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Student Brand Ambassadorship: The Influence of Identification with the University on Student Advocacy in Higher Education Institutions This study investigates how students’ identification with the university influences their willingness to engage in brand-supporting behaviors, conceptualized as student brand ambassadorship. This study argues for a differentiation between university as organizatio
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
Post-festival residual inventory is a recurring challenge for small independent retailers, especially when products are tied to specific festivals, gifting occasions or seasonal selling windows. Existing research has examined markdown pricing, product deletion, and reverse logistics primarily in large retail chains or formal supply-chain systems, while paying less attention to how small independen
This thesis examines the extent to which EU directives on information and consultation enable employees, through employees’ representatives, to influence employer decision-making before final decisions are adopted, particularly in situations involving restructuring and collective redundancies. The analysis focuses on four central directives within the EU framework: the Information and Consultation
Extreme rainfall can disrupt public transport networks by flooding stops, route segments, and transfer connections. This study assesses the vulnerability and structural resilience of Gothenburg’s multimodal public transport network under a climate-adapted 100-year rainfall scenario. It also examines whether walking-scooter transfer links, which represent transfers using walking access and shared e
In this episode, we talk to Professor Harro van Asselt, leading expert on climate change law, about how international law can support the transition away from fossil fuels.
This thesis examines how community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) generates peace-positive outcomes in displacement-affected communities, focused on how shared natural resources and environmental risks shape these dynamics. Designed as a qualitative multiple case study focused on Iraq and South Sudan, it draws on interviews and documents to examine the conditions under which, and the proces
Bioenergy is the largest energy source in the Swedish energy system, where it consists mainly of domestic forest-based biomass in the form of residues and by-products. Today, there is a general discussion about the need for changes in national forest management policies and new European Union (EU) directives and regulations for forestry and bioenergy to better fulfil biodiversity and climate targe
Common health issues have been less examined in studies of early language development, particularly in relation to the child’s sex. Respiratory tract infections, often complicated by acute otitis media, are common in children during the first years of life, when early vocabulary development takes place. The present study, conducted in Finland, aimed to investigate whether possible associations bet
Social relationships and group membership shape cognitive functions, including memory. One memory function contributing to knowledge acquisition is the ability to draw novel conclusions by linking overlapping but distinct episodic memories, a process called associative inference. Prior research shows that both general memory and associative inference for arbitrary objects are enhanced when materia
This thesis examined how digital femininity is produced, stabilized, and normalized through platformed visibility on Xiaohongshu. It approached femininity as a visible, embodied, aesthetic, and behavioral formation shaped through platformed self presentation. Drawing on Butler’s performativity, Foucault’s concepts of discipline and visibility, and platform studies, the thesis analyzed Xiaohongshu
This paper examines how institutional vulnerabilities are reproduced, institutionalised, and solidified through the translation of legal norms within Japan’s new admission policy, the Employment for Skill Development (ESD) system. Japan has de facto accepted foreign workers for over three decades by granting various residence statuses to address its declining birthrate and labour shortage. However
This article examines why some economies sustain large financial sectors without experiencing the negative effects on economic performance predicted by the finance-threshold literature. It analyzes South Korea and Taiwan during their economic transformations from the 1960s to early 2000s, combining descriptive statistics on financial depth (private credit-to-GDP) and economic shrinking (years of n
With cross-border ecommerce transactions growing increasingly common in 2026, retailers struggle to ensure that their websites persuade members of foreign cultures to make purchases. This study examines a specific example of this phenomenon, in which Danish ecommerce platforms attempt to encourage purchases among customers from the USA. Ethnographic methodological practices are employed, including
This study explored how fans gain and maintain status through consumption practices in online pop music fan communities, focusing on the role of consumption, peer evaluation, platform visibility, and artist participation. Drawing on Bourdieu’s concepts of capital and symbolic violence, Thornton’s subcultural capital theory, and Lamont’s symbolic boundaries, the study examined how status is constru
Public funding budgets for international development are sinking and the need for other types of funding such as corporate philanthropy are therefore rising. This study examines the motivations of Belgian BEL20 companies to engage in corporate philanthropy for national and international development. Using a combination of quantitative thematic content analysis on CSR documents and follow-up interv
As firms increasingly operate in markets characterised by competition, uncertainty, regulations, and shifting consumer demands, understanding how business models (BMs) are reconfigured has become increasingly important. Against this background, the study aims to increase the understanding of how regulations and consumers, as exogenous forces, influence the reconfiguration of business model compone
Seminar date: 3 June 2026 Course: BUSN79 - Degree Project in Accounting and Finance Authors: Lukas Kerkewitz, Oliver Kurz Advisor/Examiner: Amanda Sonnerfeldt/Liesel Klemcke Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the enactment of accounting practices through professional judgement by accountants in the context of a dual accounting framework environment in German group financial re
This study is based on heat transfer and a two-dimensional MHD Walters’ liquid B flow containing copper nanoparticles driven by a stretching sheet in a porous medium. Mass transpiration and thermal radiation effects are considered. The set of partial differential equations affected by the Marangoni boundary condition is used. A nonlinear system of equations is solved to obtain the coupled ordinary
