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The main goal of this project was to create a table which could be used in different heights and for different purposes. Height adjust- ments would allow the users to be seated in different ergonomic positions. The affordance of being able to use the table for different purposes is valuable for a compact living situation. Reports regarding our constantly changing living situations and the ben

Ontological (In)Security and Gender - Anti-Feminism and Anti-Genderism in German Right-Wing Populism

Many of the right-wing populist forces currently on the rise across the world have anti-feminist and anti-genderist agendas and narratives. This thesis investigates such narratives from an ontological security perspective by conducting a frame analysis. To build the theoretical framework, a gendered approach to ontological security theory that considers changing gender relations a trigger of ontol

En kvalitativ undersökning av högskolestudenters smartphoneanvändning

Den här uppsatsens syfte har varit att förstå hur studenters smartphone inkorporeras i deras vardag med fokus på fritid och studieliv. Vi har utfört djupintervjuer med fem studenter i åldrarna 21-26 för att förstå vilken roll smartphonen har i deras liv och hur den används. Tidigare forskning visar exempel på hur beroende en person kan bli av sin smartphone för att få ihop sitt vardagsliv. Den vis

The Polish Paradox: Euroscepticism as a political instrument, or an integrated part of national identity?: An analysis and examination of the way the European Union is positioned in the Polish debate on the areas of immigrants and refugees, and the rule-of-law dispute

In connection with the EU, Poland has often given the impression of being a Eurosceptic member state. At the same time, around 87% of the population declare that they are in favor of the membership. The current Polish government, which gained immense support in the September 2015 national parliamentary election, has been criticized by various EU Commissioners for, inter alia, illegal logging in th

Sociala Medier - Bara en massa issues?

Denna fallstudie studerar och analyserar hur Arla bemöter negativa kommentarer på Instagramkontot Arla Sverige. Vi belyser hur Arla förhåller sig till teorier inom Is-sues Management i sin kommunikation på ett av sina Instagramkonton. Vi använder en netnografisk observation samt intervjumetod som insamlingsmetod. Den netnografiska metoden används för att samla in kommentarer från Instagramkontot AThis case study aims to investigate how Arla responds to negative comments posted to their social media in order to gain knowledge of how they take into consideration Issues Management in their social media communication. Through a netnographic observation and two in-depth interviews with Arlas press- and media manager we gather empirical material. The netnographic observation is used to gather co

The Impacts of Education on Antibiotic Consumption and Antibiotic Resistance

This study analyzes the relationship between education, antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance in the European ambulatory care. For this purpose, a panel data analysis is conducted on an aggregate level in a sample of 30 countries in the European Economic Area between 2000 and 2014. The main variable of interest is the level of high education, expressed as the proportion of the total pop

Socialt arbete med medveten närvaro

The majority of all social work includes two crucial components. The first component relates to the importance of the relationship between the social worker and the client and requires the social worker to possess qualities and abilities that promote a strong working alliance. The second component regards the social worker as the working tool, a view that emphasizes the need for the social worker

Storytelling and employee engagement from the CCO perspective: A case study in a nonprofit organization

Employee engagement has become more of an important issue for nonprofit organizations as they have to maintain an unprofitable social mission with often stringent resources. This study problematizes that most research about employee engagement is from a managerial approach, while research from the “communication constitutes organization” (CCO) perspective recognizes the close link between communic

Arbetskraftsinvandringens påverkan på matchning och sysselsättning

The aim of this study was to examine if the reform regarding labor immigration that was implemented in 2008, improved the matching efficiency and increased employment. To examine the effect of the reform Difference-in-Difference analysis was used on panel data from 6 regions and 8 occupations during the time 2005-2018. The regions and occupations were divided into control and treatment groups base

Att förändra heteronormer i socialtjänsten : En kvalitativ undersökning av socialarbetares förhandlingar och meningsskapande kring heteronormer

The aim of this study has been to explore social workers negotiations and meaning making on heterosexual norms, in order to understand possibilities on how to change these norms within the social services. The study consists of material from two different municipalities which both has participated in a project on heterosexual norms. Both municipalities have had a group of seven people discussing i

“Recoding Gender”: The intersectional experience of female immigrant programmers in the Swedish IT sector

Computer programming is historically constructed as a male domain, and the underrepresentation of women and other marginalised minorities is recognised as a global phenomenon in most countries of the world. However, limited attention has been paid to women who choose to enter this field. The lack of intersectional and cross-national analysis on the relationship between gender and technology remain

Commodity activism (and its Traces of Hypocrisy): A Netnographic Case Study on Prosumer Interactions in Glossier’s Online Brand Communities

Commodity activism can be described as a communication-based strategy that reshapes social and political activism into marketable commodities. This study aims to explore how a brand’s strategic communicative usage of commodity activism, and its potential for hypocrisy, influences the prosumers’ interactions in the online brand communities. More specifically, it aims to examine the destructive aspe

En cross-check i nacken, hör det till ishockey? En studie om normaliserat hockeyvåld och rättspluralism

The aim for this study is to examine and analyse the two legal systems controlling hockey violence from a legal pluralism point of view and examine why the hockey violence exists. The questions this study aims to answer are; Are the legal norms considered to properly deal with hockey violence? How is the relation between the two legal systems? What do hockey players think of the legal norms and wh

Non-Coherent Radio-Based Positioning

In this thesis, a new Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) technique is used to determine the direction of a target in an outdoor environment using Radio Frequency (RF) signals. This technique estimates the AoA based on the difference between the Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSI) from two/four directive antennas. This thesis work includes a mathematical model for this new technique, simulations that ma

Relationsvåld, kön & förändring. En studie om synen på våld i nära relationer inom socialtjänster och kvinnojour.

The aim of this study was to explore how six professionals from three organizations that handle cases of domestic violence, depict partner violence and how they describe and understand the problem of domestic violence in relation to individual and gender perspectives. To analyze this theme, I used qualitative method. Interviews was held with staff members from three different cells: a social servi

Socialt arbete under nationell utveckling : En kvalitativ studie om studenters syn på det sociala arbetets professionella utveckling i Azerbaijan

This study aims to examine the Azerbaijan social work students’ views of their professional role in relation to the prevailing environment of an FSU country. The main objective is to identify the students’ views of different key themes; professionalization, identity and knowledge frames of social work to appraise the relevance of these under the development of the profession and in particular for

Hälsofrämjande teater - teater som prevention mot psykisk ohälsa bland studenter

Mental illness in various shapes and forms is the new national disease. It’s increasing among young adults and is more commonly occurring among university students than the rest of the population. Studies show a correlation between mental illness and lesser study results and the interruption of studies. Studiehälsan are overburdened and it can take a while before you get help; a preventive interve

Central American Migrant Caravans: A Case Study of US-Mexican Relations

This essay is a study of the Central American migrant caravans that travelled through Mexico from 2018 to 2019 in order to reach the US. It aims to explain how the US influenced Mexico’s handling of the caravans and further explores how the people of the caravan were affected by Mexico’s migration policies. The essay uses Immanuel Wallerstein’s world-systems analysis to explain the unequal relatio

The Effect of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on Rental Prices in Lebanon

The massive inflow of Syrian refugees in 2011 led to Lebanon becoming the country with the highest density of refugees worldwide. This thesis analyses the effect of the Syrian refugee inflow on rental prices in Lebanon. Data was gathered from four different municipalities in the area of Beirut and Mount Lebanon: Beirut, Bourj Hammoud, Jal-El-Dib and Jounieh. The data provides for the years 2007 to

Skånes Digitala Vårdsystem – Av kliniker, för kliniker

Skånes Digitala Vårdsystem är ett initiativ som är först av sin sort i Sverige. Det är implementeringen av ett storskaligt Health Information System med målet att sammanlänka regionens samtliga digitala sjukvårdssystem till en enda lösning. Men hur ska man gå tillväga för att lyckas med något i den här omfattningen? Det finns flera delar som måste falla på plats och i den här uppsatsen läggs fokus