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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of coworking space as it relates to meeting the common goals of collaboration, community, and creativity for its members. Through a case study of a coworking space, the study seeks answers to questions as: “How can coworking spaces enhance community, collaboration, and creativity to create a better experience for their members?” and “Are
The purpose of this thesis is to provide a contextual and legal analysis on the exclusion of transgender individuals from employment in the formal economy. The chosen research design was a case study, in which the city of São Paulo is examined. Through a qualitative analysis, this study subscribed to the Social Exclusion framework (Jehoel-Gijsbers and Vrooman, 2007) in order to investigate such ex
This thesis examines how the Climate Justice Movement in Germany is set up today and how activists relate to and feel about their activism. Specifically, factors are investigated that make people feel unhappy about their activism or even leave the movement. Furthermore, potential changes of the movement in order to become a healthier and more sustainable environment for activists are suggested. Pa
Tidigare forskning om jämställdhet mellan män och kvinnor inom den svenska fotbollen saknar ett kritiskt perspektiv på hur språket reproducerar maktskillnader och skapar en särskild verklighet. Denna studie ämnar identifiera de diskursiva praktikerna som används av Svenska Fotbollförbundet för att upprätthålla ojämställda maktförhållanden mellan män och kvinnor, samt skapa förståelse för hur språkPrevious research about equality between men and women within Swedish football is missing a critical perspective of how language reproduces power differences and creates a certain reality. This study aims to identify the discursive practices used by the Swedish Football Association in order to maintain unequal power relations between men and women, as well as contribute to an understanding of how
Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vad en kreativ lärmiljö innebär för elever på det estetiska programmet i musik. Vidare avser studien att ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar den kreativa lärmiljön för att förstå hur en sådan miljö kan skapas i skolan. Bakgrunden till studien är författarens eget intresse för hur den fysiska miljön kan uppmuntra eller hämma kreativitet samt en ökad efterfrThis study aims to investigate what a creative learning environment means for music students in upper secondary school. Furthermore, the study aims to find out what factors affect the creative learning environment in order to understand how to design a creative learning environment in music education. The background to the study is the author's own interest in how the physical environment can
Author: Helena Bjerndell and Jennie Vallin Title: Blogging about grief – a modern way to grieve? Supervisor: Lena Palvén Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The aim of our study was to examine what function a blog about grief can serve in the grief process and the impact blogging can have on the writer. In addition, we tried to find an explanation to why people choose to write about their pri
In the last years the use of lightweight fire fighting vehicles has become more common in Swedish fire and rescue services. These vehicles need some kind of suitable fire extinguishing system. The purpose of this report is to assist the fire and rescue services with information for the decision about which system to use. Six different systems (CCS Cobra, DSPA, Firexpress, Oertzen, One Seven and a
The purpose of this study was to illustrate and examine how social workers professional identity shapes and maintains when they work in an arena where social work is not in focus. We used a qualitative method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using an interview guide. We interviewed nine professional social workers who works in three different field - probation, hospital and school. Profe
After the Arab spring, states in the MENA-region that were enrolled in the popular uprisings are now entering different settings. Some have been more successful, and reaching all the way to democratic consolidation. Others like Egypt are currently experiencing severe backlashes. In this post revolution context, time is starting to run out for an escape out of the transitional maze. Tunisia is not
ABSTRACT Ji Yuan Hai Wan Shi Ye AB started in the December of 2011, is co-funded by the Xiamen Hai Wan AB and Luo Yang Shi Hua. It has integrated business such as scientific research, production and trade together. The company locates in the industrial manufactory area at Ji Yuan, Henan Province. The main products are verity of unsaturated polyester resin. Their products are widely used in the fie
The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region enjoys a high availability of clean renewable energy sources, especially solar. In recent years, several countries within the region have introduced policy instruments to encourage the deployment of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV). This thesis reviews and evaluates policy instruments adopted in Egypt, Palestine and Tunisia. The experiences from th
The effect of a study day on the subject of pain for nurses working at the thorax surgery department The aims of this investigation were: to describe patients' evaluation of pain and the treatment of pain after thorax surgery via sternotomy; to repeat the evaluation with another group of patients following a study day for nurses, featuring pain and pain treatment; and to examine whether the study
From the starting point of narrative ethnography, this article explores a specific kind of service user involvement in psychiatry: staff training activities in which patients and former patients are invited to “tell their stories”. A core feature of these stories is that they are based on the narrators’ self-perceived experience, and they all have a highly personal character. I call these stories
Purpose of the study: To construct a framework by investigating value creating processes within the New Economy. In terms of value the researchers are investigating the process from consumer activation to co-production, and to the last step of using co-production in order to co-create value. Theoretical framework: The main theories are Marketing Communications, Co-production and Co-creation. Addit
För att uppnå de nationella klimatmålen har energieffektivisering vid renovering av flerbostadshus uppmärksammats som ett strategiskt område. Dock väljer många fastighetsägare bort investeringar i energieffektiviserande åtgärder till förmån för projekt som anses vara mer lönsamma. Därmed är det av intresse att undersöka hur fastighetsägarna motiverar sina val vid investeringar i energieffektiviserIn order to achieve the national climate goals in Sweden, energy-efficiency has been noticed as a strategic area. Despite of the possibility, investments in sustainable retrofit of building blocks are not prioritized among property owners. Instead, projects with a higher profit are chosen. Therefore, it is essential to scrutinize the decision-makers motivation during this investments and how the p
Environmental issues are continuously getting more attention in the media. A great part of the media content about environmental issues is produced by environmental journalists working both in public service and commercial media organizations. In order to identify the potential and pitfalls of environmental journalism, this study focuses on exploring the journalistic values of environmental journa
Background In traditional retailing, where the challenge lies in providing goods in a store with limited space while minimizing tied up capital and obsolescence, good inventory management is often an important competitive advantage. However, the emergence of the online channel changes some of the challenges, and the associated requirements on inventory management. These dierences are studied in th
Syftet med denna studie är att få insyn i hur professionellt verksamma musikpedagoger upp-lever en arbetssituation där de undervisar i fler instrument än sitt huvudinstrument. En kvalita-tiv undersökning i intervjuform har genomförts och fyra pedagoger som representerar två oli-ka instrumentgrupper (sträng och brassinstrument) har deltagit i studien. Resultatet visar att det finns olika anledningThe purpose of this study is to gain insight into how active music teachers experience a work-ing situation where they teach other instruments than their main instrument. A qualitative study in interview form has been implemented and four teachers representing two different instrument groups (string and brass instruments) participated in the study. The results show that there are various reasons w
The faculty of Social Science in Lund lacks career activities that guide their students on questions concerning work-related issues. This thesis investigates how sociology students in Lund are affected by the absence of career-guidance. The empirical ground work is based on five interviews with three sociology students, the study adviser from the Sociological institution and the labor-market co-or
