The main challenge to future scenario construction is to help people see themselves as part of a larger system in a way that empowers them rather than reinforces the belief they are helpless. This thesis aims to overcome this challenge by investigating what can be learned from the Japanese tradition of repair called Kintsugi and the underlying Wabi-Sabi philosophy. Subsequently, the research explo

Agenda 2030 är en global målsättning satt av FN med syfte att bidra till hållbar utveckling runt i om i världen. Den består av 17 mål som ska uppfyllas av alla FN:s medlemsländer till år 2030. Agendan ska vara för folket och av folket, men min fråga är om de har lyckats med detta i praktiken. Utveckling och utvecklingsarbete har länge kritiserats för att ha ett så kallat ”white savior complex”; at

It is crucial for a society to keep track of a serious phenomenon such as homicide, but also its underlying process. Having access to high-quality data enables this. Sweden has in the last few years seen an increase in deadly shootings, which has prompted societal debate regarding the matter. But very seldom does the overall context come into question -- how the general homicide tendencies have ch

The purpose of the following thesis is through the combination of a semiotic and phenomenological analysis, to investigate the flemish 17th century painting Achelous Defeated by Hercules. The Creation of The Cornucopia (Allegory of Fruitfulness). The theoretical approach will be based on a treatment of the picture as a symbolic body, which evokes bodily responses similar to those that a real body

I flera årtionden har konflikten mellan Israel och Palestina härjat i mellanöstern och varit ett hot mot freden. Konflikten går långt tillbaka i tiden men eskalerade kraftigt då Storbritannien lämnade över mandatet av det palestinska territoriet till FN, kort efter andra världskrigets slut, som i sin tur fattade beslutet om att försöka skapa en tvåstatslösning för territoriet. Konflikten, som än iDecades of conflict have long been a part of the life in the palestinian territory. The tension in the middle east region has since the beginning composed an underlying threat to peace. The conflict has kept on escalating since the end of WWII when the UK handed over the mandate for the palestinian territory to the UN. The UN then decided on a two-state-partition-plan that would grant land and sou

This thesis explores what psychological violence against women in heterosexual relationships looks like in today's Sweden. The thesis explores how psychological violence against women in heterosexual relationships are interpreted and influenced by gender, class, ethnicity,and age through interviews with 12 women who have worked with women or girls who have been subjected to threats and physica

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Tidigare forskning påvisar att Sverige har hög frekvens av antalet icke svensktalande gravida par med kommunikation- samt språksvårigheter. Kulturella bakgrunder i kombination med språkförbristning bidrar till kulturkrockar där vården kan missa det specifika vårdbehovet hos den enskilde. Detta ställer höga krav på barnmorskan och kräver mer tid i vårdmöten på mödravården. Kultur

This paper sets out to investigate regional differences in cancer incidence and mortality in Sweden. By using descriptive analysis, the aim is to detect regional trends and patterns. Results show that cancer incidence is higher in the south of Sweden compared to the north, especially in Skin cancer (C44) and Malignant melanoma (C43). Morality rates do not show as clear of a geographical pattern. H

In the manufacturing process of Tetra Pak packages, holes are cut out of the paperboard for straws and caps. The left-over paperboard clippings, called confetti, need to be evacu- ated from the machine. However, this evacuation process has proven to cause problems due to jams arising as the confetti get stuck in joints and along the pipe walls. This study investigates how the confetti behave, defo

Sedan COVID-19 etablerade sig i Sverige har antalet besökare i naturområden ökat drastiskt i många delar av landet. Detta fenomen har sannolikt både positiva och negativa effekter på naturvärdena i berörda områden. För Kullabergs naturreservat i nordvästra Skåne var ökningen av besökare under våren och sommaren år 2020 mycket påtaglig. Intensifieringen av besökare resulterade i ett behov hos Länss

This thesis advocates for the evaluation of current sociopolitical conflicts through the lens of social movement theory, as a decisive path to deconstruct the premises of the German right-wing party Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD). The party is conceptualized as an institutionalized social movement, which is insufficiently answering public material grievances caused by e

Spectral estimation can be done using different techniques, where averaging the periodogram using multiple windows is one of the techniques. When using multiple windows, the spectral estimate is commonly obtained by having the windows for the subspectra equally weighted. The goal of this thesis is to find weights for the windows that give a better spectral estimate than the equally weighted spectr

This essay is a qualitative study of the Swedish primary care and covers the medical professions’ experiences and opinions about the organizational governance of health care. Eight semi structured interviews have been made with four doctors, two physiotherapists, one psychologist and one nurse. The interviews aimed for the respondents to talk about their experiences of governance and compensation

The 2015 Migration Crisis forced the European Union to rethink its security. In order to deal with incoming pressure and security concern, several institutional changes were undertaked in the aftermath of the crisis. Frontex received the extended mandate and now conducts operations in third countries independently. Common Security and Defence Policy received tasks in relation to migration and bord

Förekomsten av ojämlikhet i hälsa mellan olika etniska och socioekonomiska grupper i Sverige är väletablerad. Den aktuella studien undersökte effekten av patienters socioekonomiska status (SES) och etnicitet på psykiatriska bedömningar. Studien utfördes med ett vinjettbaserat experiment där 188 läkar- och psykologstudenter blev randomiserade till en av fyra betingelser och fick läsa två vinjetter Inequality in health between different ethnic and socioeconomic groups in Sweden has been well established. The present study sought to investigate the effect of patient ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) on psychiatric assessments. The study was carried out using a vignette-based experiment in which 188 medical and clinical psychology students were randomized into one of four conditions and

This research aims to fill the lacuna in the literature concerning the application of ecovillage praxis in spaces other than intentional communities by focusing on urban community gardens (UCGs) in Malmö, Sweden, as communities of practice where this could be integrated. It introduces both ecovillages and UCGs, as well as their associated praxis. Data was gathered about the first using semi-struct

Utsatta EU-medborgare som befinner sig i Sverige får sina grundläggande mänskliga rättigheter kränkta. På grund av fattigdom, diskriminering och marginalisering har utsatta EU-medborgare, de flesta romer, kommit till Sverige för att söka försörjning. FN har uttryckt en stor oro över situationen och behandlingen av utsatta EU-medborgare i Sverige. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka hur Vulnerable EU-citizens’ basic human rights are being violated today in Sweden. Due to poverty, discrimination and marginalization vulnerable EU-citizens, most of whom identify as Roma, have come to Sweden to find self-provision. The UN have expressed great concern over the situation and treatment of vulnerable EU-citizens in Sweden. The purpose of this essay is to examine how vulnerable EU-citize

Empowerment, and particularly women’s empowerment, has become a catchphrase in the development industry over the past decades. The concept of women’s empowerment was developed by critical feminists largely originated in the West, which has raised several questions about how women’s empowerment translates across different cultures and contexts. This study intends to contribute cumulatively to the u

Länge har man kunnat läsa rapporter om tvångsarbete, barnarbete och andra missförhållanden i produktionskedjor. Den här uppsatsen tar sig därför an ämnet multinationella företags ansvar för mänskliga rättigheter. Materialet som analyseras är Sveriges respektive Frankrikes nationella handlingsplan om företagande och mänskliga rättigheter, genom en komparativ analysmetod. Det görs mot bakgrund av DaReports on forced labor, child labor and other misconduct in global production chains have been around for a long time. Therefore the main objective of this essay is the issue of human rights responsibility for multinational corporations. The Swedish and the French National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights, respectively, will be analysed through a comparative method. The essay will take o