carried out by semi structured i

This paper examines an investment strategy relying on underlying characteristics of stocks and how market efficiency drives its returns. By using the recently published quality-minus-junk factor this paper attempts to explain the abnormal performance of portfolios sorted on their quality score by using a natural experiment which interferes with market efficiency. Using data from the U.S. and the S

This study aims to examine outreach workers’ view of developing trust through communication with young adults living in exposed areas. I seek an understanding of how outreach workers justify and excuse the development of trust and mistrust in the interaction with young adults. The empirical data consists of five semi-structured telephone-interviews with outreach workers who are active in five diff

This study focuses on the recent Directive (EU) 2019/1023 on preventive restructuring frameworks (‘Preventive Restructuring Directive’) that was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 20 June 2019. The purpose of this thesis is to examine and assess the EU legislator’s intentions in harmonisation of national laws on restructuring and to clarify the rationale behind business rescue.

In recent years, the raising concern about carbon dioxide emissions has been linked to not only environmental or industrial, but also financial aspects. Common financial determinants of carbon dioxide emissions analysed by previous studies include economic and financial development, financial structure, and trade openness of a country. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the financial det