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År 2021 dömdes den svenska Scaniaspionen till fängelse för spionage. Den fråga som undersöks inom ramen för denna framställning är vilka motiv Scaniaspionen kan ha haft till att börja samt fortsätta spionera. Frågeställningen besvaras genom en kvalitativ fallstudie av Scaniafallet. Processpårning används också som metod. För att belysa möjliga motiv och förklara det enskilda fallet sammanställs as
Cyberattackerna med viruset Stuxnet har återkommande tagits upp som exempel på hur cyberoperationer kan gränsa till eller leda till krig. Denna studie bygger istället vidare på forskning kring hur hemliga operationer kan nyttjas strategiskt för eskalationskontroll. Genom en fallstudie av Stuxnet och bakomliggande operationen Olympic Games, analyserad utifrån Austin Carsons Limited-War Theory of Se
This thesis uses critical discourse analysis as both theory and method to examine how Legimus and its users are constructed in the Swedish public debate in the context of higher education. Drawing on critical disability studies and crip theory, the thesis aims to highlight the norms about ability and disability that these constructions legitimate and reproduce. The empirical material for this thes
This thesis examines how intelligent case evaluation systems participate in the everyday production, interpretation, and enforcement of judicial norms within Chinese judicial organizations. Drawing on a qualitative documentary analysis of central-level policy documents, a published technical patent, and operational reports from courts and procuratorates, the study traces how abstract expectations
Fossil fuel companies have shifted from outright climate denial to subtler strategies of delay. These include low-carbon solutions — carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen — which legitimise and extend fossil fuel dependency. This study examines how low-carbon discourses operate through the media in Singapore, a major refining and petrochemical hub with an authoritarian state-
Crisis communication research has often assumed that crises, actors, and responsibility can be identified with sufficient clarity to guide the selection of an appropriate response strategy. This study examines what happens when those conditions are less certain, when high-status individuals face reputational damage not through direct wrongdoing, but through contested and publicly constructed assoc
Denna studie tillämpar en kvalitativ innehållsanalys för att undersöka hur Kinas desinformationskampanjer under covid-19-pandemin kan förstås som ett utövande av sharp power. Genom att sammankoppla kalla krigets sovjetiska aktiva åtgärder, med samtida teorier om skarp makt, analyseras kinesiska myndighetsdokument, statskontrollerade nyhetsartiklar och diplomatiska publiceringar på sociala medier u
Denna uppsats undersöker den svenska utredningen En reformerad underrättelsetjänst, vilken har en formativ roll i det framtida svenska underrättelsesamhället. Även den amerikanska utredningen National Security Space: Actions Needed To Better Use Commercial Satellite Imagery and Analytics undersöks då USA är långtgående i användningen av kommersiella aktörer samt den största underrättelseaktören i
Introduction: Enzyme-based approaches have shown promise in a more targeted alternative for treating oral diseases such as caries. Given the high global prevalence of caries, and ecological complexity of the oral microbiome, investigating selective treatment strategies is of significant interest. Background: The oral microbiome is a dynamic, polymicrobial community, dependent on ecological balance
This thesis examines the regulatory framework governing Buy Now, Pay Later arrangements within the European Union, with a particular focus on consumer protection. Buy Now, Pay Later has rapidly emerged as a popular payment method in digital commerce, especially following the growth of online shopping during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. While the service provides consumers with accessible
The governance of Ålakusten’s eel fishery reveals a growing tension between species conservation and the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. Using a qualitative case study design, this thesis combines a social-ecological systems analysis of policy documents with a critical heritage studies analysis of oral histories and an expert interview to examine how eel fishing is governed and repre
Följande studie handlar om folkmusiklärares perspektiv på sin yrkesroll och utförande av undervisningen. Inspirationen bakom detta examensarbete ligger i författarnas delade nyfikenhet kring den pedagogiska aspekten av folkmusikutövande i Sverige och vad lärarrollen innebär. I studien undersöks lärarens roll och yrkesutövande i relation till identitet och musikerskap, didaktiska metoder, tradition
The documented adverse effects of climate change have led to national and international efforts to reduce global carbon emissions during recent decades. Significant decarbonisation requires not only a reduction in the production and use of fossil fuels, but a transformation of the entire energy system itself, transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. This large-scale transi
Reproducing the spatial acoustics of a room is key to the feeling of spatiality of audio in headphones, with applications in, for example, cultural preservation. The propagation of sound between a point source and a receiver in a room is commonly modelled as a linear time-invariant system, where its room impulse response fully models how sound propagates. By combining the room impulse response and
Wildfire management is a complex sociotechnical system where enterprise and strategic level decisions significantly impact operational safety. This research explores iterating Rasmussen’s AcciMap through participatory co-design to enhance sensemaking and systems thinking in the U.S. Forest Service. An evolving series of AcciMap-inspired visualizations made from the Eicks Fire Organizational Report
Osteoarthritis is a multifactorial degenerative disease characterized by the breakdown of articular cartilage (AC), affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Among many treatment options, hydrogels have emerged as promising candidates for cartilage replacement, due to their structural resemblance to the native tissue. Hydrogels can be made from various materials, and this study focuses o
Studien syftade till att bidra till forskningsfältet, strategisk kommunikation och digitala medier. Detta genomfördes genom att undersöka hur olika röster konstruerar krisnarrativ och hur dessa narrativ interagerar inom den retoriska arenan. Ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt med abduktiv ansats tillämpades, med den norska kungafamiljens kris som fallstudie. Datan analyserades genom en narrativ ana
This thesis assesses the efficiency of the EU Law’s balancing act between the software developers’ copyright protection on their respective computer programs and the software users’ right to repair their defected software based devices. This research necessitates an EU legal method, implying the comprehensive analysis of EU legislation and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
This study examines how Onsen resources and geothermal resource are perceived and governed in Beppu City. Drawing on the concept of common-pool resources and its eight design principles studied by Elinor Ostrom, the research employs semi-structured interviews analyzed through a narrative-informed approach. As result, despite differences in the social and physical perceptions of Onsen and geotherma
Deaf and hard of hearing individuals encounter distinct barriers during building fire evacuations, yet empirical evidence on their evacuation behaviour remains largely absent from the Human Behaviour in Fire literature. This study addresses this gap through a mixed methods approach combining an unannounced evacuation drill conducted at an institution for deaf individuals (N = 21) with semi structu
