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Like Peeking Through the Door : An Essay on Librarians, Reading Memories, and Reading lives
No full textDen här vetenskapliga essän handlar om bibliotekarier och skönlitteratur. Den utgår från en workshopövning kallad "Den biblioterapeutiska livslinjen". I essän berättar fyra bibliotekarier om sina biblioterapeutiska livslinjer som handlar om deras erfarenheter av läsning, skönlitteratur och yrkespraktik. Presentationen av bibliotekariernas berättelser fokuserar på hur deras läsminnen och relation till litteratur påverkar deras yrkesroll och arbete med litteraturförmedling. Bibliotekariernas berättelser relateras till den skönlitterära romanen En vänskap av Silvia Avallone, som handlar om läsning och skönlitteratur. Presentationen är inspirerad av narrativ teori, där berättelser ses som bärare av både individuella upplevelser och gemensamma kulturella föreställningar. Essän syftar till att undersöka normer och värden kring bibliotekariepraktiken och skönlitteraturläsning. Föreställningar kring bibliotekarien ochmyten om den goda litteraturen undersöks. Analysen befinner sig i ett fält av röster från olika forskningsområden: den praktiska kunskapens teori, biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap och litteraturvetenskap. Texter från framförallt Simone de Beauvoir, Aristoteles, Jenny Lindberg och Sven Anders Johansson ger perspektiv på bibliotekariepraktiken, bibliotekariers yrkeskunskap och skönlitteraturens betydelse och värde.This scholarly essay focuses on librarians and fiction. It is based on a workshop exercise called "The Bibliotherapeutic Lifeline." In the essay, four librarians share their bibliotherapeutic lifelines, which explore their experiences with reading, fiction, and professional practice. The presentation of their stories focuses how their reading memories and relationship with literature influence their professional roles and their work with literary mediation. The librarians’ stories are connected to the novel A Friendship by Silvia Avallone, which deals with reading and fiction. The presentation is inspired by narrative theory, where stories are viewed as carriers of both individual experiences and shared cultural notions. The essay aims to examine the norms and values surrounding librarian practice and fiction reading. It explores ideas about the librarian and the myth of "good literature." The analysis is situated within a field of voices from various research areas: the theory of practical knowledge, library and information science, and literary studies. Writings by Simone de Beauvoir, Aristotle, Jenny Lindberg, and Sven Anders Johansson provide perspectives on librarian practice, professional knowledge, and the meaning and value of fiction
Inherited Inequality and Democratic Justice : A Normative Analysis of Sweden’s Abolition of Inheritance Tax
No full textThis dissertation examines whether the 2004 abolition of inheritance and gift taxation in Sweden can be normatively justified when assessed against contemporary theories of justice. While there form was politically uncontroversial and justified on administrative and economic grounds—suchas efficiency, legal uncertainty, and support for family businesses—its broader ethical implications were left unexplored in the political discourse. Using Ingrid Robeyns’ theory of limitarianism and her comprehensive normative audit as the main theoretical framework, the study applies a two phase method: (1) a descriptive idea analysis of Swedish policy documents and parliamentary debates, and (2) a normative evaluation of these arguments through the lens of democratic justice. The empirical findings show that Sweden’s decision-makers framed inheritance taxation as obsolete and procedurally flawed, without considering values such as equality of opportunity, political equality, or intergenerational fairness. The normative audit confirms that the reform fails to meet core standards of justice, particularly in terms of fairness, autonomy, and legitimacy. The dissertation concludes that Robeyns’ Accessions Cap Proposal offers a feasible and ethically superior alternative, capable of regulating wealth transfers in line with democratic values. It calls for a re-politicization of inheritance policy as a matter not just of economics, but of justice.
Exploring the Accessibility of Self-Service Navigation Terminals : A qualitative study on user experiences and design strategies for accessible self-service navigation terminals
No full textAccessibility and equal opportunities have increased in importance since the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the introduction of the European Accessibility Act. This directive mandates compliance by June 28, 2025, to ensure that digital solutions are accessible to everyone. However, the directive has limitations regarding selfservice navigation terminals. This raises the question of how a global real estate company addresses accessibility when designing these self-service navigation terminals in their shopping centers to meet the needs of people with disabilities (PWDs), and whether this work adequately addresses users’ needs. Through interviews and observations, this qualitative study explores how people with mobility impairments experience the accessibility of these navigation terminals and whether their needs are being addressed. It also assesses how the company’s accessibility efforts align with user requirements. The findings show that people with mobility impairments perceive these terminals as inaccessible, primarily due to height and size issues. While the company focuses extensively on digital accessibility, physical factors are also considered, although they are limited by budget constraints and the need to prioritize certain user groups. The study concludes that although digital accessibility is a priority, gaps remain in fully meeting the needs of users with mobility impairments
Class in the Classroom : A Cohort Study of Leader Role Occupancy Across the Life Course
No full textEarly life experiences are important precursors for developing leadership skills and acquiring formal leader roles later in life. The antecedents of leadership emergence in childhood have, however, not been subject to much empirical research—nor their links to actual leader role occupancy in adulthood. This study examines leadership emergence in a life-course perspective based on a large cohort of boys and girls, including survey and register data from the early 1960s to the late 2000s. We found a strong association between informal leadership emergence in childhood and formal leader role occupancy in adulthood. Social class was a significant predictor of both, mainly mediated through cognitive capacity and educational attainment in adulthood. Overall, the same factors predicted leadership emergence for both men and women. However, women received significantly more nominations for informal leader roles in childhood compared to men—accounting for a relatively larger share of the indirect effect of social class on holding a managerial position in adulthood. In contrast, the likelihood that a male held a managerial position in adulthood was relatively higher if he had been active in his spare time in childhood and had become a parent. Our findings thereby confirm the “parenthood advantage” for men vis-à-vis leadership role occupancy. With its prospective design and richness of data, the study shows how individual, structural, and behavioral factors interact in how leaders emerge across the life course, in general and among men and women respectively
Mellan medborgerligt och etniskt : Partiet för demokratisk aktion och den symboliska kampen för en bosnisk-hercegovinsk stat
No full textThis thesis examines the persistent political fragmentation of post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the role of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and the strategies of Bosniac political actors from the 1995 Dayton Agreement to the 2022 elections. Situated within the complex legacy of the Ottoman millet system and post-communist state-building, the study investigates how SDA activists conceptualise the relationship between Bosniac national identity and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian state amidst ethnic rivalries and external influences. Employing Pierre Bourdieu’s political field theory, adapted to account for the political idiosyncrasies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the research addresses the central question: How have the political strategies and interactions of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), as a key Bosniac political actor, with other influential political actors, shaped Bosnia and Herzegovina’s persistent status as a disintegrated post-war nation-state from 1995 to 2022? Through qualitative fieldwork, including interviews and participant observation with current and former SDA activists, the study reveals how Bosniacs navigate a contested political landscape marked by alliances with Western powers (as the meta-power) and tensions with Serb and Croat counterparts (as the meta-analysts). The findings highlight a patron–client dynamic with external actors, internal debates over civic versus ethnic nationalism and the enduring impact of historical communal structures on modern statehood. By offering new empirical insights into the SDA’s activist perspectives and a sociological framework for understanding fragmented states, this thesis contributes to the scholarship on post-Ottoman nation-building and political field theory, illuminating broader patterns of political disintegration in diverse societies. I den här avhandlingen undersöks den politiska splittringen i efterkrigstidens Bosnien-Hercegovina. Detta görs genom en närmare granskning av bosniakiska politiska aktörers strategier, från Daytonavtalet 1995 till valet 2022, med fokus på den bosniakiska nyckelaktören Partiet för demokratisk aktion (SDA). Studien, som tar avstamp i det komplexa arvet från det osmanska millet-systemet och det postkommunistiska statsbygget, analyserar hur SDA-aktivister begripliggör förhållandet mellan bosniakisk nationell identitet och den bosnisk-hercegovinska staten i en kontext av etnisk rivalitet och externa politiska aktörers inflytande. Utifrån Pierre Bourdieus teori om det politiska fältet, anpassad för att ta hänsyn till Bosnien-Hercegovinas politiska särdrag, behandlas den centrala frågan: Hur har SDA:s politiska strategier och interaktioner med andra inflytelserika politiska aktörer format Bosnien-Hercegovinas status som en splittrad efterkrigsnation från 1995 till 2022? Genom kvalitativt fältarbete, inklusive intervjuer och deltagande observation med nuvarande och tidigare SDA-aktivister, undersöks hur bosniaker navigerar i ett omtvistat politiskt landskap präglat av allianser med västmakter och spänningar med serbiska och kroatiska motsvarigheter. Västmakterna utgör fältets meta-kraft och de serbiska och kroatiska politiska aktörerna dess meta-analytiker. Resultaten belyser en patron/klient-dynamik med externa aktörer, interna debatter om medborgerlig kontra etnisk nationalism och historiska gemenskapsstrukturers bestående påverkan på modernt statsbygge. Genom att erbjuda nya empiriska insikter i SDA-aktivisternas perspektiv och en sociologisk ram för att förstå splittrade stater bidrar denna avhandling till forskningen om post-osmanskt nationsbygge och politisk fältteori, och belyser även bredare mönster av politisk desintegration i samhällen som präglas av mångfald.
Advancing Just Energy Transitions Through Recognition and Inclusion : Policy brief
No full textThis policy brief highlights the significance of addressing recognition and inclusion in just energy transitions, drawing on ananalysis of visions of a just transition in Poland and particularly in the Silesian Voivodeship. It emphasizes political and sociocultural dimensions of just transitions
Att inleda ett polisförhör : Om fri berättelse som mål och medel.
No full textPolisförhör är en samtalssituation som präglas av institutionella ramar ochmål. Alla som förhörs ska behandlas lika och betraktas som oskyldiga framtill dess att motsatsen bevisas av dömande instans. Omständigheter somtalar både till en misstänkts fördel och nackdel ska beaktas (Rättegångsbalken,kap. 23 §4) och polisen ska uppmuntra den förhörde till fritt berättandeoch undvika ledande frågor (Kronkvist, 2021; Polismyndighetenshandbok för förhör, 2023).I studien som presenteras här undersöks hur inledningen ser ut ivittnesförhör där polisen efterfrågar en fri berättelse, och hur polis ochförhörd person därmed synliggör och hanterar institutionella ramar. Merspecifikt undersöks 1) vilket utrymme för fri berättelse som skapas genompolisens inledande fråga/frågor och 2) hur frågan besvaras av den förhörde– blir det fri berättelse? Syftet med studien är att belysa den position isamtalet där fri berättelse ska initieras, samt ge exempel på hur detta kanse ut i praktiken. Den faktiska interaktionen i polisförhör – och särskilt iSverige på svenska – är fortfarande relativt outforskad empirisk mark (sedock Byrman, 2017; Jönsson, 1988) och systematiska studier saknas avhur utrymme för fri berättelse skapas i förhör i en svensk kontext
AI på arbetsplatsen: En vän eller fiende för SME-anställda? : Effekter av AI-implementering på arbetsmiljö, tillit och prestation i små och medelstora företag
No full textStudien visar att AI i små och medelstora företag framställs som både en resurs och en risk för anställda: tekniken kan öka produktivitet, arbetskvalitet och motivation, men också skapa stress, kontrollförlust och misstro. För att AI ska upplevas som gynnsam krävs organisatoriskt stöd i form av transparens, kompetensutveckling och social dialog. Resultaten visar att AI:s konsekvenser inte är tekniskt givna, utan formas i samspelet mellan teknik, ledarskap och arbetsmiljö.The study shows that artificial intelligence (AI) in small and medium-sized enterprises is portrayed as both a resource and a risk for employees: the technology can increase productivity, job quality, and motivation, but may also generate stress, loss of control, and distrust. For AI to be perceived as beneficial, organizational support in the form of transparency, skills development, and social dialogue is required. The findings further demonstrate that the consequences of AI are not technologically predetermined, but are shaped through the interaction between technology, leadership, and the work environment
Röster som sällan hörs - berättelser från en segregerad stad
No full textRencension av: Ove Sernhede, Nils Hammarén, Johannes Lunneblad, Sara Uhnoo (red.): Mellan resignation och framtidstro. Natur & Kultur, Stockholm 2024.</p