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How China interacts internationally can affect human rights inside and outside its borders. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to understand China’s interaction with the United Nations Human Rights Council and its member-states. The analysis was constructed on the basis of two processes, socialization and norm shaping. These processes follow the constructivist ontology of agent and stru
The planning process involves the production of a vast amount of data by different actors. During the evolvement of a detailed development plan the municipality relies on data from geographic information system (GIS), while the developer produces data by building information modeling (BIM). The development of systems for GIS- and BIM-data have been parallel and for different purposes. The municipa
This thesis aims to emphasize the complexitivity in the relationship between urban planning and democracy. Two renovation projects in Malmö, Sweden, during the 1970s and 80s, in the middle of an extensive national housing reformation, are used to demonstrate examples of particularly ambitious designs to involve citizens in planning processes; the neighborhoods of Östergård and Kroksbäck, in which
How do governments allocate scarce resources in the face of political survival? Do they allocate according to social equity or welfare criteria, or do political concerns play a role? Over the course of three decades, the literature on distributive politics documented numerous cases where governments distributed goods and services strategically for electoral gains. By building on the theories of di
This thesis investigates the guiding principles underpinning the Swedish parliament's narrative during the energy crisis, with a particular focus on how these align with established universal principles of the Swedish welfare state and the moral framework of deservingness. The study draws on the Swedish welfare state with the use of critical discourse analysis, as well the dimensions of deserv
Objective To study if the Swedish venture capitalists consider business plans in their screening process, and in such case, what aspects they evaluate in order to develop a targeted template for Swedish entrepreneurs. A secondary objective is to describe what other factors Swedish venture capitalists evaluate as a part of their assessment. Methodology The method, which has been used in order to te
In this thesis I analyze how the politicians of a small Swedish town experience the role of the city officials in the decision-making. This I do by interviewing several politicans in the City Council. I discuss what classical bureaucratic theories and theories about experts say about the officials’ role in the decision-making. I also include what the law says about the issue. The problems that occ
This thesis investigates how the problem of plastic pollution is represented within the environmental policies of the European Union and the United States. By adopting and utilizing Bacchi’s ‘What's The Problem Represented To Be’ approach, the research explores the specific aspects of plastic pollution that are problematized by these policies. The study applies issue framing and environmental
The possibility to manufacture hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the laboratory would provide an indefinite source of cells for patients requiring bone marrow transplantation. Moreover, combined with the progress in gene editing techniques, it would provide a novel platform for gene and cell replacement therapies for a range of currently incurable congenic and acquired disorders. During my PhD, I
The recommendation is based on the co-authors’ work organized by the RILEM TC 256-SPF “Spalling of concrete due to fire: testing and modelling”. The Committee has defined two types of screening tests for characterization of concrete propensity to fire spalling: Material screening tests and Product screening tests. Definitions of both types of tests are given in the paper. The following recommendat
Executive summary Title: Energy optimization at a chemical industry enterprise Case study - Perstorp AB Authors: Sandra Leksell and Anna Parsdotter Supervisors: Patrick Lauenburg, PhD, Dept. of Energy Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University and Daniel Hansson, Technical Manager, Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB Background: The industrial sector in Sweden consumed 152.4 TWh energy in 2010,
This thesis explores the state of regional cooperation, particularly in the field of security, among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (Norden). The author examines correlation between a set of socially constructed factors and the creation of a common Nordic profile in a regional security organization, the OSCE. Formally, Norden is divided in the EU and the non-EU members, but unofficia
On all levels of government, politicians try to find solutions to our environmental problems. Municipalities in countries create action plans according to the Agenda 21, approved in 1992. This agenda encouraged the involvement of citizens from below and many took that to their hearts. Lund municipality in Sweden is one of them. The theory used in this thesis is deliberative democracy. It is a
The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on a present trend of professionalization in Swedish local environmental politics, which have recently seen a decline in active participation of the citizens in favor of an increased governmental regulation. With the aim to closer investigate this relatively new phenomenon, the paper is a qualitative single case-study of environmental policies in the Swe
The idea behind Sweden’s export of war material consists of two main arguments. The first is based in Sweden’s policy on neutrality and states that export is needed to enable independence for Sweden’s defence. The second is that the export leads to many jobs in rural areas in Sweden and that a ban would lead to large unemployment. This thesis examines these two arguments by applying an idea critic
In order to create non-commercial places in the central city of Gothenburg, locating municipal services on ground floor level has been introduced as a part of the social sustainability dimension. The purpose is to create a vivid community and an including society within the urban development project Masthuggskajen. There is however a limited number of previous research conducted on how proceed wit
This thesis is a comparative case study of the Norwegian and Swedish Sami communities' power in the licensing process for wind turbines on their land. The study aims to identify the Norwegian and Swedish Sami communities' power and whether it differs between the two countries. Robert Dahl's theory about power and influence is employed to approach the question. Based on Dahl's three
Thesis Purpose: To understand organizational culture and the ways of maintaining it in a fast growing tech startup from the Baltic States Research Questions: What is the organizational culture in a fast growing tech startup? What are the challenges faced due to the rapid growth? What are the ways to maintain the organizational culture in a fast growing tech startup? Methodology: a qualitative in
