Social identity theory can be used to analyse group membership, as well as inter and intra relations between the in and out group. In this study, SIT has been used to analyse how a Swedish membership in NATO could affect the Swedish identity. Moreover, SIT has also been combined with fragments from neorealism to better understand how the power balance could change. The study is based on a handful

There is a consensus in previous research that economic sanctions have a low level of effectiveness in reaching objectives. Despite this, economic sanctions are consistently used to reach different international goals. In later years, economic sanctions have become one of the most common actions in response to foreign conflict and terrorism. As prior research has stated that economic sanctions wer

Fermentation is a technique which has been employed for the preservation of food since time immemorial. With a growing population comes the challenge of providing accessible and nutritious food and at the same time adapting a sustainable approach to achieve the desired target. Seaweeds have been utilized as food in the South-Southeast Asian cuisine for a long time in history. However, in the recen

The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate the discourses of gender present in the National Action Plan of Afghanistan (2015-2022), asking how the ‘problem of gender’ is conceptualised and problematised in the policy. This is done through Carol Bacchi’s theoretical and methodological ’What’s the problem represented to be?’ (WPR) – approach which aims to analyse policy through identifying

Urban renewal is a process that every city will inevitably go through, but how to retain the historical values in the renewal? Gaoqiao town is a historical and cultural town in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. The history of houses has more than 80 years old. In 2001, the “One City Nine Towns Development Plan” was introduced in Shanghai. The Pudong New Area government aims to develop Gaoqiao Town into a

Digital technologies and their significance to society have caused their existence and impact to be referred to as entailing a digital revolution. For businesses, digitalization is the use of digital technologies to create new business models and value-adding activities. The use of digital technologies can in turn result in possible improvements in several areas e.g., productivity. The possible ou

The purpose of this study was to examine how individuals with different social identities, guilty of committing terrorist attacks, are framed in the Swedish news media. With regards to the increase in right-wing terrorist attacks, I found that a research aimed at investigating differences in how right-wing terrorists and Islamic-terrorists are represented would be important and interesting. I have

To limit global warming to 1.5°C, concerted efforts to drastically reduce GHG emissions by 2030 are needed. Lund municipality has ambitious climate goals for 2030, however, high emissions from transport and especially private car use endanger their achievement. Building on transition management, this thesis aimed at supporting Lund’s climate goals by developing a knowledge base for the implementat

With the questions of how, what and if, this study aims to create a deeper understanding of design classics and what may define a design classic dated the 2020’s. Design classics are a well-known phenomenon that includes a large number of objects. In this survey we have focused on furniture and decor design classics. The study was performed by comparing design classics mainly from the 1930s to the

Denna studie ämnar identifiera hur distansarbetande företag arbetar med att främja engagemang bland anställda med hjälp av digitala hjälpmedel. Studien grundar sig i tidigare forskning kring engagemang och företagskultur, och avser att undersöka etablerade strategiers applicerbarhet vid distansarbete genom kvalitativa intervjuer. För att bilda en förståelse av vad som påverkar medarbetares engagem

Tonåringar löper hög risk att utsättas för traumatiska händelser och utveckla posttraumatiskt stressyndrom (PTSD). En litteraturstudie gjordes för att undersöka vilken kvalitet evidensen för behandlingsformen Prolonged Exposure (PE-A) har för tonåringar, samt kliniska implikationer av den forskning som har gjorts. Sökningen efter litteratur resulterade i nio artiklar, fyra randomiserade kontrollerTeenagers are at high risk of being exposed to traumatic events and developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This literature study evaluates the evidence for one of the treatment protocols, Prolonged Exposure for Adolecescents (PE-A), as well as looking at the clinical implications of the studies that have been done. Reviews in databases resulted in nine articles, four of them were randomi

Syftet med studien var att nå en ökad förståelse för hur par- och familjeterapin påverkas av att bedrivas online samt att undersöka par- och familjeterapeuters upplevelser av onlineterapi. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med åtta legitimerade par- och familjeterapeuter som i sin verksamhet har erfarenhet av par- och/eller familjeterapi online. Materialet analyserades med tematisk analys oThis study aims to increase understanding of how couple and family therapy are affected by being carried out online, and to explore couple and family therapists’ experiences of online therapy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight accredited couple and family therapists with experience of practicing therapy online. The data was subjected to thematic analysis, and nine themes were id

Since 9/11, the threat of hostile non-state actors using counterintelligence has become a growing subject of research. This opens up a new way of thinking about domestic organized actors’ countermeasures. In Sweden, organized crime is a serious concern for the police. The new revelation of organized crime using Encrochats encryption service begs the question of what countermeasures organized crime

Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socio

The “territorial peace” runs as a buzzword around Colombian peacebuilding. A so-called territorial approach was adopted in the beginning of the Havana Peace Talks, as a means of creating locally based, differentiated modes of peacebuilding, and addressing the structural neglect of Colombia’s diverse rural areas. This study highlights the experiences of Colombian indigenous peoples in the context o

Radicalization is a debated concept and should a consensus arrive on its meaning, the ambiguity of the process would most likely remain. This research paper does not side with any model of radicalization but instead chooses to focus on one concept present in much of this research, namely grievance. Through the horizontal inequality thesis, grievance is operationalized as an inequality pertaining t

Nonviolent action is a historically pervasive, yet misunderstood phenomenon. Despite its success stories, of which Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. remain the most famous examples, nonviolent action has been overlooked in literature, especially by peace and conflict scholars. Adopting Vinthagen’s novel theoretical framework on the case of nonviolent action in South Sudan, this paper aims at contr

The paper is based on an online field study, investigating Ukrainian civil society actors' perceptions of the peace processes regarding Donbas. The study builds on the premise of civil society's importance for peace processes. The study, therefore, investigates civil society perceptions by analysing frictional encounters between the civil society and international and local actors as seen

Research on norm internalization and local ownership in peace processes has not often been combined in peace and conflict studies. This paper sets out to see on the one hand, to what degree liberal democratic norms has spread in Liberia since the ending of the civil war, and on the other hand, if the peace process, –characterized by hybridity – could explain the norm internalization process. Throu

Small states are vulnerable to disrupting occurrences in the international system, for example, conflicts. A way to counter bate this is by controlling the policy environment, which can be done by having a strong soft power. There are many ways one can gain soft power, one of which is via sports. Therefore, has this thesis set out to explain and examine Sweden’s sport diplomacy role on soft power.