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1. 1. Circularity indicators in practice: Exploring companies’ application and linkages to sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Emilia Paulina Paredes Bassi; [2023]
   Keywords : circular economy; circularity indicators; circularity assessment; sustainability assessment; industry; Chile; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Circular Economy (CE) has gained global recognition as a way to enable sustainability improvements in production and consumption systems. Numerous circularity indicators (c-indicators) have been developed by academia and practitioners to be used at the company level as analytical tools to measure progress towards a more circular economy. READ MORE

3. 2. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

   Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

4. 3. “Pardon me if I don't weep for your victimhood” : examining the aftermath of deplatformization through influential far-right activists’ framing and alliance-building on Telegram

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Klara Avsec; [2023]
   Keywords : Moderation; deplatformization; far right; frame analysis; collective identity; alliance-building; Telegram; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the social unfolding of the recent deplatformization of the far-right extremes on Telegram. Leaving prior approaches to moderation behind, this study asks questions around how moderation imprints itself on the complex terrain of meaning and practice, interacts with intensified reflexiveness of the social agents, and leaves affected collectivities changed in unanticipated ways. READ MORE

5. 4. Practitioners of Social Investment Funds – Applied Phronesis : A study of how social investment fund policy framework affect the practices of professionals

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

   Author : Hannes Kärrman; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Investments; Evidence-Based Policy and Practice; Phronesis; Relational Theory; Impact Evaluation; Constitutive Effects; sociala investeringar; evidensbaserad policy och praktik; Phronesis; relationell teori; effektutvärdering; konstitutiva effekter;

   Abstract : Social Investments (SI) have become a significant policy tool during the 2010s for developing and implementing social policy. This study explores how the SI framework, based on social innovation, evidence-based policy and practice, and impact evaluation, affects professionals when it is implemented and evaluated. READ MORE

6. 5. “Imprisoned in my own body”- Women's experiences of Hyperemesis Gravidarum during pregnancy : A qualitative study

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för integrativ medicinsk biologi (IMB)

   Author : Tooba Choudri; [2022]
   Keywords : Hyperemesis gravidarum HG ; nausea and vomiting in pregnancy NVP ; HG management; patient perspectives; qualitative; interviews.;

   Abstract : Introduction: Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) in pregnancy can cause severe and persistent vomiting, nausea, dehydration, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The symptoms can have varying degrees of impact on women's physical, emotional, social, and marital lives and affect their quality of life. READ MORE