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I want to create a setting for relaxation and contemplation that promotes social interaction between different age groups. My project consists of formulating a modern sea bath house with saunas for the people in Rydebäck, a small urban area outside of Helsingborg. The old tradition of combining cold baths with hot saunas is being rediscovered by both old and young people, a practise in Sweden know
This thesis focuses on how vegan companies digitally market themselves on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Three vegan companies were chosen to collect data from: Oatly, Anamma and Bulldog. The questions guiding this thesis are: 1) Which types of digital marketing do the companies use in their social media posts? 2) How do the companies communicate with their consumers and followers
Vem bryr sig om ett skogsområde i en stad? Tänk dig en planet där människorna är den enda levande arten. Då hade vi inte haft någon mat (förutom kannibalerna), vi hade inte haft något syre att andas, och vi hade varit helt nakna. Anledningen till att vi slipper leva detta hårda liv är: Biologisk mångfald. Biologisk mångfald innebär en variation av arter, och vi människor är beroende av den här vaIn the municipality Sölvesborg in the county Blekinge located in south Sweden, there is an area which the municipality have planned as ”nature”. It is an area of forest, dominated by beech. After being in contact with the municipality ecologist we started this project with the aim to come up with ideas for how to increase the values in the area, both ecologic and social. We have also discussed how
Politiska partier använder sig av olika strategier för att få väljare att rösta på dem. Den tekniska utvecklingen har gjort att användandet av valfilmer inte längre är något som endast används i USA utan även används i Sverige. Denna studie fokuserar på konstruktionen av Sverigedemokraternas och Vänsterpartiets valfilmer inför valet 2018. Syftet är att studera och tolka hur visuella och retoriska Political parties use different strategies to get the voters to vote for them. The technological development has meant that the use of election movies no longer is something only used in The United States but also something used in Sweden. This study focuses on the construction of Sverigedemokraternas and Vänsterpartiets election movies prior to the 2018 election. The purpose of this study is to i
The use of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) as means of combating poverty has increased considerably the past decade. CCTs are safety net programs that transfer cash to targeted poor households, often to the mothers, on the condition that those households make pre-specified investments in the human capital of their children. The conditions are often criticised because the conditions only applies
I svenska kommuner används för tillfället ofta papperskartor som geografiskt hjälpmedel vid fältarbete. En mobil GIS (geografiskt informationssystem)applikation skulle kunna vara ett användbart hjälpmedel vid sådant fältarbete och speciellt för att genomföra fältinventering. I detta examensarbete har en sådan applikation utvecklas. Applikationen har utvecklats för Örebro kommun och kallas iSurvey.Currently, Swedish municipalities generally use paper maps to conduct field work. A Mobile GIS (geographical information system) application could be a useful tool when conducting field work and field inventory work. In this master thesis, such an application has been developed. The application was developed for the municipality in Örebro and is called iSurvey. When developing a mobile application
Salico AB is a food company located in Helsingborg. For the moment they lack a certification according to the ISO 14001 standard but are planning on getting certified in the fall of 2012. By the help of two students from the University of Lund an initial environmental review has been made. The implementation of the initial environmental review and the valuation of the environmental aspects are bas
Our aim with this study was to follow seven mums who are blogging about their everyday life and all of them are struggling with different traumatic crisis. Their blogs can also be called a personal blog because it contains a high level of self-disclosure to the publics. We wanted to examine the fine line between public and private and how the mother balances this line in their emotions, intimate s
This essay is about salesmen in telephonestores. My purpose has been to investigate how they use communication strategies in order to build up the customers trust for the salesmen. The questions I have asked myself is not just to see how their strategies look but also to see how the theory of rhetorics could contribute to this and also what the theory of rhetoric could gain from analyzing salesmen
The growing digitalization of recent decades and the ease with which we can connect to others on the web has resulted in many forms of civil activism which appear hardly conceivable without it. Ironically, one of the most profound of these manifestations has been in its defense. In 2012, a European public went online and took to the streets to demonstrate, ultimately successfully, against the Anti
Since the late 1970s, public administrative management has increasingly been in-spired by corporate-inspired governance-models to have an effective management. The reforms came to be called New Public Management. Today modern manage-ment is facing new challenges and perhaps the New Public Leadership model may be the proper answer to these new challenges? This study examines Eslöv municipal adminis
The research done by sociologists of religion shows that Sweden is one of the most secularized countries in the world. In this essay I discuss what consequences this could have on the administration of those cases where religion is part of the reasons for seeking asylum. I analyse five cases in which the refugees have converted in Sweden and gave this as a reason for seeking asylum. I find that th
Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce a law that criminalized the buyer of sexual services but not the seller. The aim of this study is to contribute with an understanding of how female sex workers rights are being affected by the Swedish sex purchase law. To reach a conclusion, the author of this thesis tries to sort out which norms, beliefs, attitudes and/or values that are hidd
Abstract Author: Ylva Nilsson Title: A study of a psychosis unit within open psychiatric care from a holistic-view perspective. Supervisor: Frans Oddner Assessor: Anna Angelin The purpose of this study is to examine a new method of working with patients with a mental disability according to a holistic-view perspective. The aim is to find out how the employees at one psychosis unit at a Swedish h
Title: Coming out process. A qualitative study about transgender people’s experiences of the workplace situation. Supervisor: Carina Tigervall Assesor: Anders Östnäs This is a qualitative study aimed to explore transgender experiences of the workplace situation. That is, whether a sex change, whether it is a legal medical or a social change of gender, has implications for Trans people in the workp
The purpose of this study is to test if there is discriminatory behaviour in the allocation decision in Swedish IPOs. By using a unique data set provided to us by two investment banks containing almost half of all IPOs during the chosen time period, we tested the share allocation between institutional and retail investors. The quantitative part has closely followed prior research methods presented
My thesis is based on- and a further development of an evaluation I made of an IT-project aimed at the young and socially excluded. By opening IT-cafés in certain housing areas, the aim of this project was to strengthen the IT-skills of the young and to create social networks. With my study as an example, I want to elucidate the formation process of a project. What happens when different companies
China would become one of the major economies in the world which has great market potential. The Chinese outdoor industry is on its rapid pace of blooming since Chinese people start to care about health and get to know more about various kinds of outdoor activities. Chinese outdoor market becomes a very attractive place for local and foreign outdoor firms to explore. However, China’s situation is
Bakgrund: Att ha aktiviteter är viktigt för att uppleva hälsa. Vissa symtom kan reducera möjligheten att vara aktiv, ett sådant är fatigue. Fatigue är vanligt vid multipel skleros (MS). Arbetsterapeuter hjälper personer med fatigue i vardagen. Kursen Fatigue Management riktar sig till personer med MS-relaterad fatigue och lär ut strategier för att hantera fatigue. Forskning har visat att kursen ärBackground: Having occupations is important to experience health. Certain symptoms can reduce the ability to be active, one such is fatigue. Fatigue is common in multiple sclerosis (MS). Occupational therapists help people with fatigue in their everyday life. The course - Fatigue Management - is aimed at people with MS-related fatigue and teaches strategies to manage fatigue. Research has shown th
With increased urbanization into cities and with densification as a strategy, it puts pressure on the planning of socially important functions. One of the most important functions is that people need to transport themselves to get to work, education and other necessary activities. In the past, the car has largely shaped society and people's travel habits, which has burdened the environment but
