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This thesis examines EU’s adoption of a human security approach and the extent to which it has been part of crisis management discourse as well as practice in the Sahel region of Africa. It tells the story of a maturing process for a core approach in EU security policy; that is, the story of human security and how the concept has evolved from a state of innocence to gradual experience and adolesc
There are many actors included in the humanitarian system, such as NGOs, UN humanitarian agencies and governments. However, a gap in the humanitarian system can be identified where the traditional actors lack resources, which provides an opportunity for the private sector to be more involved, particularly in preparing for humanitarian operations. Therefore, in this research, a multiple-case study
Sverige saknar ett tillräknelighetskrav för bedömningen av straffansvar. Till-räknelighet kan även benämnas som ansvarsförmåga vilket redan förutsätts i bedömning enligt svenskrätt vilket har kritiserats i fall med psykiskt störda lagöverträdare då skuld kan ifrågasättas. Istället ska uppsåtsbedömningen gö-ras som vanligt när den tilltalade har en tillfällig sinnesförvirring. I uppsåtsbe-dömningenSweden lacks a requirement of accountability for criminal liability. Accounta-bility can also be referred to as the ability to take responsibility, which is al-ready assumed in the assessment of guilt. Instead, the assessment of criminal intent is made in the same way for mentally disturbed as for mentally sane offenders. However, in the assessment of intent, there is a general requirement for awa
Clinical trials are difficult to access and of high importance when evaluating biomedical software. Without data which is comparable to the intended input data of the final product it is nearly impossible to fully evaluate its function. One way to evaluate ultrasound detection software is the use of phantoms. Another is the creation of synthetic data. In this report one method of creating syntheti
This paper examines the phenomenon of gender-based violence and sexual harassment against women and girls in the world of entertainment from the perspective of international human rights law, and attempts to prove that ILO C190 benefits women in the industry, from the aspect of providing a more inclusive, extended and efficient legal framework. The research is focused on the Republic of Korea, it
Introduction: Para sport has during the last decades increased and one of the largest sports during the Paralympic Winter Games is Para Alpine Skiing. Injuries are common among both Alpine skiers with and without disability and to be able to develop preventive measures there is a need to further understand the epidemiology behind injuries in Para Alpine Skiing. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis
This thesis scrutinises the concept of the European Super League in light of EU competition law and aims to provide an answer to the question whether the rules on prior authorisation by FIFA and UEFA infringe Article 101 and/or Article 102 TFEU, and whether the European Super League itself infringes Article 101 TFEU. The outcome of this thesis is that both questions must be answered in the affirma
Non-financial metrics have come to play a larger role in financial markets as years pass, impacting decisions made by businesses, investors and policy makers alike. A significant non-financial metric captured by the term ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how ESG relates to risk at a firm-specific level. More specifically, we analyze this rela
Today the future supply of seafood is threatened due to human activities which, among other things, has led to overfishing. However, more environmental friendly initiatives of producing seafood have emerged, such as Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RASs). By analyzing the sensitivity analysis from six different Life Cycle Analysis (LCAs) on RASs, eight different factors that influence the enviro
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of online spoof illustrations that are created in the aftermath of a reputational brand crisis. In a first step, characteristics of these illustrations are assessed and categorized. Subsequently, their impact on a brand’s reputation is investigated. Methodology: An exploratory sequential mixed method approach was applied, with initi
Title: #Hashtag: the implication of it as a marketing tool on brand awareness in Twitter: A Study on the Sportswear Industry Date of the Seminar: 31 May 2016 Course: BUSN 39 Degree project in Global Marketing, Master Thesis Authors: Bochen Zhang, Farhan Rashid Ahmed Ansari, Sky Preedanon Supervisor: Veronika Tarnovskaya Thesis purpose: The Purpose of this thesis is to explore how companies c
Within the first decade of this millennium several Western European countries have prohibited Muslim veils in public spaces. Excluding the culture of Muslims or more specifically Islamic beliefs in a multicultural society, in which the hardest hit are Muslim veiled women, has resulted in the discourse of the ‘rise and fall of multiculturalism’. Although Sweden has not prohibited hijab or any other
The purpose of this research is to understand collective social entrepreneurship in informal settlements in terms of the process of its emergence and development. The author has proposed a framework of the process as well as key enablers. The model is tested through an in-depth case study of Caño Martín Peña Special Planning District in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Empirical findings discovered youth em
The purpose of this paper is to apply the main conditions of Jürgen Habermas’ public sphere, the disregard of status, common concern and inclusivity, on the censorship of expression that is visible on social media in China. The censorship that prevails on Chinese social media is understood through both conducting interviews with Chinese citizens living in Sweden and using secondary data from a Har
En slitsmur är en geokonstruktion som utförs genom att paneler platsgjuts med marken som form. Panelerna bildar tillsammans en samverkande vägg. Tekniken är vanlig utomlands men fortfarande relativt ovanlig i Sverige. Behovet, och därmed intresset, av slitsmurar i Sverige växer dock i takt med förtätningen av städer och infrastrukturprojekt som kräver djup schaktning och anläggning. Kraven på låg A diaphragm wall is a retaining wall which is produced as a cast in-situ concrete wall. The ground itself acts as formwork. The technique is widely used internationally but it is comparably still a rare technique in Sweden. However, the need, and therefore interest in Sweden for diaphragm walls is growing as the number of inner city infrastructure projects requiring deep excavations increases. The
