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Food can be transformed into data, but it is never only data. This thesis takes the Chinese health and weight management app Boohee as a case study to examine the tension behind its dietary tracking functionality. Rather than evaluating Boohee’ s effectiveness as a health technology, this study frames it as a digital media environment that enables users to record, compare, and self-evaluate dietar

Short videos featuring transnational marriage content involving African women and Chinese men (African-Chinese Interracial Family videos, hereafter ACIF) have gradually formed a stable content genre on Douyin in China. This generic stability is shaped by platform mechanisms, genre conventions, and accumulated audience expectations. Yet how this genre frames marital relationships and organizes race

The focus of this thesis is to examine how the civic identity of the second-generation migrants in Italy is constructed through media representations of migration, citizenship, and national belonging. Previous studies focused on migrants’ integration, which was based on their socio-economic situation, mobility, and assimilation process. I argue that these approaches are insufficient to explain how

Although synonymous codons code for the same amino acid, the conformation of the protein can be altered depending on which codon is used. Previous research in the field has provided contradictory results, and it is not yet fully understood how and why the conformation of the protein can change as a result of altered nucleotide sequence. The effect of rare synonymous mutations on ddlB folding has b

Opera and highbrow culture have traditionally occupied a position of high prestige, but over the course of the last few decades, that foundation has seemingly weakened. Traditionally in-person mediums such as opera are more bound to physical spaces and therefore more lim-ited in reach and exclusive than most mass media products, especially with increasing digi-talization. Previous research has mai

Positiv psykologi har breddat psykologins fokus bortom enbart symtomreduktion, men det finns begränsad kunskap om hur psykologer själva upplever att arbeta med detta i praktiken. Denna kvalitativa studie undersökte legitimerade psykologers erfarenheter av att tillämpa positiv psykologi i professionella sammanhang. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fyra legitimerade psykologer verksamma Positive psychology has broadened psychology’s focus beyond symptom reduction, yet little is known about how psychologists themselves experience working with it in practice. This qualitative study explored licensed psychologists’ experiences of applying positive psychology in different professional contexts. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four licensed psychologists working in scho

Introduction: Urocanate reductases (UrdA) are enzymes in the gut microbiota that catalyse the production of imidazole propionate (ImP), which is implicated in diseases like type 2 diabetes, and therefore it is of medical interest to co-crystallize the protein with new potential ligands in order to develop inhibitors, which can be used to lower the ImP concentration in the blood. Background: Sever

Extreme heat is one of the deadliest consequences of climate change, with urban areas particularly exposed. Vulnerability to urban heat differs among members of society and is shaped by socio-structural disadvantages. This thesis adopts an intersectional understanding of vulnerability to qualitatively explore how people with a migration background experience and adapt to heat in Vienna, Austria. T

Consumers are key players in mitigating climate change. Vietnam experienced Southeast Asia’s fastest economic growth, leading to modern lifestyles, while interest in organic products is growing, especially in urban areas. This study explores the motivations driving this interest among Gen Z by applying the concept of inner transformation, which links personal values and beliefs to sustainable chan

Extreme heat is not neutral. In Athens, the dense urban environment and harsh summer climate disproportionately impact the socio-economically marginalized. This research bridges the gap between climate data and human experience by uniting geospatial and qualitative survey data regarding heatwaves in Athens Municipality, with urban heat island research, vulnerability theory and climate justice. Sat

20-25% of semi-natural habitat per square-kilometre is required for the provision of local Nature’s Contributions to People. Farmers are key actors in reversing the severe habitat deficits in agricultural regions. Conceptually anchored in the Safe and Just Earth System Boundary Framework and the Tripartite Framework for Mitigation Pathways, this thesis combines a systematic literature review on ho

Debt-for-nature swaps have been designed to address the polycrisis of high debt, climate change and biodiversity loss in developing countries by restructuring sovereign debt and directing resultant savings towards conservation. However, they are marred by multiple drawbacks including the violation of debtor nation sovereignty by international financial actors. This thesis attempts the first academ

Denna studie bidrar till forskningen om integrering av styrningsverktyg för hållbarhet i utvecklingen av produkter och tjänster. Jag undersöker hur ett hållbarhetsverktyg, Costed Carbonised Bill of Materials (CCBOM), materialiseras i en studentledd, kvasiaffärsmässig organisation. Med utgångspunkt i sensemaking och institutionell teori genomförde och analyserade jag 12 intervjuer med ledningen förThis study contributes to research on integrating sustainability governance tools for the development of products and services. I examine how a sustainability tool (Costed Carbonised Bill Of Materials) materialises in a student-led, quasi-business organisation. Drawing on sensemaking and institutional theory, I conducted and analysed 12 interviews with the management of Lund Formula Student. Altho

This study examines how tourism affects and reshapes residents’ identities and sense of place in the Sanno-chiku of Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. This study focuses on residents’ lived experiences and discusses tourism through the ideas and concepts of place, sense of place, identity, mobility, and commodification. This study asks two research questions: 1) How does tourism shape local

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are promising tools to protect and restore marine ecosystems among a global biodiversity loss crisis, yet their socio-ecological effectiveness can be limited by a lack of stakeholder participation in their governance. This thesis examines the case of participatory governance in Germany’s three exclusive economic zone (EEZ) MPAs in the North Sea. Drawing on participato

The EU Deforestation Regulation marks a major shift in European forest and commoditygovernance by moving from legality-based timber control toward mandatory deforestationfree due diligence. While the regulation is designed to address global deforestation linkedto consumption and trade, its implementation also affects low-deforestation contexts suchas Sweden. This thesis examines how Swedish forest

Malta’s construction boom has resulted an increase in urban density and a decrease in green spaces over recent years. To combat this, in 2025 the social movement Post Għalina launched a campaign to transform Manoel Island, a largely undeveloped island near Valletta, into a national park. This thesis employs a qualitative case study utilizing social movement theory to examine Post Għalina’s creatio

Sweden’s housing policies from the post-Second World War to the 1970s were grounded in the idea of sanering, slum-clearing and reconstruction, and essentially aimed at reforming regional planning. Through the sanering approaches, some regions changed their characteristics in a shrinking way. Nevertheless, previous studies rarely focused on either sanering or its impacts on regional development. Mo

The UK achieved the ambitious goal of becoming the first G7 country to phase out coal-firedelectricity, with its last power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar closing in 2024. Ensuring thisgeneration of transitioning communities does not follow in the footsteps of ‘left behind’ UKex-mining villages for example, is imperative. This study investigates and compares theimaginaries of place leaders and locals

The IPCC’s Illustrative Mitigation Pathways achieving below 2°C of global warming increasingly rely on Direct Air Capture and Storage (DACCS). Research has largely concentrated on techno-economic aspects, while community perspectives have been almost exclusively focused on in the Global North. This thesis presents the first empirical case study of a commercial DACCS facility in Africa. Drawing on