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Nowadays, China has made great efforts to make international hotspot issues peacefully settled in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. One challenge China faces on its road to global prominence is how to balance the increasing international responsibility and the established foreign policy principles that have been upheld for decades. The thesis attempts to answer why China sticks to the non-interfe
This research was requested by one of the divisional HR departments´of Region Skåne. The research explores the HR personnels’ perception of the organizational structure, in comparison with the aims of the geographical decentralization strategy, Healthcare Skåne 2.0, which was implemented in 2013-2014. Furthermore, it evaluates and analyses the grander implications of being a geographically decentr
Violence and harassment in the world of work is a complex issue that has numerous manifestations. This thesis provides an overview of the international law around violence and harassment at the workplace, both taking into the account the new ILO Convention on the Violence and Harassment, C 190 and the previous legal instruments that had touched on this issue. In so doing, it assesses the potential
In the Gambia, Osusu has helped women to be resilient to various types of precarity for a long time. Though the country has recently recognized the importance of financial inclusion by adopting a National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), the informal practice of Osusu continues to exist and evolve. Through 20 semi-structured interviews with women who are members of Kafoos that operate Osusu, t
Modern societies rely on a stable supply of electric power from highly complex energy systems. Balancing demand and supply at electricity markets becomes increasingly challenging with the rising share of highly volatile renewable energy sources (RES) and the influence of climate change. Within this uncertain environment, actors face major challenges for planning and decision making. Thus, this the
Klimatfrågan är en av de mest aktuella frågorna i dagens samhälle som upptar stort fokus inom många områden. Ett sätt att minska utsläpp och klimatpåverkan är att reducera samhällets energianvändning. Byggnader står idag för en betydande del av energianvändningen i samhället och är därför ett viktigt område för att nå uppsatta klimatmål. Vid nyproduktion av byggnader läggs stor fokus på att upprätIn 2019 buildings and services stood for 39 % of Sweden's total energy use. In new construction of buildings there is a great focus placed at establishing environmentally friendly buildings with good energy performance. But a large part of Sweden's property portfolio consists of older buildings where energy performance and comfort are low. Many of these older buildings also have a cultural
Large capital inflows have always been a cause of concern for policy makers. While most countries experience episodes of large capital inflows, Advanced Economies tend to fare slightly better, while Emerging Economies experience more adverse effects. This study identifies 228 such episodes of large capital inflows in 1980-2019, in 38 countries. Further, an attempt is made to analyse the aftermath
This study analyzes the European Union’s (henceforth EU) terrorism agenda. The overarching aim of the research is to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of how the EU represents the problem of terrorism and what solutions they present to counter it. Hence, Lasse Lindekilde’s (2012) model, which he used to study the Danish government’s counter- radicalization Action Plan, is adopted, and used
Due to COVID-19, many organisations have switched to a predominantly remote working environment. Whereas formal meetings have quickly been integrated, informal commu-nication appears to be more difficult online. Despite the importance of informal commu-nication and several positive outcomes of informal communication on employees, this aspect has largely been neglected in organisational communicati
This study investigates the relation between preferences and cognitive effort in decision making tasks in a natural setting. Does the way a supermarket’s shelves are organized affect how easy it is to choose what items to purchase? Does it affect the quality of our choice? The eye-movements of participants were recorded during their regular shopping trips in two supermarkets with different shelf
This thesis explores the relationship between feminism and advertising from the individual woman's perspective. In-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen Swedish women have been conducted, in which a number of feminist advertisement videos have been viewed and discussed. This has been done in order to explore which audience reactions and actions that these advertisements generate; an area
This is a comparative case study of the Committee of the Regions and regional offices. It explores using written records whether history can unveil contrasting features between these two systems using historical institutionalism as the guide. First, it examines the beginning of regional engagement in the European Union with the formation of European Regional Development Fund and the Single Europea
This thesis puts forward the idea that the radical other that constitutes and threatens our society is not to be found outside its limits, but that it is something inherent to our society. It proposes that the threatening other, the constitutive outside of society, is the subject 'the poor', that in its failure to partake in the labour market, fails to conform to the rules of the market, a
The intake of anthocyanin rich-foods, such as bilberries has been associated with a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular-related diseases. Similarly, the cardiovascular benefits of oat consumption are well known and are mainly due to its cholesterol-lowering and hypoglycemic effects. A randomized double-blinding clinical trial has been designed to investigate the cardiovascular beneficial eff
This paper aims to contribute to the increasing popularity of machine learning in sports by predicting the winner in a tennis match using classification methods. The dataset used in this study spans a 10-year period and includes ATP singles matches from 2012 to 2022, with up to 49 explanatory variables. Six regression-based models were constructed and tested, all of which achieved an accuracy of a
This thesis investigates how the discourse of the Eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG) relating to the Irish border issue in the Brexit negotiations is constructed. The purpose is to analyse an English nationalist and populist discourse which seemingly does not make sense. This is done using Norman Fairclough’s version of critical discourse analysis. The ERG is in the paper defined as English
This thesis analysed the development of international trade patterns during the period from 1980 to 2013. More specifically, the research focused on the structure of North-South relations during this period and how China has influenced its dynamic. The legacy of colonialism left behind a particlar configuration of international trade, which was highly disadvantageous for the countries of the globa
