Strategic communication as an integrating discipline addresses social phenomenon as migration. When people relocate, they experience physical and mental stress, and seek guidance, questioning their sense of belonging. Authentic communication based on feminist values aims to build long-lasting relations and reach social inclusion by conducting more sensitive communication. This thesis explores the

Att komma ut är något som varje homosexuell person behöver ta ställning till. Beslutet att komma ut upplevs av många som svårt och skrämmande. Många homosexuella personer är oroliga eller rädda för reaktionerna som kan följa när de kommer ut. Detta eftersom vi lever i ett samhälle där heterosexualitet ännu betraktas som norm för människors sexuella läggning. Denna studie syftar att ur ett sociolog

The emergence of artificial intelligence, especially machine-learning methods, challenges the set of legal guarantees put in place in Europe to combat discrimination and ensure equal treatment. This paper will focus on cases of algorithmic discrimination in the context of recruitment as a business practice. Particular in the field of recruitment of workers, which has always been a field where EU n

Undersökningen är en vetenskapssociologisk diskursanalys i formen av en kvalitativ fallstudie av Paolo Macchiarinis tid vid det Karolinska Institutet och universitetssjukhuset. Fallet har en fortsatt medial relevans då där ännu finns ärenden i det svenska rättsväsendet som ska avgöra vilken skuld Macchiarini bär för de patienter som farit illa. Fallet Macchiarini har ännu inte analyserats ur ett r

Students performs differently in international comparable school evaluations such as TIMSS and PISA. One possible explanation discussed in economic research literature is that differences in the amount of instruction time across countries are the reason for international gaps in student performance. Using a within-student between-subject fixed effects model and the data from the TIMSS 2019 evaluat

In this article, the effects of conflict on the economic growth of neighboring countries (referred to as economic spillover effects of conflict) are studied for Asia, Africa and Latin America during 1990-2019. Compared to previous studies on the subject, this study accounts for the changing conflict climate over the years by starting the sample period 30 years later than other authors. The overall

Under sen darriwil-tid i mellanordovicium var Baltica täckt av ett grundhav med relativt rikt och varierat djurliv. Under årmiljoner avsattes här sediment som kom att omvandlas till kompakta kallvattens-karbonater. Baserat på fältstudier och punkträkning av sex stycken tunnslip har den omkring 10 meter mäktiga ”furudalkalkstenen” vid Kårgärdeprofilen (Dalarna, Sverige) analyserats med avseende på During the late Darriwilian age (Middle Ordovician) Baltica was covered by a shallow, epeiric sea with a fairly rich and varied fauna. Over millions of years, carbonate sediment was deposited that later transformed into compact cool-water limestone. Based on field studies and point-counting of six thin sections, the ca 10 meter thick ‘Furudal Limestone’ at the locality Kårgärde (Dalarna, Sweden) h

Training Generative Adversial Networks (GANs) for image synthesis problems is a largely heuristical process that is known to be fickle and difficult to set up reliably. To avoid common failure modes and succeed with GAN training, one needs to find very specific hyperparameter settings carefully tuned to the model architectures and datasets at hand. Standard GAN training optimization methods such a

The field of computer vision is growing larger and larger every day, fuelled by lower cost, higher computational power, and more sophisticated cameras. This trend, in tandem with the ongoing rise of Industry 4.0, provides new and exciting opportunities to innovate in areas where this technology has not yet been widely adopted or explored. This thesis aims to investigate the ways in which real-time

The purpose of this study was to try to understand what sort of impact Swedish rap-music and rap-artists have on youth behavior and identity from the Swedish suburbs Seved and Rosengård. Also, whether it influences subcultural youth groups. The hip hop-culture in Sweden has in recent years had lots of media coverage since the artists have been involved in gang activity and a lot of them have been

The efficiency of retail organizations has been improved with the help of internet technology, using big data, cloud computing, and other technologies to upgrade the supply chain, marketing, and logistics of goods and other models. Among these areas, intelligent logistics has played a significant role in the development of retail organizations. This article studies the benefits and challenges of t

Much has been written on dialogue within academic literature. It has been situated as one of the most ethical forms of communication, and it is becoming one of the most prominent theories in public relations. However, the concept remains ambiguous, and a link between theory and practice is still lacking. Against this background, this study investigates dialogue initiatives that have been taken wit

Denna studie ämnar undersöka hur kommunikatörer i svenska organisationer uppfattar organisationskultur i förhållande till den nya digitala arbetsmiljö som organisationer befinner sig i med anledning av Covid-19-pandemin, samt vad de anser är av störst vikt att fokusera på och arbeta med i denna situation. Med en vetenskaplig utgångspunkt i socialkonstruktivism, meningsskapande, hermeneutik och fenThis study aims to explore how communicators in Swedish organizations experience organizational culture in relation to the new digital working environment which came as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and what they consider is of utmost importance to focus on and work with in this situation. With a scientific framework taking its base in social constructivism, sense-making, hermeneutics and phe

This thesis examines how forced digitized work has affected politicians in a regional board. Through interviews with elected politicians and observations of council meetings we have studied and analyzed the politicians’ attitudes towards the forced digitized changeover. The digitalization that was forced due to the corona pandemic has been perceived differently and can be linked to the idea of dig

Studien undersöker effekter av social distansering och distansundervisning under COVID-19-pandemin bland universitetsstudenter och gymnasieelever i Sverige och Norge. Studier som genomförts under det senaste året visar att studenter har påverkats negativt av pandemin men det finns ingen jämförande forskning mellan de två till synes liknande länderna. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det fanThe study investigates the effects of social distancing and online education during the COVID-19 pandemic on university students and high school students in Sweden and Norway. Through studies conducted in the last year it appears that students have been negatively affected by the pandemic but there is no comparative research between the two nations. The purpose of the study was to discern if there

By studying the process behind two examples of Swedish theatre architecture - Malmö City Theater and the Gothenburg Opera, the defining cultural and political developments of the 20th century can be explored. In the wake of the first world war, processes of democratization and totalitarianism spread throughout Europe. The volksbühne (people’s theater) would quickly find its home in Sweden, manifes

For many years, the United States’ inability to provide basic universal healthcare has been a mystery. Why does the richest country in the world not have the best healthcare and the best health outcomes? This study examines the disposition of US opposition to publicly funded healthcare. It is a qualitative case study comprised of articles from the right-wing media outlet Breitbart News during the