The Chinese government has been working on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the past 20 years to further its goal of expanding global hegemony. It attempts to increase its economic and political influence in the BRI destinations through several projects and six main corridors. These initiatives, in my opinion, have a significant impact on transforming the urban landscape. Considering that mo

The present thesis focuses on the relationship between Breton nationalism and literature. The analysis is based on the questions how a historical narrative and a collective identity are created in three Breton literary works. The works analysed are the Barzaz Breiz, Le pain des rêves and Le cheval d’orgeuil. The method used in the analysis is a historical and literary narrative analysis, analysing

Since the world witnessed a surge of cross-border investments as a source of economic activity, the relevance, determinants and nature of the phenomenon we call Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has been studied extensively. The amount of empirical studies is not only extensive but also controversial, as the authors frequently reach contradictory conclusions in their search for determinants, relyin

The genes being studied here are plant Flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO’s) which are enzymes that place molecular oxygen on heteroatoms such as nitrogen, and sulfur with the help of cofactors such as NAD(P)H and FAD. Plant FMOs are divided into three major clades: N-hydroxylating, S-hydroxylating and YUCCA. The YUCCA family is conserved in all plants, and performs oxidative decarboxylation of

Phenol is a commonly used preservative in pharmaceutical protein solutions. It is compatible with most proteins but can cause aggregation and denaturation at higher concentrations or in more sensitive proteins. By titrating phenol in 12 different protein solutions with PS80 (Lysozyme, β -lactoglobulin, SOBI Lipase, GA-Z, Palifermin and Trastuzumab, all with and without NaCl) the phenol concentrati

This paper investigates what the barriers and enablers are for persons with disabilities and organisations of persons with disabilities to engage in climate action. The countries analysed are Bangladesh and Madagascar as two countries in the Global South who are similarly impacted by climate change. Persons with disabilities are one of the most marginalised groups in any society and one of the mos

Due to the pandemic, teachers are forced to implement distance learning and equipped themselves with digital skills to accommodate the sudden shift from instructional classroom activities to digital and more innovative teaching and learning practices. To ensure that teachers can adapt and innovate during this disrupted era, an exploration of teachers’ experiences, challenges, and opportunities for

Irrespective of the abundance of solar energy resources, its access to the low-income communities of rural Tanzania is challenged by multifaceted barriers. Again, the current access goal in energy ignored the gender perspective of access. There is no alternative to establishing women-led solar energy enhancement initiatives to mitigate those access barriers and equally address gender inequality in

This thesis takes the Lebanese anti-establishment movement as a critical case study of the impact of NGOisation. The debilitating political, economic, and social crises experienced in Lebanon is argued to create an imperative for NGOs to take new forms of action to address and solve the crises. Therefore, this thesis studies the role that foreign-funded rights-based NGOs play in the anti-establish

Reproductive choice, one’s ability to make informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care, is not a given. Empowerment is considered a tool for improving women’s ability to make reproductive choices. However, it is a very context-specific approach needing contextual pathways of change. This thesis aims to investigate how Roma CSOs in Serbia work with

Entrepreneurship is critical to a country's economic development and industrial growth. This paper examines whether there is a direct relationship between the use of digital devices and economic and business growth for rural women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Data collected from eight rural women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh show that mobile phones have enabled rural women entrepreneurs to feel

The EU has pushed for more Green Public Procurements (GPP) by its member states. Accordingly, Sweden has adopted a GPP policy of 60 % organic consumption in the public sector. The aim of this study is to investigate the barriers which Swedish municipalities are facing to increasing their purchase of organic food. Through a self-completed survey, municipality workers' perceptions of barriers wi

Leadership is essential in order to overcome the collective and transnational issue of climate change. Leadership can furthermore enable the contribution to the combatting of climate change, from emerging economies, such as South Africa. Based on the assumption that the EU is a climate leader, this thesis aims to understand the EU’s climate leadership regarding its relationship with South Africa s

The aim of this thesis is to understand how migrants perceive their opportunities to access health care, and how underlying factors result in barriers impacting their access to health care and ability to safeguard their health. It does so by answering the research question: How do Venezuelan migrants in Medellín perceive their access to health care? To fulfil the aim and answer the research questi

The aim of this study was to analyze how young criminals are described and portrayed in Swedish news reporting and to identify discourses. We chose to analyze 19 different articles from four different Swedish newspapers. These newspapers were two morning papers and two evening papers. The criterias for our range of articles were that they needed to contain a description of crime and that the perso

This thesis aims to analyse problem representations in the Government Offices of Sweden’s policies on men’s violence against women with the use of Carol Bacchi’s (1999) critical policy analysis approach “What’s the problem represented to be?” (WPR). The thesis's theoretical and methodological point of departure is closely connected to the WPR approach, but with the inclusion of definitions of

With the emergence of COVID-19, various industries felt under the pressure from limitations associated with the pandemic and transition to a work-from-home workstyle. Healthcare and Software Development is one of the industries that had to face increased demand for their products and services under severe circumstances. As an interconnection of these spheres,eHealth had to address challenges that

This thesis is about the patient and the professionals' experiences of participation and recovery in forensic psychiatric care. The purpose of the study was to investigate patients' and professionals' experiences of participation and what is considered to contribute to recovery from severe psychiatric illness. The study is based on a qualitative method and the empirical material consis

Plastic offsetting is a new market-based approach for corporations and individuals to reduce their ‘plastic footprint’. This study seeks to understand how plastic offsetting organisations are discursively representing plastic offsetting as an ethical consumption practice, to convince corporations and individuals to purchase plastic credits. The main research question of the study is: How are plast