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The recent virus COVID-19 has forced companies around the world to change the way they work. Teams who usually work together in the same physical space are now experiencing working virtually from home. Previous studies demonstrate the importance of psychological safety and trust in the aim of building high-performing and effective teams. A virtual setting implies new challenges and opportunities f
Knowledge inequalities persist between the Global North and the Global South, but also within countries between privileged and underprivileged segments of society. The purpose of this study is to understand the motives of researchers from basic science and technology to investigate on socially demanded issues as well as the obstacles they encounter. The study is based on the experiences from eleve
Market and policy pressures increasingly demand a shift towards sustainable means of production; thereby, the inconclusive and long-standing debate between the impact of environmental efforts and economic performance at the firm level has never been so relevant. However, companies who seek to prioritize sustainability on their processes and outputs still need to focus on their financial returns.
Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur lärande för hållbar utveckling (LHU) kan implementeras på arbetsplatsen. Detta med bakgrund i att vi idag genomgår en klimatkris och att det krävs en total omställning av samhällets alla sektorer för att hålla den globala temperaturökningen under 1.5 grader. Uppsatsen syftar till att synliggöra vikten av att LHU blir ett systematisk inslag på arbetsplatse
Studien är en kvalitativ undersökning av de incitament som ligger bakom människors beslut om att delta i vuxenutbildning. Vid genomförandet av studien har det utgåtts ifrån en hermeneutisk metodologi. Fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer utgör uppsatsens empiriska material. Urvalet av intervjupersoner sammanstod av två män och två kvinnor som har utexaminerats med högskolekompetens från Háskólabrú Ke
Introduction: This study attempts to optimize the choice of stationary phase for the separation of lignosulfonate lignin compounds using supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Background: Lignin is a potential renewable source of phenolic compounds. Lignosulfonate lignins are produced during pulping processes producing very complex mixtures, which are challenging to anal
This thesis engages with the motherwork of racialised migrant mothers in Sweden’s racialised suburbs. It employs theories of racial geographies, particularly black women’s geographies and motherwork to investigate the articulations of motherwork in space. Deploying a black feminist lens on empirical material from a Swedish-Somali mothers’ group engaged in community activism, the thesis argues that
Cykeln har blivit ett allt vanligare transportmedel i Sverige. Som en följd av detta kommer nya lösningar och metoder krävas för att cykeln ska kunna ersätta bilen, exempelvis som vid till transport av husdjur. I samarbete med Thule Group utfördes detta examensarbete för att undersöka möjligheten att utveckla en produkt för transportering av hund. Under projektet har behov och kravspecifikationen
Sustainable transitions are essential to ensure climate and land systems do not go beyond their tipping points; however, these transitions are complex, and barriers to their success are difficult to conceptualise. The Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) is the dominant framework for conceptualising how industries transition to using green innovations. Despite the effectiveness of the MLP, it has weaknes
This study uses a specifically constructed sub-national dataset on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak cases, deaths, and CFR in order to look at the question of how important various socio-economic factors were in determining the intensity and severity of the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The results of the OLS model shows that the socio-economic conditions in differ
Income inequality is one of the main topics that worried economists in recent decades. It became more popular, especially starting with the integration process of East Asian economies’ to the global market as a result of the globalization process. And there are lots of approaches on economic growth’s positive and negative effects on income distribution. Its impact on income distribution has been t
The inclusion of the poor in the economy is of key importance to the global sustainable development agenda. However, the integration of low-income communities in the economy requires new approaches to innovation, management and sustainability. This thesis aims to investigate how Norwegian initiatives contribute to sustainable and inclusive development in India by analysing the experiences and outc
Omfattande studier på Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH) har under de senaste åren inriktats på hur egenskaperna i asfaltbruk kan optimeras eftersom de har avgörande betydelse för asfaltens funktion. Förutom naturligt förekommande filler i asfaltmassa har tillsatser såsom vaxer, fibrer och polymerer blivit allt vanligare. Hur dessa tillsatser påverkar asfaltbrukets egenskaper är viktigt att utreda för The durability of asphalt can be investigated with fatigue tests, which unfortunately are very laborious and costly. Therefore, they are not used as often as they should. At LTH in Lund, an alternative method is utilized using a dynamic shear rheometer, DSR, on asphalt’s mastic for fatigue properties testing. The properties of asphalt mastic are crucial for the asphalt pavements ability to withsta
The purpose of this thesis is to problematize how Swedish migration policy is being legitimized. The study examines discourses in debates about migration between the Moderate Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Party. There are two major areas of interest: firstly, their discussions about the change in migration policies in 2015 and 2016, and secondly, their articulations of the unaccompanied
Climate change is receiving more attention; the public debate has started to note its significance, and the consequences have started to show. How societies are interlinked with their environment is as evident in the 21st century as ever before. This study is an attempt to examine the relationship between climate change and inequality in India. Climate change is quantified by investigating climate
This qualitative study examines the dominant fertility discourse in Finnish media in 2019, when the total fertility rate dropped to an all-time low level, spurring media debate and political attention. The study analyses the representations and framings of fertility, and the underlying norms, assumptions, power-structures and silences in the dominant discourse using discourse analytical tools, mor
The aim of this study has been to examine and deconstruct the normative understandings of femininity, womens agency, and motherhood that characterize stories of women who murder - especially women who murder alongside men. With the guidance of Laclau and Mouffes discoursetheory this study has analyzed the construction of murderer Pearl Fernandez in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Trials of Gabrie
To this day, the question of how economic development and lasting transformation take place remains both highly controversial and relevant for future growth perspectives. Questions of influence, representation of interests and power to shape legislation are faded out of the focus of economic research. By combining these aspects with network modelling techniques and a newly compiled dataset of 112
To this day, the question of what factors drive economic development and catching-up remains deeply controversial in growth literature. The concept of social capability provides a useful framework to investigate the relationship of the parallel processes of transformation, inclusion, autonomy and accountability with economic performance. Nevertheless, there are few attempts to quantify social capa
Nanodiamonds are novel carbon nanoparticles with favorable properties for biological applications, such as low cytotoxicity and high biocompatibility. They can be used for e.g. cell tracking or drug delivery. The aim of this thesis was to examine the long-term behaviour of nanodiamonds in cells and to compare two different methods of nanodiamond administration, incubation of cells in nanodiamonds a
