Within the field of ecocriticism, there is an ongoing discussion about climate change fiction and the capacity for literature to inspire cultural change in relation to the climate crisis of the Anthropocene. Relatively new novels explore the inherent conflict between consumerist features of contemporary human culture and scientific facts regarding human impact on life on Earth. In Richard Powers P

This thesis studies the institutions and economic development of the late Ottoman Empire, examining whether institutions can explain the economic development of the regions and countries subject to it during the period of 1820-1913. The thesis aims to quantify the institutional determinants of geography, religion/culture, and political economy/interests, and it employs a semi-experimental approach

Thesis Purpose: This study aims to enhance the understanding of factors that discourage consumers from buying pre-owned fashion in a multichannel retail setting. Methodology: Rooted in a qualitative and exploratory method, this study is further guided by an abductive approach. By embracing the essence of the social constructivist epistemology and a relativistic ontological standpoint, it delves i

In this thesis we present a Borel–Cantelli lemma for dynamical systems such that the dynamics driving the system varies with time. These results are largely based on a decomposition of transfer operators produced by Rychlik. Some limitations on the structure of sequences that is necessary for the results is given some discussion. Two examples of systems that could be considered are presented, one

The role of food-producing sectors such as agriculture and aquaculture in the development process is debated and while some consider industrial production to be the answer, others suggest that small-scale production can also make contributions to poverty reduction and food security. This thesis aims to shed light on these relationships by performing quantitative analyses of the small-scale freshwa

We revisit the Scottish care reform of 2002 to estimate the effect of free formal personal care for the elderly on informal caregiving and labour market participation using a difference-in-differences approach. We find that previous studies’ results suffer from bias due to violations of identifying assumptions. As a result, the effects on informal care are inconclusive. Nonetheless, we identify a

Världen har kommit en bit på vägen mot en grönare framtid, men mer behöver göras för att nå klimatmålen. En viktig del av lösningen är fler förnyelsebara energikällor, såsom solceller. Problemet med solceller i Sverige är dock att solen skiner som mest på sommaren, när elpriserna är låga, och knappt alls på vintern, när elpriserna är höga. Därför hade det varit bra med en lösning som möjliggör attIn order to contribute to reaching the climate goals of the future, power-to-heat (P2H) technologies are a possible solution. A heat pump (HP) or an electric boiler (EB) can be used to produce warm water by utilising cheap electricity from photovoltaic (PV) parks in the summer when there are many hours of sunlight. The warm water can then be stored until winter for use in district heating (DH) whe

The emergence of cancel culture has become a widely recognised phenomenon, yet its implications for influencer marketing has not been acknowledged in academic research. The purpose of this study was thus to explore how cancel culture is affecting organisation’s perception of risk with influencer marketing and which strategies are adopted to mitigate the risk. Previous research and central theori

This study investigates the doing of research from the standpoint of communication. The ambition is to offer a historically specific critical interpretation of how to conceptualize the scientific article and its relation to contemporary sociological research. The interpretation is made in light of a synthesized theoretical framework, consisting of insights from Kuhn, Adorno, and Postone. To enable

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur influencer marketing och parasociala relationer påverkar konsumenters konsumtion av skönhetsprodukter. För att besvara syftet har vi använt oss av två forskningsfrågor som lyder: “Vilken roll har sociala medier i konsumenternas val av skönhetsprodukter?” och “Varför köper konsumenter produkter som influencers rekommenderar?”. De teoretiska verktyg vi a

As international actors and public policies have centered the ambition of gender equity, empowerment has become a buzzword within international development. With its original conceptualization suggesting a process of redefining the structures of power, feminist scholars have noted how empowerment has been robbed of its central element; power. Originally meant to be a political concept enabling mar

The European Union implements the Environmental Noise Directive (END), which offers a framework for evaluating and assessing environmental noise. All EU members are required to create strategic noise maps to inform the public about noise pollution and its effects. This study followed these directives and guidelines to collect the required data and employed the NORD2000 model to simulate traffic no

Being on everyone’s lips for years, the concept of sustainability has become an almost unavoidable phenomenon within contemporary business discourses and practice. In particular, has the Nordic fashion industry increasingly been infused by sustainability with a continuous growing public interest in buying sustainable products from companies that have embarked on a sustainable path. Despite a broad

Title: CLOSING THE G A P S: Detecting misalignments between the corporate brand identity and brand image of Volvo Cars and Volkswagen within the German and Swedish markets Date of the Seminar: 02.06.2023 Course: BUSN39 Business Administration: Degree Project in Global Marketing - Master Level Supervisor: Ulf Elg Word count: 31033 Keywords: brand image, brand perceptions, brand identity, consumer,

Studien ämnar undersöka hur chefer inom ett universitet reagerar på ChatGPT och hur de ser på behovet av styrning och riktlinjer efter ökad osäkerhet i kärnverksamheten. För att uppnå detta syfte har en kvalitativ fallstudie genomförts. Empirin är inhämtad med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer som genomförts med 10 chefer/formella ledare inom en fakultet på ett svenskt universitet. Studien har

This thesis aims to explore how a design system can serve as a resource for digital transformation within the retail industry, by drawing from the dynamic capabilities approach and the digital maturity framework by Pinto et al. (2023). Connected to this, it is looking specifically at the adoption of design systems and investigates how humans can act as enablers of digital transformation. To do so

I samband med den pågående gröna samhällsomställningen förväntas bostadsbristen i Sveriges norra delar bli allt större under kommande år. Luleå kommun är ett exempel där man redan idag märker av en stor brist på bostäder, inte minst utanför tätort där de ekonomiska incitamenten för nybyggnation ofta saknas. Samtidigt finns resurser och engagemang på landsbygden som ofta saknas i en stadskontext. L

The aim of this work was to develop a stable and reproducible argon milling process for InAs nanowires to remove the native oxide layer that increases electrical resistance. This was done by identifying a few milling parameters and studying them in relation to the milling rate of silicon dioxide (SiO2). After further experiments with different milling parameters, a set of parameter values was foun