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  1. 1. The Slow Spread of Environmentally Friendly Action : An agent-based model simulation of social networks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Till Kolligs; [2023]
    Keywords : network analysis; agent based model; tipping point; climate action; complex contagion; vegetarianism;

    Abstract : The adoptation of environmentally friendly behaviour is rather slow, although the climate crisis is pressing. This thesis aims to understand the slow adoption of environmentally friendly behaviour, specifically focusing on vegetarianism and veganism, by employing social network analysis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cosmological Constraints for a Varying Dark Energy Model

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Abdullah Alsakka; [2023]
    Keywords : Astronomy; Varying Dark Energy; Distances;

    Abstract : This paper uses the Pantheon+ data set that consists of 1701 light curves of 1550 unique type IaSupernova to find constraints on various cosmological models and compare them with a varying darkenergy model proposed by Chevallier, Polarski and Linder in the early 2000s and analyze it deeper.The results show a tipping point from a decelerating universe to an accelerating one at a redshift ofz = 0. READ MORE

  4. 3. Digital Surveillance in the name of National Security

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jacob Kristiansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Normative Analysis; Deontology; Consequentialism; Paternalism; Edward Snowden; National Security Agency; Surveillance; Big Data; Intelligence; Disclosures.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Surveillance has throughout history been a widely discussed phenomenon and the debate over the delicate balancing of state power vis-à-vis privacy in the pursuit of national security equally so. In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had been conducting digital surveillance globally and it represents a tipping point in the history of surveillance. READ MORE

  5. 4. The post pandemic future of Folkets hus as a social meeting point in Swedish small towns

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Olivia Sköld; [2023]
    Keywords : Folkets hus; Social meeting points; Displacement; Rurality; Social sustainability;

    Abstract : Many people in Sweden live in displacement, from refugees, migrants, unemployed, homeless, lonely elderly or other socially vulnerable groups. The current built environment in Sweden, especially the rural environment, is segregating different social classes including people of different ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tipping the scales of power: Analysing hybrid security governance in Cape Town

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Lisa Svenhard; [2022]
    Keywords : hybrid security governance; security; urban violence; violence prevention; social control; collective violence; power; South Africa; urban studies; conflict studies;

    Abstract : When police and state services fail to provide security, other actors often take on the role of making their communities safer. By exploring the different constellations of actors providing security, this thesis seeks to understand the variation of urban violence on a local level. READ MORE