Oceans are increasingly shaped by climate change, biodiversity loss, geopoliticaltensions and maritime crime and insecurity. Climate-smart marine spatialplanning (CSMSP) has emerged as a governance framework to integrateclimate action, conservation, and equity into ocean planning. However,defense institutions–key actors in maritime security and major greenhousegas emitters–remain absent from CSMSP discourse. This paper arguesthat integrating defense into CSMSP offers strategic and climate benefits:minimizing defense-driven offshore wind cancellation and thus acceleratingapproval, safeguarding environmental protection and undersea critical energyinfrastructure, accelerating decarbonization through the military’s greentransition, and addressing the defense emissions gap. Yet, integration carriessignificant risks: power asymmetries, spatial exclusion, ecological harm,and militarization of green energy. To reconcile security imperatives withsustainability, transparency and equity, the paper proposes governancepathways: transparent data sharing, conflict-resolution and co-existenceprotocols, and defense marine zoning. “However, the paper warns that whilegreen defense initiatives have climate benefits, there are reasons to curbour enthusiasm”. Specifically, rising global military spending and the resultantmineral-intensive extractivism to support war-readiness threaten to overshadowthese benefits by locking in carbon-heavy supply chains and amplifying upstreamemissions, environmental degradation, and social disposability. Aligning nationalsecurity with climate security thus requires more than technological greening: itrequires transparent cradle-to-grave emissions, and strategic restraint in defensespending, war-readiness, and material efficiency. Ultimately, integrating defenseinto CSMSP is not merely a technical exercise but a normative challenge that willdetermine whether ocean governance advances sustainability and transparencyor succumbs to securitized emissions and green extractivism.

Denna studie undersöker hur bilvårdsföretag i Stockholm uppfattar och använder hållbarhet som en del av sitt varumärkesbyggande. Genom en kvalitativ forskningsdesign genomfördes åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer för att få en fördjupad förståelse av hur miljömässiga, sociala och ekonomiska dimensioner av hållbarhet praktiseras i företagens vardag. Analysen baseras på Triple Bottom Line (TBL), Aakers Brand Equity modell och Green Brand Equity (GBE), vilka tillsammans möjliggör en tolkning av hur hållbarhetsarbete kan omvandlas till varumärkesvärde.

Resultaten visar att hållbarhet inte används som en uttalad marknadsföringsstrategi, utan snarare är integrerad i dagliga rutiner genom val av skonsamma produkter, minskad resursförbrukning och fokus på personalens välmående. Dessa praktiker bidrar indirekt till ett starkare varumärke genom att skapa högre upplevd kvalitet, förtroende och långsiktiga kundrelationer. Samtidigt möter företagen utmaningar i form av ökade kostnader, komplexa regelverk och konkurrens från aktörer som inte följer samma krav.

Studien visar att hållbarhet fungerar som en ”tyst” men betydelsefull varumärkesstrategi där värdet skapas genom handling snarare än kommunikation. Detta belyser vikten av hållbarhetsarbete i tjänstebranscher där kundens upplevelse och relationer står i centrum.

This study explores how users experience and manage digital notifications in daily life, focusing on productivity, stress, social interaction, and design perceptions. Semi-structured interviews with four adult smartphone users were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings indicate that notifications are often perceived as direct interruptions affecting focus and generating stress, with impacts varying by individual strategies and context. Indirect effects from others’ notifications also fragment collective attention. Participants’ relationships are marked by ambivalence and mistrust, seeing notifications as both necessary and burdensome. Using a sociomaterial perspective (Orlikowski, 2007), the study shows that notifications are part of everyday practices shaped by technology, social norms, and structures, highlighting the need for design approaches that address both individual and collective consequences.

This study explores the how sustainability reporting communicates strategies adopted by Nordic Oil and Gas Majors (OGM) in transitioning towards net-zero emissions, with a focus on Equinor, Neste Oyj, and Ørsted over the period 2008–2024. Using a qualitative comparative content analysis of sustainability reports, the research examines how these companies communicate their approaches to decarbonisation through greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting, carbon management accounting (CMA), the guiding Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, and sustainability visioning. Based on the frameworks of strategies in response climate change (Bui & De Villiers, 2017) and sustainability visioning (Madsen & Ulhøi, 2021), the analysis identifies distinctive strategies taken during these OGM transition to net-zero. The transitions explored during this study ranged from Ørsted’s full transition to renewable energy, Neste’s innovation in biofuels, to Equinor’s continued reliance on fossil fuels alongside gradual diversification.  Findings highlight that there are four distinct drawbacks leading to the communication of insufficient data found among sustainability reports. Firstly, there is a lack of reporting either in sustainability visioning or Carbon Management Accounting responses to climate change due to the evolving nature sustainability reporting standardisation. Secondly there can be insufficient data reported as an aversion technique by the Oil & Gas Major as they do not wish to address climate change and their role in contributing to this. Thirdly there can be insufficient organisational insights regarding transitions as the energy producer is not engaging or envisioning strategies towards a complete phase out of black energy but is expanding their product mix.  The last drawback can be identified as there is lack of data collection and reporting from the businesses themselves. Other key findings include, that the expansion of product portfolio could be seen as first step towards the transition goals set by the Nordic energy producers explored within the study.  As reporting becames more standardised sustainability visioning tokes precedence and, in most cases, reframes strategic vision. Reporting quality has also increased over time while  net-zero has became a goal  among the energy producers either eminently or futuristically.

This essay analyses modern dance exercised by elderly participants that partake in the project Age on Stage. By looking at modern dance as a secular practice, exploring the experience of the self and existential meaning making it comparable to religious practice in Sweden. Drawing on theories of lived religion, embodied practice and religious reflexivity, the study explores the elderly participants experience and interpret dance as emotions, embodied experience and community. The empirical material is collected from qualitative interviews with six participants in the ages 65+. Following a qualitative content analysis examine how the participants described their experiences of modern dance practice and how their interpretation is perceived through a predominantly secular framework.

The analysis shows that, although the participants identify as either non-religious or post-religious, their description of dance is expressed as meaningful, emotionally transformative, socially and culturally grounding. By exploring experiences as flow, joy and cross-boarded experiences that exceeds beyond the individual self and are often framed extraordinary. Not in a supernatural sense, but a fundamentally qualitative different experience from everyday state of being, that the participants assert special meaning to. External factors such as leadership, spatial context, and group dynamics play a significant role in shaping these experiences. When all factors of the dance practice go in a symbiotic state, then the experiences can temporarily transcend everyday life and contribute to a deeper personal meaning and purpose.

Throughout the essay it argues that modern dance and (the arts) can be understood as a secular practice with religiously comparable functions. By offering insight into how embodied physical practice may operate as a form of lived religion in secular Sweden.

This bachelor thesis seeks to explore the convergence between sustainability and digitalization within the corporate business sector. As these two trends continue to grow and merge they change how organisations work, communicate and how they are structured. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the correlation between digitalization and sustainability works and how it can be useful to strengthen the organisations effort in terms of sustainability.  

In order to examine this we used two questions: “How is corporate sustainability work affected by digitalization”? and “How can digitalization be utilized to enhance these efforts”? To analyze this we have used a theoretical framework combined with a qualitative approach combined with interviews. The theory provides us with guidance on how to analyze how digitalization is used as a strategic resource and how the organisations can adapt to external changes and how they work to live up to regulations like the Corporate Reporting Directive. We have gathered primary data from interviews with large listed companies from Nasdaq. This sample allows us to compare our results from different sectors such as banking and more traditional industrial companies. The results say that digitalization is a necessity for reliable and efficient sustainability work, through automation and more efficient processes makes the data collection and the traceability both easier and dependable. We have also found that it comes with certain difficulties, mostly in terms of implementation challenges like systematical integration and changes in the culture within the organisation. 

 This essay examines and establish a broader understanding, and the meanings of the Swedish expression hårdare tag (sort of harder grasp/clamp down), and its influence and impact on the rhetorical citizen. The phrase is commonly used in newspapers and within the discourse of crime and punishment. Since the phrase has ambiguous tendencies and a univocal political ideological implication – it can have an adverse influence on the rhetorical citizen. This essay implements an analysis of ideal types; and uses rhetoric and linguistic theories, the theories of terministic screen and the rhetorical citizenship, and the theory of agenda setting in order to achieve the purpose of the essay. The result of the examination shows that the expression has a strong connection to the political neoliberal ideology. Also, the expression can have an unfavorable affect on democracy and the phronesis of the rhetorical citizen.

The rapid digitalization of customer service has led to an increased use of artificial intelligence, particularly AI-driven chatbots, within the retail industry. These chatbots are widely used to enhance service efficiency, provide instant support, and reduce operational costs. At the same time, their growing presence raises questions about how they affect customer experience and long-term customer loyalty. The purpose of this study is to examine how AI-driven chatbots influence customer experience and customer loyalty within the retail sector. The study focuses on consumers’ perceptions of chatbot interactions and how these perceptions affect trust, repurchase intention and brand attitude. A quantitative research approach was applied using a survey targeting consumers with prior experience of AI-driven chatbots, with a minor focus on the Swedish retailers Elgiganten and Power. The theoretical framework is based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Customer Loyalty Theory, as well as the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) and Social Presence Theory. These theories enable an analysis of both technological and emotional aspects of chatbot interactions. In total, 104 valid responses were analyzed. The results indicate that AI-driven chatbots are generally perceived as useful and efficient, particularly in terms of accessibility and speed of service. Positive perceptions of chatbot competence and usability contribute to higher customer satisfaction and increased trust in the brand. However, the findings also reveal that a lack of empathy and limitations in handling complex issues may negatively affect the customer experience. The study suggests that chatbots can enhance customer loyalty when they are perceived as reliable, competent and safe, but that human customer service remains important for building emotional connections. In conclusion, AI-driven chatbots are not sufficient enough to strengthen customer experience and customer loyalty in the retail industry, provided that they successfully balance technological efficiency with elements of human interaction.

 Denna studie undersöker hur personanpassad reklam i sociala medier påverkar konsumenters tillit och köpintention, med särskilt fokus på hållbarhetsrelaterad värdekommunikation. Med utgångspunkt i Stimulus–Organism–Response, Theory of Planned Behavior och Privacy Calculus analyseras hur upplevd personalisering, värdetrovärdighet och integritetsoro påverkar konsumenters psykologiska reaktioner och efterföljande intentioner. Studien baseras på en kvantitativ enkätundersökning med 150 svenska konsumenter, där data analyserats med hjälp av korrelations- och regressionsanalyser.

Resultaten visar att attityd, värdetrovärdighet och personalisering har positiva effekter på köpintention, medan integritetsoro påverkar köpintention negativt. Tillit uppvisar starka samband med flera av studiens variabler, men har ingen direkt effekt på köpintention i regressionsmodellen, vilket indikerar att tillit främst har en indirekt roll. Sammantaget bidrar studien med en integrerad förståelse för hur relevans, trovärdighet och integritetsaspekter samverkar i digital värdebaserad reklam samt ger praktiska implikationer för hur företag kan utforma transparent och genuin kommunikation i sociala medier.

This study examines leadership between high performance sports and the business industry, where leadership is a central function in creating motivation and commitment among individuals within the group. The purpose of this study is to examine how the business industry and high performance sports leadership at team level can influence each other. The study also aims to examine how the methods used in these industries can increase motivation and contribute to development in the form of learning, commitment and performance. 

The following question has been the basis for this study: How can leadership styles used in  business industry and high performance sport possibly improve and inspire each other through the exchange of strategies for motivation, competence- and goal development? 

This study uses a qualitative method, based on semistructured interviews. The interview questions have been based on the purpose of the study, the question and the theoretical framework. The sample consists of a criteria based selection that was applied partly using snowball sampling. In this study, the hermeneutic perspective has been applied to process the empirical material. In conclusion, the study shows that relationships and flexible leadership are fundamental. Where the reader adapts to the context and the person to achieve trust, motivation and opportunities for skill development in both high performance sports and business industries. Both high performance sports and business industries tend to show a strong shift away from the transactional leadership and instead show a clear use of transformative coaching and situational leadership. 

The biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis has had a central role in influencing modern Christian theological discussion on cosmology, God’s role as creator and human responsibility. Despite the theological significance of the creation narrative, there is no unified interpretation of the creation account. Instead, modern theologians offer varied and sometimes contrasting perspectives that are rooted in different theological traditions. 

The aim of this study is to examine and compare how two influential modern Christian theologians, Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) and Jürgen Moltmann interpret the biblical creation narrative. The study focuses on the following questions: What is God’s role as Creator? What arises through the process of creation and what does it lead to? What is humanity’s place and responsibility within creation in relation to God? To answer these questions, the study conducts a qualitative content analysis of Ratzinger’s work In the Beginning…: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (1995) and Moltmann’s work God in Creation: A New Theology of Creation and the Spirit of God (1985). The analysis is guided by the theoretical framework, which consists of key concepts from systematic theology. 

The findings show that Ratzinger presents a Christocentric interpretation of the creation narrative, in which creation is rooted in God’s Logos and finds its ultimate fulfillment in Christ. In contrast, Moltmann emphasizes a trinitarian and ecological understanding of creation, in which he highlights God’s immanent presence through the Holy Spirit and the responsibility that humans have to live in harmony with all creation. Simultaneously, the comparative analysis shows that the theologians agree on certain points, such as that creation is an intentional and meaningful act of God.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine preschool teachers’ perception of their work with children’s social play skills. The study was guided by the following research questions: How do preschool teachers describe their work in developing and supporting children’s social play skills? How do preschool teachers describe their role in their work with developing children’s social play skills? How do preschool teachers perceive the relationship between play-based learning and children’s social play skills?  The data were collected through interviews with ten preschool teachers and analyzed using three different theoretical concepts: the child vision, relational perspective and categorical perspective.  The results showed that the preschool teachers viewed play as important and described their work with children’s social play skills primarily as spontaneous teaching, stepping in when needed. All but one believed that taking part in children’s play as a co-player could hinder both the development of social play skills and children’s independence and therefore saw their role as mainly observational and intervening when needed. Only one preschool teacher acknowledged that all children have a need to develop their social play skills, although all participants stated that children commonly encounter challenges in play and require support. None of the preschool teachers reported engaging in planned play sessions with children in which they acted as co-players to model social play behaviours, and only a few mentioned other planned approaches to promote children’s social play skills. 

In “Meeting the Universe Halfway”, Karen Barad develops the theory of agential realism and posthumanism on the basis of the laws of quantum physics. Posthumanism means that the human being is placed back into the world and participates in the becoming of the world through intra-action with the other. The purpose of the thesis is to present Barad’s theory in relation to the laws of quantum physics and discuss the ethical implications of her theory, and then to explore how the good life could be defined from a posthumanist perspective. The discussion of the good life is conducted in dialogue with Plato’s text “Gorgias”. In “Gorgias”, two different views of the good life are presented: a life aimed at satisfying one’s desires at the expense of others, and a life of moderation and justice, which Socrates advocates. When the posthumanist perspective is introduced, it shows that these definitions are limited to the individual. The posthumanist perspective opens up a broader view of the good life. It shows that the life experienced by the human being in intra-action with the other is a greater life than her individual life alone. However, for the posthumanist perspective to lead to a better life, it requires that human beings act ethically. 

Denna studie undersöker hur Greta Thunberg gestaltas i de svenska nyhetstidningarna Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen och Svenska Dagbladet i samband med hennes medverkan på båten Madleen i juni 2025, vars syfte var att leverera nödhjälp till Gaza. Studien är en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med anledning av händelsens korta tidsperiod och genom metoden kritisk diskursanalys har texterna analyserats utifrån olika dimensioner. Det teoretiska ramverket bestående av gestaltningsteori, diskursteoretiska idéer samt socialt ansvarsteorin har använts för att besvara en tredelad frågeställning om gestaltning, identifierade diskurser och förhållning till etiska normer.

Resultaten har visat att Greta Thunberg i första hand gestaltas som en aktivist och centreras i händelsen av svenska medier genom att i de flesta artiklar vara den enda i besättningen som namnges. Det finns ingen överdriven vare sig positiv eller negativ gestaltning av Greta Thunberg men det finns vissa skillnader i ideologi, val av citat och expertkommentarer mellan artiklarna som visar på en blandad bild av uppdragets syfte samt vem som har agerat rätt och fel i händelseförloppet. Resultaten visar att samtliga tidningar lägger stort fokus på konflikten mellan de olika aktörerna inblandade i händelsen vilket öppnar upp för diskussion om ansvarstagande. De diskurser som identifierats i materialet är ”konfliktpolitik” och ”humanitär aktivism” som kan ses genom de ordval och den information tidningarna använder och skapar en i stora drag gemensam uppfattning om händelsen och syftet med uppdraget på Madleen. På grund av bristande svensk forskning kring aktivisters plats i medierapportering ämnar denna studie att öppna upp en väg för aktivism att undersökas på bredare nivå inom medieforskning utifrån ett svenskt perspektiv.

Barn och unga dras i allt större utsträckning in i kriminella nätverk, en utveckling som uppmärksammas inom såväl kriminalpolitiken som i medierna (Brottsförebyggande rådet 2023, s. 11). Denna utveckling har av vissa beskrivits som ett uttryck för att våld och kriminalitet i allt högre grad tar plats inom den svenska skolan. Skolan framställs därmed som en möjlig kontaktyta för kriminella nätverk, där rekrytering, narkotikahandel och förvaring av vapen förekommer (Uppdrag granskning 2025, 02:30). I detta sammanhang intar läraren en central position, då skolans omfattande samhällsuppdrag i stor utsträckning förverkligas genom lärarnas arbete (Englund 2012, s. 10). Trots att skolans ansvar ofta diskuteras saknas fördjupade studier som analyserar hur lärarsubjektet framställs i relation till elevers ökade involvering i kriminella nätverk. Studiens syfte är därför att undersöka hur lärarsubjektet konstrueras diskursivt i redaktionella medietexter och offentliga institutionstexter. Studien genomförs med en kvalitativ ansats med utgångspunkt i Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys och hans tredimensionella analysmodell.  

Resultaten visar fyra återkommande diskurser kring lärarsubjektet. Läraren konstrueras som ett sårbart lärarsubjekt präglad av otrygghet i sin yrkesroll, samtidigt som ett förskjutet lärarsubjekt framträder där läraren förväntas hantera problem som traditionellt faller utanför lärarens ansvarsområde. Vidare framställs ett kompetent men begränsat lärarsubjekt, där professionell kunskap erkänns men handlingsutrymmet begränsas av bristande resurser, stöd och samverkan. Slutligen framträder ett oförberett lärarsubjekt, i de redaktionella medietexterna, där lärarutbildningen beskrivs som otillräcklig. Sammantaget konstrueras lärarsubjektet som ansvarsbärande men strukturellt begränsat, placerat i en spänning mellan höga förväntningar och begränsade möjligheter att agera.

This study explores the potential of Minecraft as a game-based platform to engage youth, and particularly NEET youth, in urban planning discussions.

Methodology: An exploratory qualitative case study was done in collaboration with a Swedish municipality, using observations of modded Minecraft play sessions, interviews, and ethnographic data from an internship program.

Findings: Our data collection led us to identify four themes: (i) Minecraft Enables, the game supports visualization of planning ideas; (Ii) Minecraft Skills Enable, familiarity with the game facilitates participation; (iii) Preferences and Norms, personal ideals shape design choices; and (iv) Understanding Needs, limited awareness of urban functions constrains meaningful engagement.

Originality: Unlike prior studies focusing on children or general youth, this research examines NEET youth as a hard-to-reach group and positions Minecraft as a boundary object for participatory planning rather than a formal planning tool.

Contribution: This study contributes insight into the use of Minecraft in participatory planning with NEET youth, a rarely studied group in serious games literature and game-based approaches.

Drawing on the discourse on masculinities, this article explores the positions of Czech men’s organizations related to childcare. Recently, there has been growing attention to the idea of involved fatherhood; we show that one Czech men’s organization has indeed developed a caring masculinity that aligns well with the notion of involved fatherhood. The other organizations, by contrast, have expressed strong anti‐feminist sentiments, blaming women and female‐dominated professions for their losses in divorce cases. While these groups initially emerged to demand equal custody post‐divorce—appearing to endorse gender equality—they claim to support the “traditional family,” where the man is the head of the household. Although these views seem to be contradictory, we argue they are in line with the pre‐modern view of masculinity in which the family (wife and children) was the property of the man; therefore, it was no contradiction for the father to expect the mother to be the main carer before a divorce, while demanding custody rights after a divorce.

This study examines forest activists’ motivations and their relational engagements with the forest. The aim is to explore what motivates the activist engagement, what enables and constrains it, how the activists’ personal relationship with the forest affects it as well as how the activist engagement affects this personal relationship. The theoretical framework is drawn from the concept of relational values in combination with posthumanist assemblage theory. The study is based on material gathered through semi-structured interviews with activists engaged in forest protection and through a participant observation conducted during a demonstration held for this cause. The study finds that a number of factors motivate the forest activism, the personal relationship with the forest being one important variable. The study further concludes that social relationships – both with fellow activists and with others – shape activist engagement in both positive and negative ways, and that these relations, alongside numerous other elements, constitute part of the activistship here analysed as an assemblage. Furthermore, the study finds that the interviewees' relationship with the forest has changed, and continues to do so, during the course of their activist engagement.

Artificiell intelligens (AI) har under de senaste åren fått en allt större betydelse inom redovisning och revision, vilket har bidragit till förändrade arbetsprocesser och nya krav på yrkesrollen. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur artificiell intelligens påverkar redovisningsyrket, med fokus på hur yrkesrollen omformas samt vilka nya möjligheter och utmaningar som uppstår i mötet mellan teknik och professionell praktik (faktiska arbetet).

Studien syftar även till att belysa hur redovisningsekonomers arbetsuppgifter och kompetenskrav förändras i takt med den ökande användningen av AI. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och bygger på åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer med redovisningsekonomer, revisorer och ekonomer med varierande yrkeserfarenhet och organisatorisk bakgrund. Det empiriska materialet har analyserats tematiskt och satts i relation till tre teoretiska perspektiv: Task–Technology Fit, Human Capital Theory och nyinstitutionell teori.

Resultaten visar att AI i första hand används för att automatisera rutinmässiga och regelstyrda arbetsuppgifter, vilket skapar möjligheter i form av effektivare arbetsprocesser och minskat manuellt arbete. Samtidigt framkommer tydliga begränsningar i teknikens förmåga att hantera komplexa och kontextberoende situationer, där mänskligt omdöme fortsatt är avgörande. Vidare visar studien att redovisningsekonomens yrkesroll i ökande grad omformas mot mer övervakande, analytiska och bedömningar baserade arbetsuppgifter, vilket medför förändrade kompetenskrav.

Sammantaget visar studien att AI inte ersätter redovisningsekonomens roll, utan förändrar hur arbete utförs och vilket värde som skapas i redovisningsarbetet. Studien bidrar därmed till en ökad förståelse för hur redovisningsyrket utvecklas i takt med den tekniska förändringen. 

Denna studie undersöker hur musiklärarstudenter förhåller sig till användning av generativ artificiell intelligens inom musikundervisning. Syftet är att förstå hur framtidens musiklärare reflekterar kring AI som ett pedagogiskt och medierande redskap, vilka möjligheter och risker de identifierar, samt hur de ser på AI:s påverkan på den kreativa processen och musikalitet.

Studien utgår från ett teoretiskt ramverk som inkluderar teorier om AI-kompetens, artificiell kreativitet och medialisering, utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Metodologiskt har studien en kvalitativ ansats och baseras på individuella intervjuer med fem musiklärarstudenter, som analyseras tematiskt.

Resultaten visar att musiklärarstudenterna betraktar AI som ett potentiellt medierande redskap, liknat vid ett ”bollplank” eller en ”extra elevassistent”, som kan stödja elevers lärande. Samtidigt enas de kring att det sociala samspelet och den mänskliga relationen mellan lärare och elev utgör kärnan i undervisningen, något som AI anses sakna förmågan att ersätta. Gällande kreativitet ses AI främst som ett komplement, och frågor kring autenticitet och avsaknaden av mänsklig intention kvarstår som centrala distinktioner gentemot mänsklig kreativitet. Studien belyser också ett glapp mellan behovet av AI-kompetens och innehållet i nuvarande musiklärarutbildningar. Musiklärarstudenterna betonar att förmågan att kritiskt utvärdera och granska AI-genererat material är en nödvändig pedagogisk förutsättning för att hantera risker rörande etik, upphovsrätt och bedömning av elevers självständiga arbete.

This study adopts a rights-focused perspective to evaluate how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is regulated in the European Union, the United States, and China through a legal analysis. It uses a three-jurisdiction framework to examine the EU AI Act, assess its implications for fundamental rights and contrast it with AI regulatory approaches in the United States and China. The analysis focuses on how these legal frameworks safeguard fundamental rights and structure accountability in the development and deployment of AI systems. Drawing on doctrinal analysis of existing regulations, legal documents, case law and academic literature, the study identifies significant differences in regulatory strategies — ranging from rights-based and risk-based models to more security driven and market driven approaches. It concludes with recommendations for regulatory convergence and policy harmonisation aimed at strengthening human rights protection, transparency and accountability in AI governance.

Under de senaste åren har begreppet narcissism blivit allt mer förekommande i svenska nyhetsmedier och används i såväl kliniska som vardagliga sammanhang. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur narcissism gestaltas i svensk nyhetspress samt jämföra hur begreppet framställs i dagspress respektive kvällspress. Studien bygger på en kombination mellan kvantitativ innehållsanalys och kritisk diskursanalys av artiklar från Aftonbladet, Expressen, Dagens Nyheter och Svenska Dagbladet år 2020-2025. Det teoretiska ramverket utgår ifrån dagordningsteori och gestaltningsteori, kompletterat med begreppen concept creep och medielogik. Dessa används för att analysera hur journalistiska val påverkar framställningen av ett mångfacetterat begrepp. Resultatet visar tydliga skillnader mellan dagspress och kvällspress. Kvällspressen präglas i högre grad av dramatiserade rubriksättningar och personliga berättelser medan dagspress tenderar att använda sig av neutrala begrepp med klinisk förankring i en bredare utsträckning. Studien visar att narcissism ofta används i kontexter som suddar ut gränsen mellan vardagliga personlighetsdrag och klinisk diagnos, vilket kan påverka hur begreppet förstås av samhället. 

Consent in fiction; A literary and didactic analysis of the anthology Höra pulsen slå (2022) in Swedish language education.  The aim of this qualitative study is twofold. Firstly, it examines how consent is represented in the anthology Höra pulsen slå (2022). Secondly, it discusses how this anthology can be used in a didactic context within Swedish language education. The study also seeks to demonstrate that fiction may function as a pedagogical tool for integrating the knowledge area of sexuality, consent, and relationships into Swedish teaching. Increased societal interest in issues of consent, along with recent social developments, has raised questions about how current educational practices can be improved by using fiction as a platform for discussion between teachers and students. The background section addresses both the goals and requirements of the school system, as well as existing shortcomings in teaching within this area. Previous research presents various scholarly perspectives on the possibilities for integration, the role of fiction, and the development of consent education in schools in relation to societal change. The literary analysis highlights how short stories from the anthology portray consent, while the didactic discussion explores how these portrayals can be applied in Swedish language education, thereby emphasizing the anthology’s didactic potential. The analysis is based on a hermeneutic interpretative approach and is divided into two main parts: verbal and non-verbal consent, and the right to say no. The didactic discussion highlights the pedagogical potential of fiction in relation to teaching and examines how literature can serve as an entry point for consent education. This demonstrates the potential for interdisciplinary integration between the knowledge area of sexuality, consent, and relationships and the subject of Swedish. 

Denna studie undersöker hur journalister upplever artificiell intelligens (AI) på lokala tidningsredaktioner, i synnerhet generativ artificiell intelligens, samt om dessa upplevelser skiljer sig mellan skrivande journalist och chefredaktör. Studien avser en kvalitativ metod, semistrukturerade intervjuer av elva skrivande journalister och chefredaktörer i Stockholm- och Västmanlandsområdet. Det insamlade materialet analyserades med tematisk analysmetod enligt Braun och Clarke (2022). Det teoretiska ramverket består av tre teorier, Professionaliseringsteorin, ANT-teori, samt Social Acceleration för att analysera resultatet. Resultatet visar att AI är integrerat på svenska lokala nyhetsredaktioner, och sammantaget har både skrivande journalister och chefredaktörer en övervägande positiv hållning till användningen av generativ AI. Särskilt betonades mänskliga journalisters fortsatta betydelse i lokalsamhället som AI inte kan ersätta. Några större skillnader mellan gruppernas uppfattningar framträder inte, vilket möjligen kan förklaras av chefredaktörernas nära samarbete med journalisterna. Chefredaktörerna uppvisar en mer generellt optimistisk syn på AI-verktygens framtida potential. Journalisterna reflekterar generellt mer över etiska dilemman och brister i tekniken.

The aim of this study is to examine the possibilities that Mats Berggren’s novel Din syster måste dö (2017) offers for discussing honor-related violence and oppression, and how the novel relates to the school’s values-based work. In order to address this aim, research questions have been formulated concerning representations of honor-related violence and oppression, representations of the relationship between age and gender, and how the novel can be used in discussion and teaching. To answer the aim and research questions, a literary interpretation of the novel has been conducted, and a communication model has been used to identify and analyze relevant passages. The theoretical frameworks applied in the analysis are intersectionality, with a focus on the categories of age and gender, as well as the concept of didactic potential, which is used to examine the novel’s educational possibilities. The analysis shows that the novel depicts several forms of honor-related violence and oppression, including both physical and psychological violence, and illustrates how such violence affects different characters in the narrative. Furthermore, the analysis demonstrates that age and gender have a significant impact on the power structures portrayed in the novel, as well as on the construction of different family roles. Through the close reading, the didactic potential of the novel has been analyzed. The novel shows strong potential as a didactic tool for discussion and teaching about honor-related violence and oppression, but its use requires preparation and prior knowledge on the part of both teachers and students. The findings of this study indicate that Mats Berggren’s Din syster måste dö (2017) is a suitable didactic tool for teaching lower secondary school students about core values issues, particularly honor-related violence and oppression.

This thesis investigates how Jennifer Niven’s young adult novel, All the Bright Places (2015), can enhance high school students’ understanding of mental health. The study starts from the concern that mental ill-health is rising among young people, while the Swedish curriculum (Gy25) stresses literature's role in fostering self and social insight. The novel’s realistic depiction of two teens dealing with grief, trauma, and suicide makes it especially relevant in class discussions. Using literary hermeneutics and intersectionality, the analysis explores the representation of mental health through protagonists Theodore Finch and Violet Markey. Findings show their psychological suffering is shaped by gender, social status, and family dynamics, affecting both their expression of distress and how others interpret it. Theodore is marginalized by masculine norms and scant support, leading his struggles to be misread as misbehavior. Violet’s trauma is hidden by expectations of achievement, making her suffering largely invisible. The novel challenges simplistic views of mental health recovery and emphasizes the importance of support and reconnecting with meaningful activities. The thesis concludes by demonstrating how All the Bright Places can be effectively used in a classroom.

By revealing how structural factors shape mental well-being, it creates a safe space for students to reflect, develop empathy, and critically examine societal norms. The study also highlights the need for further research, including classroom studies of students’ reactions and teachers’ experiences with sensitive topics, as well as comparative and in-depth intersectional analyses of young adult novels.

This thesis examines how gender and norm-breaking femininity are represented in Fatima Bremmer’s biography Ett jävla solsken: En biografi om Ester Blenda Nordström (2017), as well as the work’s didactic potential within upper secondary school Swedish education. The study is based on a qualitative text analysis and draws on an intersectional perspective, Yvonne Hirdman’s theory of the gender system, and the concept of didactic potential. The analysis focuses on how Bremmer portrays Ester Blenda Nordström as a woman who challenges the gender norms of early twentieth-century Sweden through her professional life, travels, and personal relationships, while simultaneously being constrained by societal expectations related to gender, sexuality, and class. Particular attention is paid to Bremmer’s narrative strategies and how they shape the reader’s understanding of norm-breaking femininity as both enabling and limiting. The results show that Ett jävla solsken presents Ester Blenda Nordström as a complex and ambivalent figure whose independence and agency coexist with vulnerability and compromise. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that the biography holds significant didactic potential, as it enables discussions of gender, norms, power structures, and critical reading practices, making it a valuable resource for promoting gender-aware and reflective literary analysis in the upper secondary school classroom.

This study called Christmas as a temporary Utopia examines how the idea of Christmas is represented in three Swedish Christmas magazines from the years 1892, 1958 and 2025. The study focuses on the modern Christmas celebration in relation to the concept of temporary utopia. The findings reveal a strong continuity in Christmas symbolism over time. Central signifiers such as the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, children, community, abundance, peace, the church, and the colour red appear in all three magazines. Christmas is depicted as an idealised past, as a period of community and the comfort of the home, as a children’s holiday, and as a time of peace and tranquility. In addition, a tension between Christian ideals and materialism emerges. Drawing on utopian theory, the modern Christmas celebration is interpreted as an annually recurring temporary utopia in which joy, community, peace and comfort, generosity, and material abundance is the norm.

This study investigates Swedish upper secondary students’ pragmatic competence in the English 6 course. The aim is to study jokes potential to support their pragmatic development, potential difficulties in interpreting jokes and how a lesson centered on jokes influences the classroom climate. To this end, a lesson was conducted that included a warm-up activity, a pre-reading task, and required students to read a selection of jokes and complete a questionnaire consisting of Likert-scale items and open-ended questions. The responses were analyzed using content analysis and categorized to identify the most frequent responsepatterns. The results revealed that most students struggled to derive the implicatures of the jokes, largely due to limited schematic knowledge necessary for interpretation. Consequently, their access to the humor was restricted, and although some jokes were perceived as funny, students often had difficulty explaining why. Finally, the findings indicate that students would have preferred a lesson focused on the oral delivery of jokes rather than reading them, suggesting a lack of motivation when engaging with longer jokes.

This thesis examines how power is exercised, distributed, and legitimised in decisions to dismiss head coaches in Swedish elite football. The study focuses on all coach dismissals in the Swedish mens first league Allsvenskan between 2024 and 2025 and is based on a qualitative document analysis of press releases, official club statements and coverage from established sports media. Through an abductive research approach, the empirical material has been analysed using a theory-driven thematic analysis. The theoretical framework combines Foucault’s discourse-oriented concept of power, neo-institutional theory on organisational legitimacy and isomorphism, and Simon’s theory of bounded rationality.

The results show that coach dismissals are overwhelmingly framed through a performance discourse, where weak results and form slumps are highlighted as primary motives, while more complex organisational factors gives limited space. At the same time, generic narratives about “change”, “new energy” and “leadership” are frequently used to legitimise interventions without specific problem descriptions. In several cases, dismissals are presented as mutual decisions or strategic realignments, which function symbolically to signal control and professionalism towards external stakeholders. The study concludes that coach dismissals in Allsvenskan should be understood less as purely performance-driven measures and more as institutionalised power practices and satisficing responses under uncertainty, shaped by discursive norms, legitimacy pressures and constrained decision environments. 

Den digitala transformationen har förändrat många olika branscher och verksamheter, inklusive taxibranschen. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur taxibranschen har påverkats av den digitala transformationen utifrån ett IT-beroende perspektiv inom plattformsbaserade taxibolag. För att avgränsa studien berör undersökningen ride-hailing och traditionella taxibolag inom storstäderna Stockholm och Göteborg. 

Studien intervjuar fyra respondenter som representerar taxibranschen inom Stockholm och Göteborg samt en femte respondent som bidrar med bakgrund inom den svenska taxibranschen. Datainsamlingen utgick från semistrukturerade intervjuer för att skapa en kvalitativ datainsamling. Resultatet visar på hur IT kan skapa ett mer effektivt arbetssystem. För att bidra till en fungerande plattform har resultatet pekat på att arbetssystemets komponenter såsom användare, information, teknik och processer bör samverka på ett strukturerat sätt. Detta skapar i sin tur en effektivare helhetslösning mellan kunder, förare och plattformen. IS/IT blir därmed nödvändigt för att skapa en effektivare verksamhet inom taxibranschen. Traditionella taxibolag bör se över verksamhetens användning av IT inom dess arbetssystem för att öka verksamhetens effektivitet. För att hänga med i utvecklingen har traditionella taxibolag behövt anpassas till digitala lösningar, medan digitala bolag som Bolt och Uber har varit med och drivit den digitala transformationen. 

AI-genererat innehåll har drastiskt ökat på sociala medier i takt med att generativ AI blivit allt mer avancerade och kan skapa bilder och videor som efterliknar mer verklighetstroget material. Denna utveckling har bidragit till nya visuella uttryck på sociala medier, vilket väcker frågor om hur dessa innehåll tolkas av användare. Unga vuxna är en relevant grupp att studera i detta sammanhang eftersom de är frekventa användare av sociala medier, och samtidigt är kunskapen begränsad om hur de själva tolkar och förhåller sig till AI-genererat innehåll i Sverige. Därmed är syftet med studien att undersöka hur unga vuxna förhåller sig till, resonerar kring och tolkar AI-genererat innehåll, samt deras förståelse av visuell kultur i relation till generativ AI. Studien baserades på sex semistrukturerade intervjuer som bidrog med empiriskt material, som sedan analyserades genom en tematisk analys.

Analysen bidrog med flera intressanta insikter i relation till AI-genererat innehåll på Instagram. Det förekom många variationer i deras känslor, reaktioner, engagemang och attityder, samtidigt som det fanns oro och obehag. Särskilt framträdande är osäkerheten kring möjligheten att avgöra huruvida innehåll är skapat med generativ AI, samt ett generellt förakt mot vissa typer av AI-genererat innehåll. Studien belyser därmed nyanser i unga vuxnas tolkningar av och förhållningssätt till AI-genererat innehåll i den samtida visuella kulturen.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur rörelseaktiviteter integreras i förskolans pedagogik utifrån förskollärares uppfattningar. Genom kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer har vi studerat hur förskollärare beskriver de pedagogiska strategier de använder för att stimulera barns fysiska aktivitet samt hur de uppfattar utmaningar och möjligheter i arbetet med rörelse i vardagen. Resultaten visar att förskollärarna uppfattar rörelse som en viktig del av barns helhetsutveckling inklusive motoriska, kognitiva och sociala dimensioner och att de använder både planerade och spontana aktiviteter för att stödja denna utveckling. I förskollärarnas beskrivningar framträder pedagogens aktiva deltagande som ett centralt stöd i barnets proximala utvecklingszon, vilket kan förstås som exempel på relationsbaserat och situationsanpassat scaffold. Förskollärarna identifierar utmaningar såsom tidsbrist, personalbrist, begränsade utrymmen och otydliga riktlinjer men beskriver samtidigt hur de genom kreativitet och engagemang finner lösningar. Studien synliggör ett behov av att utifrån förskollärares perspektiv, stärka rörelsens ställning som ett pedagogiskt innehåll i förskolans undervisning.

Over the past two decades, Mexico has become known as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Previous studies have largely focused on physical violence, while occupational safety has rarely been examined from a holistic perspective, one that also considers digital, financial, and psychological safety. This study explores occupational safety and the effects of threats to occupational safety using a comprehensive approach, based on ten long-form qualitative interviews with journalists working in Mexico. It also examines the impact of occupational threats on professional practice and emotional well-being. Through thematic analysis of the transcribed interviews, five key themes emerged: A) Physical threat: Regional differences, gendered violence, and safety equipment as a double-edged sword, B) Digital threat: Digital surveillance: a vague but common problem, C) Financial threat: Precarity and inequality D) Psychological threats and the effects of threat on emotional well-being: Psychological distress resulting from exposure to threats, coverage of traumatic events, and strained relationships with editors, and E) Coping and the effects of threats to occupational safety on professional practice: Self-censorship, distancing, support networks, and collective collaboration. The results of this study show that different forms of threats to occupational safety are interconnected, making certain groups such as freelancers and investigative journalists particularly vulnerable. The findings also demonstrate that threats affect journalists' professional practice at every stage, from idea development to publication, and that exposure to threats negatively impacts their emotional well-being, regardless of the type of threat involved.

This book offers an original reinterpretation of the literary history of British socialism in the long twentieth century and a theoretical investigation into the relationship between radical politics and writing more generally. Through detailed close readings of fiction and other prose forms, Socialism and British Literature argues that the discursively open and historically contingent language of where'the people' is understood as a political subject without necessary determinations or objective guarantees (a people that needs to be assembled or imagined, a people that is always yet to come), is at the heart of literary engagements with the idea of socialism in Britain. Across fictional and creative explorations of left-wing politics, from the nineteenth-century ideological contexts which eventually gave rise to mass socialist movements at the beginning of the twentieth century to early twenty-first-century recreations of radical politics, what transpires is an impulse both to expand the discursive forms and identities of ‘socialism’ and to disengage them from any given or fixed socio-economic position.

This study investigates the interplay of socioeconomic, cultural, and climatic factors influencing migration in Malawi's Zomba district, using the New Economic Labour Migration theory framework. Through semi-structured interviews, the research reveals the significant role of variables such as income, education, access to healthcare, and social support networks in shaping migration decisions. Additionally, climatic disruptions, including floods, droughts, and heatwaves, exacerbate vulnerabilities, particularly for rural farming communities, where livelihoods depend heavily on stable weather patterns. These factors compel some individuals to migrate in search of better opportunities, while others adapt. The findings emphasize the critical role of government support in enabling adaptation and mitigating migration pressures. Key interventions include establishing early warning systems for climate-related disasters, generating employment opportunities, and providing education on climate action, sustainable agriculture, and land management. Women, in particular, face disproportionate burdens when men migrate for income, assuming extensive household responsibilities, including managing farms, livestock, and caregiving roles for families.

This study underscores the profound impact of climate change as a driver of migration and highlights the need for government interventions to empower communities. By addressing these interconnected challenges, the findings suggest that vulnerable populations can adapt, and survive, despite facing some of the harshest conditions brought about by socioeconomic inequalities and environmental change.

Sweden has for many years now emerged as one of the leaders in the work of sustainability because of its ambitious environmental goals and policies. However, the country's reliance on imported food and the agriculture sector's significant greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) present challenges to its sustainability efforts. The food system comprises three interconnected parts: agriculture, the improved supply chain, and consumer dietary choices. Each of these components plays a crucial role in the sustainability of the food system. The topic of consumer behaviours is becoming increasingly prominent in discussions regarding sustainable food systems. This study therefore focuses on the sustainable eating habits of Swedish adults and investigates their understanding of sustainable dietary behaviours. This study is based on Kawasaki et al. (2024), who categorised sustainable dietary behaviours into five elements: food choice, storing and preservation, cooking, eating and disposal. A survey with randomised participants was conducted, resulting in 287 respondents, to examine Swedish adults’ dietary choices and behaviours as well as their knowledge of sustainable behaviours. Respondents were also asked what influenced their choices and what barriers they identified in order to be more sustainable in their everyday lives. The results indicate that respondents associate sustainable dietary behaviours with eating in a way that helps mitigate climate change and does not harm the environment. The majority of respondents indicated that taste (57%), price (59%), and health (58%) were significant factors influencing their dietary choices. Additionally, many respondents cited high grocery prices and personal preferences as potential barriers to adopting more sustainable dietary habits. This study underscores the need for more research on sustainable dietary behaviors and clear guidelines for policymakers. Prioritizing dimensions of sustainability and analyzing flaws in the food system are crucial steps toward finding solutions.

The study examines how long term relationships between auditors and clients influence auditor objectivity in small and medium sized enterprises. The theoretical framework discusses loyalty, pressure, tolerance for deviations and structural threats to independence. These factors are linked to the development of personal and economic bonds that may weaken professional scepticism.

The empirical analysis is based on a quantitative survey distributed to all auditors registered in the research database of the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors. A total of 192 complete responses were collected. Although most auditors state that their objectivity remains unchanged, the results show that loyalty, subtle pressure and increased flexibility in assessments become more frequent as the relationship develops. There are also indications that auditors are more willing to accept minor deviations when the client relationship is long standing.

Formal regulations such as the Swedish independence assessment model and requirements for rotation strengthen independence, although they do not fully eliminate the effects of close auditor client relationships. Additional organisational measures are therefore necessary, including ethical training, internal quality reviews and internal rotation.

The study concludes that auditor objectivity is vulnerable within the context of small and medium sized enterprises. Long term relationships improve efficiency but risk weakening the auditor’s critical judgement. A combination of regulatory frameworks and a strong ethical culture is required to maintain trust in the audit process.

The aim of this study is to examine how body fixation in sport is shaped, maintained, and experienced, and how bodily norms influence athletes’ self-understanding, agency, and relationships to their bodies. The study is grounded in a gender studies and sociocultural perspective, in which body ideals are understood as historically and socially situated rather than individually chosen. The empirical material consists of qualitative document studies, including news articles, documentaries, and social media content, as well as a semi-structured interview with a former elite athlete and norm-critical actor. The material is analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The theoretical framework combines Raewyn Connell’s (2005) concept of hegemonic masculinity with Judith Butler’s (2007) theory of performativity to examine both structural conditions and everyday bodily practices. The analysis shows that athletic bodies are constituted through a tension between functionality and normativity, where performance and aesthetic ideals coexist. Body fixation emerges as a pervasive normative system that shapes interpretations of health, discipline, and bodily value. These consequences extend beyond the individual athlete, for example through the normalisation of weight talk and monitoring in training environments, by influencing what is understood as a “legitimate” athletic body for younger athletes, and by shifting responsibility for health onto individuals rather than sport structures.

Public service-medierna (PSM) befinner sig i en tid av förändring – politiskt, tekniskt och publikmässigt. Men vad vet vi egentligen om dem?

Denna rapport ger en bred internationell översikt över forskningenom public service-medier mellan 1998 och 2024. Genom en analys av 275 vetenskapliga artiklar kartläggs hur forskningen vuxit fram, vilka frågor som dominerat – och vilka kunskapsluckor som ännu återstår.

Rapporten vänder sig till forskare, studenter, journalister, beslutsfattare och alla som vill förstå public service-mediernas roll i ett föränderligt medielandskap. Med tydliga slutsatser och rekommendationer pekar den också framåt: vilka frågor måste framtida forskning ta sig an för att möta kunskapsbehoven i en tid av politisk polarisering och global medieomvandling?

Amanda Ramsälv är fil. dr och biträdande forskare på JMG vid Göteborgs universitet. Hennes forskning kretsar kring journalistiskt arbete och digital nyhetsproduktion.

Public service media (PSM) are undergoing a period of change – politically, technologically, and in terms of their audience. But what do we really know about them?

This report provides a broad international overview of research on public service media between 1998 and 2024. Analyzing 275 scientific articles, it maps how research has evolved, which topics have dominated in research – and which knowledge gaps remain.

The report is aimed at researchers, students, journalists, decision-makers, and anyone who wants to understand the role of public service media in a changing media landscape. With clear conclusions and recommendations, it also points the way forward: what issues must future research address in order to meet the needfor knowledge in an era of political polarisation and global media transformation?

Amanda Ramsälv (PhD) is a researcher at JMG at the University of Gothenburg. Her research focuses on journalism and digital news production.

The purpose of our study is to find out how the interaction between children and educators takes place, as well as the educators’ knowledge of the plan against discrimination and inequality. The study will highlight how educators respond to children’s thoughts and feelings concerning routines and rules that do not apply to everyone. We are also curious to see whether the work with core values helps children develop an understanding that all people are different and therefore have different needs.

Our research is based on the following questions:

How do educators motivate and explain to the group that children in need of special support require specific adaptations in a way that encourages understanding and empathy? How can an educator influence a child’s understanding of other children’s needs?

As a method, we conducted interviews with educators using questions based on the above research topics. It turned out that the educators were aware of the importance of working inclusively and did so to the greatest extent possible. We also did observations in the child group to gain an understanding of the interactions taking place, and the children showed great empathy toward those who required additional support.

The analysis of our results was carried out from a social constructivist perspective, with attention to norm awareness, and inclusive principles. Through the social constructivist perspective, we discovered that the children’s interactions with one another were greatly influenced by how the educators acted in different situations. We also gained insight into the children’s reality and the norms that existed within the group. By applying a norm-conscious approach, we could see the extent to which children’s dissatisfaction was expressed and what could trigger them.

The purpose of this study is to highlight how the balance between risky play and child safety in preschool takes shape in preschool teachers' professional experiences.  The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with six certified preschool teachers. The collected interview material was compiled and analyzed from a phenomenological perspective based on the concepts of phenomenon, lifeworld, intentionality, reflective awareness, and the lived body. 

The results show that risky play is not considered a problem to be avoided, but rather a necessary part of children's holistic development. How risky play is accepted and handled varies depending on the educator's competence and personal experiences. Thus, safety and freedom do not appear as two opposing poles that the educator must choose between, but as aspects that coexist in a dynamic relationship. The preschool teacher's lived experience, collegial conversations, and professional sensitivity are crucial to maintaining this balance.  Based on the results of the study, we believe that further research should deepen the understanding of children's risky play from several perspectives. Future research could thus investigate how children themselves perceive and experience the phenomenon of risky play, as well as how they experience educators' presence, support, and boundary setting. We therefore see a need to allow children's own voices and experiences to emerge more clearly. 

The purpose of this study is to investigate how preschool teachers perceive their work in implementing the rights of children with intellectual disabilities or autism according to the curriculum and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

 My questions are as follows 

- How do educators feel they work to ensure the rights of children with intellectual disabilities or autism, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the preschool curriculum?

- What contributing factors can influence the rights of children with disabilities or autism being overlooked or denied?

In order to achieve a result, I conducted the study using a qualitative questionnaire. I processed the collected data through theoretical analysis. I chose three theoretical starting points through which I could put the material into perspective. The relational and categorical perspective, and the intercultural perspective. The results show that preschool teachers are aware of the curriculum's objectives and are familiar with the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but they experience difficulties in ensuring all children's rights in practice. Educators believe that the children's guardians have a major influence on how they should work with the child in preschool. If the guardians have poor language skills or lack knowledge about the child's rights, this often results in the child being disadvantaged in the preschool. Even guardians who do not accept the child's difficulties limit the educators' work to safeguard the child's rights in preschool. Educators also feel that children with intellectual disabilities or autism are violated by other educators. 

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur kvinnor som är eller har varit föräldralediga under de senaste fem åren förhåller sig till traditionella föreställningar och sociala normer om föräldraledighet och föräldraskap. Studien är baserad på åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer. För att analysera det insamalde materialet har Judith Butlers teori om performativitet och Yvonne Hirdmans genussystem tillämpats. Studiens resultat visar hur de intervjuade kvinnorna förhåller sig till och resonerar kring fördelningen av föräldraledighet utifrån ett jämställdhetssamhälle. Vidare visar resultatet hur kvinnornas vardagliga handlingar bidrar till att reproducera och upprätthålla könsroller och samhälleliga normer kopplade till föräldraskap.

This study explores how gender is constructed in the stable by using the theory of feminist posthumanism. The purpose of this study is to examine how human and non-human actors are involved in and influence how gender, gender norms, and notions of femininity and masculinity are shaped within equestrian sport at amateur level. Through a combination of accompanying observations in different stables and semi-structured, qualitative interviews with a total of six horseback riders, I have studied interactions between different actors in the stables and how gender and gender norms are reflected in it.

The aim of this essay is to explore young adults’ experiences of returning to work after cancer treatment. The focus is to present a deeper understanding of how these individuals perceive the responses from employers and colleagues, how different forms of capital have facilitated reintegration, and how stigma related to the disease has affected their professional lives. The study is based on qualitative research using semi-structured interviews with three young adult cancer survivors who have experienced the transition from diagnosis to returning to work. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of capital (1979) and Erving Goffman’s theory of stigma (2011). The results of the study indicate that returning to work often involves both practical and psychological challenges, including uncertainty about work capacity, adjustment demands, and experiences of stigma. Workplace norms, particularly those related to full-time work and performance expectations, can complicate reintegration when individual needs are not considered. However, the study shows that clear communication, flexibility, and organizational support can ease the process. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of young adults’ experiences after cancer and highlight the importance of employer responsibility and tailored support to promote a sustainable and inclusive work environment.

The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is to examine the bisexual discourses and stereotypes within the Swedish reality show Alla dejtar alla (Double up love), where a group of bisexual men and women explore romantic relationships in a luxurious Spanish villa.  I have conducted a thematic analysis of Alla dejtar alla, and chosen three main themes: binary, monogamy and openness. The themes are then studied through Norman Fairclough's three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. By combining queer theoretical perspectives such as performativity and homonormativity with Stuart Hall's theory on stereotypes, I examine how bisexual stereotypes and discourses are both challenged and reproduced within the TV-show. The findings conclude that the conflicting bisexual representations in Alla dejtar alla challenge bisexual stereotypes such as cheating through its monogamous discourses, but also frames contestants who do not conform to monogamy as confused, which reproduces stereotypes.