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This thesis explores how Norwegian deep-sea mining (DSM) companies construct legitimacy through sustainability narratives during 2024, a year marked by both the opening and suspension of national seabed exploration. Using Critical Discourse Analysis within a Regulationist Political Ecology framework, the study examines how corporate actors position DSM as essential to the green transition. The ana
Forskningsfråga: Hur och i vilken utsträckning kan ökad könsdiversitet i bolagsstyrelser förklara variationer i utdelningsnivå bland FTSE 100-bolag i Storbritannien? Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka sambandet mellan kvinnlig representation i styrelser och utdelningsnivån i brittiska FTSE 100-bolag, samt att analysera om det finns stöd för kritisk massa-effekt. Metod: Studien bygger
This study investigates the relationship between the changes in value of a country’s natural resources and changes in political corruption. It specifically focuses on how different types of non-renewable resources can affect corruption differently. Using panel data from 1995 to 2020 covering nearly all countries worldwide, the analysis is conducted using fixed-effects regressions. The regressions
Forskningsfråga: Hur försvarade Swedbank sig mot anklagelserna om penningtvätt och hur förändrades kommunikationen över tid i samband med att krisen eskalerade? Syfte: Syfte är att undersöka Swedbanks kriskommunikation under penningtvättshärvan år 2019 och undersöka hur den utvecklades under krisen. Metod: Denna kvalitativa fallstudie berör delar av samtliga uttalanden från Swedbank om krisen, f
A constant decline in fish stocks have been observed globally for the better part of the last century. In Sweden, the consequence of this decline has been the 9000 year old trade of small-scale fishing slowly disappearing. The extinction of these local fisheries have consequences for not only the fishers themselves, but for their communities and surrounding environment. The responsible factors for
The primary purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to investigate how queer cosplayers use cosplay, and if it relates to their queer identity. The main perspectives discuss how the queer cosplayers interpret characters, play with gender expressions and if their queer identity is mirrored in their cosplay. The media sources chosen for the study are mainly anime, manga and anime-esque RPG games becaus
In the face of growing criticism of traditional climate adaptation financing mechanisms that often reproduce technocratic approaches and risk entrenching inequalities, this research explores how climate justice, gender equity, and locally-led adaptation can be integrated into adaptation finance in subnational contexts. Analysing case studies from the coastal cities of Cartagena and Buenaventura, i
This thesis uses the Stockholm School of Economics and its Art Initiative as a case study to investigate how institutional identity is strategically constructed through symbolic capital and aspirational narratives within higher education. Grounded in Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic capital and Christensen’s theory of aspirational communication, this research explores how symbolic practices, such as
This thesis explores how second-hand clothing shopping contributes to the process of identity-making and social positioning among young adults in Germany and Hungary. Using the Consumer Culture Theory framework, the study investigates the social and cultural infrastructures that influence consumer behavior and emphasizes the symbolic meanings attached to second-hand shopping beyond traditional mot
Den här uppsatsen börjar i frågeställningen: Hur renoverar man en gård för att få till ett kollektivt liv? Det är ett försök att, med grund i Henri Lefebvres The Production of Space och egna erfarenheter från landsbygden, utforska vad en gård har för unika möjligheter för kollektivt liv. Uppsatsen inleds med en genomgång av landsbygdens problematik och möjliga framtider, genom teori och littera
This study researches how consumers respond to knowing an ad is AI-generated, and which motives underlie these responses. To achieve this the study gathers data through interviews combined with a discourse analysis of online threads discussing different AI ads. The analysis, which is done through the lens of Raymond Williams’s concept of structures of feeling, shows that many consumers treat AI-ge
In the field of dendrochronology, scientists work with the process of ordering different trees in time by using their annual tree ring width (TRW). The TRW data are logged in time series and cross-dated with each other to find out in which period of time they both were alive. The two TRW series are then conjoined by taking the average of their ring widths in each overlapping year, and this can be
In the era of urban renewal in China, historic and ethnic neighborhoods often face the erosion of authentic cultural spaces. Wenhua Lane in Kunming, once a naturally formed multi-ethnic community with strong ties between daily life, space, and cultural practice, has become a typical example of how modernization processes can strip a place of its cultural vitality. Today, Wenhua Lane suffers from a
The main subject of this thesis is the proof of the Prime Number Theorem. It revolves around the Riemann zeta function, whose continuation to a meromorphic function in the complex plane is discussed. We employ auxiliary functions, including the Chebyshev function, to simplify the proof of the theorem to showing an equivalent statement.
This thesis explores two main research areas: how national healthcare financing systems influence gender disparities in healthcare access, and whether these gender disparities contribute to sex-based inequalities in sickness-leave days as a measure of productivity loss. Using a multilevel analysis combining individual-level survey data and macro-institutional indicators across 22 countries, the st
Detta examensarbete har som mål att ta fram en modern tolkning av det gamla konceptet storformatskamera genom moderna designprocesser och tillverkningsmetoder. För att genomföra projektet har designramverket Double Diamond använts, en divergerande och konvergerande designprocess. En kundundersökning genomfördes genom intervjuer av användare. Informationen från intervjuerna, samt från en konkurrenThis thesis has the goal of developing a modern interpretation of the old concept of large format cameras, through modern design and manufacturing processes. The overarching design framework for this thesis has been the Double Diamond method, a diverging and converging design process. A customer survey through interviews of users has led to a list of requirements, from which concepts were generat
Title: Perceiving the Mundane Necessity - How Consumers Perceive Pharmacies in an Increasingly Competitive Swedish Market Course: BUSN39 - Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: David Ingvarsson & Oscar Egard Supervisor: Tommy Shih Purpose: The purpose of our study is to identify and gain an understanding of how consumers perceive pharmacies on the Swedish pharmaceutical market. More spec
Sveriges vinindustri står inför en förändring. Gårdsförsäljning är på väg att tillåtas, vilket ställer nya frågor för svenska vinproducenter. Skåne har flest etablerade vingårdar i Sverige, tack vare det milda klimatet. Ett flertal av dessa vingårdar är småföretag, med begränsade kunskaper och resurser, vilket innebär att varumärkesbyggande inte prioriteras. Genom att undersöka tre centrala kompon
