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  1. 1. Risk & Policy: The relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in the safety discourse.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Hans Nagtegaal; [2024]
    Keywords : Wildavsky; Resilience; Anticipation; Cultural Theory; Global Safety; Political Science; Safety Discourse; Social Power; Economy of Safety; Net Benefit; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The main finding of this thesis is that the relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in today’s safety discourse is limited although Wildavsky may be considered to be the linking pin between RE, HRO and NAT. The safety discourse may benefit from Wildavsky’s work in political science: I.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rousseau’s Negative Education and the Unconscious Alienation of Emile

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)

    Author : Georgia Laskari; [2023]
    Keywords : negative education; alienation; upbringing; Rousseau; Emile; intentions;

    Abstract : Dangerous things can happen in the name of good intentions and we, as teachers or parents, are unaware of the ways we hurt children. In the book Emile or on Education we see a fictional example of a pedagogical relationship between a teacher and a student, where the teacher -Jean Jacques- is eager to teach and raise his pupil, Emile, in certain ways, so as to make him independent and happy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beauty and the Digital Beast: An exploratory study on what variables are affecting the process of digitalization within retail and why the beauty industry is lagging behind

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Frida Wiberg; Alexandra Kjellman; [2023]
    Keywords : Mixed methods research; Case study; Retail; Digitalization; Beauty Industry; Abductive Research; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This master thesis project applies a mixed methods approach to fulfill the purpose of exploring how and in what ways digitalization transforms different retail categories. A theoretical framework is formulated using existing theories and research, from which four key variables are identified: distribution, interaction, competition and product offering. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Overstory: A Blueprint for Cultural Change in the Anthropocene

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Isak Sköld; [2023]
    Keywords : the Anthropocene; Cultural Change; Richard Powers; The Overstory; Trees; Literature; Climate Change Literature; Ecocriticism; Activism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Within the field of ecocriticism, there is an ongoing discussion about climate change fiction and the capacity for literature to inspire cultural change in relation to the climate crisis of the Anthropocene. Relatively new novels explore the inherent conflict between consumerist features of contemporary human culture and scientific facts regarding human impact on life on Earth. READ MORE

  6. 5. “It doesn’t usually turn out well when you’re stuck with a book you don’t like.” A Study on Swedish Upper Secondary School Students’ Experiences of Reading English Fiction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Erik Hed; [2023]
    Keywords : English literature instruction; Swedish upper secondary school; students’ experiences; English fiction; English as a foreign language EFL ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This research project investigates Swedish upper secondary school students’ experiences of engaging with English fiction, both within and outside of the context of their English language classroom. Three focus group interviews were conducted with 18 upper secondary school students from the southern parts of Sweden. READ MORE