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In this project I investigate how architecture can give form to an institution that creates the conditions for negotiation between competing narratives. It is situated at Sillhovstomten, the contested site behind the Nationalmuseum in central Stockholm. The failed Nobel Center proposal on this site revealed that it is not an empty void awaiting to be filled, but a place where different political,
The purpose of this study was to examine how social workers within child and youth protection services experience opportunities for recovery during sick leave and vacation, and how workload affects recovery in relation to absence from work. A qualitative approach was applied using semi-structured interviews with six social workers from different parts of Scania, Sweden. The empirical material was
Emotional labor is a central part of social work, where professionals are expected to show empathy and emotional presence while also staying professional. The purpose of this study was to examine how social workers in client-centered social work experience emotional labor and how it affects their emotional well-being, professional role, and everyday life. It also explored which strategies social w
This thesis explores how men’s irregular migration from the coastal community of Munnakkara in Negombo, Sri Lanka, to Europe reshapes the everyday lives of families left behind. The study is situated within the social and economic context of post-2022 Sri Lanka. It focuses on household insecurities among families where men initially migrated legally to Eastern European countries but later moved th
This thesis investigates the impact of the Eurozone debt crisis on Greece’s gender employment gap through the lens of sectoral exposure. Utilizing census microdata from 2001 and 2011, the study employs regression analysis to compare employment status and working hours between gender and among individuals across sectors. Results indicate that while the gender gap narrowed, this primarily reflected
Grocery shopping is an essential and regular part of everyday life, and retail stores across Sweden have sought to reduce the risk of near‑expiry food becoming waste by selling these products at discounted prices. Discounted near‑expiry food is particularly interesting because it is often perceived as risky, yet also offers consumers a way to shop more ethically by saving food and money. While pre
Gängkriminalitet har i det samtida Sverige blivit en viktig del av den svenska nyhetsrapporteringen, tidigare har dock fokuset huvudsakligen varit på män. Statistik från Brå visar att kvinnor i kriminella nätverk ökat markant de senaste åren, trots detta är forskningen om hur kvinnor framställs i nyhetsrapporteringen begränsad. Detta skapar ett behov att undersöka både hur kvinnorna framställs men
Föreliggande kandidatuppsats undersöker hur elbilen som miljömoraliskt och symboliskt konsumtionsobjekt påverkas under en svensk normaliseringsfas. Utgångspunkten är en spänning mellan den normativa framställningen som omger elbilen i offentligheten och den faktiska situationen vid köpögonblicket: bilförsäljare beskriver samstämmigt att miljöargumentet försvunnit ur säljsamtalen under de senaste å
Keyword spotting (KWS) is an essential function in always-on voice-interface systems,where a low-power detector continuously monitors audio streams and activates subsequent speech-processing modules only when a target keyword is detected. This thesis presents the design and evaluation of a 40 nm CMOS ultralow- power KWS accelerator that integrates a Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) front-
The Lund string model, which is implemented in PYTHIA, describes the hadronization process by representing the color electric field between a quark-antiquark pair as a massless, relativistic string. In the string shoving extension, the strings will have a Gaussian profile and will repel each other when they interact, acting like classical objects. When two strings interact and are positioned perpe
Air quality is affected by airborne particles and gases such as PM2.5, volatile organic compounds (VOC), and nitrogen oxides (NOx), as well as environmental factors such as humidity and temperature, all of which influence human health and the spread of airborne diseases. While research grade air quality instruments provide accurate measurements, they are often large, expensive and difficult to uti
The political landscape in Germany changed dramatically when Alternative für Deutschland became the third largest party. The party started out as eurosceptic but has developed its ideology into being anti-migration and radical right populist while experiencing internal conflicts and becoming controversial in mainstream media. This culminated when the party was classified as right-wing extremist by
This thesis examines the transformation of Finnish international identity between Finland’s accession to the EU in 1995 and its membership in NATO in 2023. The study is significant as Finland’s NATO accession has frequently been portrayed as a sudden and unprecedented rupture in Finnish foreign and security policy following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Challenging this interpre
Youth crime is a significant social problem, and preventive work targeting young people at risk of criminality is currently of central importance. This study examines how the new Swedish Social Services Act (2025:400) influences preventive social work in relation to risk and protective factors. By exploring social workers’ experiences, this study aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of pre
This study aimed to find and explore potential relations between the consumption of news on social media and psychological distress in young adults through the term news-related posts on social media. This quantitative survey study utilized a sample consisting of 337 students aged between 18 and 30 studying in Lund, Sweden. Information concerning daily news-related social media posts consumption a
This thesis investigates the development of an object-oriented modular framework for PLC systems, intended for use at Etteplan, an international engineering consultancy. The thesis was motivated by recurring challenges in PLC projects, including unclear program flows, low code reusability, and limited scalability. These issues justify the need for a standardized framework grounded in the IEC 61131
This thesis investigates how players of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 morally make sense of in-game crime. The study is motivated by the fact that video games are important cultural spaces where players not only watch crime and violence but also participate in them through play. While previous research on violent video games has often focused on aggression and media effects, this th
The legality requirement under the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) raises important interpretative questions concerning the nature and scope of the due diligence obligations imposed on companies operating in global value chains (GVCs). While the EUDR was primarily adopted as an environmental instrument aimed at reducing the European Union’s contribution to global deforestation
This thesis compares two qualities of flint, one more fine-grained and one more coarse-grained, from the Late Mesolithic Ertebølle site Skateholm I in Scania, Sweden. This in order to investigate what roles the different qualities of flint had in the technological organisation relating to raw material acquisition, choice of technology, and end-product goals. Through a technical analysis of the fli
Messenger RNA (mRNA) plays a central role in gene expression by transferring genetic information from DNA to the translational machinery for protein synthesis. Recent advances in RNA therapeutics and synthetic biology have highlighted the importance of untranslated regions (UTRs) and RNA secondary structures in regulating mRNA stability and translational efficiency. In the present study, engineere
