Urban establishment from scratch based on a smart city vision has been mainstreamed as a strategy to achieve urban sustainability goals. However, the smart city model itself has been criticized because of how the techno-centric solutions it uses could potentially lead to economic and social inequality. Urban Political Ecology (UPE) focuses on how the urban production process involve commodificatio

Research question: How do the affordances of information and communications technology support knowledge sharing in the public sector? Contribution: With this study, we aim to contribute to the literature of qualitative research on knowledge sharing within the context of the public sector. Adapting an affordance perspective we focus on the employees’ use of information and communications technolo

Much research has been done on the sustainability of food consumption in the science sphere, but the research on social sustainability and plant-based diets are lacking in anthropology. This thesis aims to investigate how cultural perceptions affect what we choose to eat and if these perceptions can be challenged for the sake of sustainability. The analysis of the paper is based on a literature re

The aim of this study is to examine the experiences and views of the library staff at a Swedish academic library on the concept of library anxiety – a feeling of discomfort on a physiological and behavioral level that appears in a library context. Nine of the library staff members at the University Library were interviewed through focus groups about their experiences with, and opinions on, the use

The aim of this study was to investigate communication bias (Calibration, Accuracy, Gender and Self-Serving Bias) when rating the severity of three types of violence (psychological, physical, sexual) communicated by three types of participants (victims, perpetrators, witnesses) in heterosexual, romantic relationships. The study was conducted in two stages. The first phase consisted of participants

The frequent restocking of stores and constant promotional offers associated with fast fashion presents the physical cues for consumers to engage in fashion-oriented impulse buying. This consumption behaviour has led to over consumption and the underutilization of clothes, adding to the problems of textile waste all over the world. Despite the increasing interest in consumers’ disposition behaviou

Social media is a part and parcel of the daily lives of most people today. From targeted advertisements to affecting the election results around the globe, social media holds tremendous power in the way it shapes narratives and the world we live in. As sustainability has become a hot topic on online platforms, it is imperative to question how it is represented. This thesis explores the representat

The breakdown of neuronal networks and synaptic degeneration are responsible for the memory impairment associated to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau are the two proteins that have been identified as the hallmarks for pathological changes found in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients. These two hallmarks have been extensively studied separately, but how they relate to each other and t

Förenta nationernas klimatpanel (IPCC) uppmuntrar till djup och snabb omvandling inom varje ekonomisk sektor för att förebygga eskalerande klimatförändringar. I detta sammanhang har en offentlig och politisk debatt om luftfart som en stor källa till koldioxidutsläpp uppstått i Sverige med ökande antal människor som förklarar att de ”håller sig på jorden”. Trots att forskning har undersökt motivatiThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is encouraging profound and rapid transformation in every economic sector to mitigate escalating climate change. In this context, a public and political debate about aviation as a high-carbon source has emerged in Sweden with growing numbers of people declaring that they are “staying on the ground”. Despite increased research that explores the motivati

Different from the short-lived pleasure of hedonic well-being, eudaimonic well-being conceptualizes the often effortful but fulfilling nature of self-actualization. Eudaimonia has recently started to attract attention in entrepreneurship literature because it promises to reflect the specific attributes of entrepreneurial well-being. This study sets out to apply the concept to the context of socia

Bakgrund: Arbetet är ofta en central del av en persons sociala sammanhang och att kunna arbeta är en stor del av en persons upplevelse av identitet och kapacitet. Bland personer som lever med reumatoid artrit (RA) kan 50% inte arbeta tre år efter diagnosen ställts, trots att det ofta finns en vilja att arbeta. Syfte: Att undersöka hur yrkesverksamma personer som lever med RA upplever sitt arbete.

Malmö city has decided to change their routines regarding aid to housing. The routines now contain a division between who is entitled to get aid from social services and who is not, that is between people in social homelessness and people in structural homelessness. Prior to the change, this division did not exist. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how the governing documents legitimi

The aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of how librarians in Swedish public- and academic libraries approach the much-disputed question regarding the acquisition of controversial materials. This study is based on six semi-structured interviews with seven different librarians working in either public- or academic libraries in the south of Sweden, all assigned with the task of acqui

Archivists tackle a variety of problems in their daily work, among them are issues concerning privacy-based material. This work demands a good understanding of the laws which govern this practice, laws comprising the Freedom of the Press Act (tryckfrihetsförordningen SFS 1949:105), the Public Access and Security Act (offentlighets- och sekretsslagen SFS 2009:400), and the Archival Law (arkivlagen

Recent urban development has serious consequences such as limited space and expanded urban sprawl which lead to complex problems on the edge. Also, there is large number of urbanization where people from rural areas try to find better opportunities by moving to big cities. Furthermore, fringe area seems like an unplanned area which lose its identity and do not optimize its potentials. Those situat

To reach the targets of the Paris Agreement and reduce its CO2 emissions, the expansion of wind energy on land as part of the so-called ‘Energiewende’ (energy transition) is of major significance for Germany. Yet, these sustainability endeavors are under serious attack due to a multitude of protesters that oppose wind energy efforts and unite under the label ‘Vernunftkraft’ to resist the energy tr

Matchfixning är ett är problem som hotar att rubba fotbollens integritet fundamentalt. Fotbollens värdegrund är och ska alltid vara kännetecknat av tävling på lika villkor vilket ska locka fram det bästa av utövarna. Matchfixning riskerar att omkullkasta den här värdegrunden. Vadhållningsrelaterad matchfixning innebär att en idrottslig aktör medvetet underpresterar i en tävling, i enlighet med en Match fixing is an issue that threatens to fundamentally distort the integrity of football. The basic principles and common values of football are, and should always be, characterized by competition on equal terms, designed to bring the players to perform at their absolute top. Match fixing puts this core value at risk of being toppled over. Match fixing related to betting implies that an athlete

This thesis addresses different aspects of the legal perspective on the patentability, valuation, and scope of biotech patents in the European Union and the United States when mergers & acquisitions transactions are in question. To facilitate mergers & acquisition of a biotechnology company a specific regulatory environment must be established, particularly what effects the most such trans

Sustainable development requires a change of values, norms, and capabilities within individuals and societies, and education is a crucial means to achieve these goals. However, transformation is not a simple task as dominant structures due to path-dependency and lock-in processes resist change, put pressure on innovative approaches, and hinder their potential for change. Thus the question is how s

Products and systems form the bridge between production and consumption, helping to shape our society and lifestyles. Biomimicry uses design principles based on those seen in nature, aiming to emulate the natural sustainability seen from the 3.8 billion years of life on earth. However, there is no current measure to determine how sustainable applications of biomimicry actually are. The aim of this