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Following the associated lockdown measures of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the world economy started facing inflationary pressures from a surge in energy prices and supply chain disruptions at the end of 2021. Given the economic environment with low inflation and expansionary monetary policy following the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), central banks around the world have built up large balance sh

The aim of this essay is to gain insight into how audiovisual input is used in the classroom as a tool to teach vocabulary. This is done by exploring the use of digital audiovisual input in the form of film, documentaries, short videos, and cultural video content in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Audiovisual input contains a few key elements: audio, video, and on-screen text; t

Within the context of the European Union Competition Law, a master's thesis entitled "Data as a Barrier to Entry and an Essential Facility: Law & Economics Analysis" conducts an in-depth investigation of the function that data plays in relation to competition law. The idea that data might be a valuable asset in the contemporary digital economy is presented in the very first part

The application of digital twins in the city setting is emerging, the massive amounts of data and algorithms used raise the concern of algorithmic bias. This research focuses on examining how city scale digital twin practitioners prioritize the pragmatic, ethical, and moral domains in data management processes and when encountering algorithmic bias. It aims to provide insights for practitioners an

The aim of this paper is to study the international soccer and politics from an theoretical standpoint and try two different theoretical approaches that has been developed and see if they can answer why a large international aid organization like UNHCR would like to collaborate with the Swedish soccer team Malmö FF. In this paper the theory of Sport-diplomacy and The Global Football Field will be

Historically being a success to the European Union and its integration processes, technical standardisation has been a dormant policy area low down on the European Commission’s agenda priority list – until now. The increasing international competition has arguably spurred the Commission to push for speedy developments in standardisation to establish the EU once again in a leading position, thus ef

The aim of my study is to find out how Peru's recently signed free trade agreements have affected the volume of imports of fishmeal by the partner countries.

This paper examines the relationship between population growth and economic growth in the European Union during 1962-2017. By combining earlier research and economic growth theory a combined model is presented, which attempts to capture both positive and negative outcomes of population growth on economic growth. The aim of the study is to contribute to earlier research by focusing on the general e

The aim of this study was to analyze the female under-representation in the Swedish Armed Forces in order to gain a deeper understanding of the organization’s underlying difficulties in recruiting and retaining women. By collecting a women’s experience of the Swedish Armed Forces via a web survey and applying a qualitative content analysis to investigate the respondents’ answers, the study wishes

Den internationella arenan domineras av stater. Staters existens är befäst i sedvanerätten genom Montevideokonventionen. Det har dock i ivern att hålla sig fast vid denna uppstått en uppfattning om att de kriterierna som krävs för att något kan anses vara en stat, också blir gällande e contrario i hänsyn till när stater ska anses upphöra att existera. En av de fyra kriterierna är kriteriet om terrThe global arena is dominated by states. The existence of a state is regulated in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights of States. There does however seem, that in the desire to follow this convention, a definitive opinion that states losing one of the criteria set up by the convention, also means losing their stateship, as a Montevideo Convention e contrario, if you will. One of these four crit

This thesis examines gender equality policies of the European Union in external affairs. The aim is to discover how the meaning and “problem” of gender (in)equality is constructed, represented, and problematized in the gender policies for external action. The study also ascertains what logics underpin the problem representations, whose voices are silenced, and what subject positions are created. E

Enligt svensk processrätt råder som huvudregel fri bevisvärdering och fri bevisföring. Fri bevisföring innebär att det som utgångspunkt inte får finnas någon begränsning av vilken sorts bevisning som presenteras i en rättegång. Detta hänger samman med den fria bevisvärderingen som innebär att det inte finns några regler gällande hur en viss typ av bevisning får värderas. Vidare har enligt artikel According to Swedish procedural law, the process of production of evidence and the evaluation of evidence should be free. That the production of evidence is free means that, as a general rule, there must be no restriction on the type of evidence presented in trial. This is connected with the free evaluation of evidence, which means that there must be no rules regarding how a certain type of eviden

Differentiating between compounds and phrases can often be difficult. One of the main reasons for this is a compound and a phrase can have the same surface form. In this essay atypical noun- noun combination, which could be possible compounds are investigated. The research questions for this essay include if these combinations are compounds or phrases, what these noun-noun combinations look like a

The UK was considered to be one of Sweden’s best friends and allies in the European Union. When the UK decided to leave in 2016, Sweden was forced to reconsider their strategy for maximising its influence in the union. In 2020 Sweden’s strategy to join the frugal four seemed to become more permanent. The frugal four is a group of nations including, Denmark, The Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. The

Ecuador has experienced a drastic political transformation since the return to neoliberalism under the reign of president Lenin Moreno. Political contentions between the government, environmentalists, and indigenous peoples have led to increased social resistance, protesting the use of extractivism and other neoliberal policies to increase economic growth and relieve national debt. In 2019, the Wa

This thesis examines the question of whether Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are under an obligation to refer questions on the interpretation of EEA law to the EFTA Court (the Court). These countries enjoy access to the EU’s internal market through the EEA Agreement. Article 34 of the Surveillance and Court Agreement, concluded between the EEA/EFTA States, establishes an advisory opinion procedu

The aim of this exploratory research has been to examine the lean startup methodology process and foster a better way of applying this method in the global south. This is done by assessing the method’s application process of a solar startup targeting the Kenyan market - the strengths and weaknesses the company encountered during the process, measures taken by the company to overcome those weakness

The Lord of the Rings has been denounced as carrying a black-and-white fairytale moral, with forces of Good (light, freedom, beauty) fighting Forces of Evil (darkness, tyranny, ugliness) Many writers argue that the battle between the forces of Good and Evil is a reflection of Tolkien's strong Christian beliefs. Others see in the battle between Light and Darkness a reflection of the never-endin

A leidenfrost droplet forms when a liquid droplet is placed on a very hot surface. In the case that there is a thin layer of insulating material as a step on the substrate, under specific conditions Leidenfrost droplets interact with the edge of the step. The result of this interaction is sometimes lateral detachment or jumping from the surface. Specically, the best jumping can be observed when li

This essay highlights a discussion that arose in connection with the ‘Pirate Bay’ case, concerning impartiality of judges. The purpose of the essay is to investigate the circumstances under which a judge may have a conflict of interest, and how this issue should be solved when the solution is unclear. The essay focuses on the rule in Chapter 4, Section 14, note 10, and how it was applied in the pr