The aim of this study is to understand how urban design can be used in order to integrate and create conditions for sustainable mobility. This is done at both national and municipal level by choosing two municipalities, Malmö and Linköping municipality. The methods used are document analysis and interviews with employees at each municipality. The analysis is done according to the theoretical frame

The purpose of the study was to elucidate the significance of psycho-dynamic therapy for young adults while working from a client perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four former clients, all of whom had completed therapy four to five years prior. The interview material was initially condensed using five questions taken from hermeneutic single case efficacy design. The conde

We’re living in a time where more and more evidence of our impact on the environment appears every day. A lot of resource and time have been spent in order to identify and inform about the ecological footprint us humans enlarge day by day. The realization of human impact on the environment introduced large scale research and UN reports on the subject and a definition and goal to strive after was e

The aim of this study is to critically explore the effects of pre-existing gender norms on the use of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the normalization of such violence by examining the links between peacetime and wartime sexual violence. The analysis is based on a research overview that highlights aspects of gender, violen

The aim of this thesis is to explore how people interact with their environment. With increasing urbanization, cities are under more pressure to accommodate the needs of their inhabitants. Influenced by the sustainability discourse and the challenges of an increasing urban population, the outcome in many cases is densification. However, urban transformation also involves another discourse, that of

Why the performance of local value-adding firms supplying to mining MNCs in Zambia’s liberalized economy seems more constrained was the investigated problem. I conducted a multiple case study research involving 15 firms located on Copperbelt Province. Local value-adding firms are cardinal to national industrial development through their backward linkage role to mines. However, their performance is

Purpose: The Swedish Government considers it is important that both the local and regional level integrates the Europe 2020 strategy. The government expresses that the local municipality level has a central role to achieve some of the Swedish country-specific recommendations. The aim is to increase the understanding of the municipalities’ attitudes towards implementation of the Swedish country-spe

Applying traditional Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance theories, the purpose of this paper is to examine “the crowd’s” capability of being a good investor. Our main finding is that “the crowd” is highly sophisticated and consist of individuals capable of being good investors. We are also able to show that “the crowd” will act significantly more sophisticated in the situation of equity com

The aim of this study is to critically explore the effects of pre-existing gender norms on the use of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the normalization of such violence by examining the links between peacetime and wartime sexual violence. The analysis is based on a research overview that highlights aspects of gender, violen

“Las mujeres blancas son pa’ casarse, las negras pa’ trabajar y las mulatas pa’ hacer el amor” The aim of this study was to examine Cubans understandings of and attitudes towards the phenomenon jineterismo, and the concepts’ relation to discourses on gender, race and class, in order to develop a broader understanding of the concept and the process of stigmatization of the people engaged in it. Th

The purpose of this study was to examine the school counselors’ role in school, how they perceive their role and how much discretion they have. Who are the school staffs that can affect the counselors work? This is a qualitative study where we interviewed ten low-and high school counselors. The results showed that school counselors continuously have dialogues with students, parents, staff members,

Everyday life of divorced and/or seperated fathers [translated title] The aim of this study was to examine how divorced and/or separated fathers perceive everyday life. The target group was delimited to Swedish men that had their children living with them on half-time or more. The analysis took the sociology of knowledge as a starting point and was made on the basis of the research findings of ei

I föreliggande uppsats har jag valt att undersöka hur fem lärare ser på betyg i den svenska skolan. Följande tre frågeställningar besvaras: Vad anser lärarna är betygets roll i skolan och hur motiveras betyg utifrån elevsynpunkt? Vad anser lärarna om det nya betygssystemet som infördes 2011? Ser lärarna några risker för elever och för undervisningen ifråga om betyg? Som teoretiskt ramverk används In this essay I have chosen to examine how five teachers look at the grades in Swedish schools. The following three questions are answered: What do the teachers consider is the grades role in the school and how is grades motivated based on pupils' point of view? What do teachers think about the new grading system introduced in 2011? Do teachers se a danger for the students and the teaching que

Aim. To investigate personality, alexithymia and personal relations in a cohort of seven women with superficial dyspareunia based on either LPV (localized provoced vestibulodynia) or painful vaginism. The purpose was to find background personality variables to address later in psychotherapy. Methods. Personality measurements were performed using Cloninger`s Temperament and Character Inventory – re

Då naturens resurser förbrukas i allt större takt har inställningen till ekologiska produkter blivit ett väldigt aktuellt ämne. Denna studie ämnar undersöka konsumenters inställning till ekologiska varor samt vilka faktorer som motiverar dem till att köpa ekologiska produkter med utgångspunkt från the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Som komplement till TPB har den emotionella variabeln anticipaThe growing scarcity of the Earth´s natural resources has made organic products into an important topic worldwide. The aim of this study is to examine which factors that motivate individuals to consume organic products, by using an extended version of the theory of planned behaviour which includes the emotional variable anticipated regret. A multiple regression analysis was performed on the data c

In the last decade conceptual considerations of a new geological periodization called the Anthropocene have made scientists reconsider the role of human life on Planet Earth. This thesis examines the epistemological uncertainty concerning the hypothesis of the Anthropocene and analyses the theoretical implications in the human and social sciences hermeneutically. Based on multi-sited sensory ethno

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the concept of shame as it is described and applied in the writings of Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud. Methodologically the point of departure is an extensive and critical reading of his articles produced during the last decade. The reading consists of describing his work and of positioning him to other research in the field of shame in general. Issu

In an increasingly online society, scholars have gradually come to scrutinize the ad tech industry. The research field, however, tends to focus on the most visible tech giants, such as Google or Facebook, and few researchers approach the industry from a human rights perspective. This thesis deals with some relatively unknown, but still massive, ad tech companies and unveils how they operate at the

The aim of this study is to investigate the latest events regarding the burning of the Koran in Sweden. The discussion on the subject began in 2022, along with the Easter riots, and after the police granted permission for the burning of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in early 2023, international criticism of Sweden arose. This study investigates what kind of legal alternatives police have