This thesis investigates how young men who have completed military service emotionally navigate within the discourse of the duty to potentially kill or die for the nation. With a poststructuralist point of departure and a feminist theoretical framework of militarisation, this study explores how a militarised discourse of life and death becomes meaningful for its subjects. Employing an interpretati

This study examines the relationship between various types of external support and the duration of intrastate conflicts. Between 1975 and 2017, the majority of conflicts received external support in one shape or form and the effects of internationalising conflicts through the provision of external support are multiple. Existing literature has found that external involvement generally prolongs the

This thesis examines gendered constructions of military women, through the portrayal of female soldiers in images published on social media by Nato and the Swedish armed forces(SAF). Specifically, the data is made up of images that have been published after Sweden’s appeal to become a Nato member. This case is approached through critical feminist theory, particularly through the lens of Megan MacK

This thesis studies organizational change in the peacebuilding organization the School for Peace. It asks the question: What shapes organizational change in the School for Peace? Being located in Israel’s only peace bubble, the School for Peace presents as an unusual case of peacebuilding in unique conditions. To understand reasons for change and evolvement of the organization’s practice – as well

Psykisk ohälsa klassas idag som ett av de stora folkhälsoproblemen och det har gradvis skett en kraftig ökning av den andel som söker vård (OECD, 2015). Tillgången till psykologisk behandling är idag begränsad till följd av bristen på kvalificerad personal inom området. Individuell terapi är kostsam för den skattefinansierade sjukvården, vilket framhäver betydelsen av gruppterapi som en kostnadsefMental health remains a major public health concern, with a notable rise in treatment-seeking individuals (OECD, 2015). However, limited access to psychological interventions persists due to a shortage of qualified professionals. Given the excessive cost of individual therapy within publicly funded healthcare systems, the focus on cost-effect group therapy becomes imperative (Sundquist et al., 201

To achieve established climate objectives, Sweden must effectively target its carbon-intensive steel industry. This study offers a social perspective on the Swedish steel industry's decarbonization, exploring how workers’ identities shape their experience of the transition. Social identity theory is utilised to explore what elements shape steelworkers’ collective and occupational identities in

Intergenerationella trauma, hur tidigare generationers traumatiska upplevelser påverkar nästkommande generationerna, har blivit ett växande intresseområde för olika discipliner och är relevant för psykoterapeuter. Följande studies syfte var att undersöka psykodynamiskt inriktade psykoterapeuters förståelse och arbete med intergenerationella trauman utifrån en kvalitativ ansats. I studien redovisasIntergenerational trauma, how previous generations traumatic experiences effect the coming generations, has become an increasing area of interest for different disciplines and is relevant for psychotherapists. The aim of this study was to explore psychodynamic oriented psychotherapists understanding and work with intergenerational trauma within a qualitative framework. Five psychotherapists experi

Magnesium är en silvervit metall med unika egenskaper som gör den väldigt intressant. Metallen är bland de lättaste med en densitet på 1.74 g/cm3, återvinningsbar och leder ström. Magnesium är biologiskt nedbrytbart i kroppen och anses därmed vara en utav de främsta kandidaterna för biomedicinska implantat. En utav utmaningarna med användning av magnesium som implantat är dess begränsande inneboenMagnesium alloys are promising candidates for biomedical implants due to their ability to dissolve in the human body, which improves the surgical procedures making a secondary surgery to remove the implant unnecessary. However, one of the main challenges magnesium alloys faces in terms of an implant is their inferior strength compared to such permanent implant materials as stainless steel and tita

This thesis investigates the Hong Kong government’s discursive framing of the 2019-2020 protests. By applying the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory on a previously untested case, it finds that the Hong Kong government framed the protests as violent, colluding with foreign actors, and with aims to cause harm. Through this portrayal, the government claimed the Hong Kong society needed defend

Imagery Rescripting (IR) är sedan decennier en etablerad psykoterapeutisk intervention för att minska kliniska symptom associerade med mentala bilder. I den här systematiska litteraturöversikten studerades åtta studier relaterade till psykoterapi med Imagery Rescripting vid PTSD-relaterade mardrömmar, i syfte att lyfta fram den senaste aktuella kunskapen inom IR i psykoterapi, med fokus på mardrömImagery Rescripting (IR) has for decades now been an established psychotherapeutic intervention to reduce clinical symptoms associated with mental images. In this systematic literature review, eight studies related to psychotherapy with Imagery Rescripting in PTSD-related nightmares were studied, with the aim of highlighting the latest current knowledge within IR in psychotherapy with a focus on n

The US has for many years had a strong relationship with Israel. However, in this relationship something does not add up; The US presents itself as a strong defender of human rights and liberty, and at the same time they have this strong relationship with Israel, who has been violating the rights and liberties of Palestinians for many years now. So how come the US has this strong relationship with

The lived realities of soldiers have largely been ignored in modern peace and conflict studies. This thesis aims at studying the perception of Everyday combatants in order to attain a greater understanding for how soldiers percieve the enemy. This will be done as a narrative analysis, including perspectives about the everyday experience of war.

This thesis investigates how the traumas of the Holocaust and the Nakba have been utilized by Israeli and Palestinian political elites in media rhetoric during the first month of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. With the theory of the transmission of chosen transgenerational traumas as a point of departure, this study finds that political leaders have frequently utilized historical traumas as points of

Previous research has seen populist leaders emerge globally and focus on how they change security dynamics. The field is relatively new, and the relationship between populist leaders and security issues is an ongoing debate, whether tensions create populist leaders or generate insecurity. This thesis investigates how constructions of internal and external threats change security discourses over ti

This thesis employs a theoretical framework of everyday nationalism, Social Identity Theory (SIT) and violent discourse theory to examine nationalism and identity-based violence among Serbian post-war football supporters. The Serbian supporter scene is known internationally because of the ideological standpoints brought forward in the stands, motivating a multimodal discourse analysis of these mul

Denna uppsats utforskar de utmaningar som industriföretag möter vid implementering av Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Genom en kombination av teoretisk forskning och en kvalitativ intervjuansats undersöks hur teknologiska, organisatoriska och kulturella faktorer påverkar framgången för MES-implementeringar. Studien identifierar kritiska aspekter såsom behovet av en stark strategisk vision,

This paper examines how the framing of NATO has changed in Russian foreign policy in the 21st century. The Russian perception and portrayal of NATO is very much interconnected with Russian behavior on the international stage. For a greater understanding of Russian foreign policy, a content analysis of the Russian foreign policy concepts has been conducted with framing as a theoretical perspective.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been called the strictest data protection law in history, and one of the key reasons for this is due to its vast territorial scope, which allows it to be applied to non-EU entities as long as the relevant conditions are met. Such a broad extraterritorial application has greatly improved the level of data protection, but it has also triggered some c

During the past ten years, Sweden's security policy has undergone a clear change, where key events have been Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and, most recently, Sweden's entry into NATO in 2024. The focus on issues such as national security and military rearmament have increased. The essay discusses how a perceived need to improve resilience has put requirements on the population

As groups previously engaged in armed conflict enter peace negotiations, they risk losing support and legitimacy with the people they represent. The Kurdish peace process in Turkey between 2013-2015 however enabled the Kurdish movement to reach unprecedented levels of support and influence. In this thesis, a frame analysis of the Kurdish movement’s strategic communication during this period is con