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1. Are you one of those who take children?” Child protection professionals views on the disinformation campaign - implications on the practice and for children’s rights
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyse how professionals at the Child protection services (CPS) perceive the disinformation campaign, how they related it to their work and how they cope with the potential effects related to the campaign. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals at assessment units at CPS, and thereafter analysed through thematic analysis. READ MORE
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2. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. READ MORE
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3. Managing Change with a Shared Leadership Constellation : A Case Study of Cultural Change in a Growing Organization
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : An organization’s culture is constantly changing as the organization goes through new challenges and growth. The evolution of the culture will occur naturally, however, it can also be managed and steered in the direction desired by the leaders in the organization. READ MORE
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4. Racial Prejudices as Societal Norms: Utilizing Genre Pedagogy to Help Students Work with William Shakespeare’s 'Othello'
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This essay examines racial attitudes in Elizabethan England to re-read Shakespeare’s Othello with an emphasis on the characters Roderigo, Iago, Brabantio, the Duke of Venice, and Emilia. It also looks at the historical background of blackface and how it contributed to racism. READ MORE
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5. Attitudes to developing sustainable digital products : A human-centered design study on how to support the climate work of digital media service providers
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : As climate change is becoming an increasingly more alarming threat in society, sustainability as a topic becomes more and more important in relation to a range of business activities, software development being one. Several frameworks for how software development and computing products should be developed and evaluated on the basis of sustainability and climate impact are being developed, but there are no standardized ways to go about this type of work and the topic is still under prioritized in favor of other non functional requirements, like financial aspects. READ MORE
