Artificial intelligence is expected to be the next paradigm shift in technology, akin to the steam engine or electricity in its universality and all-encompassing impact. Regulating an innovation of this magnitude is important, however challenging, as evidenced by the European Union’s recently proposed Artificial Intelligence Act. This thesis sets out to understand the EU as a normative actor in th

European identity is a crucial feature for supra-national institution building in times of renewed far-right nationalism and countries leaving the European Union. High- school education may help to prepare young students to become European citizens. Eurobarometer survey data suggests that European identity and education are strongly linked to each other. This statistical connection could be mere c

This paper focuses on the Danish ecovillage by the name of Svanholm, with a special attention to how different areas of sustainability is being understood and carried out in practice in the ecovillage. Through a long-term fieldwork and anthropological methods herein, the paper seeks to understand Svanholm with all its possibilities as well as challenges, whether it be in a technical, environmental

Despite the efforts of various leaders attempting to mobilize and militarily intervene against Israel, none have succeeded, except Nasrallah during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War. The ambition of this study is to study how Nasrallah legitimized this decision, and how he could mobilize the people despite its unpopularity. Hassan Nasrallah is one of the Arab world's most influential actors, as he

The way an actor presents itself through a policy document could tell us a lot about – not only how the actor wants to be perceived – but also about what actorness the actor holds. To this foundation, this thesis studies the EU narrative identity presented in the EU Arctic Policy. The Arctic is a region of growing importance, and more eyes have turned to the Polar north over the past decades. The

For decades women’s rights have been a matter of discussion. Here lays, that free abortion is not a given right worldwide. The newly voted abortion law in Argentina now allow for women to access abortion freely. While the country is known as predominately Catholic, it is interesting to dive deep into how and why this abortion initiative finally have been approved. This research explores which fact

Over the last three and half decades, China has seen a rapid economic and political advancement in the world. Taking an ideological approach to evaluate China’s quest for soft power, the primary aim of this essay is to investigate whether the Chinese initiative “The Belt and Road Initiative” aims to position China as the worlds next superpower. Building on Joseph Nye ́s thoughts about soft power,

The school segregation has been growing in the Swedish schooling system in the recent years, where pupils with different backgrounds to a lower extent meet each other in the schooling system. At the same time the differences in results between schools, and the relationship between family background and pupils’ school results is increasing. This has spurred a political will to act on the growing sc

In 2020, the German government introduced a legislation to phase-out coal mining and combustion by 2038. Expert reports state that this is too late for Germany to meet its obligations from the Paris Agreement. For many people in Lusatia, one of the three coal mining areas in Germany, even the 2038 coal-exit is happening too fast. They fear for their economic and personal future in the coal-mining

This study set out to investigate the concept of security and the intelligence threat set in a Swedish context regarding its national and intelligence security policies. The aim of this paper is to examine whether or not there is any ambiguity of the concept of security. By applying Baldwin’s conceptual framework “The Concept of Security”, a set of dimensions is used to analyse the Swedish nationa

With rapid urbanisation, local governments are increasingly put under pressure to manage urban space in a way that benefits all citizens. Urban space often become contested and economic, political, social, and environmental interests shape how these spaces are used and managed. In the context of Cape Town, two mayor interests that determine spatial development are urban greening and affordable hou

This paper researches the Korean Constitutional Court’s decision to legalize abortions in South Korea in 2019. While abortions have been illegal from 1957, the way in which it has been put into practice has varied, as well as the social and political status of abortions. From 2015 and onward, feminist movements started mobilizing a pro-choice movement, without much political response from executiv

Travel is a crucial part of our lives and the way we travel is constantly changing. The current state of day-to-day travel in Sweden is studied with a case study on a new neighborhood, renowned for its innovation and sustainable approach, that is under development in the city of Lund in southern Sweden. Implementation of public transit, mobility-as-a-service and contemporary infrastructure pla

Transitional justice is an essential part in any peacebuilding project. This study will aim to examine the relationship of the global and local spectrum in a transitional justice process and try to understand how the western adversarial systems erode and repress the local justice systems. The thesis will seek to study the empirical illustrations in a case study of the transitional justice process

Malaria är en tropisk sjukdom som orsakas av en encellig parasit av släktet Plasmodium och sprids till människor via infekterade myggor. Smittan uppstår genom stick från honmyggor av Anopheles-släktet. Efter sticket, tar sig parasiten till levern och sedan till de röda blodkropparna som efter ett tag spricker. Därefter kommer parasiten ut i blodet tillsammans med andra nedbrytningsprodukter vilka New half-sandwich complexes of pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium, iridium, and p-cymene-ruthenium have been synthesized and characterized. All metal complexes contain ligands based on a 4-chloroquinoline framework analogous to the antimalarial drug chloroquine. The first reaction in the preparation of a new ligand is a nucleophilic substitution at the chloro position of 4-chloro-7-fluoroquinolin

Den här uppsatsen handlar om hur bolag i en intressegemenskap gör värdeöverföringar mellan varandra i form av koncernbidrag samt internprissättning. På grund av skatteflyktsbestämmelsers vaghet kan bolag inte direkt förutse om ett förfarande är skatteflykt. Koncernbidrag kan göras avdrag på om det uppfyller de kraven som finns i 35 kap inkomstskattelagen. Dock kan skatteflyktslagen fortfarandThis essay is about how companies in a community of interest make value transfers between each other in the form of group contributions and transfer pricing. Due to the vagueness of Swedish tax evasion regulations, companies can not directly predict when a transaction is considered tax evasion. Group contributions can be deducted from a companies income but only if the comany meets the requir

Korslimmat trä är ett tämligen nytt material, bestående av korslagda lager av brädor. Produkten tillåter nya byggmetoder och kan ses som ett grönare alternativ till stål och betong. Dess uppbyggnad gör det mer robust och mindre beroende av träets varierande egenskaper för olika geometriska dimensioner. Som ett nytt byggnadsmaterial är dess beteende och karaktär inte lika välstuderat. Med trä som iCross-laminated timber is a fairly new material, composed of layers of timber boards cross-placed. The product allows for new construction techniques and can be seen as a more sustainable alternative to steel and concrete. Its structure makes it more robust and less dependent on the variation in properties of wood for different geometrical dimensions. As a new material, the CLT is not well studied

Opuntia ficus-indica is a cactus plant rich in dietary fiber and vitamins. It can be considered as a functional food, and some of its extracted components can be added as functional ingredients to improve postprandial glycemic regulation. The aim of changing our dietary habits by eating such foods is to reduce blood glucose levels after ingesting a starchy food together with the nopal product, wh

Sweden, often listed as one of the world’s most gender equal countries, has one of the most gender segregated labour markets in the world, as well as one of the largest gender differences in regard to the number of days with parental leave. This paper investigates whether there is an interaction between occupational groups’ gender composition and the effect of average days with parental leave on t