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This thesis examines the relation between digitalization, in the form of smart cities, and the core-periphery logic, trying to understand how digitalization has affected the narration that shapes regional inequalities, smart city governance and the future of regional development. Through an analytical narrative approach, this research examines policy documents, alongside the case studies of Aizuwa

In recent years, against the backdrop of declining fertility rates, China has shifted toward family policies that encourage childbirth. However, this family policies does not significantly reverse the trend of low birth rates. The thesis drew on 13 semi-structured interviews with married working women in China and, from the perspective of women’s lived experiences, explored the operational logic

This research examines what was at stake for young Chinese women who are negatively conceptualized as fudimo 扶弟魔. Drawing on feminist theories of everyday resistance and relational autonomy, it explores how they resist intersecting gendered power relations in everyday life. The thesis draws on ethnographic methods, including participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 15 women aged

The study examines the role of sugar as embedded in society from the perspective of social constructionism. The health effects of sugar are an everyday phenomenon whose effects often remain invisible but have significant impact on societal structures and the individual level. The study is a case study analysing how Nestlé, and social movements, Action on Sugar and Foodrise construct meanings aroun

This thesis examines the "pan-Asianization" of Chinese restaurants in southern Sweden, the phenomenon of expanding Chinese menus to include sushi or Thai dishes. It aims to explore how this transformation develops under specific institutional pressures and how immigrant entrepreneurs balance economic survival with cultural identity. Adopting ethnographic fieldwork in southern Sweden

Drawing on 8 semi-structured interviews, this thesis explores how self-described feminist men in Sweden negotiate the interplay between their positions as men and feminists, as well as how this process is facilitated and challenged by broader cultural discourses of masculinity and feminism. Specifically, thorough attention is given to the "uniqueness" of the Swedish case, as discourses t

Kolabacken är en liten gräsbevuxen kulle nära den södra spetsen av Falsterbohalvön i sydvästra Skåne. Platsen är känd som den tidigare fyrplatsen i Falsterbo där en s.k. vippfyr hjälpte fartyg att navigera längs den grunda och farliga kusten innan den nuvarande fyren byggdes år 1795. Trots Falsterbos betydelse för sjöfart och handel under medeltiden har Kolabackens uppkomst, inre uppbyggnad och hiKolabacken is a small grass-covered mound near the southern tip of the Falsterbo Peninsula in southern Sweden. The site is known as the former beacon at Falsterbo, where a so-called tilting beacon helped ships navigate along the shallow and dangerous coast before the present lighthouse was built in 1795. Although Falsterbo’s importance for maritime traffic and trade during Medieval times is well k

Bakgrund: Antalet människor som är på flykt i världen ökar och att vara på flykt kommer ofta med omfattande förändringar i individernas liv. Att etablera ett nytt socialt liv, anpassa sig till en ny miljö eller att uttrycka emotionella behov kan vara särskilt utmanande. Skapande aktiviteter har en stor potential att främja känslouttryck och erbjuda ett nytt socialt sammanhang där man genom engagemBackground: The number of displaced people is increasing, involving major changes in the lives of individuals. It can be challenging to establish one's social life, adapt to a new environment or express emotional needs. Creative activities hold great potential to promote emotional expression and offer a new social context where individuals can express themselves emotionally and experience a se

This thesis examines how Chinese international students in Lund, Sweden, rebuild a sense of belonging through eating practices when their expectations of life abroad fail to achieve. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with nine master's students and ethnographic participant observation of a Lantern Festival hotpot gathering, the thesis employs Antonsich`s Analytical framework of belonging a

This paper studies the relationship between Thai-Cambodia border tensions and cooperation against online fraud from February 2021 to February 2026. Online fraud has become a serious cross-border problem in Southeast Asia, and Thailand and Cambodia both have reasons to cooperate against scam compounds and related criminal networks. At the same time, their relationship is shaped by a long history of

In this study a development of a GC-FID method to detect adulteration in commercial olive oils based on fatty acid composition and free fatty acid content was conducted. Adulteration of olive oils and especially extra virgin olive oils is a common issue. Due to their popularity and high cost they are often mixed with other vegetable oils or lower quality olive oil for increased profit. Olive oil h

Research question: How is social responsibility communicated by state-owned companies? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine and compare how two state-owned companies, Systembolaget and Svenska Spel, communicate their social responsibility in their external communication. Furthermore, the study aims to analyze how their communication can be understood in relation to legitimacy theory a

This Master’s Thesis explored how traditional computer vision methods and deep learning methods could be used to estimate hardwood and softwood fibre distributions in paperboard. 11 mixtures ranging from 100% hardwood to 100% softwood with 10% increments were analysed. The study compared the usefulness of tomograms and radiographs for the given task. It was found that traditional methods did not

Carbon pricing is one of the most widely advocated climate policy instruments, but persistent political resistance has been created by its regressive distributional impact. Per-capita climate dividends, whereby carbon-pricing revenue is returned to households on an equal per-capita basis, have been proposed as a way of reconciling effective carbon pricing with distributive fairness. Germany has co

Scene perception requires the integration of multiple levels of visual information. The present study examined the temporal dynamics of context-level and schema-level representations during scene categorization and investigated how these representations were related to behavioral performance and task-oriented (indoor vs. outdoor) category decoding. Previously collected EEG data from 39 healthy adu

The thesis examines how the European Union’s approach to external energy dependence developed during the beginning of the 21st century, with particular focus on the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 as a potential critical juncture. Using a historical institutionalist framework, the study analyzes three key EU strategy documents through qualitative document analysis and process tracing. The fin

This thesis examines how trans influencers narrate and negotiate identity and visibility on YouTube, a platform where trans people may find recognition and community but also encounter hostility. The study focuses on four trans influencers whose YouTube content addresses transition, gender identity, public visibility and experiences of transphobia. Using thematic narrative analysis, the thesis exp

This study aims to explore how brands' persuasion strategies have changed as they shift from traditional TV shopping to e-commerce live streaming, and how organizations should adjust their communication practices accordingly. This study is primarily based on three theories integrated into its theoretical framework: Aristotle's rhetoric theory (ethos, pathos, and logos), the elaborate likel

Detta examensarbete undersöker utvecklingen och prestandan hos en AI-baserad värderingsmodell för svenska småhus. Arbetet syftar till att analysera hur AI-baserade värderingsmodeller fungerar, vilka utmaningar som uppstår vid deras skapande, samt vilka etiska och samhällsmässiga begränsningar som förknippas med deras användning. Som metod har en egen värderingsmodell utvecklats med hjälp av maski