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There is a growing awareness of the importance of higher education in Sweden to reduce social differences in society.There are also various mechanisms that individuals relate to that favour either the status quo or change based on an ideal of highereducation. Individuals live in a geographical context with a number of ‘key actors’ who influence the perception of higher educationwith varying degrees of intensity. Paradoxically, despite several reforms to broaden recruitment, it can be seen that relativeinequalities persist in terms of residents with higher education in Sweden, not least from a regional perspective. The purpose of thisarticle is to shed light on geographical differences in the higher education level of the population over time from a Swedishperspective. The study shows that higher education has a geographical centre-periphery perspective, but not exclusively. There arethus additional influencing factors that in various ways relate to the social context in which the individual is located. We canconclude from our empirical data that the reforms implemented to broaden recruitment have not had the desired effect, especiallyfor the group of men. We find it likely that what differentiates women and men is who their individual ‘key players’ are and howthey interact. From an academic education perspective and as an intermediary of higher education, there is therefore a challenge tobe able to identify who these “key players” are in order to be able to be an important actor in contributing to the desired broaderrecruitment that the government is strivinging to achieve.

The aim of this study was to investigate students’ conceptions of causes, processes and consequences of earthquakes and to examine their geographical understanding of such hazards in terms of spatial and societal-nature relations. Data consists of 134 responses from 12 to 13-year-old students who had completed an assignment in the Swedish national test in geography (2013). The responses were analysed using content and thematic analyses. Data was complemented with interviews. Results show that many students hold alternative conceptions of processes causing earthquakes at different plate boundaries, and why poor societies are more severely affected by earthquakes than rich societies. Furthermore, results show that students have a limited understanding of the extent and location of earthquakes in the world. We conclude that instruction aiming to develop students’ understanding of earthquakes as a geographical phenomenon and hazard may integrate map-reasoning skills with examples that support contextual thinking. We also suggest that in order to develop students’ relational thinking on society and nature, instruction can utilise the concept of “capital”. Furthermore, teaching needs to take in to account and design instruction to meet students’ alternative conceptions that societal consequences of earthquakes are solely predetermined by natural factors such as climate or heat.

The need to develop resilience and psychological defence in the face of different forms of hybrid threats and malign foreign influence and interference is greater than ever. In this light, it has become increasingly obvious that a country’s resilience and psychological defence capabilities must cover a broad spectrum of conflicts, including severe crises and war. This paper takes these complex and multifaceted types of threats as a point of departure in its attempt to outline an analytical framework for countering hybrid threats and foreign influence and interference. The ambition is then to operationalise this framework into a practical guide that can be used for identifying and analysing hybrid threats and foreign influence against democracies and their national interests. To be able to build resilience and psychological defence, a shared analytical framework is needed, which provides a broader and more inclusive nation-state perspective than existing frameworks. The framework outlined in this paper is intended to be a starting point for analysis, usable for government and non-government actors alike. It aims to serve as a platform for addressing different dimensions of hybrid threats and malign foreign influence and interference. It also provides tools for comparing and analysing the dimensions within and across cases. The formation of responses to foreign interference should be seen as a process consisting of three distinct phases: 1) assessing situational awareness; 2) addressing defence and countermeasures; and 3) evaluating the state’s system for countering foreign interference. This framework serves as the basis for the development of a practical analytical guidebook that is built to be modular, where one can pick and choose depending on own needs and questions asked. It is also developed to be suitable for both more structured analysis as well as less structured qualitative analysis. The guidebook is simplified into an analytical template that can be

Many are now discussing the possible demise of the so called ‘liberal international order’, but how can we know whether any international order is changing? This article argues for understanding order as maintained by institutions of international society and further theorises the role those institutions play in the stability or transformation of international order. To usefully put institutional analysis to work, this article, first, models the stylised evolution of a primary institution. Second, it illustrates this evolution with a discussion of the historical institution of trusteeship in order to historicise adaptation and transformation in international order. Finally, this leads to a generalised idea of how institutional analysis can be employed to study stability and transformation in international order. Beyond making a contribution to the wider debates about the possible demise of the current international order, this piece also fills a gap in English School theory, which is quite silent on the question of when international society furthers transformation, and when it furthers stability. Accepting the view of history that the future is contingent on today’s events, this study suggests possible points where push comes to shove for change and continuity in international order more generally.

Objectives: Assessing the predictive accuracy of using prior crime, place attributes, ambient population, community structural, and social characteristics, in isolation and combined when forecasting different violent and property crimes. Method: Using multilevel negative binomial regression, crime is forecasted into the subsequent year, in 50-m grid-cells. Incidence rate ratio (IRR), Prediction Accuracy Index (PAI), and Prediction Efficacy Index (PEI*) are interpreted for all combined crime generators and community characteristics. This study is partially a test of a crude version of the Risk Terrain Modeling technique. Results: Where crime has been in the past, the risk for future crime is higher. Where characteristics conducive to crime congregate, the risk for crime is higher. Community structural characteristics and ambient population are important for some crime types. Combining variables increases the accuracy for most crime types, looking at the IRR. Taking the geographical area into account, crime history in combination with both place- and neighborhood characteristics reaches similar accuracy as crime history alone for most crime types and most hotspot cutoffs. Conclusions: Crime history, place-, and neighborhood-level attributes are all important when trying to accurately forecast crime, long-term at the micro-place. Only counting past crimes, however, still does a really good job.

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? This paper acknowledges the profound and lasting impact of childhood abuse on substance use and homelessness. What this paper adds to existing knowledge? It underscores the inherent value and humanity of every individual, regardless of their struggles. That a comprehensive approach to mental health care, encompassing medication, therapy and a secure environment, is imperative. What are the implications for mental health nursing? Early intervention and recognising individuals who suffer in silence are paramount. Mental health nurses must have the courage to ask uncomfortable questions and truly hear the unspoken words. Mental health nurses should never underestimate the power of simply being present with someone during their darkest moments. This simple act can wield significant influence.

I rapporten Folkbildning i landsbygder undersöks folkbildningens betydelse för människor och lokalsamhällen i tre utvalda svenska landsbygder. Vilka betydelser har studieförbund och folkhögskolor som mötesplatser och lokala offentligheter? Som infrastrukturer för lokalt samhällsengagemang? För lokal kompetensutveckling? Eller för det lokala kulturutbudet? Rapportens avslutande analys handlar om de avvägningar som studieförbundens och folkhögskolornas anställda gör mellan de ideal och riktlinjer som styr folkbildningen, och de behov som präglar det lokalsamhälle som de är verksamma i.

In northern Sweden, large forest areas are used both for timber production and Sámi reindeer herding, and intense forest management practices have had predominantly negative effects on reindeer herding. Through case law, it is elucidated that Sámi land rights are private property rights based on the longtime use of land. At the same time, landowners own the forest areas. Hence, there exists parallel property rights on the same land. This chapter analyses the recognition and protection of Sámi land rights in the Forestry Act, which regulates the landowners’ forest management. The analysis is based on legal mechanisms that are usually used when property rights relations are regulated within Real Estate Law. This type of legal mechanisms is missing in the Forestry Act, and the legislation does not provide an adequate protection of the land rights of the Sámi. Instead, reindeer herding is regarded as a public interest that is balanced in relation to the public interest of timber production. To achieve a just and sustainable development in line with the rights of Indigenous peoples, there is an urgent need for a legislative reform, and the chapter proposes amendments to provide better protection to the land rights of the Sámi.

Domestic violence is a pervasive global issue that transcends geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic boundaries. In the Fiji Islands, domestic violence is a multifaceted problem deeply rooted in cultural traditions, socio-economic factors, and historical influences. This comprehensive essay explores the intricate relationship between domestic violence, law enforcement, and traditional practices in Fiji. It delves into the prevalence of domestic violence, the role of law enforcement, the influence of cultural traditions, and the complexities involved in combating this issue. By examining the cultural and historical context of Fiji, as well as the legal framework in place, support services, and collaborative efforts with traditional practices, this essay seeks to gain a comprehensive understanding of the interplay of these factors in addressing domestic violence in the Fiji Islands.

Purpose The purpose of this study is shed light on the underlying forces behind entrepreneurship within a regional innovation system (RIS) in a remote rural region. The authors examine the following questions: Which are the main underlying forces behind the entrepreneurial process in a rural RIS characterized by traditionally low-tech, small-scale businesses? How can the development of a low-tech regional innovation system be conceptualized? Design/methodology/approach The design of the study is based on entrepreneurship theory. Data analysis followed practices used in phenomenography, a research approach used to analyse and identify commonalities and variations in populations' perceptions of a certain phenomenon. Data are composed using semi-structured interviews and a database composed of company information of all firms in the population. Findings A proactive mobilization of regional stakeholders and resources can be an important driving force behind the entrepreneurial process and generation of a rural RIS. Innovation can be generated within low-tech industries turning the rural context into an asset. An RIS in a remote rural context can be initiated and orchestrated by regional authorities, but knowledge brokering and orchestration can also be managed by networks of small-scale businesses brought together by mutual benefit and common interests. Research limitations/implications Regional innovation systems theory is most often used to study high-tech industries. But by combining regional innovation systems with rural entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship context theory is a fruitful avenue to understand the role of rural entrepreneurship in regional development, even in remote and peripheral regions. Innovation does not need to entail high-tech international environments; it can appear as the result of efforts in low-tech industries in rural and remote environments. The authors’ findings need to be scrutinized; therefore, the authors call for more research on re

Fokus på friluftsliv och dess miljöpåverkningar - definition, beskrivning och organisering av friluftsliv på regional och kommunal nivå, hur miljöpåverkan samt hållbar utveckling av friluftsliv beskrivs och inkluderas i planering och förvaltning.

This paper will focus on articulating and arguing for the intricate relationship between militarized masculinity in ethno-nation conflicts and the use of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV). While previous research has been done on the topic of interest. The aim is to further elaborate on the topic and also provide an explanation for a rather understudied aspect of CRSV. Which is the use of sexual violence against men and how it is just as gendered in nature as the use of sexual violence against women. This paper will aim to answer the following question: To what extent and in what ways does militarized masculinity result in the use of sexual violence in armed conflict? I will be using the structured focus comparisons method (SFC) in order to study two cases of interest that vary in their use of CRSV. The results suggest that while one party built their ethnic identity surrounding violent masculine ideals the other aimed for a gender equal nationalist movement. The variation in their views and behavior resulted in the extensive use of CRSV by one party and the general absence of CRSV by the other.

This report outlines how KTH Royal Institute of Technology could endeavor to align its business travel practices with its sustainability goal of reducing the climate impact of travel by 40% between 2015 and 2025. The core of the study involved participatory workshops with KTH's division of Real Estate Business and Financial Systems (AIE) to devise a CO2 budgeting and governance model tailored to the university's operations. This model aimed at establishing rules, practices, and strategies to mitigate challenges related to the reduction of CO2 emissions from flying, utilizing detailed flight data from 2019 as a basis for developing speculative CO2 budgets for 2025. The approach taken underscores the importance of granular data in understanding and managing travel emissions at the institutional level. Our conclusions suggest a decentralized approach to managing carbon budgets at the divisional level, allowing for flexibility and autonomy in travel planning within predefined CO2 limits. It emphasizes the need for transparency in travel data within divisions to ensure equitable and effective participation in the carbon management process. The report calls for the development of systems to support data collection and integration into travel management processes, alongside a central oversight mechanism to ensure fair budget allocation and manage budget overruns. We propose an operational planning mechanism called "KTH Carbon Cycle" that -after further refinement - could enable KTH to meet its climate goals without significantly disrupting its operations or research activities., QC 20240214

Objective: Previous research has reported inconclusive results pertaining to the predictors for victim retraction and participation in police investigations of intimate partner violence (IPV). The aim of this study was therefore to examine characteristics and consequences associated with victim retraction and participation in police investigations of IPV. Additionally, we also examined characteristics and consequences in relation to victim retraction and participation in police risk management strategies. Method: We analyzed a sample of 668 cases of male-to-female IPV reported to Swedish police, where characteristics were retrieved mainly from risk assessments of IPV re-victimization conducted by the police for all cases. Additionally, follow-up information of prosecutions, convictions, and rates of IPV re-victimization were examined for each case. Results: The main results show a higher proportion of vulnerability factors present in cases where women retracted than in cases where they participated. In contrast, there were more risk factors present in cases where victims participated, and such participation was more likely to result in a perpetrator's prosecution and conviction. There was no significant association between IPV re-victimization and victim retraction or participation. Conclusion: Victim participation in the police investigation and the risk management increased the likelihood of conviction, illustrating the importance of criminal justice professionals supporting, encouraging, and motivating women who have experienced IPV to participate in the criminal justice process.

Tourism managers are increasingly turning to the online sphere to gain relevant customer insights. However, current approaches to analyzing vast and rapidly changing user-generated content (UGC) face several limitations. Supervised approaches require significant effort to provide pre-tagged training data and cannot dynamically identify topics mentioned in UGC. On the other hand, unsupervised approaches typically do not support different abstraction levels or enable a successive refinement of analysis in a drill-down manner, which is often expected as a practical requirement of tourism and destination management. Our research objective is, therefore, to extend current supervised approaches for identifying predefined topics by adopting unsupervised approaches using cluster analysis. The results emphasize that unsupervised approaches can (1) detect non-predefined topics dynamically with an accuracy similar to supervised approaches, thus demonstrating the potential to replace them and avoid the necessity of providing pre-tagged training data. (2) To build a topic hierarchy, unsupervised approaches sense more fine-grained topics as an enhancement of predefined topics on a lower level of abstraction, enabling more powerful drill-down-like analyses. Overall, the proposed extended approach to topic detection promises to support tourism management by meaningfully analyzing the increasing mass of visitors’ online feedback.

National policies aiming at marketisation and privatisation in welfare sectors such as Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) require governance and organisation to be realised. In Sweden, the municipalities are key but largely under-researched organisers for preschool quasi-market infrastructures. This study explores the different ways in which Swedish municipalities act as quasi-market organisers in the preschool setting. Following organisational theory, we analyse their market shaping activities in translating national regulations in efforts to influence, support and control their local preschool quasi-market. Documents, websites, and interviews with public officials from 30 municipalities characterised as having either a large (N = 10), medium (N = 10), or small (N = 10) private ECEC sector are analysed. The analysis highlights large variations on how municipalities act as market makers, which is further discussed in the form of three ideal types: the Frontier, the Keeper, and the Endorser. We conclude that municipalities' varying and hybridised market shaping activities and local characteristics are important to understand the implications that emerge in terms of different rules of the game, stakeholder interdependencies and relationships, composition of market actors etc. Attentiveness to the sub-national/local actors are essential in understanding different welfare quasi-markets within national policy frameworks of marketisation and privatisation., Published online: 18 Jul 2023

The aim of this case study was to explore the abilities and limitations of trade unions in their response to undeclared work, which has received scant attention in research on working conditions and industrial relations. The authors use power resource theory to examine the outcome of a Swedish government initiative aimed to boost the ability of the social partners to tackle undeclared work. The findings confirm previous literature suggesting cross-sectoral differences in the extent and nature of undeclared work and an association between low levels of power resources and high risk of undeclared work. The authors recommend that future initiatives take account of cross-sectoral differences in the nature and extent of undeclared work and available power resources. Future research should consider how different actors can contribute to the ability of the social partners in different sectors to engage in the battle against undeclared work.

This study aimed to investigate common features and ways of understanding quality culture (QC) within higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nordic countries. While the concept of QC is commonly accepted and often used, its meaning is not always clear. This paper focuses on how Nordic universities frame QC in their internal documentation. The Nordic context was chosen due to the close cooperation on quality issues that characterise HEIs within the Nordic region. The discussion section of this paper outlines QC in relation to quality assurance (QA) among HEIs within the European and Nordic regions. Sixteen universities participated in the study by sharing documents describing their QCs. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis and discussed from different perspectives, such as regarding how the universities use the concept of QC and how QC is created. Based on the results, a model was created that provides an overview of how QC emerges and how the concept is implemented in documentation. It is hoped that the results will both contribute useful input to the ongoing collaboration on quality issues among HEIs in the Nordic region and will also be useful in enhancing QC at universities in other regions., CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Received 09 Feb 2022, Accepted 16 Aug 2022, Published online: 25 Aug 2022CONTACT Christina Nygren-Landgärds christinmn@uia.no University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Education, Postboks 422, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway

Genom tiderna har den fysiska planeringen i Sverige gått från en spontant framvuxenbystruktur till att bli alltmer strukturerad genom fysisk planering. Vem som har bestämt hurdet ska planeras har skiftat från kungen till stat till numera kommunerna. Kommunerna styrs av folkvalda politiker enligt den representativa demokratimodellen. Det här kandidatarbetet undersöker hur fyra nordiska länder möjliggör medborgardeltagande i den fysiska planeringen samt hur de olika ländernas planeringssystem är uppbyggt från statlig planeringsnivå, översiktlig planeringsnivå till detaljerad planeringsnivå. Genomförandet av undersökningen gjordes genom en fallstudie av Sverige, Danmark, Norge och Finland. Utifrån kunskapsöversikten om medborgardeltagande i planeringssystemen utarbetades ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av tre trappmodeller för medborgardeltagande, som gav vägledning till hur de olika länderna ser på medborgarrollen i den fysiska planeringen. Empirin omfattades av respektive lands medborgardeltagande i den översiktliga samt detaljerade planeringen, och analyserades genom en jämförelsestudie. Slutsatsen visar att det inte finns några större skillnader i hur medborgarrollen påverkas utifrån olika planinstrument. Ytterligare visar slutsatsen att det finns utrymme för att öka medborgardeltagande och inflytande ifall det är det idealet som är önskvärt. För att öka deltagandet finns det både utrymme i lagstiftning att ta inspiration från Sveriges grannländer och ett antal verktyg och modeller för att från kommunen på eget initiativ öka deltagande och inflytande. Därmed bedöms studien bidra till att fylla en del av kunskapsluckan för hur Sverige i sin fysiska planering inkluderar medborgarna.

I samband med den ökade urbaniseringen som sker i dagens samhälle fnns det en trend där kommuner allt oftare förtätar städer. Dessa förtätningar skapar möjligheter för städer att kunna växa utan att behöva breda ut sig, vilket är värdefullt. Samtidigt är det lätt att bygga mycket snabbt och glömma bort vikten av de ytorsom försvinner. De ytor som riskerar att försvinna påverkar särskilt barn då det ofta handlar om deras lek- och rörelsemiljöer. Urbaniseringen som resulterar i förtätningar av offentliga platser och miljöer leder till minskade grönområden och sämre förutsättningar för lek, rörelse och fysisk aktivitet för barn. Föreliggande kandidatarbete syftar till att undersöka hur barns möjligheter till lek, rörelse och fysisk aktivitet kan tillgodoses i den allt tätare staden. Vidare är syftet att genom två olika gestaltningsförslag undersöka hur planering av grönytor i en allt tätare stad kan användas som verktyg för att öka barns lek, rörelse och fysiska aktivitet. De metoder som använts i arbetet utgörs av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys som skapar ett omfattande ochdetaljerat datamaterial. Vidare har platsanalyser och dokumentstudie valts som datainsamlingsmetoder för att skapa en bred förståelse för barns lek, rörelse och fysisk aktivitet i en tät stad samt för den valda platsen. Utifrån kunskapsöversikten och platsanalyser har mål och tillhörande strategier tagits fram som lyfter olika fysiska element för att främja barns fysiska aktivitet, lek och rörelse i en tät stad. Dessa appliceras sedan i ett gestaltningsförslag som visar på hur två grönytor kan utformas i en tät stad. Planförslagen visar på utmanande och varierande lek- och rörelsemiljöer, naturnära inslag, god mobilitet och trygga miljöer. Arbetets slutsats visar på att barns fysiska och psykiska hälsa påverkas utifrån tillgängligheten av grönområden i en förtätad stad. Vidare är slutsatsen att barns lek, rörelse och fysisk aktivitet i en förtätad stad kan främjas genom tillämpning av framtagna strat

Little is known about the experiences of the social partners in helping undeclared workers resist Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) issues. This study draws upon Walter Korpi’s ‘power resource theory’ to gain a deeper understanding of how power resources within the construction, transport, and cleaning sectors influence the ability of social partners to respond to OSH issues related to undeclared work. This mixed-method study uses survey data from employer representatives in the construction (n = 686) and transport (n = 650) sectors in Sweden in 2019 to estimate the nature and magnitude of undeclared work-related problems. To also study the view of union representatives, a duplicate survey was sent to union representatives in the transport, construction, and cleaning sectors (n = 57) in 2020, followed by 13 semi-structured interviews with Regional Safety Representatives (RSRs) in 2021–2023. Our findings show that employer representatives in construction and transport reported that the violation of OSH regulations was uncommon and remained unchanged, most union representatives said the opposite. We found a gradient of activism among the unions towards OSH issues related to undeclared work dependent on their power resources. Furthermore, structural and organizational factors limited the RSRs’ ability to address undeclared work. The RSRs identified strategies to tackle OSH issues related to undeclared work in their sectors, these included but were not limited to, dismantling the language barrier between unions and undeclared foreign-born workers, for OSH coordinators and main contractors to be held responsible for OSH violations and greater cooperation between the relevant authorities dealing with undeclared work.

Increased demand for actionable knowledge in operations- and supply chain management has fuelled the interest in collaborative, action-oriented research design as well as modes of theorising that generate adaptable and actionable frameworks. Whilst action research (AR) design as well as middle-range theories (MRT) offer guiding principles herein, they are researcher centric in nature. It is taken for granted that practitioners that enter such an endeavour have a certain level of knowledge or experience prior to the initial stages of formalising the research problem. Practitioners in non-academic, operations management-intensive industries or craftsmanship-based industries, such as construction or carpeting (often in the SME range) are often neither prepared nor equipped with the principles necessary to convey their managerial challenges into collaborative research design. This risk limiting or even hindering altogether such participation. This paper elaborates on combining the logic of AR and MRT. By conceptualising a preparatory phase for initiating practitioner engagement, complementing the conventional AR cycle, a four-step approach is presented: (1) Identifying a joint interest; (2) Teaching ? Awakening interest in the topic through MRT frameworks; (3) Accepting buy-in to the AR cycle and determining the problem; and (4) Proposing MRT frameworks for analysis and entering the traditional AR cycle.

Innehåll Pappor med IF nöjda och frustrerade över sin situation....................................................................... 2 Identitet är något alla har många av......................................... 3 Universell utformning – komplex och mångbottnad fråga....... 6 Lästips: Stora anhörigboken..................................................... 9 Lagstiftning och praxis kring ställföreträdare viktig men svår fråga. ............................................................... 10 Fler hälsovinster med mer intensiv aktivitet...........................12 Lästips: Inget om oss utan oss – det svenska arbetet med funktionsrättskonventionen. ............................................ 14 Högre risk dö i bröstcancer för kvinnor med funktionsnedsättning. .............................................................. 14 Hallå där! AI:s förhållande till funktionsnedsättningar ett viktigt forskningsområde............................................................... 15, ISSN 2004-4984

Varför fortsätter frågan om vad personalvetare gör och vilka intressen de representerar att besvaras på motstridiga sätt? I den här texten ska jag formulera en kritik mot två vanliga sätt att besvara denna fråga som behandlar problemet som abstrakt teoretiskt eller ideologiskt och mot dem ställa ett perspektiv där personalarbetets paradox förstås som resultatet av en motsättning mellan personalvetares beroendeställning gentemot sina arbetsköpare och yrkesgruppens behov av att formera sig som en relativt självständig profession.

A report on how research funding institutions in the Nordic countries define and measure the impact of research. It highlights the complexity of assessing impacts that go beyond academic contributions to include societal, economic, and policy impact, emphasising the need for efficent infrastructure and meaningful operationalisation of impact.

I Sverige har medborgarna under långt tid haft en påfallande stark vilja att försvara det egna landet – den svenska försvarsviljan har varit hög. I projektet CivKris vid Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning studeras viljan att göra insatser vid större samhällskriser och ytterst vid krig. Vem är villig att hjälpa till när det behövs? I föreliggande rapport uppmärksammas särskilt krisinsats- och försvarsvilja hos personer med utländsk bakgrund som en följd av en diskussion kring temat som blossade upp under rikskonferensen Folk och Försvar 2024. Resultaten visar att även om det finns skillnader mellan personer med utländsk bakgrund och resten av populationen när det gäller variabler som kan ha betydelse för försvarsviljan, så finns det inga statistiskt signifikanta skillnader mellan grupperna när det gäller försvarsviljan i sig. Tvärtom är grupperna påfallande lika varandra. Detsamma gäller för krisinsatsvilja: det som är slående är snarast likheten mellan grupperna.

The debate of politicization of ODA allocation issues the potential contrast between nationaland global interests associated with aid allocation. The Swedish ODA has long beenconsidered as solidaric. The 2022 Swedish governmental election of liberal, conservative andfar-right parties has triggered the discussion of the new motives of Swedish ODA allocation.2023, a new international development cooperation reform was implemented, tying SwedishODA to countries where the Swedish business community has interests. The objective of thestudy thus aims at road mapping the emerging field of Swedish ODA: how is the new agendamotivated and how is it differentiated from the previous ones. The do gooders framework byPuyvallé and Björjdahl (2021) are used as theoretical framework, as it holds idealism to be atthe core of Swedish ODA. To evaluate the political inclination of Swedish ODA allocation,Colombia is used as a case study. While Sweden mostly has been governed by the socialdemocratic party, Colombia has been governed by liberal and conservative parties. However,the simultaneous Swedish election of a right-wing political coalition, coincided with theColombian election of its first ever left-wing president. To find out what motives lies behindthe Swedish ODA, general governmental guidelines, country strategies of Colombia andlevels of ODA allocation in general and to Colombia are analyzed. It is founded that until the2023 aid reform agenda, Swedish ODA was highly motivated by solidarity. The case study ofColombia confirms this, as no changes in the ODA allocation appeared, regardless of politicalchanges in Sweden or Colombia. However, the 2022 government turns away from thesolidaric and moral objectives, as Swedish national interests are outspoken to be an importantpart of the consideration of Swedish ODA allocation, disqualifying them as do gooders. The2023 reform agenda is argued to have increased the politicization of Swedish ODA.

Syftet med denna studie var att analysera förändringsprocesserna i samband med de nya bestämmelserna för dygns- och veckovila samt att se hur detta har påverkat medarbetarnas arbetssituation och deras syn på sitt arbete i de aktuella LLS-organisationerna. Inledningsvis presenterar vi en inledning till ämnet och studiens bakgrund. Därefter presenteras studiens syfte, frågeställningar, avgränsning och disposition. Vidare presenteras de teorier som använts som verktyg för att analysera det empiriska materialet. Dessa är motstånd, vårt offentliga etos, förändringsprocesser och förändringsagenter. Studiens metodologi beskrivs sedan tillsammans med insamlingen av empirin genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med de tolv intervjupersonerna. Därefter presenteras analysen och resultatet av empirin, som visar att genomförandet skett på ett sätt som inte fullt ut har skapat en känsla av delaktighet och förståelse hos medarbetarna. Detta har lett till konflikter kopplat till deras offentliga etos och ansvar som tjänstemän gentemot organisationen, kollegorna och brukarna som yttrar sig iform av olika typer av motstånd. Avslutningsvis presenteras studiens slutsats tillsammans med en reflektion samt förslag på fortsatt forskning., The purpose of this study was to analyze the change processes in connection with the new regulations for 24-hour and weekly rest and how this has affected the employees' work situation and their view of their work in the LSS-organizations in question. Initially, we present an introduction to the subject and the background of the study. Then the study's purpose, questions, delimitation and outline are presented. Furthermore, the theories used as tools to analyze the empirical material are presented. These are resistance, our public ethos, change processes and change agents. The study's methodology is then described together with the collection of empirical evidence through semi-structured interviews with the twelve interviewees. Then the analysis and the results of the empirical work are presented, which show that the implementation took place in a way that has not fully created a feeling of participation and understanding among the employees. This has led to conflicts linked to their public ethos and responsibilities as officials towards the organization, colleagues and users who express themselves in the form of various types of resistance. Finally, the study's conclusion is presented together with a reflection and suggestions for further research.

Rights Based Approach is tightly linked with national development aid agencies who are major donors to humanitarian aid. The Right-Based Approach is already a common approach within development projects, and as humanitarian actors seek to diversify funding streams, some apply for funding with rights-based requirements. This thesis will focus on Participation and Accountability, and the Rights-Based Approach’s and Needs Based Approach’s different understandings of these concepts, while examining the possible implication of these differences in humanitarian projects. Through an in-depth comparison with materials from the 2023 top five donors (relative to GNI) as well as key documents on global humanitarian commitments and practices, the thesis presents key differences in Right-Based Approach and Needs-based Approach understanding of Participation and Accountability. The comparison in turn supported an analysis and discussion on if and how differences could be bridged, leading to suggestions for humanitarian projects. Based on the analysed documents, this thesis finds that policies and guidelines implemented by one hand development actors and on the other hand humanitarian actors, contain real differences which impacts practice in areas such as assessment, planning, evaluation, reporting and others. From the theoretical backgrounds of RBA and NBA, this thesis draws the conclusion that there is no real, discernible conflict between the two approaches and practical steps towards incorporating a rights-based language to facilitate humanitarian programming is possible.

Ett modernt stadsplaneringsideal idag är den så kallade blandstaden, där man eftersträvar en funktionsblandning för att främja en levande stadsmiljö. I Stockholm råder det i dagsläget bostadsbrist och behovet av bostäder, service och arbetsplatser ökar. Detta har lett till att det i nuläget pågår stora utvecklingsprojekt i områden som tidigare varit industriområden. Majoriteten av industrierna har oftast redan avvecklats eller planeras att avvecklas. Den här rapporten utreder huruvida det istället är möjligt att bibehålla industriverksamheten i området för att bevara det kulturhistoriska värdet samt om industriverksamheter kan integreras i stadsbilden. Vidare undersöks på vilket sätt detta skulle kunna vara möjligt samt vilka för- och nackdelar som kan uppstå. För att underlätta undersökningen och tydligt se hur det skulle kunna se ut i praktiken har två exempel använts och analyserats. Det första är Slakthusområdet som är ett industriområde i södra Stockholm som är under en pågående omvandling från industriområde till en urban stadsdel med fokus på kultur och hållbarhet. Det andra är Arvid Nordquists nya kafferosteri i Järfälla som är en modern industribyggnad som ska integreras i stadsmiljön med målet att skapa en resurssnål och miljövänlig produktionsanläggning. Arbetet har genomförts genom att relevant information har inhämtats via litteraturstudier, dokumentstudier och intervjustudier. Intervjuerna har gjorts i syfte att erhålla mer information om Slakthusområdet och Arvid Nordquists kafferosteri. Utöver det har även ett platsbesök i Slakthusområdet genomförts. Rapporten inkluderar även en SWOT-analys, där för- och nackdelar presenteras för att sedan vägas mot varandra. De huvudsakliga fördelarna med att integrera industriverksamhet i stadsmiljön är att de bidrar till konceptet blandstaden och skapar en levande stadsmiljö. De främsta nackdelarna är att industriverksamheter kan medföra trafik, buller och lukter. Slutligen kan det konstateras att det är möjlig, The concept of the mixed-use city is at the forefront of today’s urban planning, where a strive for functional diversity is sought to promote a vibrant urban environment. In Stockholm, there are currently several large-scale development projects in the previous industrial areas, due to increased demand for housing, servicebuildings and workplaces. The majority of industries in these areas have already been dismantled or are planned to be dismantled. This report investigates whether it is possible to preserve industrial activity into the urban environment or not. Furthermore, it investigates how this could be possible and what advantages and disadvantages may arise. To make the investigation easier and more clearly visualize how it would appear, two examples have been presented and analyzed. The first is the so-called “ Slakthusområdet '', which is an industrial area in the south of Stockholm that is under an ongoing transformation from an industrial area into an urban district with a focus on culture and sustainability. The second example is the company “ Arvid Nordquists “ new coffee roastery in Järfälla. A modern industrial building intended to be integrated into the urban environment with the goal of creating a resource-efficient and environmentally friendly production facility. The work has been conducted by gathering relevant information through literature, document and interview studies. The interviews have been conducted to obtain more information about Slakthusområdet and Arvid Nordquists coffee roastery. In addition, a site visit in Slakthusområdet has been conducted. The report also includes a SWOT-analysis where advantages and disadvantages are presented and weighed against each other. The main advantages of integrating industrial activities into the urban environment are that it contributes to the mixed-use city concept and creates a vibrant urban environment. The main disadvantages are that industrial activities can cause disturbing noise, odors and i

The increased use of Unmanned Ground Vehicles affects how Integrated Logistics Support is performed due to the removal of onboard operators. This thesis aims to identify key differences between how Integrated Logistics Support is performed on Manned and Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Thereby providing the industry with the requested basis for necessary changes in Integrated Logistics Support for future systems. By conducting semi-structured interviews, six experts provided knowledge of inherent differences between Manned and Unmanned Ground Vehicles. The interview data was used to develop Maintenance Concepts for Manned and Unmanned Ground Vehicles. By comparing these maintenance concepts, differences were identified mainly in the form of maintenance and support operations due to the disappearance of the onboard operator. Multiple questions were also raised by the experts, asking when unmanned ground vehicles should be considered consumable, how redundant they should be, where the boundaries of cyber lie within the system, and to what degree they are autonomous. This work signifies the importance of continued research on the topic of Integrated Logistics Support in regard to future unmanned systems., Den ökade användningen av Obemannade Markfordon (UGV) påverkar hur Integrerat Logistikstöd (ILS) utförs på grund av att ombordoperatörer tas bort. Denna uppsats syftar till att identifiera viktiga skillnader mellan hur Integrerat Logistikstöd utförs på Bemannade och Obemannade Markfordon. Därigenom ges branschen den efterfrågade grunden för nödvändiga förändringar inom Integrerat Logistikstöd för framtida system. Genom att genomföra semistrukturerade intervjuer bidrog sex experter med kunskap om grundläggande skillnader mellan Bemannade och Obemannade Markfordon. Intervjudatan användes för att utveckla underhållskoncept för Bemannade och Obemannade Markfordon. Genom att jämföra dessa underhållskoncept identifierades skillnader främst i form av underhålls- och stödoperationer på grund av att ombordoperatören försvinner. Experterna väckte också flera frågor om när Obemannade Markfordon ska betraktas som förbrukningsvaror, hur redundanta de ska vara, var gränserna för cyber ligger inom systemet och i vilken grad de är autonoma. Detta arbete understryker vikten av fortsatt forskning inom Integrerat Logistikstöd vad gäller framtida obemannade system.

The Principles of War have long been debated about their relevance and usefulness within the military context. Some theorists think that the Principles of War are laws that should be followed to achieve success in battle, while others see them more as guidelines. The principles have also been discussed on which level and type of warfare they should apply on, furthermore which types of principles to include. A theorist that has published a revised set of nine principles is Marvin Pokrant (2021), these Principles of War aim to be relevant across all levels and types of warfare. They are also one of the most contemporary sets of principles and has not yet been tested. Therefore, are the purpose of this study to both contribute to the overall research about the principles of war and more specifically if Pokrant’s (2021) set of principles has any explanatory value about success in modern military operations. The result of this study shows that this set of principles has explanatory value about the success in modern military operations. This is because the successful case had eight out of nine principles present, while the unsuccessful case only had two.

Under flera decennier har barn fått stå tillbaka när städer har utvecklats utefter andra intressen. Barnkonventionen blev lag i Sverige år 2020 och efterföljdes av allmänna val år 2022. Därmed har det funnits anledning för många kommuner att revidera sina översiktsplaner och vid den revideringen arbeta med barns perspektiv och delaktighet. Frågan om barns perspektiv kan däremot urskiljas vara en utmaning för planerare på kommunerna. Denna studie har därför haft som syfte att undersöka hur kommuner kan arbeta med barns perspektiv i översiktlig planering för att skapa legitimitet för processen. Detta har gjorts genom att undersöka hur tre olika stora kommuner har gått till väga efter sina förutsättningar. I studien har kommunernas dialograpporter och översiktsplaner studerats samt kompletteras med intervjuer av tjänstepersoner med inblick i processerna. Kommunernas arbete har därefter analyserats utifrån delaktighetsmodeller, olika synsätt på barn, planeringsteorier och en legitimitetsmodell. Studien har visat att det råder stor skillnad i förutsättningarna för att hantera frågan i de tre undersökta kommunerna. Möjligheterna har varit störst i Göteborg, som märkbart också har haft en längre erfarenhet av att arbeta med frågan. I Lund har förutsättningarna varit något sämre och i Lysekil, som är den minsta av de tre kommunerna, har det funnits andra utmaningar som inte återfunnits i Göteborg och Lund. I Lysekil genomfördes ett arbete med barnkartor i GIS medan i Lund och Göteborg arbetades det främst med workshopar och dialoger för att få tillgång till barnens synpunkter. Slutsatser som kan dras från studien är att de planerande förvaltningarna på de studerade kommunerna har saknat rätt kompetenser för att arbeta med barn vilket har gjort stöttning utifrån vital. Rätt kompetens har antingen kunnat hittas inom andra förvaltningar eller inom andra pedagogiska institutioner inom kommunen. Samtidigt har det visat sig att det varit av stor vikt för att barns synpunkter sk, For several decades, children have had to stand back when cities have developed according to the interests of other stakeholders. The Convention on the Rights of the Child became law in Sweden in 2020 and was followed by a general election in 2022, which means that municipalities have had reason to revise their comprehensive plans and include children's perspectives when doing so. Children's participation has however been shown to be something that urban planners find challenging. The objective of this study is to examine the manner in which municipalities can engage with children's perspectives in the context of comprehensive planning and create a legitimate process. To this end, the study will analyse how three municipalities of varying sizes have worked with children's perspectives within their comprehensive plan according to their different conditions. In the study a series of documents, concerning the work of municipalities with children’s perspectives within their comprehensive plan were examined and interviews with officials having insight into the processes were conducted. The work of municipalities has then been analysed based on models of participation, different approaches to children, planning theories and a model of legitimacy. The study indicates a discrepancy in the conditions and knowledge of working with children's perspectives within the comprehensive plan across the three municipalities. The opportunities have been greatest in Gothenburg, which has notably had more experience of working with the issue. In Lund, the conditions have been somewhat poorer. In Lysekil, which is the smallest of the three municipalities, there have been other challenges that were not found in Gothenburg and Lund. Lund and Gothenburg worked with children's perspective through dialogues and workshops, while Lysekil carried out the work by utilising the method children´s maps in GIS. The findings of the study indicate that municipal planning departments often lack the requ

I denna studie har vi intervjuat nio polisanställda personer i syfte att undersöka hur Polismyndigheten arbetar med sexualbrott mot barn via internet. Vi studerade även hur ideella föreningars arbete påverkar Polismyndigheten. Samtliga intervjupersoner var positivt inställda till de ideella föreningarnas syfte att skydda barnen. Däremot fanns det varierande attityder gentemot deras arbetsmetoder. Resultatet av denna studie visade att de ideella föreningarna hade påverkan på Polismyndighetens arbete. De föreningar som lämnar information till polisen och utbildar samhället om barns utsatthet på nätet agerar som ett komplement till Polismyndigheten. Däremot försvårar de som konfronterar och offentliggör misstänkta polisens arbete, då den misstänkta kan radera bevismaterial och på andra sätt påverka utredningen negativt. Det fanns en variation i attityderna till dessa ideella föreningar inom Polismyndigheten; ju närmare internetrelaterade sexualbrott mot barn personen jobbar desto mer kritisk var intervjudeltagarna till vissa av de ideella föreningarnas tillvägagångssätt. Samtliga intervjupersoner belyste även föräldraansvaret., In this study, nine police employees have been interviewed with the purpose to investigate how the Swedish police work against sexual crimes against children online. We also studied how non-profit organisations affected the police. All interviewees were positive to the non-profits’ purpose of protecting children, but less so to their methods. The results showed that non-profit organisations had an influence on police work. The organisations that provide the police with information and educate society act as a complement to the police. On the other hand, those who confront and expose potential suspects make the police’s work more difficult, as the potential suspect can delete evidence and in other ways influence the investigation negatively. There was a variation in attitudes towards the non-profits within the police. The closer you work to internet-related sexual crimes against children, the more critical they were of some non-profit organisations approach. All interviewees highlight parental responsibility.

The social media platform TikTok is becoming an increasingly emerging space akin to a search engine, where news and information are shared and discovered, particularly amongst young adults. Whilst the majority of scholarly research on media trust in TikTok has concentrated on practices by professional journalists and news organizations, the entities represent only a fraction of the diverse actors, contributing to the platform's news-sharing media landscape. Notably, citizen journalists play a pivotal role in generating and disseminating war-related content on TikTok. TikTok personae have the ability to build strong relationships with followers. Such relationships, which carry great audience loyalty potential, are investigated through parasocial interaction in combination with the uses and gratifications theory. This study is a reception study of a young audience based primarily in Austria and Sweden which aims to investigate media trust in war-related content amongst ordinary individuals. Through focused interviews with 18 to 28-year-old TikTok users, reactions to viral videos will be assessed in order to establish trust factors and gain insights into their user behavior and news consumption habits on the app. Findings indicate that the TikTok algorithm influences young adults and they approach citizen- generated news content cautiously due to potential viral motives amongst creators, particularly when addressing sensitive topics such as the Israel-Gaza crisis. However, they recognize the value of opinionated content as a tool for young people to build an opinion on political topics. Keywords: Citizen Journalism, TikTok, War, Social Media Trust, Israel-Gaza Crisis, Para Social Interaction, Uses and Gratifications

Denna uppsats undersöker hur riskmedvetenhet och krisberedskap ser ut hos småföretagare i besöksnäringen, vilka förutsättningar som finns för dem och vilka behov de har. Med rätt förutsättningar blir de mer motståndskraftiga och får en bättre möjlighet att förebygga risker och hantera uppkomna krissituationer. Det finns en utsatthet i deras småskalighet vilket kan innebära behov av stöttning från sina branschorganisationer, både i hanteringen av själva krisen som i arbetet med riskmedvetenheten. Forskningen spelar en viktig roll och den är omfattande inom krishanteringens alla områden men brister i kombinationen småföretagare, besöksnäring och krishantering. Den saknar en gemensam terminologi vilket skulle underlätta och förbättra den gemensamma forskningen i framtiden, både nationellt som globalt. Dessutom behöver dagens utbildningsunderlag, krisledningsmodeller och planer nyanseras och anpassas till en mer småskalig verksamhet. Uppsatsen utgår från en pusselbitsansats och har antagit en kritisk realistisk position. Med stöd av forskningen och genom undersökningar av myndigheter, branschorganisationer och småföretagare undersöks vilka mekanismer som påverkar och vilka pusselbitar som saknas. Uppsatsens analys och slutsats bidrar med sex pusselbitar till framtida forskning och utveckling; kommunikation, nätverk, medlemsorganisationer, utbildning samverkan och forskning., This essay examines what risk awareness and crisis preparedness look like among small business entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry, what conditions exist for them and what needs they have. With the right conditions, they become more resilient and have a better opportunity to prevent risks and handle emerging crisis situations. There is a vulnerability in their small scale, which may mean a need for support from their member organisations, both in handling the crisis itself and in the work with risk awareness. The research on this topic plays an important role and it is extensive in all areas of crisis management, but it is lacking in the combination of small business entrepreneurs, the hospitality industry and crisis management. It lacks a common terminology, which would facilitate and improve joint research in the future, both nationally and globally. In addition, today's training material, crisis management models and plans need to be nuanced and adapted to a more smallscale operation. The essay starts from a puzzle piece approach and has adopted a critical realist position. It is investigating which mechanisms have an impact and witch pieces of the puzle are missing, with the support of research and through surveys of authorities, industry organisation and small businesses. The essay's analysis and conclusion contribute six pieces of the puzzle to future research and development; communication, networks, member organisations, education, collaboration and research.

The aim of this study has been to investigate the reading interest of students in grade four, aswell as which factors are considered to influence their motivation and attitude towardsreading. The study's collection method is partly quantitative where 38 students haveanswered a questionnaire, partly qualitative where 12 students have been interviewed, ofwhich 6 are boys and 6 are girls. The selection of the participants was determined through aconvenience sample from a school nearby, located in southwestern Sweden, where twodifferent classes in the fourth grade participated. The study aims to answer two researchquestions, one of which investigated whether there were differences between boys and girlsmotivation and attitude towards reading, and if so, how it manifested itself. The secondresearch question investigated which factors influenced students motivation and attitudetowards reading. The result showed that no significant gender differences could be found inmotivation. However, several differences were found between boys and girls in attitudetowards reading. Factors that influence the students motivation and attitude are, among otherthings, the reading culture that exists in the children’s home, whether the reading isexperienced as interesting or not and how the teacher uses the students' interests in the workto promote the students interest in and consumption of reading.

Transboundary water basins are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to climate change, which is putting pressure on riparian states and water agreements. Transboundary water agreements should be able to respond to changing circumstances, adapt to changes, and deal with uncertainty. For the purpose of this thesis, a multi-faceted qualitative case study of the Euphrates Tigris basin was conducted to investigate the impact of water allocation and institutional mechanisms on cooperation in the basin. For this a document analysis of the water agreement texts (specifically the 1987 Turkey -Syria agreement and the 1989 Syria-Iraq agreement as well as various Memoranda of Understanding between the riparian states) related to the inclusion of adaptability, specificity, and institutional mechanisms was performed. In addition, water-related event data from the Factiva and the Basins at Risk databases was collected and analysed to identify trends between the two time periods. The findings show that the 1987 Turkey -Syria agreement has high legal specificity but lacks in adaptability. The 1989 Syria-Iraq agreement has both high adaptability and specificity. However, both agreements lack institutional mechanisms. As a consequence, the compliance to agreements has remained low. The average BAR scale declined from -0.2540 for the period 1990-2000 to -0.7308 for the period 2013-2023. In both time periods, almost all events are classified in the three least conflictive and least cooperative event categories with almost no extreme events recorded. The number of water-related events declined in the time period 2013-2023. Additionally, the percentage of conflictive events increased in the same period. However, the variety and percentage of issue areas increased to include issues besides water quantity in the second period. Due to the inflexible allocation mechanism, the absence of institutionalisation and the strong presence of issue linkages, non-compliance for the 1987 agreement have

Terror attacks have become an increasingly discussed and addressed threat in recent years due to an increased threat level around the world and in Sweden. Public areas are today seen as vulnerable for potential attacks due to its openness and accessibility to the public. Additionally, the study also highlights how design can be used as a tool to prevent and design out terrorism, with a focus on vehicle attacks. An important point of the study is also that barriers can lead to isolation and militarization of the urban spaces through a critical perspective. It is crucial for urban planners and authorities to consider the usage of design measures in the urban spaces, due to the current international situation. However, it is also important to consider what design measures retain the open space, and what measures can lead to an isolation of the urban space. The study aims to highlight both positive and negative perspectives that can arise when measures to protect the urban space and its people are installed into the urban spaces. The main focus of the study is on three different case studies from three different streets in three cities, to create a broader picture and understanding of how design measures have been installed in those cities.

Tidigare forskning kring kommunikation är framför allt fokuserat på chefsnivå och prestation. Vi avser med vår studie att göra ett försök att fånga en realistisk bild av medarbetarnas subjektiva upplevelse av hur deras mellanmänskliga möte och verbala kommunikation fungerar inom en mångkulturell organisation. Vi tar oss an denna utmaning genom kvalitativ metod och semistrukturerade intervjuer där vi låter deltagarna vara experterna och får ta del av deras erfarenheter av interpersonell kommunikation, olika kommunikationsförmågor och mjuka färdigheter som emotionell intelligens. Intervjuerna tematiska bearbetning genererade tre gemensamma teman, organisationen som mångkulturell, organisationens sociala förändring och organisationens kommunikation. Deltagarna märker skillnader, och anpassar sig utefter vem de pratar med. Samtidigt finns upplevelser kring att organisationen använder sig av mer neutrala allmänna uttryck som kommunikation, bemötande och mångfald. Där alla är lika och att det inte finns några skillnader. Slutsatsen är att organisationen redan från anställningsprocessen välkomnar mångfald och att de drar nytta av varandras olikheter och erfarenheter. Organisationen lägger inget fokus på kring hur kulturer kan påverka kommunikationen mellan människor. Detta är något som medarbetarna utifrån sina kunskaper och mellanmänskliga färdigheter får på egen hand anpassar både vid verbal kommunikation och även digital kommunikation vilket blivit mer vanligt än det mellanmänskliga mötet på plats. Vår studie kan användas av organisationen för att belysa vikten av kommunikation mellan medarbetare. Tydlig medvetenhet kring skillnader mellan kulturer gällande kommunikation, kan fungera som en pusselbit kring tvärkulturell kommunikation i en organisations ständiga utveckling kring både psykosocial arbetsmiljö och prestation.

In today's society, we are facing challenges such as rising sea levels and increased average temperatures, which have heightened awareness and social responsibility regarding climate and sustainability issues. The EU taxonomy is a response to these challenges and aims to limit emissions and promote sustainable investments. It regulates companies' environmental work and investments to reduce climate impact, which has direct implications for various sectors and financial transactions. Within the real estate industry, which is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, companies are expected to undergo changes to comply with EU regulations. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the implementation of the EU taxonomy affects the value of commercial properties in Sweden. We formulate the research question: "How does the EU taxonomy's regulatory framework affect the value of commercial properties?" To answer this question, we employ a qualitative and empirical analysis method. The empirical material consists of six semi-structured interviews with transaction managers and transaction directors within the real estate industry. Subsequently, the interviews are analyzed together with previous research and the theoretical framework, enriched by value and price theory. The results indicate an increase in value for commercial office properties that meet the EU taxonomy's requirements and are located in the country's metropolitan regions, while office properties that do not meet these requirements are expected to decrease in value. On the other hand, the values of commercial residential properties are not affected by this trend. Within the logistics property sector, there is observed growth in new constructions that meet the taxonomy's criteria, which is believed to anticipate a future increase in value, especially for large new logistics properties leased to financially significant companies.