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The focus of this project was to investigate possible daily and yearly patterns in black carbon emissions throughout Europe based on both actual data obtained from 2018 to 2019 and a transport model created to identify the sources of said black carbon. Previous work with the data had shown large gaps between the observed and predicted values, and our hope was to identify cyclical or seasonal patte
Denna studie undersökte hur längden på videor på sociala medier och videornas innehållstyp influerade arbetsminne och inhibering. Totalt deltog 40 deltagare i åldern 20-44 år, vilka delades in i fyra grupper. Deltagarna fick se antingen en TikTok-spellista med ett flertal korta videor eller en längre YouTube-video, vilka innehöll informativt eller icke-informativt innehåll. Före och efter visningeThis study investigated how the length of social media videos and content type influenced working memory and inhibition. A total of 40 participants aged 20-44 years were assigned to four different groups. They watched either a TikTok playlist with several short-form videos or a longer YouTube video containing informative or noninformative content. Before and after the viewing session, the particip
Bullying involvement in childhood and adolescence is associated with adverse developmental outcomes. Meanwhile, defending victims can reduce or stop bullying in school contexts. Previous research has extensively examined the association between general parenting styles and bullying involvement, whereas little is known on how parental orientations toward regulating adolescents’ social behaviours re
Most correctional facilities in Europe are not only places of confinement but also serve a central role in the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into society. The main objective of imprisonment, according to the provisions of international criminal justice regulations in Germany requires that prisoners and young offenders serving custodial sentences are to be enabled to lead a life fre
Title: When the Map Is Wet, Navigation Still Depends on It: Organizational Sensemaking and Digital Infrastructure Dependency Course: BUSN49, Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change – Master Level Authors: Clara Gerber and Ember Truppelli Supervisor: John Murray Purpose: This study examines how individuals within organizations make sense of digital infrastructure dependency when the
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how former members of transnational organized crime organizations experience followership in relation to their leaders, challenging assumptions present in criminological research by integrating organizational constructionist perspectives. Methodology: Guided by abductive reasoning, we studied the narratives of former members of organized crime gro
The purpose of this study is to extend knowledge of how belonging forms in brand communities by investigating how an experience-based brand community cultivates belonging in the absence of a tangible product. This involves examining what substitutes for the product as the community's shared anchor, how this substitute is produced and sustained across multiple sites, how the anchor's relati
The purpose of this study is to develop an in-depth understanding of middle managers’ sensemaking processes during planned organizational change by examining their use of metaphors, and to analyze how these metaphors influence their role in between strategic intent and organizational practice. Adhering to the interpretive research tradition, the study follows an abductive, qualitative single-case
Purpose: AI is positioned in management research as a time-saving augmentation, a promise that should resonate most strongly with firms whose culture is built on time efficiency. Yet that very orientation may be what makes the technology hard to absorb. Through a single-case study of a small professional service firm integrating AI, this thesis examines how that tension unfolds in practice. We ask
Abstract Title: Belonging in Practice: Self-Initiated Expatriates, HR and the Gap between Policy and Lived Experience in a Swedish Multinational Hand-In date: May 27th, 2026 Word Count: 25,654 Course: BUSN49 - Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change Authors: Isobel Hanrahan and Tania Cuevas Supervisor: Roland Paulsen Purpose: This study examines how self-initiated expatriate (SIE)
This study examines how gender inequality is reproduced when elite female athletes occupy token positions in male-dominated sport. Drawing on 13 semi-structured interviews with elite female athletes and institutional representatives across football, rowing, rugby, bobsleigh, and Nordic Combined, the research adopts a qualitative, critically grounded approach. The findings reveal that the token pos
Social sustainability remains the least institutionalised pillar of the Triple Bottom Line. While organisations commit to people, planet and profit, the social dimension is consistently less visible and less reproduced in everyday practice than its environmental counterpart. This thesis examines how social sustainability is practised, recognised and reproduced in operational teams of a hospitality
Organizational change is widely researched, yet less attention has been given to how planned global change unfolds across the levels and locations of a digitally coordinated multinational organization. This study investigates how a global transformation programme is interpreted, negotiated, and shaped as it moves through such a setting. The study follows an interpretive qualitative research approa
Title: The Digital White Coat - A study on doctors identity work within digital healthcare Course: BUSN49, Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change Authors: Clara Bergh and Gustav Levin Supervisor: John Murray Date: 27th of May 2026 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create a deeper understanding of how doctors working within digital healthcare construct and reconstruct their
Abstract Title: Responsibility Laundering: FIFA and the Discursive Maintenance of Legitimacy Course: Managing People, Knowledge and Change Authors: Aimar Soto and Jesper Laan Supervisor: John Murray Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how global organisations maintain legitimacy when operating across multiple and conflicting normative environments. The study’s goal is to understa
Abstract Title: When Generative AI Becomes a Colleague: Managers Making Sense of AI Advice at Work Authors: Bajramović, Almir; Saleh, Samar Submission Date: 27th of May, 2026 Word Count: 21 238 Supervisor: Sverre Spoelstra Aim: This study explores how managers interpret, evaluate and integrate Generative AI (GenAI) as a source of advice in their day-to-day work. As GenAI becomes more embedded
The European Union's Nature Restoration Law aims to protect and restore the EU's ecosystems, among which specific target goals were set for urban ecosystems. This requires local authorities to assess and monitor urban tree cover (UTC), supported by strategic urban vegetation planning. As urban trees provide various benefits, including microclimate regulation, incorporating urban microclima
