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Hur kan en arkitekt hjälpa en gräsrotsorganisation att köpa ett fängelse? Backa Kåken är en gräsrotsorganisation och ideell förening som bildades 2023 med målet att köpa det nedlagda fängelset Kirsebergsanstalten. Organisationen vill transformera fängelset till ett socialt, kreativt och kulturellt nav som ägs och drivs av dess medlemmar. Syftet är att skapa en plats i staden befriad från spekulati
The dominant tourism model in the Maldives, the ‘one island one resort’ (OIOR) concept, permits companies to lease and control entire islands for up to 99 years. Maldivians are restricted from accessing these islands without paying. The growing number of resorts indicates that Maldivians are increasingly losing access to common space. The consequences of this restriction, especially on youth (18-3
This study examines how climate policy is discursively constructed in Sweden through a qualitative document analysis of electoral manifestos from the Social Democratic Party (SAP) and the Sweden Democrats (SD) between 2014 and 2024. The study finds that Swedish climate policy is increasingly shaped by competing discursive frames, where the Social Democrats continue to promote a vision of EU cooper
Non-profit and voluntary initiatives are essential to protect biodiversity. This thesis explores the linkages between environmental volunteering, emotions and human-nature relationships. Through an ethnographically-oriented research design the study contributes with empirical that compliments the excising literature within the field of environmental volunteering. Participant observations and semi-
Accelerating climate change and the interrelated social-ecological crises of our time require sustained collective action to bring forth transformative change. Activist burnout due to unsustainable movement cultures is a widespread barrier to long-term engagement. This thesis explores the potential of an embodied approach to activism towards fostering sustainable and radical resistance through the
In the field of attosecond science, photoelectron spectroscopy and interferometry stand as a central topic not only for its ability to characterise attosecond pulses but also for its ability to make time resolved measurements of electron dynamics. This feature allows for its application across the many fields which depend on the behaviour of electrons. For these reasons, there is significant inter
The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage was formally established in 2023 to support countries particularly vulnerable to climate-related loss and damage, following decades of sustained advocacy by small island developing states and other climate-vulnerable nations. This study examines how the Fund reproduces or challenges colonial epistemology and what implications this has for the operationali
This master’s thesis questions rational-male dominated ways of knowing in western academia. It investigates embodied ways of knowing and its potentials for socio-ecological justice within Lund University through a feminist methodological approach. It aims to understand how relations and ways of knowing shape knowledge production, opening for a crack in the system that invisibilizes important other
This master’s thesis investigates the EU's intent to onshore its resource demand through a case study of mining projects in Oviken, Jämtland, Sweden. The study is based on empirical data collected through field research, encompassing 20 semi-structured interviews, street interviews, and observation. Through a qualitative approach, the thesis aims to capture views, arguments, and visions from d
The Alto Atoyac Basin, located in the metropolitan area of Puebla and Tlaxcala, in Mexico, has been identified as a sanitary and environmental emergency region, with severe health impacts on the local communities. The Atoyac River in the region is one of the most polluted rivers in the country, primarily due to the rapid industrialization and urbanization. This thesis aims to understand how multin
The disconnect that exists between what ‘should’ be prioritized in global governance and what actually is, is manifested in many fields, and it becomes shockingly apparent in global dealings with ‘climate vulnerable’ countries like Bangladesh. Of these fields, this particular study has scrutinized the development aid sector's conceptualization of 'climate issues' in Bangladesh using An
Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is an important adverse prognostic feature in breast cancer, but its assessment on routine haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained slides remains challenging because LVI is often focal, subtle, and difficult to distinguish from artefacts such as stromal retraction. This study investigated whether deep learning could support slide-level prediction of LVI in breast can
Ödehus förstås ofta som problem, tomma bostäder som genom förfall förlorat sitt värde. Samtidigt finns ett växande intresse för deras kvaliteter, både från s.k. urban explorers i form av en fascination av förfallet, en ruinromantik utan funktion, samt från byggnadsvårdare i form av potentialen att renovera husen till lämpliga bostäder, genom att riva bort förfallet. Detta arbete utgår från en tred
Flow MRI is an important tool for assessing cardiovascular function, as it enables quantitative measurements of blood flow and velocity. Quantitative assessment of image quality is therefore important in phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (PC-CMR), where it can affect the accuracy and precision of flow measurements. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the velocity-to-noise ratio (VNR
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex and progressive neurological disorder with diverse clinical manifestations. PD research increasingly relies on the integration of heterogeneous data sources. The MultiPark Biobank Sample Collection (MPBC), a Swedish case-control cohort of approximately 1,000 PD patients and 1,000 matched controls, combines such complementary data sources, including questionnai
The 15q13.3 microdeletion is one of the strongest known genetic risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD. Among the genes within this deleted region, Klf13, a zinc finger transcription factor expressed in GABAergic interneuron progenitors during embryonic brain development, is hypothesised to regulate interneuron maturation, yet its function in this con
