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In the modern world religion is loudly wielded with anti-environmentalist and authoritarian consequences, following the footsteps of historical religious entanglement with industrial and capitalist values. In the context of intentionally co-creating an alternative future, this study argues that it is central to engage with religious environmentalism to highlight a different heritage and cosmologic
Denna studie undersöker hur irritation och frustration uppstår, uttrycks och hanteras i vardagliga interaktioner med röstassistenter i hemmet. Tidigare forskning har ofta behandlat irritation som ett tillfälligt svar på tekniska misslyckanden eller som en indikation på bristande användbarhet. I denna uppsats ser vi istället på irritation som en aktiv och återkommande process som bidrar till den påThis study examines how irritation and frustration emerge, are expressed, and are managed in everyday interactions with voice assistants in the home. Previous research has often treated irritation as a temporary response to technical failures or as an indicator of poor usability. In this thesis, irritation is instead understood as an active and recurring process that contributes to the ongoing dom
Uppsatsen “Singel and Ready to Mingel?” är skriven av Thea Birgerud och Cornelia Lindberg och är författad i kandidatkursen för Medie-kommunikationsvetenskap vid Institutionen för kommunikation och medier på Lunds universitet. Denna fallstudie undersöker hur kvinnlig intimitet, identitet och relationer framställs, förhandlas och omförhandlas i populärkulturella sammanhang genom att analysera en Vo
Syftet med studien är att undersöka om eller hur det är möjligt att interaktionen mellan människor och AI-verktyget ChatGPT kan likna ett mellanmänskligt socialt samspel i form av socialitet. För att möjliggöra detta har kvalitativa intervjuer med regelbundna användare utförts samt intervjuer med personer som arbetar i nära relation till ChatGPT inom forskning, utbildning eller journalistik. Uppsa
This thesis critically examines the Swedish cement industry, comprised of Heidelberg Materials Cement Sverige AB (HMCS), through a discourse analysis of their public communications i.e. press releases, articles and web pages. The aim is to research what discourses HMCS participates in and how they participate in different discourses in regards to their sustainability work. The Swedish cement indus
Denna studie undersöker hur föräldrarörelsen Ki-DS Bättre Digital Barndom skapar och mobiliserar medborgarengagemang i digitala miljöer. Utifrån Dahlgrens teori om civic culture och Papacharissis begrepp affektiva offentligheter undersöks hur oro om barns digitala vardag leder till en gemensam handling. Studien baserar sig på en kvalitativ innehållsanalys och en fallstudie av Ki-DS kommunikation p
Bakgrund: Amning innebär hälsofördelar både för mor och barn. Trots att majoriteten av kvinnor önskar att amma, minskar andelen barn som helammas. Amningsstödet har beskrivits som otillräcklig, med brister inom den postnatala vården. Kvinnor har i tidigare studier lyft fram avsaknaden av fördjupade bedömningar av amningen samt brist på känslomässigt stöd under vårdtiden efter förlossningen. Faktor
This thesis examines how Kukama women in the Peruvian Amazon have mobilized against oil extraction along the Marañón River and how the recognition of the river’s rights can be understood within Peru’s historical and contemporary context of neo-extractivism. Using Feminist Political Ecology as an analytical framework, the study analyzes documents related to the rights-of-nature lawsuit led by Huayn
Efter Rysslands invasion av Ukraina i februari år 2022 blev flera svenska idrottare med kopplingar till ryska klubbar föremål för en intensiv mediebevakning och deras professionella val blev en moralisk och politisk fråga i svenska nyhetsmedier. Studiens syfte är att analysera hur medierna formar problem, orsaker, moraliska ställningstagande och föreslagna handlingsvägar i rapporten om spelarnas b
In the Swedish contemporary media landscape, marked by limited financial resources, many local newspapers are searching for sustainable business models. This reality brings an unprecedented challenge: finding a balance between the market-driven demands of economic efficiency and audience expectations of trustworthy local news. A way of doing this is by writing captivating headlines that appeal to
The drought-prone Eastern Province of Rwanda faces recurring water scarcity that constrains rural livelihoods. This thesis investigates seasonal water use, availability, and impacts in the Lower Akagera catchment by combining household interviews, groundwater monitoring, and remote sensing of dams. A Normalised Water Use Index (NWUI) was developed to capture seasonal groundwater abstraction and l
This study examines how Onlyfans and its content creators are portrayed in Swedish news media in the context of the 2025 amendment to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act (Sexköpslagen). Using a quantitative content analysis, the study analyses 114 newspaper articles published between February and July 2025 in four major Swedish newspapers. The analysis uses theories of stigma, representation and stereoty
Hexagonal ferrites doped with metal oxides have long been used in a variety of fields such as in sensors, actuators and other hardware. They are inherently stable and exhibit different properties, such as the magnetoelectric effect, which can be tuned through choice of structure and dopants. The production of magnetoelectric hexaferrites can be costly and complicated. In this thesis a method base
Sweden has seen a rise of shootings and bombings, investigations of these crimes has shown that a sizable amount has been organised through Crime as a Service (CaaS), where serious violence is outsourced to relatively unconnected actors via anonymised and encrypted communication. Using a qualitative study design this thesis examines four Swedish court judgements involving CaaS and serious violence
Abstract Title: Opportunities and Challenges of Establishing a Startup in Portugal Swedish Startup’s Perceptions of the Business Climate in Lisbon Seminar date: 28th of May 2025 Authors: Vendela Eriksson Supervisor: Tobias Karlsson Keywords: Business climate, business ecosystem, Lisbon, startup, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the challenges and o
This paper conducts an analysis of peace agreements that constituted an end to civil conflict, with a specific focus on consociational conflict management in divides societies. Drawing on Arend Lijphart’s theory of consociationalism, and Anna Jastad’s two dimensions (inclusion and decentralization), this study employs a qualitative comparative text analysis of three peace agreements. These are the
When Sweden entered NATO in 2024, 200 years of alliance-freedom was upheaved. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an attack on any of the allied states is to be considered an attack against them all, which means that Swedish soldiers may be deployed in combat on foreign soil. Given that the Swedish Armed Forces have previously only been concerned with protecting their own borders, t
The Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th 2023 constituted an event with great impact on both Israel and the Middle East, and much focus has been given to its effects in terms of the war in Gaza. Simultaneously, settlements in the West Bank have risen to unprecedented levels, and have increasingly been given explicit governmental support. Furthermore, official Israeli sovereignty over the West Ban
