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In recent years, there has been a growing scholarly interest in the part that men play in governmental work concerning violence against women. Few research projects have focused on the Swedish context and the part that norm-changing interventions play in governmental work. This study investigates how much the Swedish government emphasizes norm altering work and the participation of men in strategi

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global economy, and I want to know whether China, as one of the world’s major economies, has chosen to sacrifice environmental resources for economic development during the post-pandemic era. By combining social factors and natural environmental factors, I established a model of the air quality changing trends among China’s major cities. According to comparis

This thesis evaluates the impact of Peru’s flagship Conditional Cash Transfer program, JUNTOS, on multidimensional poverty by applying the Multidimensional Poverty Index. Using a Difference-in-Differences approach adapted for staggered treatment adoption through the Callaway and Sant’Anna (2021) estimator, the analysis draws on nationally representative household survey data from 2004 to 2007. By

We study transportation networks controlled by dynamical feedback tolls. We consider a multiscale transportation network model whereby the dynamics of the traffic flows are intertwined with those of the drivers' route choices. The latter are influenced by the congestion status on the whole network as well as dynamic tolls set by the system operator. Our main result shows that a broad class of dece

A number of ESCOs in Ontario are expanding their standard business model of energy performance contracting to include financing and expertise for the inclusion of renewable energy generation. This paper is a qualitative exploration of this business practice, referred to here as “renewable energy contracting”. Through semi-structured interviews with ESCO experts and a literature analysis, this rese

This thesis is a qualitative case study regarding women empowerment, conducted during a two-month Minor Field Study in the island of Ukerewe, located in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. I aim to explore the term women empowerment through a critical lens whereby I problematize the instrumental understanding of women empowerment. Furthermore, I aim to explore people’s conceptions of the actual meaning of em

This thesis concerns the research area of ​​International visual relations. It also concerns the media platform Instagram, and how it has come to be used by Swedish politics between 2014 and 2022. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether the way Swedish political parties express visual political communication has changed. This is done through a quantitative approach. Content analysis is

Miljöbalkens övergripande mål är att uppnå hållbar utveckling enligt balkens portalparagraf. Begreppet består av tre element: ekologisk, ekonomisk samt social hållbarhet. Hållbar utveckling ska genomsyra tillämpningen av hela balken. För att hållbar utveckling ska förverkligas krävs att underliggande delmål beaktas. Inom ramen för det övergripande målet finns 16 miljökvalitetsmål fattade av riksdaThe main objective of the Environmental Code (miljöbalken) is to achieve sustainable development, according to the code’s initial paragraph. The objective of sustainable development consists of three pillars: ecological, economic and social sustainability. Sustainable development is supposed to permeate and influence the application of the entire Environmental Code. In order to achieve the goal of

National libraries play a leading role in the creation of national identities. For that reason, the destruction and reestablishment of libraries may hold strategic meanings beyond the physical. This master thesis examines the symbols and cultural implications of such devastating events and resilient initiatives. Data for the thesis was collected through interviews with two librarians in Baghdad, w

In order to few an equal society is the important to work actively with equality work within all areas. Within the misuse care it has long been a discussion if the treatment staff sees different on female and male drug miss farmers and about they to be treated differently on the basis of its sex. The essay`s aim is to analyze how sexes to be designed within the misuse care. The survey bases itself

My aim with this study was to make a research to find out if it is possible to force someone to motivation. I also wish to understand the clients point of view regarding the motivation within the forced rehabilitation and if this opinion changed due to the time they spent i rahabilitation. The study is based on six qualitative intervius, relevant literature and previous science. The problem was: -

Är en arbetstagare i arbetsrättslig mening alltid arbetstagare i skatterättslig bemärkelse, och tvärtom? Och vad är egentligen en F-skattare i juridisk mening? På det arbetsrättsliga området är arbetstagarbegreppet av mycket central betydelse. Tillämpligheten av de arbetsrättsliga lagarna utgår från arbetstagarbegreppet. Dessa lagar är utformade som skyddslagstiftningar för arbetstagare eftersom Is the definition of employee according to Swedish labour law similar to the definition of employee according to Swedish tax legislation? And what is the legal significance of approval of F-tax? The applicability of Swedish labour law is based on the definition of the civil law-term employee. The definition is therefore of fundamental significance. Because of the protective characteristics of the

In this essay, I have investigated if there has been any change in the welfare regime that hangs together with the help that companies and organizations offer pupils in doing their homework. Primarily, I have been using Esping-Andersen´s classification of three different welfare regimes to understand how shifts and developments can occur within different welfare areas. Through interviews with orga

The aim of this study was to examine counselors experience of using an interpreter when the patient and the counselor do not share a common language. I have conducted qualitative interviews with five counselors who work within Region Skåne in various fields. I have used themes during the interviews to finally be able to answer the questions of the study. I have applied four different communication

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to develop an understanding of the way in which a brand is developed in a dyadic relationship with an external stakeholder. Theoretical: This thesis bases its theoretical framework on two main theoretical fields: Actor-Network Theory and dialectics. Methodology: The thesis is an explorative qualitative study espousing an interpretivist view of the social wo

During the past decades there is a growing interest to include a cultural dimension in the debate on sustainable development. In this thesis I explore how culture, and more specifically the Flemish cultural sector, contributes to the transition to a sustainable society. By means of case studies, I examine how cultural organizations perceive their role in the transition process and how they transla

Unsustainability is persistent despite growing awareness that the industrial way of life, its modes of production and consumption need to be transformed. In academic sustainability contexts, however, attention is rarely paid to how industrial societies basically operate and how our everyday life is implicated beyond the usual suspect: consumerism. I argue that it is work, as central social relatio

If Rwanda was in the spotlight of the international media for over 20 years due to the 1994 genocide, today it is mostly owing to its economic resurgence and its development projects, such as Vision 2020. One of its achievements is the prohibition, since 2008, of the production, importation, use and sale of polythene bags on a national scale. This thesis explores the connections to culture, power