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Climate change poses increasing challenges to all life on Earth. Ecosystems and biodiversity are driven towards unsustainable states. There is a growing consensus that cities play a crucial role in leading the climate transition, and municipalities have been identified as key actors. The research field draws attention to barriers between policy and practical implementation, such as legal and finan
Detta är en kombinerad kvantitativ och kvalitativ studie om gymnasieelevers instrumentval. I denna undersökning kommer elevernas egen åsikt att bli hörd i fråga om varför, vad och hur de gör när de väljer sina instrument. Hur ser elever på sina egna och andras val av instrument? Vilka faktorer finns det som påverkar elever i deras instrumentval? Om det är så att tjejer och killar väljer olika instThis is a mixed method research study about the instrument choices of upper secondary school students. The students’ own opinion regarding instrument choices is examined. Factors such as why and how a particular instrument has been chosen have been discussed. How do the students look at their own and others’ choice of instrument? What factors influence their choices? What does the distribution of
On social media platforms, such as blogs, the boundaries between private life and working life can be blurred. When social media is used by people who can be seen as agents for human service organizations this can give rise to both ethical and relational issues. On the one hand socialworkers like everyone else should have the right to express opinions and act as private persons on the internet. On
Denna kandidatuppsats är en komparativ studie som behandlar på vilket sätt Moderaterna respektive Socialdemokraterna använt sig av de digitala kanalerna Facebook och YouTube. Partierna har använt dessa i sina respektive valkampanjer och i denna uppsats undersöker vi hur politiska budskap förmedlas i sociala medier utifrån de politiska avsikter och ideologier som styr partierna. Denna uppsats vände
Motivation to volunteer is a multidimensional phenomenon that has been the subject of research for many scholars. Studies have found that whilst concern for others is a common drive, factors as personal experiences and political values also contribute to people’s motivation to engage in voluntary work. The aim of this study was to specifically examine the motivation to volunteer amongst young wome
Author: Amanda Petersson Title: “Hi I’m kind of depressed” - An Ethnographic Study of Adolescents’ Interaction Concerning Mental Illness on the Internet [Translated title] Supervisor: Gabriella Scaramuzzino Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort The aim of this study has been to examine how adolescents interact concerning mental illness on the Internet. I have spent time on one of the largest Internet forums t
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine and understand the underlying reasons behind the existing funding gap between social enterprises and impact investors. We aim to do this mainly from the point of view of the social entrepreneurs by studying their actions and attitudes towards impact investment and how they relate to the demands set by impact investors. Furthermore, we want to bette
Scholars have argued that successful policymaking should take into account the systemic aspect of a Regional Innovation System and involve a variety of actors in policy processes. Leadership is an important element for enabling collaboration and coordination among these actors, for example in the emergence of policy networks. The aim of this study is to provide a dynamic view of leadership in poli
With today’s focus on the world’s environmental issues, it is important for organizations and companies to find a way to give their commitment credibility. By certification according to ISO 14001 you get an internationally acknowledged brand that is recognized by organizations and companies worldwide. But the road to certification isn’t just easy, to be able to certify your environmental managemen
The aim of this study was to examine what school counselors think about their role in their work with bullying among pupils. More specifically the aim was to find out how counselors role in work with bullying look like, how counselors describe bullying from their role and which practical roles they had in their work with bullying. This study was a qualitative study, where six semistructured interv
The aim of this study is to investigate opportunities and obstacles for a small municipality (Perstorp) to replace a municipal car with an electric car. In the study environmental aspects such as greenhouse gases and energy efficiency are compared between a conventional car and an electric car. Furthermore, different kinds of charging stations are reviewed with the aim to find a suitable station f
A common problem in geocoding is that the postal addresses as requested by the user differ from the addresses as described in the database. The online, open source geocoder called Nominatim is one of the most used geocoders nowadays. However, this geocoder lacks the interactivity that most of the online geocoders already offer. The Nominatim geocoder provides no feedback to the user while typing a
