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Context Society has become increasingly dependent on digital services. When software services are unavailable or produce incorrect results, the consequences range from economic loss and inconvenience to life or death in the case of certain critical systems such as emergency telephone systems or hospital information systems. When systems fail, practitioners must understand the causal mechanism of t
Sammanfattning Digitaliseringen har inte främst förändrat vilka handlingar människor vill utföra. Vi betalar, identifierar oss och kommunicerar fortfarande, däremot sker dessa handlingar i allt högre grad genom digital infrastruktur och allt mer ofta med privata aktörer med beslutsmakt i avgörande led. Samma infrastruktur som kan göra vardagen enklare, men också skapar informationsflöden och beroeAbstract Digitalisation has changed the conditions under which people make payments, identify themselves and communicate. These actions increasingly depend on digital infrastructure, often operated by private actors. While such infrastructure facilitates participation, it may also create information flows and dependencies that individuals cannot themselves control. This thesis examines how these
Miso has become increasingly visible outside Japan through restaurants, supermarkets, and growing interest in fermentation and umami. Yet the availability and recognition of an ingredient do not necessarily mean that it has become part of everyday cooking. This thesis examines how miso is understood, used and reinterpreted by young adult home cooks in Sweden, and what this reveals about the everyd
Part of the research on tourism has had much focus on how destinations may engage in placemaking processes that follow bottom-up initiatives, and how Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) may contribute to such processes. This study follows this interest through the analysis of how placemaking through narratives, mainly within digital platforms, influences the overall place image in destinati
The growth of omnichannel retail has made product returns more convenient for customers, but it has also created new challenges for verifying whether a return is legitimate. In fashion retail, traditional Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) systems can confirm product-category information but cannot establish whether the item being returned is the exact item connected to the original transaction. This create
Gängkriminaliteten och det dödliga våld den medfört har skakat om Sverige. När det kommer till förebyggande arbete visar forskning att stödinsatser riktade till föräldrar har en stark potential. Samtidigt verkar det finnas svårigheter för myndigheter att nå ut med insatser i många utsatta områden. Syftet med denna uppsats är därför att fördjupa förstå-elsen för hur kontaktskapande och relationsbyg
Uppsatsen studerar framväxten av det svenska välfärdssystemet för värnpliktiga mot bakgrunden av den fackföreningsliknande värnpliktsrörelsen och förekomsten av psykisk ohälsa och dödsfall bland värnpliktiga under mitten av kalla kriget. Analysen är uppdelad i tre delar. Den första behandlar psykisk ohälsa och dödsfall bland värnpliktiga med tryckt statistik samt diarier förda av försvarsmaktens pThe paper studies the development of the Swedish conscript welfare system against the backdrop of the trade-union like conscript movement and the prevalence of mental illness and deaths among conscripts during the middle of the Cold War. The main analysis is divided into three parts. Its first part relates to mental illness and deaths among conscripts utilizing printed statistics and registries ma
Rapid growth in utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment increases the demand for spatial decision-support methods that are both computationally scalable and grounded in real-world development practice. This thesis develops and evaluates a high-resolution, raster-based GIS screening framework for early-stage solar PV site identification in Sweden, with a particular focus on efficient raste
Art and engagement with art have been active and important phenomena of humanity for millennia, and the benefits of engagement with art are persistently being uncovered across interdisciplinary fields of research including the field of social science. From a service perspective this thesis explores the art museum as a service which has the capacity and aim to engage the public with art. In order f
How does Religious Education (RE) maintain viability and legitimacy ina superdiverse society? This article addresses this question througha qualitative case study of a Buddhist-sponsored secondary school inHong Kong navigating simultaneous pressures of structural inequalityand cultural superdiversity. Drawing on participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and content analysis, we examine
This chapter introduces the Habsburgs as a global dynasty from their relatively humble beginning in medieval Austria to their remarkable global domination throughout the early modern period. It starts by introducing the dynasty as separate from the many polities it ruled, distinguishing between dynasty, state, and monarchy, and presenting the Habsburgs as a multi-branched ruling house that governe
This article examines the Sri Lankan Buddhist nationalist organization Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), focusing on how anti-Muslim rhetoric is inter-twined with broader projects of nationalism, religion, and identity formation. Drawing on digital material published by BBS, including articles, statements, and visual content, the study analyses how Muslims are portrayed as religious, cultural, demographic, an
Historically, rhythmic capacities in animals have been systematically studied in few taxa, like fireflies and crickets, while other behaviours have been considered rhythmic but lack de facto rigorous analysis, such as chimpanzee “rain dance”. Emerging fields like animal rhythm often suffer from data scarcity, leading to premature theories that overemphasize limited data and confuse the absence of
Across human cultures, rhythmic movement appears to be consistently associated with the induction of altered states of consciousness (ASCs), yet research on the topic remains scarce. In this chapter, we examine the potential role of rhythmic movement in ASC induction and its significance for understanding the evolution of dance and music. We discuss the cross-cultural spread of the association bet
