The aim of this thesis was to analyze how drug- and alcohol-free people make sense of their experiences from living in a society with drinking culture. The method for this study consisted of qualitative interviews with five abstainers. A constructivist approach was used, i.e. the narratives in this thesis were seen as subjective narratives, constructed by the storyteller. The framework of this the

Due to insufficient knowledge on preschool teacher reporting obligations, studies show that fewer reports are made regarding children that might need help. The aim of the study was to illustrate how preschool teachers interpret and apply the law on reporting obligations in preschool activities and to illustrate the collaboration between preschool and social services. What does preschool teachers t

En ökad mångfald kan leda till att religiösa frågor i arbetslivet får en ökad aktualitet och att en individs rättigheter och krav då ställs mot arbetsgivarens verksamhetsintresse och dennes rätt att leda och fördela arbetet. En arbetstagares vägran att utföra en viss arbetsuppgift på grund av religion eller samvete måste då vägas mot arbetsgivarens arbetsledningsrätt och andra eventuellt motståendAn increased diversity in the work force has caused religious questions to become increasingly important and this may lead to a conflict between an individual’s rights and demands and the employers’ managerial prerogative. An employee’s refusal to perform a duty, based on religious or conscientious beliefs, must then be weighed against the employer’s managerial rights and other possible conflictin

Bakgrund: Sjukskrivning kan innebära personligt lidande och kostnader för samhället. Individens attityder och förväntningar har betydelse för hur lång sjukskrivningen blir. Den förändringsprocessen arbetsåtergång innebär behöver anpassas till de omständigheter som finns i individens liv. Detta kan vara yttre omständigheter som den sociala situationen och arbetets art, men även individens inre föruBackground: Sick leave can lead to personal suffering and costs for society. Individual’s attitudes and expectations have an impact on the duration of sick leave. The changing process that return to work implies needs to be adapted to the individual’s circumstances. These can be circumstances such as social situation and the nature of the work , but can also depend on the individual’s precondition

This thesis uses a data material from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) to analyze forest fires in Sweden between 1998 and 2018. The thesis also uses weather data (precipitation and average temperature) as explanatory variables in two different regression models. The purpose of this thesis is to make predictions for the number of forest fires and the total burned down hectare of forest

Children’s participation is an important part of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Barns behov i centrum (BBIC), but there is not much research on how social workers involve children in childcare investigations and what challenges they experience. This study examines this, as well as how the social workers believe that children’s participation will be affected by the CRC becoming

Syftet med denna uppsats är följaktligen att analysera arbetsgivarens skyldighet till arbetsanpassnings- och omplaceringsåtgärder innan en uppsägning kan tillgripas. Uppsatsen kommer i första hand analysera arbetsgivarens skyldighet att vidta anpassnings- och omplaceringsåtgärder i rehabiliteringsprocessen av en sjuk arbetstagare. I andra hand analyseras hur långt dessa skyldigheter sträcker sig iThe purpose of this essay is to examine the employer’s obligation for adjustment interventions and re-employment before a dismissal can take place. The essay will mainly analyse the employer’s responsibility for adjustment interventions and re-employment of ill employees. Secondly, an analysis will be made regarding the extent of these responsibilities before a dismissal can occur. Poor health and

Studien syftar till att undersöka hur svenska företag använder sig av femvertising i sin digitala kommunikation. Studien görs ur ett kritisk feministiskt perspektiv och studerar och analyserar hur kvinnor och kvinnlighet porträtteras i marknadsföring idag samt hur feminism används för kommersiella syften. På så sätt syftar studien till att bidra med kunskap kring hur postfeministiska diskurser anvThe study aims to examine how Swedish companies use femvertising in their digital communication. The study is done from a critical feminist perspective and aims to identify how women and femininity are portrayed in marketing today as well as how feminism is used for commercial purposes. The study aims to contribute knowledge about how post-feminist discourses are used in digital marketing in a Swe

Hållbarhetsfrågan är viktig för samhället, företag och individen, vilket leder till att en motreaktion till shoppingdagen Black Friday växer och allt fler företag tar ett avståndstagande från överkonsumtion. Därmed ämnade studien till att undersöka hur företags avståndstagande från Black Friday kopplas till hållbar marknadskommunikation, och hur dessa avståndstaganden påverkas av grafiska tecken. Sustainability is an important matter for society, companies and individuals, which has led to a growing resistance against Black Friday, which more and more companies engage in. The aim of this study was thus to examine how companies’ renunciation of Black Friday is linked to sustainable marketing communications, and how graphic elements influence these renunciations. This study also aimed to exa

This research focuses on analysing the impact that the increased women political participation has on the Human Development of Mexico. The research aims to expand our knowledge and understanding on how is that an increased presence of women in a legislature can affect the development of a country. The theoretical basis of this work is found on the theories of Gender and Development; Human Developm

Yngre personer är överrepresenterade bland politiska protestdeltagare, och mobiliserar ofta till dessa via sitt sociala nätverk. Då tidigare forskning visat att deltagande kan prediceras av en press att konformera till sociala normer, dvs. av need to belong (NTB) och rejection sensitivity (RS), så ämnade följande studie att undersöka huruvida relationerna mellan dessa skulle vara starkare för yngrYounger people are over-represented in political protests, and tend to mobilise via social ties. As previous research has found participation to be predicted by the pressure to conform to social norms, i.e. by need to belong (NTB), and rejection sensitivity (RS), the current study aimed to investigate whether those relations would be stronger among younger people than older. Furthermore, the effec

By performing a field experiment within behavioural economics with focus on creating a nudge, this study enables to investigate whether a nudge that create better awareness have ability to influence individuals to make a more environmental friendly decision. By performing a field experiment in cooperation with Länsförsäkringar Skåne, the study shows that the nudges have a significant impact of rai

Currently humanity faces environmental challenges that require political action in order to maintain the integrity of human and environmental systems. However, political authorities are not always ready to make rigorous decisions to support the necessary changes. Thus, social movements as a recognised agent of cultural, political and social change have the power to push for these decisions. Over t

Gas cooling is a technique used by firefighters to create a safer work environment inside a compartment fire. By spraying water into the smoke layer, the smoke layer temperature will decrease significantly. Next to the lower temperature, the flammability of the smoke layer will also decrease. Due to the cooling of the fire gases, the smoke layer may contract. This work focused on different parame

Purpose: The purpose is to explore the phenomenon of utilizing corporate museums in internal branding, in order to understand what they are, how they are used and why in the context of strategic brand management in general and brands with a heritage in particular. Methodology: A qualitative multiple case study with a constructionist and inductive approach has been executed. The case companies rep

Self-driving cars have the potential to revolutionize individual mobility. Before this can happen, however, they will have to overcome a series of hurdles, one of which will be to overcome resistance among potential users. Previous research about resistance towards self-driving cars has primarily revolved around demographic characteristics that correlate with a higher likelihood of resistance. Thi

With recent advances in the field of ultra cold atoms one can, by trapping atoms at low temperatures by laser beams, simulate systems which can be adequately described by single-band lattice Hamiltonians. Also, due to the high parameter tunability of the experimental setups, lattice disorder can be introduced in a con- trolled fashion in these systems. This thesis considers disordered/ordered inte

The time-ordered linear density response function is examined in a model study. Two model dimers are considered; one with one orbital per site and a second one with two orbitals per site. The one-orbital case has U0, the on-site Coulomb interaction, as the only parameter and is solved analytically. The two-orbital case has parameters U0, the upper orbital non-interacting eigenenergy ε1, and the ho