Gold mining causes various negative social and environmental impacts in countries of extraction like Colombia. Voluntary and legal efforts to tackle these challenges have recently increased in Europe. To understand the complex supply chain and the impact of the newly evolved governance structures better, more research is needed. Based on a literature review and interviews, I identify important Eur

Denna uppsats undersöker huruvida behovsbedömningen som genomförs i grundskolan för att ta reda på elevers eventuella behov av undervisning utifrån kursplanen i svenska som andraspråk, är ett problem för utbildade sva-lärare. Uppsatsen motiveras främst mot bakgrund av 1) de rapporter och granskningar som konstaterat att behovsbedömningen genomförs på olika sätt och med olika kvalitet, där det inte

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how underwriter reputation, VC-backing and offering size affected the fees paid to underwriters on Nasdaq First North during the time period 01-01-2021 to 31-12-2021. In doing so, the study aims to contribute to a more comprehensive theoretical understanding of the entire cost image associated with going public. Methodology The authors decided to us

This thesis examines how museums use the home as an environment with which to build narratives and create meaning. With a focus on the role of time, space and authenticity in the construction and framing of narratives, ethnographic field research was undertaken at the museums Statarmuseet and Hallwylska museet as well as the exhibitions Folkhemslägenheten at Nordiska museet and Välkommen till Sver

The purpose of this thesis was to study the correspondence of occupant load factors determined by the guidance document of Finnish National Building code and the real occupant loads measured from shopping malls. The correspondence of occupant load factors determined according to Finnish National Building Code were compared with the occupant load factors determined in other national and internat

The term “utsatta områden”, understood as socially vulnerable areas, is highly relevant within the Swedish criminal policy discourse where the Swedish Police Authority’s definition of vulnerable areas function as both foundation and support for a variety of political strategies concerning social interventions as well as penal policies. However, the criteria of vulnerable areas have come to be link

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to generate knowledge of employees' perspectives on how they understand and make sense of a change in the identity and culture within an organization and how they make sense of becoming brand ambassadors. Design/methodology/approach: The thesis was conducted through a qualitative approach where the empirical material consisted of semi-structured intervie

The phenomenon of cancel culture is one we all witness and sometimes partake in, and it has recently become a hot topic in research. However, the literature on this phenomenon is still in its infancy. Scholars have attempted to understand cancel culture by looking at cases where public figures and celebrities are targeted, but not enough attention has been paid to the ins and outs of cancel cultur

Enligt Sikström et al. (2020) tenderar maktbegreppet att syfta på publika snarare än privata domäner vilket har lett till den förhärskande idén att män har mer makt än kvinnor. För att bredda maktbegreppet utvecklade författarna måttet PWP (Preference Weighted Power), vilket väger hur mycket makt man har inom en domän mot hur viktig man tycker att den domän är. Uppsatsen var en uppföljningsstudie According to Sikström et al. (2020) the concept of power tends to be associated with public domains rather than private domains, which has led to the prevalent idea that men have more power than women. To broaden the notion of power the authors developed the term PWP (Preference Weighted Power) which weighs how much power one has in a domain with the importance of that domain. This bachelor thesis

Debt, bank credit and the determinants for bank lending are as up to date as ever with an increase in inflation and rising rates. Economic activity, financial costs and housing prices have been empirically established as important determinators when it comes to the indebtedness of the private sector. Less examined is the role of the rental market in the context. This study examines the effects on

Den här uppsatsen undersöker och problematiserar textbindningen hos andraspråkselevers texter på gymnasiet för att se vilken typ av textbindning som kan vara extra svår för dem att producera, samt extra viktig att undervisa om. Det görs mot bakgrund av Rydling och Svenssons (2004) undersökning som visar på andraspråkstalares generellt lägre skriftliga nivå. Analysmodellen som används bygger på ettThis paper investigates and problematizes the cohesion of second language students' texts in secondary school to see what kind of cohesion may be particularly difficult for them to produce, as well as particularly important to teach. The investigation is carried out in the light of Rydling and Svensson's (2004) study showing a generally lower level of writing by second language speakers in

With the growing concern about the environment, consumers become more critical in their consumption and almost every organization communicates its sustainability efforts. However, not in every case do consumers believe in sustainability claims. This exploratory case study with the global skincare brand NIVEA examines the brand’s sustainability communication from a consumer perspective. It aims to

In this master’s thesis I will investigate how librarians think about how their profession is affected by and relates to the democratic mission and various cultural policy decisions. I will also attempt to make more clear how librarians interpret, relate and deal with external forces of change such as technology, politics and other social forces. This has been done to investigate and survey the tw

Text analysis recently became a popular method to analyze the labor market in the field of research economics. This thesis uses an online Latent Dirichlet Allocation model to extract skills from two selected sectors of the Danish labor market between 2018 and 2021. The method uses topic modeling, where the keywords in the resulting topics are associated with skills, tasks or occupations. The resul

Current food consumption habits in wealthy countries continue to drive biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Food retailers play a key but currently understudied and underleveraged role in shifting consumer habits away from foods with high climate and biodiversity impacts (e.g. beef, lamb, milk) towards lower-impact alternatives. Through partnering with a Swedish food retailer and

The Paradox of Employee Engagement and How Managers are Aiming to Control This. Purpose: The aim of this study is to produce new knowledge of the phenomenon of employee engagement from a managerial perspective. More specifically, the authors want to address how managers are navigating the paradox of employee engagement and control; thus, how they are navigating through the challenges of engaging t

Voting behavior influences the electoral process and voting pattern in every democratic government. When it especially pertains to any multicultural society there is often this global applicability of similar tendency to have similar historical reality when it comes to voting behavior. The Africa societies specifically have these similar tendencies mostly. In Nigeria, the country's political a

Security lighting plays a vital role for safe evacuation during an emergency such as power outage or a fire related incidence. Installing a security lighting system properly is more crucial for a horse riding facility for two reasons. Firstly, if a sports activity is ongoing at the exact moment of an emergency, the activity needs to be ended safely with the help of security lights to avoid injurie

The aim of this study was to explore how healthcare professionals within addiction care frame and explains how they identify, respond to, and organize intervention for women who experienced violence in close relationships. By using a qualitative basis this study collected its empirical material by conducting three semi-structured interviews and one focus group interview of six people with professi

The European Union released an Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation proposal in April 2021 aimed at laying down harmonised rules for AI circulating the Union market. The purpose of this study is to critically examine how accountability and individual, collective, and social harm was approached and framed by the proposal. Previous research has shown that AI and algorithmic bias and discriminatio