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Men’s perpetration of intimate partner violence against women is a global problem that prevents social equality and contributes to severe health problems for many women, and the ongoing global covid-19 pandemic has caused an increase in violence against women. The aim of this study was therefore to explore social workers' perspectives on how the covid-19 pandemic affects women subjected to int

Anthropogenic climate change has caused temperature increases all across the globe. Mountainous areas are among the most affected and are experiencing alarming rates of warming. Such rapid warming will have effects on alpine vegetation and their distribution throughout the alps. While there are many studies that have investigated shifting vegetation distribution around the world, none have found c

Under de senaste åren har våld och hot ökat i Sverige. Det har skapat en ökad rädsla för att lämna vittnesmål och erfarenheter från bl.a. Polismyndigheten visar att hot och trakasserier mot vittnen påverkar utredningar och lagföring av brott. Det har resulterat i en debatt kring lösningar, däribland förslaget om införande av anonyma vittnen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda och analysera varför In recent years, violence and threats have increased in Sweden. It has created an increased fear of testifying and experiences from e.g. the Police Authority shows that threats and harassments impact investigations and legal proceedings against crime. This has resulted in a debate regarding solutions, therein the proposal of anonymous witnesses. The purpose with this essay is to investigate and an

The fastest rising group of entrepreneurs is represented by females, yet entrepreneurship is still considered a male-dominated industry. Female entrepreneurs have to deal with gender-stereotypical challenges, due to the overrepresentation of men in entrepreneurship. Contemporarily, the concept of female entrepreneurship is understudied and scarce, specifically the entrepreneurial identity. This t

Syfte: Denna studie syftar till att studera hur modeföretag i Sverige arbetar med influencer marketing som verktyg för att stärka sin varumärkeskännedom och trovärdighet i sociala medier, samt deras syn på utmaningar och risker med strategin. Genom att undersöka ämnet vill vi bidra till kunskapen om hur företag inom modebranschen kan använda influencer marketing för att stärka sitt varumärke samt Purpose: This bachelor thesis aims to study how fashion companies in Sweden work with influencer marketing as a tool to strengthen their brand awareness and credibility in social media, and their view on difficulties and risks with the strategy. By investigating the subject we aim to contribute to the knowledge of how companies in the fashion industry can use influencer marketing to strengthen the

The formation of planets depends on the underlying protoplanetary disc structure, which in turn influences both the accretion and migration rates of embedded planets. The disc itself evolves on time scales of several Myr, during which both temperature and density profiles change as matter accretes onto the central star. Here we used a detailed model of an evolving disc to determine the growth of p

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka vad elever säger om de didaktiska aspekterna av Våga!. Våga! är ett utbildningskoncept där musikundervisning och sex- och samlevnadsundervisning möts. Konceptet består av tre delar; en humoristisk, pedagogisk musikföreställning om sex och samlevnad, ett samtal kring föreställningen och ett efterarbetesmaterial. Uppsatsen utgår från Arfwedsson och Arfwedssons (1This essay examines what pupils say about the didactical aspects of Våga! (The Swedish word ”didaktik” is to a large extent equivalent to ”curriculum research”. However, in the lack of an exact translation, the word ”didactics” is used in this abstract, knowing that that word has different connotations in English than in Swedish.) Våga! is an educational concept, in which music education and sexua

Manufacturing firms have a hard time competing with goods only. It is considered that everyone can produce and therefore the competition is solely based on cost. The solution is to increase the value of the offer. Services show great potential in increasing customer value. In addition services are harder to copy and can generate constant stream of income (through contracts). The packaging industry

Coffee production systems are experiencing climate change stress in a multitude of ways. One of the ways in which climate change manifests itself in coffee systems is through the evolution of pest and disease populations. Global coffee production is thereby recognized as vulnerable to climate change, particularly the lives of those that rely on coffee for their livelihoods. Reducing vulnerability

Achieving climate policy goals and addressing the challenges of energy security requires very significant efforts from many private and public actors to bring immature technologies to competitiveness. Algae-based biofuel production is an emerging industrial sector that has great promise with regards to many sustainability aspects but faces many challenges in order to attain any meaningful market p

Syftet med detta examensarbete var att undersöka hur agil utveckling och användarcentrerad design kan kombineras i en utvecklingsprocess. Undersökningen baseras sig på den utvecklingsprocess med Scrum som används på en sektion vid avdelningen Applikationer och Service på Sony Mobile Communications AB i Lund, Sverige. Det första målet med examensarbetet var att förse sektionen med ett antal förslaThe main purpose of this master´s thesis was to investigate how agile development and user-centered design can be combined in a development process. The target development process for this investigation was a development process at a section in the department Application and Service at Sony Mobile Communications AB in Lund, Sweden. The first goal of the thesis was to provide the section with a set

The main purpose of this study is to investigate in what ways librarians and schoolteachers can co-operate and combine their professional skills in order to help and motivate children with reading and writing disabilities, and how audio books can be useful in this work. The main source of information is interviews with teachers from ten schools in the province of Scania, southern Sweden. Those tea

The purpose of this enquiry was to study how the rhetoric about immigrants (invandrarprat) influences the interpretation of reality in regards to new swedes. The study was conducted with the help of qualitative interviews with eight new swedes who, apart from their country of origin, by Swedish social standards would be considered average. Two questions were examined for the purpose of this study:

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the cutdowns and the savings can have an effect on the health and the wellbeing of the personnel on the basis of their own stories as well as the meaning of the different leading styles that are used on the daily basis and how that can matter on the creation of a more healthy workplace. The starting point of this study is the experiences of the pers

In the modern business environment, there is growing number of companies placing weight on sustainability-related issues, such as waste management, local communities, use of resources etc. At the same time such stakeholders as investors, consumers, employees and communities are increasingly interested in understanding company’s efforts and progresses in the area of sustainability. With that respec

Titel: Ledarskap à la carte - En kvalitativ studie om receptet på ledarskap och kontroll i restaurangbranschen Seminariedatum: 3 juni, 2025 Kurs: FEKH49 - Examensarbete i organisation på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Eric Bergstrand, Linn Eriksoo och Alice Götestam Handledare: Olof Hallonsten Nyckelord: Restaurangbranschen, Ansvarstagande, Leadership on demand, Concertive control, AfTitle: Leadership à la carte- A qualitative study on the recipe for leadership and control in the restaurant industry Seminar date: June 3, 2025 Course: FEKH49 - Bachelor’s Thesis in Management and Organization, 15 credits Authors: Eric Bergstrand, Linn Eriksoo and Alice Götestam Advisor/s: Olof Hallonsten Keywords: Restaurant industry, Accountability, Leadership on demand, Concertive control, Aff

About 15-20% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. The phenomenon is common throughout the population, but bereaved women and couples struggle nonetheless. Lang et al. (2011) have shown that a miscarriage can cause shock, grief and pain and lead women into questioning their reproductive abilities. Hiefner (2012) has argued that pregnancy loss is surrounded by a norm of silence, making it difficul

Examensarbetets titel: Unga ledare - En kvalitativ studie om hur unga ledare etablerar ledarskap gentemot äldre anställda Seminariedatum: 2 juni 2022 Kurs: FEKH49 - Examensarbete i Organisation på Kandidatnivå Författare: Kasper Bassøe Rehnström, Hugo Murgård och Anton Persson Handledare: Christine Blomquist Fem nyckelord: Unga chefer, Prototypikalitet, Legitimitet, Social identitetsteori, ImpliTitle: Young leaders - A qualitative study of how young leaders establish leadership towards older employees Seminar date: 2nd of June 2022 Course: FEKH49, Business Administration: Bachelor’s Degree Project in Organization, Undergraduate level, 15 credits Authors: Kasper Bassøe Rehnström, Hugo Murgård and Anton Persson Advisor: Christine Blomquist Key words: Young leaders, Prototypicality, Legit

Today, drug assisted treatment of Methadone and Subutex is well established in Swedish society. However, it has since the late 1960´s been differing perceptions of both the pros and cons on drug assisted therapy. The purpose and aim of this study was to explore and describe what kind of ethical attitudes social workers and representatives of the Swedish Drug Users Union (SDUU) usually have around

Globalization, and fierce competition has been one of the main factors contributing to the increase of 24/7 work availability. 24/7 work availability is defined by the constant reachability of workers, and is regarded to be enhanced by the introduction and democratization of ICT. Arguably, constant work availability has shown to negatively affect individuals’ work-life balance. To contextualize, a