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Integrating climate forecast in humanitarian decision making: How to get from early warning to early action?

Disaster risk management efforts currently focus on long-term preventive measures and post-disaster response. Outside of these, there are many short-term actions, such as evacuation or distribution of water purifications tablets, medical supplies or flood response drills, which can be implemented in the period of time between the warning and a potential disaster to reduce the risk of impacts. Howe

Påverkar politikens färg vägen mot den hållbara utvecklingen? - En jämförande studie av tio kommuner

The aim of this thesis is to find out whether the political council in the municipalities is important for the outcome of work towards sustainable development. With increased migration into cities and increasingly major environmental problems, humanity is facing serious consequences if nothing is done. The municipalities in Sweden have great opportunities to reverse the bad trend. I examine ten mu

Mirror-mediated spatial location in great tits (Parus major)

Self-awareness is the ability to recognize oneself as a distinct individual from others. For a long time, this was thought to be a uniquely human capability. However, in the last 50 years, it has been argued that humans might not be the only self-aware organisms and different tests have been developed to investigate this. The most commonly used experiment to test self-awareness is the mirror self-

Dynamics of Combustible Waste Treatment and Waste Trade in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and its Impact on the Waste-to-Energy Technology in the Netherlands (1990-2016)

This thesis investigates how waste management in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as a long-term complex socio-technical change process, fits in the multi-level perspective designed by Geels (2002). Due to shrinking quantities of waste that is generated in the Netherlands, the combined heat and power plants ​are experiencing production overcapacity. Therefore, its ​importing waste from the

Adopting additional product-life extension strategies - A study of reuse and remanufacturing in the maritime industry

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential barriers of adopting additional product-life extension strategies and therefore increase the understanding of this phenomenon. Just as the name implies, product-life extension entails keeping resources in use for as long as possible in order to extract maximum value from them. Specifically, the strategies investigated in this research are r

Developing Strategic Thinking Ability: A Study of the Master's in Management and a Metacognition Course

The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the ability of educational interventions to improve strategic thinking. It does this both by contributing to the available empirical data on the development of strategic thinking ability and by exploring potential; avenues of research, intervention designs, study designs, sampling issues and analysis problems, for future studies as part

Israels expansion efter 1967

The end of the six-day war brought about a new balance of power and policy in the Levant especially concerning the Palestinian territories. Thus, this bachelor thesis has had the goal of analyzing the actions of the State of Israel as it pertains to the policy of expansion, occupation and settlements starting from 1967. The focus of this thesis has been the politics of the Labour-party and Likud a

Personality & Game Design Preference: Towards Understanding Player Engagement and Behavior

A study was conducted in two parts to first validate a new questionnaire, the GDP-I, measuring game design preferences amongst gamers, and then secondly, to explore the relationship between game design preference and personality traits as per the HEXACO model of personality. Principal components analysis of a sample of gamers (N = 149) found three dimensions of game design preference, labeled narr

Value Co-Creation: Multiplayer

This study is an initial attempt to investigate value co-creation in the gaming industry by looking at Value Co-Creation through a framework called The Value Co-Creation Egg. The aim of the framework was to identify the mechanisms of The Consumer and The Company, which ultimately led to a deeper understanding of how these actors operate within the context of The Market. To understand The Consumer,

Long-Term Effects of Distributed Profit Taxation on Firms: Evidence from Estonia

The study contributes to a body of research on a specific corporate taxation system, distributed profit taxation, by examining whether the system has affected corporate behavior in the long term and if it has, to what extent. The results partly corroborate previous literature but provide new evidence on the long-term effects of distributed profit taxation. We show that compared to classical gross

Daylight optimization in an office building through atrium improvements

Daylighting has become a fundamental measure not only to decrease the electrical energy demand in buildings, but also to provide good indoor comfort for the occupants. Atria have been implemented in buildings since old times as a space to foster interaction and provide indoor comfort through ventilation and daylight. However, the implementation of this feature can be complex if good natural light

Sápmi and the Return of Beowulf: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Gállok (Kallak) Case

This study aims to analyse how the Swedish media has been framing the Gállok case and the events surrounding it. Moreover, it seeks to understand which meaning is attributed to the concept of Sámi customary law within the Gállok process and decision-makings. This is done through Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis. They study is based on a theoretical framework that has its starting point in

Modelling Probability of Default in the Nordics

Modellering av kreditrisk på ett nordiskt finansiellt institut Kreditrisk är en av de största riskerna som finansiella institut ställs inför idag och det är av yttersta vikt att man kan modellera och hantera denna risk korrekt. Inte minst för att undvika en onödigt stor kapitalbindning – men även för att motverka uppkomsten av finansiella kriser. Logistisk regression Den vanligaste modellen för atCredit risk is one of the greatest risks facing financial institutions, and it is therefore very important that models with good predictive power are used in order to etter capture this risk. This thesis proposes logistic regression models for modelling risk-drivers of the probability of default in a financial institution active in he Nordics. The thesis focuses on handling and analysing large amo

AI

This thesis project named AI (Artificial Intelligence) begun from a curiosity about the history of mankind and the potential future which awaits us within the ever expanding realm of technology. The project is based the latest published work from Max Tegmark, Life 3.0 (2017), Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind (2011) and part two Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow (2015).

The Effect of Oil Prices on Floating Exchange Rates

This thesis contributes to the existing literature by examining the effect of oil prices on floating exchange rates of oil dependent countries. I conduct empirical tests on monthly data of 32 currencies over a timeframe of 15 years from 2003 to 2017 and 13 currencies over a timeframe of 25 years from 1993 to 2017. The analysis, therefore, includes a large sample that has the drawback of a shorter

Cyber Security in Smart Cities - Not a primary concern

Smart city is a phenomenon here to stay, constantly evolving and expanding and is fast becoming a paradigm for the transformation of connected cities. More and more parts of cities are being connected and with it, the risks and issues are on the rise. However, smart city projects often overlook the pervasive cyber security risks and threats that permeates these initiatives. The endeavour of this r

Minnet av kosackernas lidande : En diskursanalys med fokus på kollektivt minne och identitet

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur dagens kosacker i Ryssland minns den 24 januari, dagen tillägnad minnet av de kosacker som dödades av bolsjevikerna under och i efterdyningarna av det ryska inbördeskriget. Studien är en diskursanalys av 5 olika artiklar som behandlar dagen. Genom diskursanalys och teorier om kollektivt minne påträffades två olika identiteter i materialet, varav den en