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Rapid urbanisation has intensified socio-spatial inequalities in cities of the Global South, leading to the growth of informal settlements that remain excluded from formal planning systems. In India, this condition is increasingly evident in rapidly urbanising cities such as Coimbatore. This thesis investigates how sustainable urban design strategies can be employed to rehabilitate informal settle

This analytical essay critically examines how social sustainability is constructed within Lund’s municipality district development program for Norra Fäladen. The existing research widely acknowledges that sustainable development and social sustainability are characterized by conceptual ambiguity and a lack of consensus regarding definition and measurement. Despite this, they are leading concepts f

Bernhard Oelreich (1626-1686) blev 1647 magister vid universitetet i Köpenhamn och var sedan lärare i grekiska vid Sorö akademi. Han prästvigdes 1651 till kyrkoherde i Norra Åsum och Skepparslöv och blev – sedan Skåne hade blivit svenskt – 1664 hovpredikant hos änkedrottning Hedvig Eleonora. Han bidrog till att Lunds universitet inrättades, och efter att ha blivit teologie doktor vid universitetetBernhard Oelreich’s (1626-1686) autograph book (album amicorum) with entries from the period 1644-1649 is preserved in the Peabody Library in Baltimore. Some pages have been removed by autograph collectors, and one of these pages is in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover. This essay analyses the entries that remain in the autograph book and the entry found in Hanover. The entries w

Hybrid detectors, consisting of semiconductor sensors bonded to a readout Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), are widely used for single-photon detection in photon science and high-energy physics. The Timepix3 readout chip provides precise Time-over-Threshold (ToT) and Time-of-Arrival (ToA) measurements, making it a valuable tool for sensor characterization. This thesis presents the

Journalistbranschen är präglad av prekära anställningar där bland annat arbetsgivarna anställer systematiskt enligt Lagen om anställningsskydd genom så kallade in-och utlasningar. Dessa används genom skapandet av korttidskontrakt i syfte att undvika tillsvidareanställningar. Sämre allmänhälsa, oförmågan att planera en framtid och en instabil ekonomi är några aspekter som framkommit som konsekvenseThe journalism industry is characterized by precarious forms of employment, and employers systematically hire in accordance with the Employment Protection Law (Lagen om anställningsskydd) through so-called “in-och utlasning” a practice by which employers, with the aim of avoiding permanent employment, create short-term contracts. Bad general health, difficulties in planning the future and economic

Climate change poses significant challenges, demonstrated by climate threats that are becoming increasingly severe and frequent. This creates a higher need for uncertainty communication that considers risk-based decision-making. Global climate research, synthesised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is a starting point for regional climate assessments, for which the Swedish M

Med Gareth Morgans organisationsmetaforer som utgångspunkt undersöker denna uppsats medarbetares beskrivningar av en organisationskultur genom att via de metaforer de använder försöka fånga deras djupaste tankar om organisationen och dess natur. Familje- och hemmametaforen samt dikotomin mellan den organiska och mekaniska organisationsmetaforen står i centrum när metaforers betydelser utforskas.

Lipsky’s concept of street level bureaucracy has been a central part of political science theory for many years but has been used more for certain professions than others. One of these understudied professions is the judge. The judge was, by Lipsky, included in the group from the very beginning but it seems the field itself has not fully accepted this inclusion. Often the reasoning for this has be

This study is a discourse analysis on how the term climate justice is constructed in the current Swedish Climate Action Plan (Skr.2023/24:59). The study specifically uses the method: “What’s the problem represented to be?” where the purpose is to shed a light on what kind of problem orientations, assumptions and unproblematized circumstances policy documents consist of and what consequences that c

Cross-border health care within the EU has been available through legislation since 2004. In Sweden, being in the top of the class when it comes to using healthcare abroad, only 0.0032% of those in line for specialist care use the opportunity. In this essay we capture a broader understanding of what factors might inhibit Swedes to seek health care in other EU countries. The study is a qualitative

The purpose of this paper is to examine how youth crime is constructed as a political problem in the different parties' political manifestos and Tidöavtalet from 2022. The methodological approach is based on a qualitative content analysis together with WPR. The theoretical field is based on discourse theory and framing. Framing theory is used to identify which aspects of a political problem ar

This study examines how the World Health Organization (WHO) influences national obesity prevention guidelines through a comparative analysis of Sweden and New Zealand. As obesity affects over one billion people globally, WHO's role in global health governance has become increasingly significant, despite relying on non-binding soft law mechanisms rather than enforceable regulations. Using quali

Building on debates over whether external shocks, notably Russia’s war against Ukraine, drive deeper integration, the study probes claims that defence cooperation is best understood through domestically grounded state preferences and intergovernmental bargaining rather than supranational breakthroughs. The research adopts a qualitative, theory-driven design using minimalist process tracing and dia

This study examines how a political leader’s personal style shapes its political leadership, using Magdalena Andersson as a case study. Situated within the field of Foreign Policy Analysis, the study applies Alexander George’s Operational Code framework to examine how Andersson’s philosophical and instrumental beliefs have shaped her leadership style during her time as Sweden’s finance minister, p

This thesis aimed to examine the conditions under which neutrality is respected in war and, by applying alliance- and shelter theory, to analyze how the neutrality of Sweden and the Netherlands was respected during the First and Second World Wars. The study addressed two research questions which are; Under what conditions is neutrality respected in war? and How can alliance theory and shelter theo

Jordan has over the past two decades frequently been noted as a relatively progressive example in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region regarding women’s parliamentary representation. The introduction of gender quotas has increased the proportion of women in parliament, and is commonly perceived in international context as a progress of gender equality work. This paper examines the exte

This thesis examines whether, and in what ways, climate change is framed as a security issue in Swedish party politics. Using a qualitative discourse analysis, the study analyzes forty-eight party documents produced by all Swedish parliamentary parties between 2007 and 2022. The theoretical framework combines securitization theory and framing theory, drawing on Matt McDonald’s four climate securit

This study examines the relationship between civil society engagement and party choice between the Social Democrats and the Sweden Democrats in the 2022 Swedish general election. Drawing on prior research on civil society, political participation and changes in the Swedish party system, the study adopts a mixed-methods design. The quantitative analysis uses data from the 2022 Swedish National SOM Civil society engagement has traditionally been viewed as an important foundation of democracy in Sweden. Through engagement, people are expected to build trust, become more politically involved and develop social networks. However, as the political landscape in Sweden shifts and the Sweden Democrats grow in strength, the question arises whether civil society engagement still matters for political

This thesis explores the role of political leadership and ideology in shaping foreign policy, using Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a comparative case. While Brazil’s structural position in the international system remained relatively stable, the country’s foreign policy orientation shifted significantly between the two administrations. Employing a comparative ideation

The Swedish energy transition presupposes a large-scale expansion of renewable electricity generation, in which wind power constitutes a central component. At the same time, the expansion of wind power exhibits significant local variation. This thesis analyses how physical conditions interact with municipal institutions and long-term policy processes in shaping local wind power policy, with a focu