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Tetra Pak is a world leading food processing and packaging company. Their manufacturing operations often rely on specialized and highly customized equipment. While the purchasing volumes for such equipment are typically low and irregular, the equipment itself is critical for operational continuity. This creates situations of asymmetric dependence where supplier bankruptcy, product discontinuation,
Companies play a central role in international efforts to counteract ongoing biodiversity loss, which threatens human welfare and the global economy. They are expected to use biodiversity metrics and indicators in strategic sustainability work to understand and manage their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity. At the same time, this work remains at an early stage and is characterised by sever
Access to digital infrastructure in highly digitalized societies is shaped not only by the availability of technology but also by the administrative arrangements that govern access to it. This study examines how non-EU international students at Lund University experience and navigate exclusion from Sweden’s digital financial infrastructure through the case of Swish, a mobile payment system widely
Emotional labor is a central part of social work, where professionals are expected to show empathy and emotional presence while also staying professional. The purpose of this study was to examine how social workers in client-centered social work experience emotional labor and how it affects their emotional well-being, professional role, and everyday life. It also explored which strategies social w
This qualitative study aimed to examine how social workers experience emotionally demanding work and how they manage emotionally demanding work and how they manage emotions that arise in their professional practice. The study was based on seven semi-structured interviews with social workers employed within Swedish social services, primarily in social assistance. The empirical material was analysed
Komplex mjukvara kräver testning på flera nivåer. Detta examensarbete undersöker automatiserad testning av Radio Block Centre (RBC). En RBC bestämmer hur långt ett tåg får köra och i vilken hastighet. Examensarbetet har tre fokusområden. Det första området undersöker hur nuvarande testscript kan göras mer dynamiska genom att införa slumpmässighet. Slumpmässighet införs genom att variera tåglängd. Complex software must be tested carefully. This thesis looks at how automated testing can be improved for Alstom’s Radio Block Centre, a system that supervises trains and sends movement authorities. The work focuses on three practical ways to improve an existing automated test setup. First, it studies how the test suite can be made more dynamic by introducing randomness into current test scripts.
The macroscopic physical stability and clinical application performance of topical semi-solid formulations are highly dependent on the complex lamellar gel network (LGN) formed within their continuous phase. However, this microscopic three-dimensional scaffold exists in a thermodynamically metastable state and is extremely sensitive to kinetic parameters during the manufacturing process, such as t
Foster care placements constitute a central intervention within Swedish social services. Matching children with suitable foster families is considered essential for ensuring a stable living environment for the child. This matching process relies heavily on documentation and the transfer of information between professionals. This study aims to examine how foster care secretaries use and evaluate do
This thesis examines whether Directive (EU) 2019/2121 ('Mobility Directive') reduces legal fragmentation in the field of cross-border conversions. Using a doctrinal and comparative legal methodology, it analyses the EU framework governing cross-border conversions and compares its implementation in Germany and Denmark. The analysis focuses on three areas in which the Directive leaves Membe
Sweden is today home to a large Iranian and Afghan diaspora respectively. They have come here under vastly different circumstances, but still share some common traits. Language, religion and the cultural traditions are very similar. Despite this, there seems to be a substantial difference in how they relate to the current conflict in Iran. By interviewing people from both groups, we have sought to
Despite increased scholarly attention on civilian victimisation in recent years, this research often categorises all civilians into one homogeneous group, thus obscuring the differentiation within, particularly that of children. This study addresses this gap by examining the underlying logic of targeting children in war. The study examines the case of Russian deportations of Ukrainian children and
This thesis examines why authoritarian breakdown can produce fundamentally different regime outcomes, comparing the cases of Spain and Iran. Spain transitioned to democracy following the end of Francoist rule in 1975, while Iran's 1979 revolution produced a new authoritarian system. Drawing on democratic transition theory, the study develops an analytical framework centered on four interrelate
Peacebuilding through the use of disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) programmes is implemented in many post-conflict settings. One factor concerning DDR processes is national ownership, defined as national authority over the planning and implementation of DDR. The necessity of national ownership is debated, with some arguing that national ownership is crucial throughout the DDR pr
As Finland withdraws from the Ottawa Treaty during 2026, a legal dissonance emerges within the closely integrated Swedish-Finnish defence cooperation. This study examines how anti-personnel mines are constructed as a problem in Sweden and Finland respectively, following Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Using a WPR analysis (What's the Problem Represented to Be) combined wit
The attempt to give Africa the economic growth they were denied during colonialism seems to be a Western project, to alleviate them of the blame of the destruction they themselves created. Yet many of the ways used today can be argued to maintain structures created by imperialist powers to be in control, and thus today stay in control. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship betw
In recent years, a wave of protests has swept the South Asian subcontinent. These protests have been spearheaded by Generation Z, a generation that has been described as disillusioned with, and disconnected from, politics. The protests have been met with disproportionate state violence, despite generally following non-violent disciplines. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are two such countries. This thesi
During Chávez’s presidency (1999-2013), Venezuela experienced an increase in lethal violence, becoming one of the most violent countries in the world. In contrast, Ecuador saw a significant decline in homicide rates during the presidency of Correa (2007-2017). This thesis examines why two countries with similar conditions such as oil dependency, socialist governments and geographical locations, ex
This study examines why some separatist insurgencies negotiate while others continue armed struggle, focusing on BRN-C in Southern Thailand and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Myanmar. Despite similar ethnoreligious, peripheral, and long-standing conflicts, BRN-C entered negotiations with the Thai state in 2025, while KIO continued its insurgency. Using a Most Similar Different Outco
A Free-Electron Laser (FEL) is a light source capable of producing extremely brilliant light pulses over a wide spectral bandwidth, with pulse lengths ranging from a few hundred picoseconds down to the femtosecond time scale. These pulses are generated and amplified through the interaction of a relativistic electron beam with a co-propagating radiation field in an undulator, a process either start
