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As Sweden’s population continues to age, concerns about regional labor shortages and the long-term sustainability of the welfare state have gained increased attention. This thesis investigates whether immigration has helped mitigate unemployment at the regional level, focusing on Sweden’s 21 regions over the period 2010–2020. Using data from Statistics Sweden, a panel dataset was constructed to an
In the evolving landscape of digital entrepreneurship, social media influencers (SMIs) have emerged as strategic actors navigating complex stakeholder environments to sustain long-term business viability. While existing literature extensively addresses branding, authenticity, and audience engagement, it often overlooks the strategic coordination required to manage stakeholder relationships across
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) can be read as a protofeminist text and a radical novel for its time, as it confronted the lack of maternal rights and protection for children. In this paper I discuss the portrayal of motherhood, and the factors that empower and restrict Helen. Using Sarah Lewis´s Woman´s Mission (1839) and her contemporary views of maternal duty, this paper explores the complex
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
