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Quantitative studies show that the proportion of young people in Sweden who distrust democracy has increased, mainly among boys. This qualitative interview study, based on qualitative text analysis, seeks an in-depth understanding of young people's experiences of democracy through semi-structured interviews, illuminated by the theory of participatory democracy. The study includes group intervi

It has been close to 40 years since the Chernobyl accident and the introduction of ‘safety culture’, but still there is no consensus on its meaning. This thesis aims at exploring what meanings the Swedish nuclear industry has created out of ‘safety culture’ by situating the construct both contemporarily and historically, using a methodology inspired by phenomenology. The results show that the Swed

Den svenska hälso- och sjukvården återkommer i debatten som både högkvalitativ och samtidigt problemtyngd. Två problem inleder ofta debatten: långa väntetider, återkommande brist på vårdplatser, samt svårigheter att bemanna framförallt primärvården. Den här uppsatsen är strukturerad som en analys kring lösningsalternativet centraliserad styrning. Som utgångspunkt jämför vi därför Moderaternas och

Previous research suggests that freedom of speech has become an increasingly debated concept in contemporary politics, particularly within the rise of populist discourse. This thesis asks how left and right populist actors in the United States invoke “free speech” rhetoric in response to cases of political violence, and whether these patterns can be understood as weaponization of free speech. The

Trust-Based Governance and Leadership (TBGL) has been proposed as an alternative to New Public Management (NPM) to mitigate its negative effects on working conditions, service quality, and professional autonomy in public administration. This thesis examines a Swedish municipality seeking to become a national forerunner in TBGL. Based on an interview study, it analyses a municipal initiative aimed

Bekämpningen av penningtvätt utgör ett centralt samhällsintresse inom Europeiska unionen och har gett upphov till ett omfattande regelverk som ställer långtgående krav på att verksamhetsutövare behandlar och lagrar personuppgifter. Samtidigt har skyddet för den personliga integriteten stärkts genom EU:s allmänna dataskyddsförordning (GDPR). Regelverken är inte direkt motstridiga, men förutsätter eThe fight against money laundering constitutes a central public interest within the European Union and has resulted in an extensive regulatory framework imposing far-reaching obligations on obliged entities to process and retain personal data. At the same time, the protection of personal privacy has been strengthened through the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Although these regulato

Kommuner kan med stöd av 10 kap. 1 § KL överlämna skötseln av kommunala angelägenheter till privata utförare. Vid ett sådant överlämnande behåller kommunen huvudmannaskapet och det övergripande politiska ansvaret för verksamheten. Till skillnad från offentliga organ omfattas privata utförare inte av offentlighetsprincipen, vilket innebär att kommunen på annat sätt måste tillförsäkra sig informatioMunicipalities may transfer the management of municipal responsibilities to private contractors pursuant to 10 kap. 1 § KL. When such a transfer takes place, the municipality retains principal responsibility and overall political accountability for the activity. Unlike public bodies, private contractors are not subject to the principle of public access, which means that the municipality must ensur

Avancerade skatteupplägg och aggressiv skatteplanering av multinationella företag har under lång tid varit en realitet inom EU. Genom prissättningsbesked kan företag och nationella skattemyndigheter på förhand fastställa hur koncerninterna transaktioner ska prissättas och hur företaget ska beskattas i den aktuella medlemsstaten. Under senare år har Europeiska kommissionen i allt större utsträckninAdvanced tax structures and aggressive tax planning by multinational companies have long been a reality within the EU. Through advance pricing agreements, companies and national tax authorities can determine in advance how intra-group transactions should be priced and how the company will be taxed in the relevant Member State. In recent years, the European Commission has increasingly scrutinized s

Den 9 april 2025 presenterade Miniminivåutredningen sitt delbetänkande SOU 2025:31, i vilket förslag bland annat lämnades på begränsningar i rätten till offentligt biträde i asylprocessen. Förslagen har sin grund i EU:s migrations- och asylpakt, mer specifikt den nya asylprocedurförordningen. Medan förordningen förespråkar en effektiv process som värnar om de asylsökandes rättigheter, är förslagenOn April 9th 2025, the so called Miniminivåutredningen presented its report SOU 2025:31, in which proposals were made, among other things, on restrictions on the right to be represented by a public legal counsellor through-out the asylum process. The proposals are based on the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact, and more specifically the new Asylum Procedure Regulation. While the Regulation intends on

Restidsvariation för busstrafiken skapar osäkerhet för både passagerare och operatörer. För resenärer minskar möjligheten att förutse restid och ankomsttid vilket försvårar beslut kopplad till val av avgångstid eller möjligheten till effektiva byten. Operatörerna drabbas av minskad tidtabellstillförlitlighet och ökade kostnader på grund av större marginaler i tidtabellen. Tidigare forskning visar Travel time variability in bus traffic creates uncertainty for both passengers and operators. For passengers, unpredictable travel times complicate trip planning and transfers, while operators face reduced timetable reliability and increased costs from larger schedule buffers. Previous research shows that passengers value reductions in travel time variation more highly than reductions in average t

Sweden’s grocery distribution is routed through a limited number of upstream hubs and relies on corridors and ferry links. When disruptions affect a hub or a critical link, reallocations propagate fast and travel times increase, with some areas losing coverage temporarily. Decentralising the whole system is costly, so targeted resilience options must be evaluated. The purpose of this thesis is to

This study examines how the establishment of grocery retail in the urban development area of Södra Råbylund in Lund, Sweden, can be understood in terms of collaboration between municipal and private actors. The aim is to analyse how differing temporal logics, discretionary power, and governance arrangements shape the implementation of commercial services in new urban developments. The study is bas

This thesis examines the compatibility of the European Union’s countervailing duties on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles with World Trade Organization law. Particular focus is given to the causation and non-attribution requirements under Article 15.5 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, in conjunction with the threat of material injury standard under Article 15.7.

QR decomposition (QRD) is a computationally-intensive matrix factorization method which is widely used in signal processing. Meeting the stringent processing budgets of real-time applications necessitates dedicated hardware acceleration. This thesis presents the architecture and Register-Transfer-Level (RTL) implementation of a QRD accelerator based on Givens rotations, specifically designed to ac

Temporal information in episodic memory reflects how experiences are encoded rather than objective elapsed time, giving rise to systematic distortions. These are particularly evident in emotional contexts, consistent with emotion-related biases in attention. The present study investigated whether emotion-driven distortions in remembered temporal distance were explained by encoding-related attentio

In 2020, Zenuity was split up and the new company, Zenseact became a subsidiary to the car manufacturer Volvo Cars, owning 86,5% of the company. In the end of 2022, Volvo Cars acquired the rest of the company and became fully owner of Zenseact. Being a knowledge heavy company with ambitious developers at the core of the organization, Zenseact develops driving assistance software powered by advance

Den ökande andelen variabla förnybara energikällor i det svenska elsystemet har medfört ett växande behov av flexibilitet och balanstjänster. Batterienergilagringssystem betraktas som en nyckelteknik för att möta dessa behov, men deras ekonomiska lönsamhet är i hög grad beroende av marknadens utformning, geografisk placering samt vald operativ strategi. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att analysThe increasing share of variable renewable energy sources in the Swedish power system has led to growing demand for flexibility and balancing services. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are widely regarded as a key technology to meet these needs, yet their economic viability depends strongly on market design, geographical location, and operational strategy. This thesis assesses the revenue pot