Folkbiblioteken i Sverige har ett lagstadgat uppdrag att bidra till en stärkt demokrati genom kunskapsförmedling och fri åsiktsbildning. Uppdraget med att bidra till den fria åsiktsbildningen tolkas ofta som att biblioteken ska förhålla sig opartiska till sina användare och sina samlingar. Nya förhållanden i informationsklimatet har skapat nya utmaningar för den fria åsiktsbildningen, såsom desinfPublic libraries in Sweden have a statutory task to contribute to a strengthened democracy through the dissemination of knowledge and the free formation of opinion. The latter is often understood as libraries being impartial to their users and collections. New conditions in the information climate have brought new challenges for the free formation of opinion, such as disinformation and polarizatio

The aim of this study has been to analyze how children to elderly parents (70+) perceive their role under the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We were interested in how the children's relationships to their elderly parents were affected by the pandemic. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirteen persons. We have come to the conclusion that Covid-19 changed the norms in bot

Examensarbetets titel: Den senaste pusselbiten i nyemissionspusslet Seminariedatum: 3/6 - 2021 Kurs: FEKH89 - Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete i Finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng. Författare: Amanda Bengtsson, Olle Saanum & Frida Wennberg Handledare: Maria Gårdängen Fem nyckelord: SEO, abnormal avkastning, operationell prestation, window of opportunity och pecking order theory. ForsTitle: The Latest Piece of The New Issues Puzzle Seminar date: 3/6 - 2021 Course: FEKH89 - Business Administration: Bachelor’s degree Project in Financial Management Undergraduate Level, 15 credits. Authors: Amanda Bengtsson, Olle Saanum & Frida Wennberg Advisor: Maria Gårdängen Keywords: SEO, abnormal return, operative performance, window of opportunity & pecking order theory. Research

In this master thesis, I analyse a wide array of texts on children’s and youths reading and reading promotion in Sweden during 1980–2020, in order to assess how the concept of imagination is depicted and valued. The source material consists of official documents on reading promotion, such as commission reports, strategy plans, and surveys; a variety of texts dealing with children’s and youths read

Det är förbjudet för en arbetsgivare att utsätta en arbetstagare, arbetssökande etc. för diskriminering eller repressalier i samband med personens sexuella läggning. Detta framkommer både i EU-rätten och i den nationella rätten. Sexuell läggning definieras i diskrimineringslagen som “homosexuell, bisexuell eller heterosexuell läggning”. Definitionen togs fram till den tidigare lagen (1999:133) om It is forbidden for an employer to expose an employee, jobseeker, etc. to discrimination or retaliation in connection with the person's sexual orientation. This is reflected in both EU law and national law. Sexual orientation is defined in the Discrimination Act as "homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual orientation". The definition was developed in the previous law (1999: 133) on the

Background: In today’s consumption society, there is an endless amount of cosmetic brands to choose from. Moreover, the global consumption of cosmetics continues to increase, both among male and female consumers, and new cosmetic brands are constantly entering the marketplace. Despite this, little is known about the relationships between consumers and cosmetic brands (consumer-brand relationships)

Efforts of conservation create a conflict between the archaeological community and tourism industry. The following paper will discuss the tourism industry and the conflict between tourism goals and the conservation of archaeological material. The focus will be on open air museums and exploring the proposal that these open air museums are a valuable resource for archaeology to pursue alternative, i

The aim of this thesis was to explore how people with psychiatric disabilities experience interventions of supportive occupation, and how it affects their well-being, sense of meaningfulness, and participation in society. Since the thesis aimed to explore the individuals’ feelings and experiences, it was based on a qualitative methodological approach. Through semi-structured interviews, the contex

My thesis is about how to define the concept of the preschool library and in what way it differs from other reading promotion and language development activities in preschool. Furthermore, I investigate how the preschool could work with preschool libraries as a long-term and permanent solution in the reading promotion and language development assignment in preschool. The question of why the presch

Mentorskapet betraktas över lag som en positiv instans inom läraryrket, trots att det inte finns en helt enhetlig bild kring vad det egentligen innebär, dess effekter samt hur det skall organiseras. Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka mentorers uppfattningar kring mentorskap, samt relatera det till hur mentorskapet kan utformas för att på ett framgångsrikt sätt bidra till skolutvecklin

Samhället blir alltmer AI-baserat och till följd av denna vetenskap framkommer frågan kring etik upp. Studien siktar på att utforska utvecklingsmöjligheter hos verktyg Moral Machine som används för att undersöka människans åsikter kring AI-partiskhet. I linje med studiens syfte har brister hos verktyget identifierats och utifrån framställd forskningsfråga har undersökningen baserats på att se ifal

This study investigates the linkage between different democratic dimensions and economic growth. This field of study has been examined numerous times. However, the prior studies apply democracy as a united concept, as opposed to this study where the concept is categorized into four different variables. These variables are Representative Government, Impartial Administration, Civil Liberties and Jud

Title: Supporting the Cause: How Can Football Supporters Engage with a Club’s Brand Extensions Seminar Date: June 4th, 2020 Course: BUSN39: Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Peter Moane and Alessandro Solmi Supervisor: Ekaterini Drosou Thesis Purpose: This research aims at understanding what English supporters of football teams with a small fan base deem important in order to buy, engage

The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China and has become a public health emergency of international concern. Several countries have issued comprehensive social distancing policies responses to the pandemic. This study was performed in an attempt to understand the impact of a lockdown on COVID-19 cases through a case study in Scandinavia. A validated database was used to origi

The social services treatment and assessment play a major role in family law, and something that affects this is notions of parenthood. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine social workers descriptions of parenthood with a main focus on how they portray female and male caregivers. Five social workers from both small and large cities in Sweden, who work with child care investigations,

Föreliggande studie ämnade att undersöka hur attityd, subjektiv norm och upplevd beteendekontroll utifrån Theory of Planned Behavior, är relaterat till intentionen att vara aktiv i arbetsrelaterade digitala mötessammanhang. Den beroende variabeln, intention till att delta aktivt i digitala arbetsrelaterade mötessammanhang, samt de oberoende variablerna attityd, subjektiv norm samt upplevd beteendeThis study intended to examine how attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control, based on Theory of Planned Behavior, were related to the intention to participate in work-related digital meetings. The dependent variable, intention, and the independent variables attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control were measured through an internet survey. The survey resulted i

Small regional airports are known to be economically unsustainable. When the previous private owner of Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport announced their intention to shut the airport down, seven municipalities in northwestern Skåne decided to buy it. This has raised debate about whether municipalities should allocate resources to an economically and environmentally unsustainable business. The purpose

The aim of this study was to explore residential care home managers' view on parents' involvement in the treatment of their children and adolescents when placed in an out of home care facility. The empirical data was collected through semi-structured interviews with three managers of Swedish residential care homes for children and adolescents. For the analysis, Systems Theory was applied.