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Based on Kristianstad municipality, this study examines the issue of allowing temporary privatization at Åhus beach. The study utilizes both a literature review and document analysis to analyze its content, and an interview was conducted as well. The theoretical framework introduces entrepreneurial urbanism, privatization and public space. In summary, it can be concluded that Evenemangsstranden in
This study aimed to investigate how healthcare counsellors experience the on-call assignment. This was done by examining how the healthcare counsellors described their assignment, how they managed it, and what knowledge they used in the assignment. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with seven healthcare counsellors employed at two hospitals in southern Sweden. The analysis
Mental health of trauma-affected refugees is an understudied area, resulting in inadequate and poorer treatment outcomes. To address this, more high-quality treatment studies that include predictive analyses, long-term evaluations, cultural adaptations, and take account for comorbidities, are needed. Moreover, given the complex intertwining of refugees’ health with post-migration stressors and oth
This study investigates the impacts of rural tourism on the livelihoods of communities in the Sigiriya region of Sri Lanka, a UNESCO World Heritage site celebrated for its cultural and natural heritage. Adopting a qualitative case study approach, it integrates the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) and Dependency Theory to examine both the developmental opportunities and structural constraint
Industrial areas have played a vital role in shaping cities, serving as economic centers and employment places for decades. However, with economic trends drifting and other technological advancements lead to the constant change of industrial areas. They mostly became abandoned or underutilized due to this. These transitions created plenty of environmental, social and economic challenges including
This thesis examines the transport justice in Copenhagen for multimodal transport using cycling and the metro network, to answer the research question ‘How equitable and equal is the bicycle access to high-capacity public transport metro stations in Copenhagen, and how is transport justice distributed?’. This question is answered by combining an expert interview, field observations, and geographic
This study aims to examine how professionals within non-profit organizations describe how the living conditions of children are affected by growing up in families with substance abuse problems. The study was based on a qualitative research approach using semi-structured interviews. Six professionals from two non-profit organizations working with children growing up in families affected by substanc
This study aims to examine how professionals within civil society and the legal sector engage in preventive work against human trafficking in Thailand, and how various risk factors and power structures are understood and constructed in their narratives. This thesis presents a discourse analysis of human trafficking in Thailand, with a particular focus on gender, economic vulnerability, tourism, an
In the contemporary marketing era dominated by social media, internet memes have emerged as a powerful tool for brands to generate consumer engagement. Memes successfully combine two important entertainment aspects: culture and humour. Whether and how different humour styles lead to greater engagement for brand memes has remained relatively unexplored. Therefore, we investigate this using today’s
This thesis examines how survival is articulated and practiced within two queer community choirs in Malmö and Berlin. Situated within a European context marked by increasing anti-gender politics and queer precarity, the study conceptualizes queer survival as a collective and political practice grounded in care, resilience and futurity. Drawing on queer theory and queer political sociology, it expl
iiAbstractThis thesis examines how women living in a women-only asylum shelter in Austria exercise agency in their daily lives amid institutional regulation, legal uncertainty, and prolonged waiting. It explores how residents organise their daily lives, cope with insecurity, and try to maintain a sense of control within institutional settings and social relationships. Agency is not understood as a
In this digital era, it is nearly impossible for consumers to go about their daily lives without leaving a trail of digital footprints for companies to track. This datafication and ongoing surveillance enable marketing interventions based on preferences, interests, demographics, past behavior, taste of others, and online engagements like comments, likes, reviews, digital footprints, and ratings to
From 2014 to 2016, 44,617 unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) arrived in Sweden and sought asylum. The Church of Sweden has received hundreds of these young people seeking to join the church and be baptised as Christians. Conversion to Christianity among asylum seekers in Europe is a well-documented phenomenon that is often dismissed as merely a strategy to boost asylum chances. This dissertation
BACKGROUND: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) seeks to enhance the quality of life (QoL) for both children and their families. While most studies within PPC have focused on the ill child's QoL, less is known about parents' experiences of their own QoL. The aim of this study was to explore parents' QoL when their child has a life-threatening or life-limiting condition. METHODS: The study has a qualit
Urban Lives emphasizes the importance of a micro-level approach in examining the lives of individuals and families in an industrial city, spanning over a century. The work deepens the understanding of major societal shifts and how they are intertwined with demographic behavior over the past 120 years. These societal transformations encompassed groundbreaking advancements in living standards, a rel
Commodity currencies have been stood against fiat money in the discourses on the history of money, implying a development from primitive forms of money – which needed anchor in a real commodity to gain acceptance, for instance gold, silver or copper – to a more sophisticated monetary regime based solely on confidence and trust. This paper argues that the idea of a gradual replacement of the former
We offer an analysis of perceptual intersubjectivity (PI) in terms of two types (symmetric and asymmetric) and three levels: synchronous (SPI), coordinated (CPI) and reciprocal (RPI), defined on the basis of the observable behavior of the participants in a study of (non-verbal) social interaction. We hypothesize that the three levels constitute stages in the development and possibly evolution of h
