This essay investigates the establishment of Älmhult borough’s first upper secondary school that started in 1956, analyzing the factors and obstacle along the way. The theory that is applied on the study is an actor – structure perspective to explore the relationship between different board of directors in the county and the role the government played in the process.

The result of the study found factors like economic considerations, social conditions and demographic changes as the main arguments throw out the analysis. It also finds that the largest obstacle for Älmhult was a problem of local shortage and reforms in the society linked to the school system. A main actor through the whole process was principal E.V Larsson, he did several efforts to do everything in the struggle to get Älmhult its first upper secondary school.

Detta konstnärliga examensarbete undersöker hur element från den andinska folkmusiken kan implementeras i olika musikgenrer för att utveckla ett unikt och personligt sound. Arbetet resulterade i tre verk där element från den andinska folkmusiken implementerades i genrerna R&B, afrobeat och bossanova. Genomförandet inkluderade analys av de olika genrerna, låtskrivning, inspelning av traditionella andinska instrument såsom zampoña och charango, produktion och reflektion över hybridiseringarna. Slutsatsen diskuterar att implementeringen av andinska element fungerade bäst i afrobeat- och bossanovalåten, där hybridiseringarna resulterade i mer rättvisa genrefördelningar och naturligare sound gentemot R&B-hybriden.

This essay investigates conflict and consensus in four rural municipalities of Småland—Härlöv, Kvenneberga, Skatelöv, and Västra Torsås—during the period 1919–1951. The study explores which issues triggered conflict and led to voting, and how party affiliation may have played a role at a time when party politics was still relatively weak in smaller rural municipalities. In addition to conflict and consensus, the study applies political culture and local identity as theoretical frameworks. The research also investigates how these four municipalities positioned themselves in relation to the forthcoming municipal reform of 1952.

The results show that conflict most often arose around issues related to municipal expenditures, but disputes were also common when individuals were to be appointed to political positions. Västra Torsås, the largest of the four municipalities in the study, experienced the highest number of conflicts. Regarding the 1952 municipal reform, all municipalities demonstrated a strong sense of local identity, and in the cases of Härlöv and In Kvenneberga, there was a preference to merge with a neighboring municipality with which they already had close cooperation. Poor infrastructure, geographical challenges, and weaker local democracy were common arguments used when municipalities rejected certain options.

 I detta arbete har jag undersökt i tre olika delar hur jag kan effektivisera mitt skapande av låtar.

Inför de olika delarna har jag läst på och tagit reda på olika tips för att effektivisera låtskrivande

och musikproduktion. Jag har skrivit 15 låtar under en tidsperiod på ungefär en månad. Med

hjälp av ett 80/20 tänk har jag lättare kommit vidare i mitt skapande. Min undersökning har lett

till att jag nu kan skapa musik mer effektivt än någonsin tidigare.

The aim with the following study is to present information regarding convicted criminals who have committed a crime with a lethal outcome. This essay will bring up convictions from three different courts, Västra Göinge domsagas häradsrätt, Östra Göinge domsagas häradsrätt and rådhusrätten i Lund, between 1950-1954 and 1960-1964. The questions this essay intend to answer are: how many people were convicted, what age and gender did they belong to, did they suffer from mental or social disabilities, how did traffic accidents with a lethal outcome change between the time periods and how can all of this be used in high school education. The results show that 90% of the convicts were men. Regarding the age, most of them were between the age of 15-24 and 35-44. Furthermore, the two people convicted for manslaughter suffered from mental and social disabilities. Regarding negligent homicide in traffic, it slightly decreased in Västra Göinge and Östra Göinge but increased in Lund. It is also concluded in this essay that crime history can be very useful in Swedish high schools.    

I detta arbete undersöktes det hurvida flow och kvalitet kunde åstadkommas vid

produktion av dubstep med en rad begränsningar. Detta undersöktes genom att

under tre veckor producera på ett för författaren nytt sätt utan att använda

färdiggjorda ljud, samples, för någon del av produktionen. Totalt sett skapades fem

musikstycken, som sedan analyserades tillsammans med anteckningar från

produktionstillfällena. Det visade sig att flow och kvalitet kunde uppnås till en viss

grad, men inte i den grad som tidigare metoder givit.

I detta arbete har jag undersökt vilka tekniker som används på sången i nutida popproduktioner och hur dessa tekniker funkar för mig. För att ta reda på vilka tekniker som används har jag intervjuat professionella producenter som arbetar med kända artister inom popmusik. Efter intervjuerna har jag applicerat producenternas tekniker på två egna produktioner och analyserat vilka tekniker jag föredrog och varför. Det jag kom fram till var att vissa av producenternas tekniker passade mitt sätt att jobba och lyfte mina produktioner till nästa nivå, medan vissa av teknikerna inte passade alls och fick produktionerna att låta sämre. Efter att ha testat alla tekniker har jag hittat en början på hur jag kan fortsätta framåt och bli en ännu bättre musikproducent.

Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att få en större insyn i karaktäristiken genererad av olika distorsioner i form av digitala plugins och hur de olika karaktäristikerna kan implementeras och appliceras i mitt konstnärliga musikskapande. Arbetet har utförts enligt ett empiriskt tillvägagångsätt där mina observationer av distorsionerna i kombination med sång i tre olika mixar utvecklat en kunskapsbank som vidare givit utgångspunkter för när distorsionerna kan vara användbara i en given musikskapandesituation. Undersökningen har resulterat i nya insikter i hur min uppfattning av distorsionernas karaktäristiker påverkas av vilken situation ljudförvrängningen används i samt hur distorsionerna kan användas i mitt musikskapande. Undersökningen har även givit teknisk baskunskap om distorsionernas övertoner i frekvensspektret. Vidare har undersökningen också bidragit med kunskap om den emotionella påverkan distorsionerna besitter vid applicering i olika musikskapandesituationer. 

Det här arbetet handlar om att skapa låtar vid olika tidpunkter på dagen. Mitt syfte var

att jämföra hur min låtskaparupplevelse påverkades när jag gjorde det på förmiddagen,

eftermiddagen och kvällen. Jag ville se om min kreativitet och effektivitet påverkades

av tidpunkten på dagen. Mitt syfte var även att ta reda på om det fanns några andra

faktorer som påverkade min upplevelse, än tidpunkt på dagen. Min metod gick ut på att

jag skapade tre låtar som jag arbetade med endast på den valda tidpunkten under nio

pass/låt. Jag betygsatte min upplevelse under varje låtskaparpass utifrån en egen

betygsskala. Mitt resultat visade att jag gav förmiddagspassen bäst betyg och det var

den låten som jag blev mest nöjd med. Då jag endast skapade en låt/tidpunkt, kan själva

låten ha påverkat att jag gav förmiddagspassen bäst betyg. Oavsett tidpunkt på dagen

hjälpte låtskaparpassen mig att bli klar med låtarna snabbare än vad jag brukar göra

färdigt en låt. Dessutom visade min undersökning att min omgivning och min sömn

hade viss påverkan på min upplevelse under låtskaparpassen.

This essay presents a thematic content analysis of the films Pocahontas, Moana, and Frozen II. The analysis focuses on three categories: gender, Indigenous peoples, and fantastical phenomena, within which several recurring themes emerge. In the gender category, the themes include a static world, masculinity and femininity, and leadership. For Indigenous peoples, the themes are appearance, the harmonious people, and the savior and hero of the Indigenous community. The fantastical phenomena category includes the chosen one, the spiritual guide, and nature as a magical entity. These themes relate to how the films portray colonialism, gender roles, and the magical and fantastical. The analysis draws on theories of female messianic figures, Orientalism, The Second Sex, and the fantastic to highlight how the films reflect and negotiate religious and supernatural elements.

Introduction. This paper reports initial findings from a research project focusing onhow information activities of the far-right promoting ideologically motivatedpressure and threats against cultural institutions develop, spread and unfold, thelogic governing these attacks and how they affect public libraries and librarians.

Method and analysis. The project employs the theoretical framework of practicetheory and a netnographic approach. The paper outlines the project and reports theoutcomes of a pilot study using data-driven digital methods and content analysis toanalyse digital interactions from a Swedish far-right media outlet.

Results. The findings from the pilot study indicate that online information activitiesof the far-right display a view of public libraries as leftist and as potential threats tothe nation, echoing ethnic nationalism and authoritarian views commonlyassociated with the far-right.

Conclusions. Indications that librarians, as civil servants, are increasingly the targetof ideologically driven threats and antagonisms warrant further scholarly attention.The pilot study reflects how quantitative procedures are necessary for the analysisof large amounts of data, but the functionality of the digital methods need to betested and adjusted according to context, and qualitative approaches are necessaryfor a nuanced and contextual understanding.

This essay is about a Swedish city festival called Karl-Oskardagarna that takes place every year in August, in the city of Växjö. The study aims to portray the festival’s change over the years and how the local bands has been presented on the festival from it’s start until this day.

The festival’s main theme since the start in 1984 has been about the Swedish emigration to the United States of America. Karl-Oskardagarna has over the years gone through many changes, which has turned the emigration-theme more and more into the background. These days the concept is mainly about being a festival that attracts a broad audience and to present the local bands from Växjö, within the musical program. The festival seems to be proud of showing up the local culture to the audience with bands like especially The Ark and Melody Club.

This study examines how students' background, especially their connectionto shipping and access to information before the start of the education,affects the possibility of completing a naval officer degree. Through aquestionnaire survey with 85 participants and a complementary focus groupinterview, factors such as previous experience at sea, social background, andthe experience of the information provided in the education are analyzed.The results show that students with previous experience or familyconnections to the shipping profession experience advantages in theeducation, especially during internship periods and in understanding theprofessional role. They also tend to a lesser extent to consider dropping outof the education. At the same time, many students, especially at one of thereviewed higher education institutions, state that the school's informationbefore the start of the study was insufficient, which can contribute toincorrect expectations and dropouts. The study highlights the need forimproved information, especially for students without previous shippingexperience, and suggests measures to reduce dropouts and create more equalconditions for all students.

The thesis examines the upholding and the subversion of gender stereotypes in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) using a gender theoretical approach. Depiction of the protagonist’s father, Ed, does on the one hand uphold feminine stereotypes, such as care and helpfulness, but on the other hand, masculine stereotypes, such as strength and assertiveness. Depiction of the protagonist’s mother, Judy, also uphold some feminine stereotypes, such as care and concern, but in large, they are subverted and do not align with the traits ascribed to femininity. Furthermore, depiction of the protagonist’s teacher, Siobhan, uphold feminine stereotypes, but is questioned in regards to her profession. The thesis further demonstrates how to apply the novel in a Swedish EFL-classroom, using a gender pedagogical approach, to teach students about gender equality and the importance of critically studying literature to counteract the binary classroom and gender biases within the institution.

AMIOAK is a project focused on a tree in Björkenäs Skog, a small patch of woods in the residential part of Northern Kalmar, Sweden. AMIOAK was cut down to make way for a new road and I found this location a place to examine the human/nature relationship. AMIOAK was caught in the middle of this. I advocate for change by helping others to acknowledge AMIOAK’s perspective and to share what I experience with AMIOAK. AMIOAK is a name given to this project as a suggestive way to shift our perspective. “Am I oak?” By saying the name aloud you begin to think to yourself, what if I was this oak tree? By putting oneself in the place of AMIOAK, the shift from a human perspective to the more-than-human one where we can perceive the world differently. Over the course of several months I have put myself in this place, collected numerous experiences with AMIOAK and documented these interactions through a mix of media sources. Here I share these experiences and what AMIOAK has to say with society and encourage others to join in. It is a way to establish closer connections with nature, to transform our thinking inorder to make a more sustainable future possible for all forms of life.

The purpose of this study was to examine students’ subjective experiences regarding why they choseto discontinue or continue the nautical science program in connection with their first internship.Semi-structured interviews were used as the method of data collection, with a qualitative approach.Six respondents aged 23–28 were included, of whom four were men and two were women. The sixrespondents consisted of three students who had chosen to continue their studies and three studentswho had chosen to discontinue them. The results identified several factors that influenced thestudents’ decision to discontinue their studies: social environment, health, and expectations that didnot match reality. The study also showed a connection between a good ship-based training (FFU)and the respondent’s motivation to continue their studies.

Kalmar Maritime Academy has an ongoing project to build a model of the school ship M/S Calmare Nyckel that will drive around autonomously in a pond at the school. This work investigated the use of wireless ultrasound technology for determining the position of the model as an alternative to UWB and Wi-Fi that have been tested in previous work in the project. The investigation was carried out with a literature study followed by experiments in both a controlled environment and the real environment where the system is intended to be implemented. For the experiments, six ultrasonic sensors from the manufacturer MaxBotix were used, connected to an Arduino Uno that measured the distance to an object and calculated the position. The ultrasonic positioning system built and tested in this work achieved an accuracy of over 80%.

This essay is an analysis of Samuel Fuller’s The Crimson Kimono from 1959. This is more than a detective movie, since it is one of the first in Hollywood that emphasises romance between a white woman and a Japanese-American man. Even today it is highly unusual to see a relationship between a white woman and an Asian man being depicted on the big screen, even less so during this time period. This is why I want to focus attention on The Crimson Kimono. The analysis is primarily based on three different authors reading of the movie - Gina Marchetti, Celine Shimizu and Philippa Gates - who portrays this relationship in a historical american context. I will also be looking at how the issue of patriotism is depicted in the movie, regarding Japanese-Americans and the atmosphere in the american society both during and after World War 2. Because of this the analysis will also be founded on literature, which addresses history regarding Japan-US relations. What this analysis shows is that The Crimson Kimono depicts an idealized representation of Cold War America regarding both of these facets. 

Nowadys we stumble upon disinformation, or "fake news", regularly when we go online. One help to stand up against this problem could be through the libraries and librarians, help. I wanted to find out how the discussion about the disinformation problem and the possible help from librarians, is discussed in the library area. In order to do this, I studied various material written in the Swedish librarian organization's own webmagazine, Biblioteksbladet. In my document analysis I use Carol Bacchi's "What's the problem represented to be?" (WPR) approach. My findings show that the discussion is an ongoing subject with various suggestions, like even more guidance from librarians about the importance of source criticism. Though that is not the only knowledge we need to possess in order to improve our disinformation detections, media literacy, digital literacy and AI knowledge are other important skills to have. There is also a discussion about the libraries' role in times of crisis, and then the importance of librarians as reliable informers. To be able to continue this role it could be necessary for librarians to improve their knowledge about AI and also about how the digitalization affects the democratic discourse in order to be a better help for the citizens.

Denna studie undersöker diskussioner i olika bildlärareutbildningar. Undersökningen har genomförts genom att samla in nyckelord i självständiga arbeten skrivna av bildlärarstudenter. Materialet kategoriseras efter forskningsområde och diskursanalys används för att dra slutsatser om förekommande diskurser vid lärosätena i en kvantitativ studie. Resultaten av det insamlade materialet tolkas med hjälp av socialkonstruktivism, kritisk diskursanalys och maktrelationer. Studien finner att det finns diskurser i bildlärarstudenters självständiga arbeten som relaterar till hur lärosätena ser på sina bildlärarutbildningar. De självständiga arbetena använder nyckelord som visar särskiljande diskursiva mönster vid de olika lärosätena.

The purpose of this study is to explore the question of the influence of fear of mistakes on the oral expression and behaviour of Swedish secondary school’s pupils in French as a foreign language (FLE) class. Psychological and pedagogical factors will be analysed and compared in order to understand and contextualise them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight students in class 9, in order to assess the difficulties these learners face while identifying appropriate pedagogical means of reducing this anxiety. The results of the observation suggest interactive and de-dramatizing practices through role-playing and constructive feedback to encourage a climate conducive to learning and open language.

Denna studie genomför en komparativ analys av August Strindbergs novell Ett halvt ark papper (1903) och dess lättlästa version med fokus på hur textens läsbarhet förändrats genom språkliga anpassningar. Studien utgår från systemisk-funktionell grammatik (SFG) och analyserar lexikal variation, grammatiska utvidgningar, textuell kohesion och meningsfragment. Genom både kvantitativa och kvalitativa metoder undersöks skillnader på språkets mikronivåer. Resultaten visar att den lättlästa versionen innehåller fler explicita språkliga markörer, ökad användning av konjunktioner och underordnade satser samt färre meningsfragment, vilket minskar kraven på inferenser och ökar textens tillgänglighet. Särskild vikt läggs vid hur dessa förändringar påverkar läsbarheten för andraspråksinlärare, som ofta har begränsad språklig erfarenhet och kan behöva tydligare strukturer för att tolka textens innehåll. Samtidigt påverkas den litterära stilen, exempelvis genom förenklat ordförråd och förändrad satsstruktur. Studien belyser den komplexa balansen mellan begriplighet och stilistisk autenticitet vid anpassning av skönlitteratur till lättläst format.

The purpose of this study has been to investigate Karl-Göte Bejemark's sculpture group in Sandviken. With the help of hermeneutic theory and Erwin Panofsky's iconographic and iconological method as well as archival studies, questions are answered concerning the name of the sculpture group, the history of its creation and what it represents. The questions also concern whether the sculpture can be said to represent the artist's memory of the city and whether the viewer can recognise these.  Are the works still representative of Sandviken? Are the units of the sculpture site-specific? What art policy considerations were involved in the process? As it turned out that the sculpture group can be said to be a monument, it became necessary to also shed light on monuments and memorials in this work. The sculpture group not only represents people from the Sandviken area, but it can also be said to represent both Bejemark's memories and Sandviken's collective memories. In addition, the sculpture group tells fragments of Sandviken's history. The sculpture group is site-specific. An examination of the history of the creation of the sculpture group reveals the art policy considerations involved in the process. The sculpture was to be suitable for a pedestrianised street, to please the population and to remind them of a bygone era.

This study examines how religiously affiliated subgroups within thepro-choice movement in the United States argue for women’s right toabortion from a religious perspective. While religious arguments are oftenassociated with the pro-life movement, this study aims to challenge theassumption that the pro-choice movement is purely secular. By analyzing thereligious motivated arguments presented by three pro-choice organizations;Catholics for Choice, Religious Community for Reproductive Health andPlanned Parenthood’s Clergy Advocacy Board, this study provides insightinto how religious traditions and theological reasoning are used to legitimizeand strengthen the movements message.The study uses qualitative content analysis to systematically identifyrhetorical strategies used in texts from the organization’s websites. Thetheoretical framework is based on Aristotle’s rhetorical concepts of ethos,pathos, and logos, which offer a structured approach to understandingpersuasion. The findings reveal that they use all three in different capacitiesand by integrating religious narratives with broader ethical and legalarguments these groups present abortion rights as a matter of justice,compassion and faith.

Denna studies syfte är att undersöka hur socialsekreterare arbetar med att främja och stödja umgängemellan familjehemsplacerade barn och deras ursprungsföräldrar. Studien baseras på en kvalitativmetod där semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med socialsekreterare från olika kommuner isödra Sverige. Frågorna som studien besvarar hur socialsekreterare beskriver sitt arbete med umgängeutifrån principen om "barnets bästa" och hur de hanterar fall där umgänge upplevs som problematisktav barnet eller familjehemmet. Resultaten visar att socialsekreterarnas bedömningar tycks påverkas avflera faktorer, såsom barnets ålder och mognad, lojalitetskonflikter, samt relationen mellan barnet ochursprungs föräldrarna. Det framkommer att barnets röst och perspektiv tas i beaktande, men att beslutofta baseras på professionella bedömningar där barnets bästa tolkas utifrån varje enskild professionell.Studien lyfter även vikten av att stödja både barnet och ursprungsföräldrarna för att främja positivaumgängen. Tidigare forskning visar att kontakt med ursprungs föräldrarna kan ha både positiva ochnegativa effekter på barnets välbefinnande. Vissa studier pekar på att umgänge kan stärka barnetsidentitet och känsla av tillhörighet, andra belyser risken för lojalitetskonflikter och emotionell stress.Denna studie bidrar med en fördjupad förståelse för det komplexa, etiska och praktiska dilemman somsocialsekreterare ställs inför i arbetet med familjehemsplaceringar och umgänge. 

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur elever upplever sin prestationsbaserade självkänsla i bänkpress utifrån värde, inre- och yttre faktorer. Tidigare forskning visar att i samband med en hög nivå av självkänsla resulterar till en positiv och långvarig effekt på livstillfredsställelse hos individen. Detta indikerar att självkänslan som byggs under tonåren lägger grund för den långvariga hälsan (Moksnes och Epsnes 2925-2927). Genom att analysera deras upplevelser och tolkningar kopplat till de olika faktorerna,  kunde studien skapa en förståelse hur elever i årskurs 1, 2 och 3 skiljer sig åt i samband med den prestationsbaserade självkänslan. Sammanfattningsvis så såg man en markant skillnad mellan årskurs 1, 2 och 3 i relation till deras prestationsbaserade självkänsla och hur den påverkas av olika faktorer, vilket kan kopplas till ämnet Idrott och Hälsa då lärare inom ämnet har som mål att tänka på den långvariga hälsan.  

Ämnet idrott och hälsa har funnits i skolorna under lång tid, och syftet har förändrats med tiden. Att få positiva upplevelser av idrott, rörelseaktiviteter och friluftsliv under sin uppväxt hade en stor betydelse för och om eleverna kommer att vara fysiskt aktiva under livet. Idrott och hälsa visade sig vara ett populärt ämne för många elever samtidigt som det upplevdes negativt av några. Det var upp till den enskilde läraren att utforma och tolka kursplanen och på ett tydligt sätt organisera och genomföra ett lärande kopplat till syftet i undervisningen. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur undervisande lärare i årskurs 7 - 9 uppfattade och tillämpade ämnesinnehållet hälsa i idrott och hälsa. De intervjuade verksamma lärarna gav en fördjupad kunskap om hälsobegreppet inför min kommande yrkesroll. Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ design med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Sammanlagt genomfördes 6 intervjuer och analyserades med tematisk analys. Resultatet visade att hälsa sågs som en central del av idrott och hälsa och inkluderade fysisk, psykisk och social hälsa där samtal och reflektion var centralt för att eleverna skulle förstå hälsans betydelse. Lärarna var överens om att fysisk aktivitet var avgörande för elevernas hälsa. Det stärkte både det fysiska och psykiska välmåendet, minskade stress och bidrog till socialt umgänge. Sociala medier pekades ut som en negativ faktor som ökade stress och påverkade självkänslan, bland annat genom kroppsideal och mobbning. Sammanfattningsvis beskrev lärarna hälsa som en helhet som genomsyrade både teori och praktik med fokus på att de skapade förståelse och förbättrade elevernas välbefinnande. 

Today the media landscape has become increasingly digitalized and social platforms are a part of our everyday life. The constant emergence of social media is helping individuals change their digital behavior. At the same time, media companies exploit this by collecting personal data that becomes targeted advertising. This means that users' personal integrity is tested. The aim of the study is to improve a greater understanding of what individuals from the group millennials (1982–2004) consider about targeted advertising and their personal integrity on social media. In order to gain an overall understanding of the problem, relevant studies in previous research have been used, as well the theories Uses and Gratifications and Communication Privacy Management have been used to have a framework as a base. To answer the aim of the study, a quantitative method has been used with web-based surveys. There were 182 respondents who participated in the study born in 1982–2004. The result shows that individuals from the group millennials are using Instagram mainly to meet their needs. And the reasons for its use are pastime, social interaction, entertainment and surveillance. The group of millennials perceive targeted advertising as more relevant than non-targeted. The result also shows that the majority of respondents are not worried about their personal integrity when using social media. The study also shows that the majority of respondents are positive about sharing personal information if it generates a positive outcome.

Syftet med denna uppsats var att analysera James Camerons blockbusterfilm

Avatar (2009) för att undersöka vilka element som kan ha bidragit till att

filmen använts bland ursprungsgrupper i deras ekopolitiska rättighetsrörelser,

samt hur representationen av relationen mellan ursprungsfolk och västvärlden

i filmen kan ha bidragit till detta.

Uppsatsens teoretiska perspektiv inkluderar receptionsteorier för hur

filmmedier tolkas av dess mottagare beroende på en individs kulturella

bakgrund, socioekonomiska position och personliga upplevelser, samt

representationsanalyser med betoning på postkolonial teori.

Med utgångspunkt i dessa teoretiska positioner kommer Avatar att

analyseras med fokus på filmens ekopolitiska effekt och mottagande, samt hur

den använts i ursprungsfolkrörelser.

This thesis aims to investigate gender stereotypes in various adaptations of the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” as well as applying fairy tales and fairy tale film into the EFL classroom. This thesis focuses on the TV show Once Upon a Time as well as the Disney adaptation Beauty and the Beast from 1991 and how the two characters Belle and Rumplestiltskin have developed and evolved. The analysis has been conducted through a gender studies perspective with the inclusion of masculinity theory. The results show that even though Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve’s original take on “Beauty and the Beast” is a timeless story, various problematic gender roles are still included and highlighted, and these gender roles are included in later adaptations of the fairy tale. Furthermore, the thesis addresses the applicability of fairy tales and fairy tale film in the EFL classroom and how teachers might use these stories to teach the students about gender roles and stereotypes.

The aim of this thesis is to deepen the understanding of sports schools, particularly the methods and decision-making processes underlying student admissions to these schools, as well as the significance of the schools in shaping athletic careers.

The thesis comprises four studies. The first is a scoping study that maps peer-reviewed research on sports schools. It shows that research on sports schools has expanded significantly, particularly since the 2010s, underscoring the schools’ dual role as both sites for individual development and as integral parts of elite talent systems. The second study, based on the concept of communities of practice, is a case study of admission processes at sports schools. Using six focus group interviews with school sport teachers (n = 18), the study shows how admissions take place within sport-specific communities, shaped by sports cultures and assumptions about talent. Despite the subjective nature of athlete assessments, collective engagement among teachers plays a central role in their joint decision regarding which students to admit. The third study, a retrospective cohort study, explores the use of physical tests in admission processes. Analysing test results from cross-country skiers (n = 193), the study finds no or weak correlation between admission test performance and later sporting success, raising questions about the use of such tests in talent identification processes, such as admission to sports schools. The fourth study, informed by the concept of horizons for action, is a case study based on semi-structured interviews, exploring senior-year student athletes’ (n = 10) career development. The study shows how social and cultural contexts shape career development and career decisions, such as choosing a sport, changing clubs and applying to sport schools. While all student athletes aspired to elite careers, their dreams have shifted into pragmatically rational intentions within bounded opportunities. The findings highlight the segmented nature of career horizons among student athletes and their limited awareness of alternative pathways.

Together, these studies provide new insights into the functioning of sports schools, as well as into admission processes and career development within them. They offer valuable perspectives for refining admission procedures and career guidance.

This Ph.D. project explores how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency ofknowledge discovery in databases (KDD) in medical research through the effectiveintegration of domain expertise. The aim was to develop and evaluate a KDDframework that improves the efficiency and accuracy of knowledge discoveryfrom real-world health data.Knowledge discovery from electronic health records (EHRs) is complex due todata inconsistencies. Collaborative feature engineering, termed knowledge-drivenfeature engineering (KDFE), is crucial. During KDFE, new variables, referred to asfeatures, are generated through collaboration between domain experts, computerscientists, and medical researchers.A case study, involving two medical projects, demonstrated the significantimpact of manual KDFE (mKDFE) on classification performance, measured bythe area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC). Compared to abaseline, mKDFE increased the average AUROC from 0.62 to 0.82 in Project 1 andfrom 0.61 to 0.89 in Project 2 (p < 0.001).To optimise KDD, an automated KDFE (aKDFE) framework was developed.This framework supports automated feature engineering, constructing informativefeatures from EHR data. The framework effectively collects and aggregatesdomain knowledge to generate features that are more informative than thosedirectly recorded in EHRs or manually engineered (mKDFE), as is common inmany medical research projects today. aKDFE outperforms mKDFE by automatingmanual processes and enhancing predictive power.Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), like Janusmed Riskprofile, containvaluable domain knowledge in the form of risk scores. Studies were conducted toexplore CDSS risk scores and their impact on aKDFE effectiveness. These findingshighlight the potential of aKDFE to streamline medical research by leveragingboth automated feature engineering and expert knowledge.aKDFE offers several advantages over mKDFE: (i) increased efficiency throughautomated knowledge discovery and feature engineering (FE) processes; (ii)enhanced effectiveness due to superior predictive power; and (iii) explicit andtransparent operation sequences for data pivoting and feature generation fromEHR features.The long-term objective is to equip medical researchers with augmentedcomputational expertise, minimising dependence on data scientists. Futureimprovements may include: (i) assessing advanced event-based models; (ii)leveraging large language models (LLMs) to capture and structure domainknowledge; and (iii) exploring multi-agent knowledge discovery.

In this study we intend to do a comparative analysis between two local football clubs in Sweden, Alvesta GIF and Ljungby IF. We want to see how these sports clubs have been affected by economics, social networks and gender equality issues. To provide a thorough analysis and compilation of various aspects of Ljungby IFs and Alvesta GIFs football operations between the years 1965-1990, we applied mixed methods, genus theory and a social network theory to analyze the empiricism, to conclude how these aspects have affected these football clubs in one way or another. Through our analysis we have found out how the clubs have been shaped in different ways, and how these aspects undeniably have impacted their future in positive and negative ways.

Substance abuse and comorbidity create complex challenges, resulting in consequences for both individuals and societies. People directly affected usually develop their addiction during adolescence. Thereafter, their substance abuse typically intensifies and becomes more complex over time, while their socioeconomic and social conditions deteriorate. Without adequate treatment and support, individuals face significant hardship in changing the trajectory of their lives. There is a critical need for high-quality treatment that is relationally attuned. 

The importance of relational aspects in therapy is well recognized. However, less is known about treatment staff members and their definition of success, as well as how treatment staff work to establish a successful working alliance. This study investigates this by interviewing nine treatment staff members, who currently work with adolescents and young adults with substance abuse and comorbidity. The collected empirical material was analyzed through a thematic analysis.

The findings reveal the following three conclusions:

1. Treatment staff distinguish between external and internal success in treatment outcomes.

2. A successful therapeutic alliance consists of authenticity, security, trust, cooperation and acceptance.

3. A successful working alliance is made possible by compassion, honesty, individual adaptation, curiosity, and many other components that correlate with each other. 

Finally, this study also highlights how certain experiences and characteristics typically found among youths with comorbidity and substance abuse might correlate with the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcomes. 

Identity research focusing on teachers has been prominent in the last decade in mathematics education. The operationalisation of the notion in empirical studies is a crucial topic in the field. How we view identity in empirical studies and, specifically, which methodological decisions provide access to the notion is a question in progress. A literature review on the methodological views and tools researchers follow in mathematics education indicates that a narrative perspective and interviews as the most common approaches (Lutovac & Kaasila, 2018). This presentation aims to explore which aspects of identity could be addressed following observations to research teachers’ professional identity. This will be examined particularly in researching identity in cases of multilingual mathematics teachers teaching in multilingual classrooms in Sweden. Understanding and interpreting professional identity through the Patterns of Participation framework (Skott, 2018), the opportunities to network (Bikner-Ahsbahs & Prediger, 2010) the framework with methodological approaches from the field of linguistics will be examined. This aims to explore how observing teachers’ actions and interactions in mathematics classrooms will provide access to their professional identity. Patterns of Participation framework points out that identity is created and sustained in everyday micro actions (Skott, 2018). The framework follows asymbolic interactionist approach that assumes the teacher takes two positions while participating in the classroom and interacting with others. The person acts and interprets others’ actions toward their act (Skott, 2019). This interpretation may stem from previous experiences and socially constructed understandings. Nexus analysis (Scollon & Scollon, 2004) is a methodology focusing on social action and how it is shaped by the individual, different discourses, and informal rules. The nexus analysis focuses on the social action while the individual is an aspect of the action. It can provide a tool to examine the action at the micro level, while Patterns of Participation interprets the actions afterwards from the point of view of the individual teacher. Patterns of participation framework and Nexus analysis are examined according to the basic assumptions and will be outlined how Nexus analysis may develop the framework for researching professional identity. Examples from the classroom will demonstrate that the network will provide access to teachers’ professional identity.

Ductile timber structures are mainly realised using dowel-type connections, which exhibit non-linear force–displacement behaviour that is not directly proportional to the number of fasteners. This so-called group effect has mainly been studied as regards strength, while the group effect in the slip modulus is less investigated. A Beam-on-Foundation (BoF) model for the local behaviour of each fastener is integrated into a multiple fastener steel-to-cross-laminated timber (CLT) connection model, considering CLT layer specific non-linear embedment behaviour. The BoF model for each fastener is kinematically coupled to the surrounding timber matrix, modelled by shell elements with orthotropic linear-elastic material properties. The resulting adaptive connection model is used to predict both shear capacity and slip modulus of steel-to-CLT connections with multiple fasteners and to investigate group effects. A comparison of experimentally-determined and model predicted shear capacity and connection slip modulus showed good agreement. The validated model was applied to study, in addition to the number of fasteners parallel and perpendicular to the outer layer’s fibre direction, the influence of fastener diameter, fastener spacing, loading direction, timber density and steel plate thickness on the load distribution between the fasteners and the overall connection behaviour. The dataset from the parameter study was then exploited to derive a design equation that predicts the group effect in the slip modulus of CLT connections.

Inclusion: The Core of Democracy. This essay discusses the relationship between democracy and inclusion within the Swedish education system. By reflecting on Dewey’s views on democracy, arguments are made for inclusion as a central component in creating a democratic school environment and, ultimately, a democratic society. The essay highlights the challenges facing the Swedish education system, such as segregation and inequality resulting from reforms and school choice policies. Furthermore, the weakening and dilution of the concept of inclusion over time are explored, with the suggestion that defining and discussing its various forms can help clarify its primary meaning. Additionally, different special pedagogical perspectives are presented, focusing on the importance of an inclusive environment that benefits all students, regardless of their needs or backgrounds. When the concept of inclusion is valued and interpreted so differently, it becomes crucial to critically examine its use and consequences. Are the various interpretations of inclusion aligned with the vision of a democratic society, or does the weakening of the concept risk undermining its potential to create equitable and inclusive school environments?

Selecting a theoretical framework to study mathematics teachers’ professional identity when focusing on multilingualism is an open question. This paper explores the affordances of the Patterns of Participation framework for studying the professional identities of multilingual mathematics teachers. A case of a multilingual teacher working in multilingual mathematics classrooms in Sweden was used as an example, with data sources comprising one informal interview and one classroom observation focusing on the communication of mathematical concepts. The framework highlighted that when the teacher participates in a multilingual mathematics classroom, she may draw from the Swedish reform, her previous experiences from the classroom and her colleagues’ approach, all in relation to the learning and communication of mathematics concepts.

This essay will examine how the genre of dystopia, social values, and democratic values are portrayed in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008) and how the novel can be interpreted into the ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom. Through reader-response theory, this essay will explore how dystopia, social values, and democracy can be studied through the text that will later form the basis of how this novel can be taught in the classroom. 

The Hunger Games was found to cover multiple aspects of dystopia, social values, and democratic values that can be used in the classroom of the ESL. The values brought up in the novel can be found in what the Swedish curriculum requires teachers to cover in the classroom. In addition, due to the ability of the novel to cover multiple levels of meanings, this essay indicates that the novel can be used in upper secondary school

Kungshall ligger centralt i Nybro, och är ett område byggt till största delar under det så kallade miljonprogrammet. Bostadsområdet beskrivs ofta som ett problemområde, och socioekonomiska problem associeras med Kungshall och dess boende. Den här studien vill undersöka vilka geografiska föreställningar som uttrycks hos boenden i området, men också hos dem som bor utanför. Det görs genom gruppintervjuer i tre omgångar.

Rum är socialt producerat, och blir till och görs om av de som använder det. Genom att använda mig av Lefebvres (1991) rumsliga trialektik, undersöker jag hur stigmatiseringen av Kungshall görs, och om det finns några likheter i hur de som bor i området och de som inte gör det uppfattar Kungshall.

Slutsatsen är att Kungshall är en tydligt stigmatiserad plats, och att detta uttrycks hos alla som intervjuats. Kungshall och dess invånare rasifieras och ges skulden för de socioekonomiska problem som finns i området, av de som inte bor där. De som bor i området uttrycker en känsla av gemenskap och trygghet i Kungshall, och bekräftar alltså inte de stigmatiserande föreställningarna som sanna, även om de känner till att Kungshall ses som ett ”problemområde”, en medvetenhet som finns långt ner i åldrarna.

This thesis examines how power is exercised in conflict-affected regions through political discourse, legal processes, and ideological narratives. It focuses on the Indian government’s 2019 revocation of Article 370, a constitutional provision that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and explores how state authority is consolidated and legitimized in contexts of contested governance.

Article 370 provided the region with a degree of legislative and administrative autonomy. Its revocation marked a shift toward centralized governance and was presented by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as a measure to promote national integration, economic development, and security. At the same time, it raised debate over constitutional change, federalism, and regional representation.

This study analyzes the revocation not merely as a legal development but as an exercise of multidimensional power. Drawing on Steven Lukes’ three-dimensional model of power, it investigates how the Indian state exercised formal authority, influenced public discourse, and employed ideological framing to shape understanding and response.

The research uses qualitative content analysis of political speeches, government statements, legal documents, and media reports from pro-government, critical, and international sources. The analysis identifies diverse framing strategies across themes such as national unity, constitutional order, regional autonomy, and democratic process.

The findings indicate that the revocation of Article 370 combined legal authority, agenda setting, and ideological framing. By examining this event through the lens of power, the study contributes to a broader understanding of how state actions are communicated, justified, and contested in complex political contexts. 

This study examines how the reformation of the Dublin regulation, towards the new migration and asylum pact have impacted the power balance and solidarity within the EU. The study analyzes the reform process for a more sustainable common EU management of migration policy. Furthermore, how the process has affected the solidarity between the member states, and how that in turn can give effect on the implementation process of the new pact.  

There is a particular focus on Sweden in this study, due to its driving force for the new migration and asylum pact during the reform process. Sweden, which has had a leading humanitarian role, has played a central role in the reform process. Sweden has at the same time looked into its own migration policy in the light of experiences of new internal pressures, as a result of the migration flows to Europe during the refugee crisis 2015. 

With help of Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye jr´theory on liberal interdependence, this study highlights how interdependence between states has shaped both the reform process and the implementation of the solidarity mechanism. The result shows that the new migration and asylum pact has led to a change in balance of power between the EU member states. Some EU member states feel increased vulnerability, due to the new obligations that the new migration and asylum pact includes. Solidarity within the EU has shown to be selective, where some member states support the new migration and asylum pact, while others oppose it. More particularly oppose the mandatory solidarity mechanisms. 

The study contributes to a deeper understanding of how relations between member states affect solidarity, and how they impact the development and implementation of the EU´s new migration and asylum pact. The conclusions emphasise the importance of handling tensions between national and collective interests, to ensure a sustainable and equitable immigration policy within the EU. 

Background: Support is needed for children in areas with higher caries incidence. In theory mHealth can have strategic advantages. Mobile applications are today ubiquitous and create new opportunities to convey health information, self-care instructions and to motivate health-promoting behavior. 

Purpose: This qualitative interview study aims to provide a deeper understanding of dental professionals' attitudes towards mHealth to promote child dental health equity. The focus of this study was how dental professionals perceive that mHealth is a support for children together with parents in residential areas with a higher caries incidence. 

Material and method: Twelve semi-structured interviews of dental staff at Folktandvården were conducted in two different central Swedish regions 5 years after the introduction of a free mobile application for children (Rocka Munnen). A qualitative content analysis was carried out to map attitudes and identify contextual aspects. 

Result: The content shows shortcomings in meeting the need for information support in dental care and highlights aspects of the need for language adaptation, parental adaptation and follow-up. 

Conclusion: Dental care staff have the attitudes that mHealth has shortcomings and should be adapted to self-perceived aspects of need before possible use for equal health.

Bokens övergripande tema framgår av huvudtiteln, Integration och underordning i välfärdsstatens tid. Undertiteln, Texter om sociologi, sociala problem och socialpolitik, anger de vetenskapliga fält vari den hör hemma.

Texterna i denna bok visar på vad sätt sociologins integrationsbegrepp bidrar till förståelsen av hur välfärdsstaten hanterar de sociala problemen.

 Vidare diskuterar författaren hur maktförhållandet mellan överordnade (etablerade) och underordnade (outsiders) formar en moralisk hierarki mellan ”det goda” och ”det dåliga”. Enligt denna mall uppfattas de välbeställdas skatteavdrag som rimliga och de fattigas försörjningsstöd som problematiska.

 Samma mönster präglar synen på privata respektive offentliga alternativ inom skolan och sjukvården samt på den politiska och administrativa hanteringen av underordnade kategorier – exempelvis de arbetslösa, invandrarna och ”de lågutbildade”.

Background: In a multicultural society, language barriers in the care meeting arecommon which puts high demands on ambulance nurses to communicate and createa caring encounter.

Aim: The aim was to describe the strategies ambulance nurses use and theexperience of these in the care meeting.

Method: A qualitative interview study was conducted. Ambulance nurses with aminimum of two years clinical experience of prehospital emergency care wereincluded and recruited by convenience sampling. Twelve participants wereinterviewed, and the material was analysed using qualitative content analysis.

Result: The result was presented as a main theme; ”The body as language, amovement between connection and exclusion”. It was found that ambulance nursestry to find connection and use their bodies as a communicator. Various translationmethods are used, but reduced patient participation also serves as a strategy inmanaging language barriers.

Conclusion: The ambulance nurses use an array of strategies to create a caringencounter, however, the situation and its aggravating circumstances make the mostaccessible methods the most common, even if patient participation decreases.Further research is needed to support ambulance nurses to communicate efficientlyand to facilitate caring and equal care.

Bakgrund: Organdonation innebär att donera organ eller vävnader för att rädda eller förbättra någon annans liv. Operationssjuksköterskor som är verksamma vid akutsjukhus ställs inför komplexiteten och det etiska ansvaret som organdonationskirurgi innebär. En djupgående förståelse för vad organdonation innebär, samt omfattande kunskap om den svenska lagstiftningen som reglerar organdonation krävs. Deras arbete involverar att säkerställa att alla procedurer utförs med högsta precision och omsorg. En organdonationsoperation kan inledas om patienten har dokumenterat sin vilja i organdonationsregistret under sin livstid, alternativt om anhöriga har lämnat ett informerat samtycke till donationen.

Syfte: Syftet med denna intervjustudie är att belysa operationssjuksköterskans upplevelse av sin medverkan vid organdonation.

Metod: Studien genomfördes som en kvalitativ intervjustudie med hjälp av en semistrukturerad intervjuguide. Data samlades in genom åtta intervjuer och analyserades med manifest kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Resultat: Efter sammanställning av analys identifierades fyra huvudkategorier; känslomässiga reaktioner, kontroll av sitt ansvarsområde, vikten av fungerande team, kunskapsbrist inom donationsprocessen.

Slutsats: Studien visar att operationssjuksköterskor ser sitt arbete vid organdonation som meningsfullt och lärorikt, samtidigt som de ställs inför etiska och tekniska utmaningar. För att stärka deras välbefinnande och yrkesidentitet rekommenderas kontinuerlig utbildning, stöd och förbättrad arbetsmiljö. Vidare forskning, särskilt genom regionala enkätstudier, bör kartlägga utbildningsbehov och kunskapsluckor för att säkerställa hög kompetens och vårdkvalitet.