1.1 41 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Ilaria Tafuri author 8912449 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department The current fashion system known as Fast Fashion (FF) is responsible for severe environmental and social impacts. Fashion democratisation has increased consumers’ appetite for new trends, leading fashion companies to design an increasing number of collections per year. Manufacturing is outsourced to developing countries, where workers’ rights and working place regulations are hardly respected. Additionally, garments are designed with material and stylistic planned obsolescence, in order to encourage rapid disposal and replacement. The result is a considerable waste of resources, human labour and accumulation of garbage. <br /> Growing awareness of the negative impacts of FF has led to international movements, like Slow Fashion (SF), promoting a radical change in how we consume fashion and encouraging adoption of more environmentally- and ethically-aware strategies, such as use of ecological or natural material and remanufacturing. One of such alternatives is second-hand clothing (SHC) consumption, as it diverts clothes from landfills or export to developing countries by extending their life-cycle. <br /> The present thesis uses a case study approach to analyse consumers’ perceptions of SHC consumption in the Italian context. Here, the peculiar combination of sharp fashion sensitivity and the recent economic crisis has created a fertile ground for consumption of cheap FF clothing. Although clothing collection systems are in place, the majority of what is collected is directly exported to developing countries instead of being reintroduced in the national market. The aim of this thesis is to understand the reasons for this unexpressed potential of the SHC market by investigating if and what types of barriers exist at the consumer level. Semi-structured interviews with SHC shop owners and an online survey targeting Italian consumers were used to understand the motivations for and against SHC consumption and identify potential leverage points to develop it further.<br /> Results show that a sizeable percentage of consumers resort to SHC because of its economic and environmental advantages. However, misinformation concerning this practice and lack of transparency in the supply chain contribute to emphasize a rooted prejudice concerning cleanliness and negative symbolic value held by SHC. Structural issues are also identified, such as aesthetic appearance and availability of SHC channels across the Italian peninsula. Growing awareness of the wastefulness of the fashion industry, eye for quality and decreasing spending capabilities are identified as potential leverage points to popularise SHC consumption. For this to happen, however, advertisement, education and awareness raising of consumers on economic and environmental advantages of this practice are necessary steps to take. L&#39;attuale sistema della moda, conosciuto come Fast Fashion, è responsabile di gravi porblemi di tipo ambientale ed economico. La democratizzazione della moda ha stimolato l&#39;appetito dei consumatori per nuovi trend, inducendo le compagnie d&#39;abbigliamento a presentare un sempre maggiore numero di collezioni ogni anno. La manifattura viene esternalizzata in paesi in via di sviluppo, dove diritti dei lavoratori e norme di sicurezza sul posto di lavoro vengono blandamente osservati. Inoltre, i capi vengono disegnati secondo un&#39;obsolescenza materiale e stilistica programmata, che porta i consumatori a smaltire e sostituire i propri capi d&#39;abbigliamento in maniera sempre più rapida. Il risultato è un enorme spreco di risorse e lavoro, nonchè l&#39;accumulo di spazzatura.<br /> La crescente sensibilizzazione in merito agli impatti negativi della Fast Fashion ha portato alla nascita di movimenti a livello internazionale, come lo Slow Fashion, il quale promuove un cambiamento radicale nel consumo di abbigliamento e incoraggia l&#39;adozione di pratiche più responsabili dal punto di vista etico ed ambientale, tra cui l&#39;uso di abbigliamento realizzato con materiale naturale ed ecologico. Una di queste pratiche è l&#39;utilizzo di abbigliamento di seconda mano, che permette di recuperare ed estendere il ciclo vitale di capi altrimenti destinati alla discarica o a paesi in via di sviluppo. <br /> Questa tesi si propone di analizzare la percezione dei consumatori italiani riguardo al consumo di abbigliamento di seconda mano. In Italia, infatti, la recente crisi economica, unita ad uno spiccato senso della moda, ha favorito l&#39;espansione del mercato di abbigliamento economico e di scarsa qualità, rapidamente sostituito. Nonostante la presenza di sistemi di raccolta di rifiuti tessili, la maggior parte di quanto raccolto, sebbene in buone condizioni, viene direttamente esportato in paesi in via di sviluppo invece di essere reintrodotto nel mercato nazionale. Lo scopo di questa tesi è capire le motivazioni di questo potenziale inespresso del mercato di abbigliamento di seconda mano ed evidenziare eventuali barriere esistenti al livello dei consumatori. Metodi scelti per questo scopo sono interviste semistrutturate a titolari di negozi di abbigliamento usato e un questionario online rivolto ai consumatori italiani. I risultati mostrano che una cospicua percentuale di consumatori ricorre all&#39;abbgliamento usato per i suoi benefici economici ed ambientali. Tuttavia, la disinformazione e la mancanza di trasparenza relativa alla filiera dell&#39;abbigliamento usato contribuiscono ad enfatizzare il pregiudizio radicato in merito alla pulizia e al valore simbolico negativo legato all&#39;abbigliamento di seconda mano. In aggiunta a questo pregiudizio, la scarsa attrattiva e accessibilità di canali di distribuzione di abbigliamento usato sono stati riconosciuti come problemi di tipo strutturale. Per rendere il consumo di abbiglaimento usato una pratica più diffusa, bisognerebbe fare leva sulla sensibilizzazione in aumento in merito agli sprechi legati al mondo della moda, nonchè alle capacità di spesa in declino dei consumatori italiani. Per fare ciò, è necessario potenziare l&#39;opera di pubblicità, educazione e sensibilizzazione in merito ai vantaggi economici e ambientali dell&#39;abbigliamento di seconda mano. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8912451/file/8916941.pdf application/pdf 1762517 no 2017 eng fashion consumers’ behaviour Italy second-hand clothes slow fashion sustainable clothing sustainability science Social Sciences 2017:009 8912451 2017-06-08T10:23:01+02:00 2017-07-03T06:44:28+02:00 2017-06-21T16:06:44+02:00 1 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Rosalind Pfaff author 8879086 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Global climate projections forecast more frequent, intense and longer heat waves in the decades ahead. Heat waves are considered the most dangerous extreme weather event for human health, with impacts most pronounced in cities because of the urban heat island effect. Heat-related mortality rates are highest in certain at-risk populations, like the elderly. Toronto, Canada’s largest city, faces two compounding challenges: an increasing number of heat waves coupled with a rapidly growing senior population. <br /> <br /> This paper, using qualitative interviews, document analysis, and some comparable work on other cities, investigates how response measures in Toronto aim to reduce seniors’ vulnerability to increasing heat waves, evaluates their current effectiveness and explores viable future steps for augmenting these strategies. Using Turner et al.’s 2003 integrated framework, vulnerability is conceptualized as a complex product of both the internal factors of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity within Toronto’s coupled human-environmental system and the external factors beyond this system. <br /> <br /> Findings highlight how existing city and some volunteer strategies in Toronto work to increase individual and community adaptive capacity, while ongoing city projects aim to reduce exposure levels at a building and municipal level. Failure to reach certain high-risk seniors, the limited success of cooling centres, high temperatures in some aging high-rise apartments and rooming houses, and the city’s over-reliance on air conditioning in light of energy grid instability and municipal environmental objectives are all identified as gaps in current strategies. Promising alternative pathways forward include developing a stronger social infrastructure with more securely funded community networks to support the elderly, better housing through targeted retrofitting of high-risk properties, and transitioning away from air conditioning dependence through more passive cooling design and expansion of the city’s use of deep water cooling. Findings about the Toronto situation also have applicability to other similar Canadian cities in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and in the United States. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8879088/file/8879090.pdf application/pdf 2032442 no 2016 eng sustainability science vulnerability Toronto elderly heat wave Social Sciences 2016:022 8879088 2016-06-08T22:42:12+02:00 2016-06-09T16:32:09+02:00 2016-06-09T16:32:09+02:00 2 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Laura Niessen author 8914101 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department The Right Livelihood Award Foundation funder The Swedish government has committed to a steep increase in renewable energy production, with the aim that Sweden&#39;s energy supply should become entirely renewable by 2040. One of the renewable energy forms that is currently under expansion is wind power, with approximately a third of existing installed capacity in the four northernmost provinces. In these provinces, however, the wind power developments conflict with Sámi reindeer husbandry, an indigenous livelihood that depends on large grazing lands and freedom of migration. Through the lens of Schlosberg&#39;s (2004)environmental justice framework, this thesis scrutinizes the justice claims made by the reindeer herders as well as the developers and Swedish authorities. I find that the competing perceptions of what is just create injustices for the indigenous and less powerful Sámi herders. They can point to several injustices regarding distribution, procedure and recognition in the wind power development. Then, I turn to the broader context of the future of Sámi reindeer herding in the context of climate change. I find that competing land uses, such as wind power, and other factors increase the herders&#39; vulnerability to climate change. Conflicts in the Sámi community and insufficient protection for the indigenous livelihood by the Swedish state can further aggravate the uncertain future of Sámi reindeer herding. Finally, I provide recommendations on how the herders&#39; adaptive capacity could be strenghtened. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8914103/file/8922095.pdf application/pdf 2960752 no 2017 eng environmental justice sustainability science Sámi vulnerability Social Sciences 2017:015 8914103 2017-06-12T12:40:45+02:00 2017-07-26T12:09:20+02:00 2017-06-18T16:15:22+02:00 3 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Ruth Krüger author 8914395 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department The Right Livelihood Award Foundation funder Svenska Institutet funder The focus of this thesis is energy justice and sustainability science, and the argument is based on a case study of the Inga dams. Substantial further development of hydropower is planned at the Inga dams, located on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While the project will add macro-economic benefits through the additional power, benefits are limited for people living nearby, a pattern magnified by the in-migration during dam construction. Erstwhile construction workers are now largely unemployed and therefore directly natural resource dependent, so that they stand to be affected by environmental changes when the next dam is built. The dynamics surrounding the Inga dams suggest injustice, so a study was conducted using energy justice theory to evaluate this. Field work was done along the Congo River, in Kinshasa, Boma, Inga and Muanda. The methods used were interviews, focus groups, participant mapping, a survey, transect walks and participant observation, and the data generated was analysed using open-ended qualitative coding and some descriptive statistics. The existing Inga dams were found lacking in terms of energy justice. Distributional justice is limited as, while local people at Inga receive electricity, housing and water free of charge, service provision is of varying quality and benefits follow a pattern of social stratification. On the national level, only 13.5 % of the population have electricity access, and this causes sustainability challenges. Further, justice as recognition is insufficient, as only traditional right-holders are recognised, but there are many others that are affected. Procedural justice is most severely lacking, as affected people were not consulted or compensated during construction. There are further concerns connected to the new dam that is planned, Inga 3. The primary benefit to be expected for local people is employment, and this is short term in nature. Recognition is unlikely to expand beyond traditional right-holders. There are plans for consultation and compensation, but the extent to which this will meet local expectations is not clear. As such, there are various limits to energy justice with both existing and planned dams. Nevertheless, they are perceived in strongly positive terms across study sites. Even if limited, the potential benefits of the new dam mean that local people must accept its negative impacts, a watered down version of justice. This increases their vulnerability, and highlights the importance of ensuring that the project is aligned with the principles of energy justice so it is sustainable. In dieser These wird ein Argument der Energiegerechtigkeit und der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft vorgestellt, basiert auf eine Fallstudie der Inga-Dämme. Eine bedeutende Weiterentwicklung der Wasserkraft ist an den Inga-Dämmen geplant, die sich am Kongo-Fluss in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo befinden. Obwohl von das Projekt durch seine zusätzliche Elektrizität makroökonomische Vorteile hat, sind die Vorteile auf lokaler Ebene nur begrenzt, und diese werden weiter wegen der starken In-Migration während des Dammbaues reduziert. Bisherige Bauarbeiter sind mittlerweile weitgehend arbeitslos und daher auch direkt von natürliche Ressourcen abhängig, so dass sie von Umweltveränderungen betroffen sein werden, wenn der nächste Damm gebaut wird. Die Dynamik der Inga-Dämme weist auf Ungerechtigkeit hin, und eine Studie auf Grunde der Energiegerechtigkeitstheorie wurde durchgeführt, um dies zu bewerten. Feldforschung wurde am Kongo-Flusses durchgeführt, in Kinshasa, Boma, Inga und Muanda. Die verwendeten Methoden waren Interviews, Fokusgruppen, teilnehmendes Mapping, eine Umfrage, Transekt-Walks und teilnehmende Beobachtung, und die erzeugten Daten wurden mit einer qualitativen Codierung und einigen deskriptiven Statistiken analysiert. Es wurde festgestellt, dass es einige bedeutende Lücken in der Energiegerechtigkeit der schon vorhandenen Inga-Dämmen gibt. Die Verteilungsgerechtigkeit ist begrenzt, da obwohl alle Inga-Bewohner Strom, Wohnraum und Wasser kostenlos erhalten, sind diese Vorteile von sehr unterschiedlicher Qualität, und die Verteilung dieser wiederspiegelt der sozialen Schichtung. Auf nationaler Ebene haben nur 13,5% der Bevölkerung Stromzugang und dies führt zu Nachhaltigkeitsherausforderungen. Weiterhin ist die Gerechtigkeit der Anerkennung unzureichend, da nur traditionelle Rechteinhaber erkannt werden, obwohl es gibt viele andere gibt, die betroffen sind. Bei der Verfahrensgerechtigkeit sind die größten Lücken, da die betroffenen Menschen während des Baus nicht konsultiert oder entschädigt wurden. Es sind auch weitere Probleme mit dem neuen Damm, Inga 3, zu erwarten. Der größte Vorteil, der für die Inga-Bewohner zu erwarten ist, ist Beschäftigung, diese ist aber nur kurzfristig. Es ist auch unwahrscheinlich, dass Anerkennung über die traditionellen Rechteinhaber hinaus reichen wird. Es gibt Pläne für Konsultierung und Entschädigung, aber inwieweit diese den lokalen Erwartungen entsprechen werden, ist nicht sicher. Es gibt also einige Eingrenzungen der Energiegerechtigkeit, die mit den schon bestehenden und noch geplanten Inga-Dämmen verbunden sind. Dennoch werden sie von Menschen im Kongo als sehr positiv empfunden, und dass auch an allen Studienorten. Die potenziellen Vorteile des neuen Dammes bedeuten, obwohl sie begrentzt sind, dass die Einheimischen müssen die negativen Auswirkungen des Dammes akzeptieren müssen. Sie müssen also eine verwässerte Version der Gerechtigkeit akzeptieren. Dies erhöht ihren Gefährdungsgrad und hebt hervor, dass das Projekt den Grundsätzen der Energiegerechtigkeit entsprechen muss, so dass es nachhaltig ist. L&#39;objectif de cette thèse est la justice énergétique et la science de la durabilité, et l&#39;argument est basé sur une étude de cas des barrages Inga. Un développement grand de l&#39;énergie hydroélectrique est prévu avec les barrages Inga, situés sur le fleuve Congo en République démocratique du Congo. Alors que le projet ajoutera des avantages macroéconomiques grâce à l’électricité supplémentaire, les avantages sont limités pour les personnes vivant à proximité, et le problème s’aggrave avec la migration pendant la construction des barrages. Les travailleurs de la construction sont maintenant au chômage en grande partie, et dépendent donc directement des ressources naturelles. C’est à dire aussi qu’ils peuvent être affectés par des changements environnementaux quand le prochain barrage est construit. La situation des barrages Inga suggère une injustice, donc une étude a été réalisée en utilisant la théorie de la justice énergétique pour évaluer cela. La recherche pour ce projet a été effectué le long de la rivière Congo, à Kinshasa, Boma, Inga et Muanda. Les méthodes utilisées ont été les interviews, les groupes de discussion, un questionnaire, des promenades d’études et l&#39;observation participante, et les données générées ont été analysées à l&#39;aide d&#39;un codage qualitatif et certaines statistiques descriptives. Les barrages Inga existants ont été jugés insuffisants en termes de justice énergétique. La justice de la distribution est limitée car, alors que les habitants d&#39;Inga reçoivent de l&#39;électricité, du logement et de l&#39;eau gratuitement, la prestation de services varie selon leur qualité, et cela suit un schéma de la stratification sociale. Au niveau national, c’est seulement 13,5% de la population qui ont un accès à l&#39;électricité, ce qui entraîne des défis pour la durabilité. En outre, la justice de la reconnaissance est insuffisante, car seuls les détenteurs de droits traditionnels sont reconnus, malgré que beaucoup d&#39;autres sont touchés. La justice procédurale est le plus grave, car les personnes affectées n&#39;ont pas été consultées ou compensées pendant la construction. Il existe d&#39;autres problèmes liés au nouveau du barrage prévu, Inga 3. Le principal avantage prédit pour les populations locales est l&#39;emploi, et c&#39;est à court terme. Il est probable que la reconnaissance ne dépasse pas les détenteurs de droits traditionnels. Il existe des plans de consultation et d&#39;indemnisation, mais la mesure dans laquelle cela répond aux attentes locales n&#39;est pas claire. En tant que tel, il existe diverses limites à la justice énergétique avec les barrages existants et prévus. Néanmoins, ils sont perçus dans des termes fortement positifs dans les sites d&#39;étude. Même si c’est limité, les avantages potentiels du nouveau barrage signifient que la population locale doit accepter ses effets négatifs, une version diluée de la justice. Cela augmente leur vulnérabilité et souligne l&#39;importance de s&#39;assurer que le projet est aligné aux principes de la justice énergétique pour qu&#39;il soit durable. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8914763/file/8914839.pdf application/pdf 3036118 no 2017 eng hydroelectric dams energy justice sustainability science Democratic Republic of Congo post-colonial context Social Sciences 2017:023 Funder for field work travel: Right Livelihood Award Foundation Funder for LUMES studies: Swedish Institute 8914763 2017-06-13T12:22:41+02:00 2017-06-15T13:36:05+02:00 2017-06-15T13:36:05+02:00 4 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Elin Bergstrøm author 8880265 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Obesity levels in developing countries are increasing at an alarming rate, while “old” problems<br /> such as hunger and undernutrition still persist, creating a paradoxical situation of a double<br /> burden of malnutrition. Intertwined with new sustainability challenges such as climate change<br /> and land degradation, food, health and sustainability are interconnected in a complex web of<br /> relationships, spanning multiple scales, levels and disciplines. It is argued that this complexity<br /> should be included in conceptualizations and measurements of food and nutrition security; of<br /> which a systems approach is one response to this challenge. Hammond &amp; Dubé (2012) present<br /> a systems framework for food and nutrition security, capturing linkages between three<br /> different systems and the individual. Few studies have attempted to assess the applicability of<br /> such new frameworks on a particular case, leading to a gap between conceptualization and<br /> practical use. This thesis aims to fill this gap. Using the framework from Hammond &amp; Dubé<br /> (2012) as a mental model and an analytical framework, this thesis investigates the multiple<br /> determinants of food and nutrition security in Guatemala. Further, it examines how a systems<br /> approach can contribute to the understanding of food and nutrition security. Guatemala was<br /> chosen as a case due to severe and complex health challenges, having one of the highest rate<br /> of stunting among children under five, while almost half of all adult women are overweight.<br /> The 10 linkages between the systems and the individual, presented by Hammond &amp; Dubé<br /> (2012), were operationalized, and indicators selected based on existing frameworks for food<br /> and nutrition security and external literature. Using different databases, statistics were<br /> collected for the years 1995 and 2014 to examine change over time. While recognizing that<br /> the framework only represents a “selective abstraction of reality”, this study shows that there<br /> are multiple determinants of food and nutrition security in the Guatemalan case. The results<br /> highlight the importance of climate vulnerability and the intergenerational component of<br /> health. Coupled with processes of poverty, inequality and economic liberalization, and<br /> context-specific factors such as land-right disputes and a high percentage of indigenous<br /> people, these factors show that food and nutrition security requires a systems approach. The<br /> study also indicates that this particular framework leaves out important socio-political aspects<br /> and the household level. In sum the framework does shed light on the complexity related to<br /> food, health and sustainability, but needs to be further operationalized to have practical value<br /> for policy makers and practitioners. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8880415/file/8880429.pdf application/pdf 1070794 no 2016 eng Guatemala a systems framework for food and nutrition security food and nutrition security systems thinking sustainability science Social Sciences 2016:024 8880415 2016-06-13T10:04:59+02:00 2016-06-16T10:42:57+02:00 2016-06-16T10:42:57+02:00 5 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Elina Persson author 8611017 Therese Hågerup author 8947125 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Nutrient recovered faecal sludge is a novel alternative fertilizer product, and is proposed to be promoted in places where improvement in sanitation management is needed, for example in Uganda’s capital Kampala. However, Uganda and most of Africa is perceived as a faecofobic area, i.e. where faeces are stigmatized and guarded by taboos, and there is lacking information regarding Ugandan farmers’ perception of this type of fertilizer. To understand if promotion of nutrient<br /> recovered faecal sludge is viable in this particular sociocultural context, we carried through an exploratory case study. By conducting interviews with farmers currently using this product; focus group discussions with farmers not using it; and facilitating a forecasting scenario workshop we have attempted to assess potential sociocultural barriers towards and opportunities for the adoption of<br /> nutrient recovered faecal sludge. Even though human faeces are conceptualized as dirty and the social norm is to not associate oneself with human faeces in central Uganda, practices such as planting banana stands in pit latrine and eating its fruit are common. Attitudes towards the use of nutrient recovered faecal sludge are somewhat varied, but in general farmers are interested in learning more and positive towards the innovation if it can meet their demands of a fertilizer.<br /> However, to scale up the use of nutrient recovered faecal sludge, any promotion program must sensibly navigate around the sociocultural barriers in place, in order to become a user-friendly product closing the nutrient loop and <br /> imultaneously promoting new ways of sanitation management. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8946908/file/8949534.pdf application/pdf 1648085 no 2018 eng nutrient recovered faecal sludge soil infertility sociocultural norms IBM-WASH diffusion of innovations Uganda sustainability science Social Sciences 2017:017 8946908 2018-06-08T10:59:05+02:00 2018-06-16T11:56:31+02:00 2018-06-16T11:56:31+02:00 6 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Josephine Ylipää author 8945838 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy, ICLD funder Việt Nam là một trong những nước trên thế giới bị ảnh hưởng nhiều nhất bởi biến đổi khí hậu. Nếu mực nước biển dâng lên một mét, 3% các khu vực ven biển sẽ bị ngập lụt, sẽ trực tiếp tác động đến 10-12% dân số. Các sự kiện thời tiết khắc nghiệt như bão và lũ lụt được dự báo sẽ tăng lên cùng với biến đổi khí hậu. Thích ứng với biến đổi khí hậu là rất quan trọng, đặc biệt là đối với những người nông dân đang làm việc với những sinh kế dễ bị tổn thương nhất đối với biến đổi khí hậu. Luận án này tìm hiểu các mô hình có liên quan đến giới trong việc thích ứng với biến đổi khí hậu của các nông dân ở tỉnh Thái Bình, Việt Nam, kết nối nó với các chiến lược quốc gia và thực hiện của tỉnh. Điều này được thực hiện bằng cách phỏng vấn các nam và nữ nông dân ở hai xã trong một huyện ven biển thuộc tỉnh Thái Bình, cùng với các bên liên quan khác và cuối cùng thông qua phân tích chính sách. Những phát hiện này cho thấy quyền và trách nhiệm được giới tính hóa cao trong sinh kế nông nghiệp ở Thái Bình, dẫn đến những cơ hội và tính di động không đồng đều tùy theo giới tính. Thanh niên và nam giới đang rời bỏ xã hội nông nghiệp ở Thái Bình để tìm kiếm sự thịnh vượng, những phụ nữ lớn tuổi bị bỏ lại phía sau dẫn đến sự nữ hóa trong nông nghiệp. Các nữ nông dân gánh nhiều trách nhiệm và làm việc nhiều hơn, nhưng thiếu kiểm soát và sở hữu công việc họ làm. Điều này dẫn đến năng lực không đồng đều giữa phụ nữ và nam giới, nơi phụ nữ bị ảnh hưởng ở mức độ cao hơn bởi biến đổi khí hậu theo nghĩa hạn chế cơ hội, mất dần đi kiến thức của nông dân, đặc biệt là kiến thức của nữ nông dân. Tôi tranh luận về thích ứng biến đổi khí hậu có giới hạn thừa nhận năng lực và tác động tùy thuộc vào giới; sự nữ giới hóa trong nông nghiệp; một thế hệ dân số đang già hóa; kiến thức địa phương và kinh nghiệm. Thông qua phân tích chính sách, rõ ràng những yếu tố này không được xem xét trong chiến lược của Việt Nam. Các chiến lược chủ yếu tập trung vào các giải pháp kỹ thuật đối với biến đổi khí hậu, trong<br /> khi không thông qua các mối quan hệ phức tạp ảnh hưởng đến khả năng thích nghi của xã hội nông nghiệp Thái Bình. Tôi đặt câu hỏi về tương lai không bền vững của xã hội nông nghiệp ở Thái Bình do di cư lao động, áp lực sản xuất và canh tác cao hơn nhưng không mang lại lợi nhuận đồng thời dự đoán gia tăng tác động của biến đổi khí hậu tới nông dân, trong khi chưa có đủ hỗ trợ để đáp ứng được năng lực của nông dân. Vietnam is one of the countries in the world that is projected to be most impacted by climate change. Extreme weather events such as storms and floods are predicted to increase with the changing climate. As such, climate change adaptation is crucial, especially for farmers who are relying on vulnerable livelihoods to climate change. This thesis investigates gendered patterns within the province of Thái Bình in Vietnam in relation to climate change impact, connecting them to national strategies and provincial implementation. The research was conducted in collaboration with a Vietnamese NGO in Hanoi by combining interviews with national stakeholders and farmers in two communes within a coastal district in the Thái Bình province through the lens of feminist political ecology. FPE allowed me to create a site-specific analysis on the case of Thái Bình, which has been beneficial for the whole research process; it has instructed the awareness of several perspectives concerning the topic of the study, including dimensions that could have been overlooked by choosing a theory without a gender perspective. The findings show highly gendered rights and responsibilities among farming livelihoods in Thái Bình, leading to unequal opportunities and mobility depending on gender. Young people and men are leaving the agrarian society of Thái Bình to find prosperity, older women are left behind which leads to a feminisation of farming. Female farmers have higher responsibilities and work more, but lack control and ownership of the work they do. This leads to unequal capacities between women and men, where women are impacted on a higher level by climate change in a sense of restricting opportunities, devaluation of farmers’ knowledge, particularly the knowledge of female farmers. I argue for gendered climate change adaptation acknowledging capacities and impacts depending on gender; feminisation of farming; an aging generation; and the local knowledge and experiences. Through the policy analysis it is clear these factors are not considered in the Vietnamese strategies that are mainly addressing technical solutions to climate change adaptation, while ignoring the complex relations affecting the capacity for adaptation of the agrarian society in Thái Bình. I question the unsustainable future for farmers in Thái Bình due to labour migration, pressure for higher production and low profitability of farming which will be exacerbated by climate change impacts, while the support is not considering the capacities of the farmers. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8945841/file/8945853.pdf application/pdf 1017897 no 2018 eng gender climate change adaptation livelihoods policy sustainability science Vietnam Social Sciences 2018:010 Funder: Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD). 8945841 2018-06-06T17:28:32+02:00 2018-06-07T09:01:44+02:00 2018-06-07T09:01:44+02:00 7 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Madelene Danielzon Larsson author 7371731 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department The fashion industry is currently operating at high levels of material throughput leading to global annual emissions reaching a staggering 4 metric gigatons of CO2e. Almost reaching the levels of the entire EU-28 in 2015 of 4.45 metric gigatons. As consumption levels could increase by as much as 63% by 2030 there is urgency to address the situation. The application of Circular Economy (CE) principles within the Swedish fashion industry has received increasing attention where it is promoted to offer a pathway for sustainable transformation, within the political and industry discourse. By employing strategies towards intensified product and material use avenues are explored to overcome the throwaway linear economic system to avoid resources becoming waste. However, previous research shows that sustainability science is not sufficiently engaging in critical analysis of the CE concept. Additionally, there is low consensus concerning the underlying values and ideological foundation of the CE and if it is conducive for enabling action and change towards a more sustainable production and consumption system within the fashion industry. <br /> <br /> This thesis therefore conducts an analysis of current research and development for a fashion CE within the Swedish context utilising Robert Cox’s critical theory framework. The aim is to contribute to a better understanding of what the CE can contribute to improve sustainability within this production and consumption system. This is done through interviews with leading researchers, review of academic and grey literature within the field of CE and fashion, as well as review of policy relevant documents. <br /> <br /> Findings from this analysis show that there is an important initial position held within much of the empirical material, that an absolute reduction of material consumption needs to take place. However, the ways in which this in envisioned and actualised within the confines of the CE concept is not found to be conducive for this goal. Instead it produces a depoliticising account of consumers where business models and sustained economic growth obscures the limiting factors in decoupling economic growth from material consumption. The role envisioned for formal institutions, as simply a facilitator of economic growth and market failure adjuster, is found to be insufficient to meet the demands for improvements to the sustainability performance of the industry. However, structural constraints within the international political domain poses significant barriers towards imposing stronger actions for promoting a sustainable transformation within the fashion industry. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8962561/file/8962563.pdf application/pdf 846770 no 2018 eng sustainability science circular economy fashion critical theory consumption and production system Social Sciences 2018:031 8962561 2018-10-29T11:58:13+01:00 2018-10-31T13:54:28+01:00 2018-10-31T13:54:28+01:00 8 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Ronniya Varghese author 9081471 Clémentine Lucas de Peslouan author 9081475 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department In 2018, the Indian state of Kerala experienced devastating floods that killed 433 people and displaced 1.4 million. The floods are becoming more frequent since then due to climate change. In this research, we compared international frameworks on health and disaster with national and state documents. We used content analysis and applied Walt and Gilson&#39;s framework of health policy analysis to comprehend and analyse the level of preparedness, the presence of a climate-resilient health system and the integration of the health and disaster departments at the national and state level. Through our analysis, focussing on the nexus between health, disasters and resilience, we see that there are major pitfalls in translation of the international recommendations. Although some important recommendations have been mentioned in the policy documents at the national and state level, they have failed to be adopted by the state after the floods in 2018. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9081473/file/9081474.pdf application/pdf 1630890 no 2022 eng disaster risk reduction resilience Build Back Better climate-resilient health system climate-induced floods India Kerala Social Sciences 2022:006 9081473 2022-05-25T20:34:49+02:00 2022-06-02T10:54:56+02:00 2022-05-30T09:22:33+02:00 9 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Martina Frappa author 9115286 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management LURS00005 department Department of Human Geography v1000678 department Although extensively advertised as a positive practice that enhances students’ intercultural competencies, internship programs have been increasingly criticised for reinforcing simplistic understandings of global development. Often involving students from the Global North engaging in placements with development organisations and institutions in the Global South, these programs perpetuate dynamics of systematic inequality rooted in colonial legacies. In this qualitative case study this phenomenon is explored based on semi-structured interviews with local development practitioners in Uganda. Findings highlight extensive elements of white saviourism among respondents’ experiences when working with international interns: issues of power imbalance within the workplace as well as interns’ tendency to operate with a condescending attitude of superiority towards local staff emerged. The study argues that increasing students’ awareness about their positionality and privilege constitutes an essential strategy towards the decolonisation of development education. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9115288/file/9115289.pdf application/pdf 704811 no 2023 eng internship international development white saviour decolonisation privilege-awareness Social Sciences 9115288 2023-05-22T16:04:08+02:00 2023-06-08T15:24:29+02:00 2023-06-08T15:24:29+02:00 10 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Tea-Maria Munk author 9117822 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department The most used menstrual products in Sweden are disposable pads and tampons, contributing to plastic pollution and harmful resource use; an environmental impact that could be reduced by using reusable products, such as menstrual cups and reusable pads. This cross-sectional study of high school students in Malmö and Lund researches their menstrual product preferences and the factors that influence these. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected with an online self-completion questionnaire and semi-structured interviews and discussed by applying the integrated behavioural model for water, sanitation, and hygiene (IBM-WASH). The findings show that comfortability, convenience, and stigma influence the participants’ choice to varying degrees depending on the product and participant. In conclusion, it is necessary to promote and heighten knowledge of the benefits of reusable menstrual products while acknowledging and addressing social and cultural stigma that influence product choices. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9117824/file/9117834.pdf application/pdf 1627622 no 2023 eng Menstrual health management Sustainability Science menstrual products cross-cultural IBM-WASH Swedish high-school students Social Sciences 2023:013 9117824 2023-05-31T12:17:49+02:00 2023-06-08T09:31:29+02:00 2023-06-08T09:31:29+02:00 11 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Sanja Kandic author 9011506 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Global climate change has brought more frequent and severe heatwaves which affect all areas of human life. Occupational safety and health of construction workers is one of the most severely affected areas in Asia and Africa, but also Europe. This thesis focuses on the most recent heat wave from summer 2019 and observes its effects on construction workers in the Netherlands, with examples from immigrant and migratory worker. Selected period of this case study is from 24th to 31st July 2019, as the heat wave temperatures peaked in the Netherlands at this time. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and literature reviews. The main findings were drawn after conducting and analysing semi structured interviews and conducting the literature review and secondary data. The data was studied from an interdisciplinary point of view with usage of climate change, adaptation, and vulnerability theories. The study findings show constructions workers suffered some heat stress symptoms in 2019, and that the most usual are exhaustion, excessive sweating, loss of focus and headaches, which is in accordance with other studies done in high heat. Employers have been found to have taken some measures to protect their employees from the heat, however these measures were not enough to prevent heat stress symptoms. While occupational safety and health is a priority, heat training is still lacking, and heat is not reported as a cause of injuries or illnesses. Finally, a conclusion has been drawn that at present time heat does not cause noticeable financial losses to observed construction workers personally in the Netherlands unlike in Asian and African countries (Kjellstrom, 2015), however this state might change in the future due to climate change. Equally, injuries and illnesses caused by heat are classified (according to type of injury) by ILO (1998) as “Other specified types of injuries” which means that they are reported together with other types making heat invisible as an occupational health and safety hazard in publicly available records. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9011508/file/9011511.pdf application/pdf 1330404 no 2020 eng Occupational safety and health heatwaves Netherlands construction climate vulnerability sustainability science Social Sciences 2020:007 9011508 2020-05-29T14:55:16+02:00 2020-06-08T11:41:09+02:00 2020-06-08T11:41:09+02:00 12 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Laura Maja Stenbæk Fløytrup author 9011873 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Wood charcoal is the main source of energy for cooking in urban Sub-Saharan Africa. It is widely known that charcoal production causes numerous environmental impacts, such as deforestation and environmental degradation. Interventions aimed at environmental improvements are common in Sub-Saharan Africa, however, there is limited focus on the trade-offs between the environmental and socio-economic implications across the entire wood charcoal supply chain. In this thesis, the socio-economic and environmental implications for people within the wood charcoal supply chain is examined through a case study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Furthermore, the study assesses whether or not the identified socio-economic and environmental implications contribute to a sustainable urban energy system for cooking or not. The study utilizes systems-thinking and solution-orientation to understand the wood charcoal supply chain and aid interventions. Data was gathered through focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and observations. The data was analyzed through thematic coding guided by an energy justice framework. The main finding is that the wood charcoal supply chain has a range of environmental impacts that further exacerbate socio-economic challenges faced by people within the chain. The results show that charcoal production contribute to increased deforestation and rainfall. The consequence is found to be that wood charcoal producers and sellers struggle to secure wood charcoal availability and quality which result in increased prices for the end users. The results also indicate that producers and sellers can possibly turn to alternative livelihood activities, whilst users have no feasible alternative energy sources for cooking. Ultimately, the findings show that inter- and intragenerational equity and future sustainability is at stake because of current injustices and unsustainability of the wood charcoal supply chain. This study argues for a more just system that is robust, diversified, and equitable. To achieve such changes, stakeholder participation in decision-making needs to be established as well as alternative energy sources for cooking that meet the needs of current generations, without placing undue harm to the environment and to future generations. Mkaa ndio chanzo kikuu cha nishati ya kupikia katika ukanda wa jangwa la sahara ya Africa. Inafahamika kuwa mkaa unasababisha matatizo mengi ya kimazingira kama ukataji miti na uharibifu wa mazingira. Majaribio kadhaa yamefanywa na wafanya maamuzi pamoja na watafiti kubadilisha mnyororo wa mkaa kwa kuanzisha mikakati maalumu ndani ya taasisi zilizopo kwenye mnyororo mfano, kwa kubadilisha Teknolojia na njia za ukataji miti na uzalishaji. Pamoja na hayo, mkaa na madhara yake ya kimazingira bado yanaendelea kuwepo. Mapungufu katika kuboresha mnyororo wa uzalishaji mkaa, ni kujikita katika mahusiano baina ya madhara ya kimazingira na madhara ya kijamii na kiuchumi kwa watu wote waliopo katika mnyororo wa uzalishaji badala ya kujikita kwenye viwango vyake. Hivyo, nadharia hii inachunguza matokeo au hamasa ya mkaa katika jamii, uchumi na mazingira kwa kuangalia mnyororo mzima kwa eneo la utafiti ndani ya Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, na kujadili kama matokeo hayo yanamchango kwenye mfumo wa nishati endelevu ya kupikia au la. Kwa kutumia njia kama majadiliano ya kina, mahojiano madhubuti na uchunguzi wa kuona, mnyororo wa mkaa kwa Dar es Salaam unachunguzwa. Taarifa kutoka eneo la utafiti zilikusanywa na kuchambuliwa kwa kuzingatia nadharia ya haki ya Nishati ambayo inatengeneza sababu za urahisi wa upatikanaji, uwepo, ubora, unafuu wa gharama, uendelevu, na uongozi bora kama vitu muhimu kwa mfumo wa nishati. Matokeo ya utafiti huu yanaonesha kuwa uzalishaji wa mkaa unamadhara kadhaa ya kimazingira ambayo yana athiri shughuli za kijamii na uchumi kwa watu waliopo ndani ya mnyororo wa mkaa. Wakati ukataji miti na mvua vikiongezeka, upatikanaji wa mkaa unapungua, ubora unapungua na bei inapanda. Wakati wazalishaji na wauzaji wanauwezo wa kuhamia kwenye njia mbadala za uzalishaji, watumiaji hawana uwezekano wa kupata nishati mbadala madhubuti ya kupikia. Usawa wa ndani na wakimuingiliano na uhakika wa muendelezo wa mbeleni wa uzalishaji upo matatani kutokana na mwenendo wa sasa. Utafiti huu unashauri zaidi juu ya mfumo ambao ni mseto, wenye nguvu na usawa. Mabadiliko yatajumuisha uendelevu wa uzalishaji mkaa, lakini pia kuanzishwa kwa ushirika baina ya wadau na kusaidia nishati mbadala za kupikia, ambazo zainakidhi mahitaji ya watu waliopo katika mnyororo wa mkaa, bila kuleta madhara kwa mazingira na kizazi kijacho. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9011875/file/9011883.pdf application/pdf 1927374 no 2020 eng Cooking fuels Energy Justice Supply chains Good Governance Sub-Saharan Africa Sustainability Science Social Sciences 2020:015 9011875 2020-06-01T11:34:37+02:00 2020-06-08T13:56:23+02:00 2020-06-08T13:56:23+02:00 13 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Adelina Chandra author 9012150 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy, ICLD funder Increasing global focus on sustainable palm oil (SPO) initiatives has led to discussions of smallholder integration at the bottom of the supply chain. In 2019, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) introduced a new standard for independent smallholders. Meanwhile, through Presidential Regulation no. 44 of 2020, the President of Indonesia recently made Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) mandatory for smallholders by 2025. While both certifications aim to improve smallholder inclusion, millions of palm oil independent smallholders face difficulties in attaining certification. This study examines the barriers that these smallholders face in pursuing the regulatory process prior to certification process and how they affect smallholder inclusion in sustainable palm oil initiatives. Through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, it analyses the perspectives of four independent smallholder groups pursuing RSPO, an ISPO certified independent smallholder group, and a non-certified independent smallholder community in Riau Province in Indonesia. It also assesses the perspectives of various decision-making stakeholders including certification standard-setters both RSPO and ISPO, and provincial- and local-level government. Walker’s (2012) notion of procedural justice, which includes access to information, access to facilitation and support, access to legal process, and participation in decision-making, is used to analyse the findings. <br /> <br /> The study finds that limited access to information regarding SPO certifications, a lack of understanding of regulations concerning land, and limited financial support may hinder independent smallholders from pursuing regulatory compliance. Facilitation can help farmers in addressing these issues; however, at the local level, access to facilitation is unequal. The findings show that the inequality is influenced by three factors, namely local institutional arrangement, land status and legality, and practicalities, must thus be concerned when attempting to improve facilitation opportunity. Furthermore, the current centralised licensing system that has been adopted at the local level limits smallholders’ ability to engage with the legal process; this is mainly due to technical and practical issues that arise in navigating convoluted regulations and bureaucracies. A lengthy bureaucratic chain indicates a structural problem due to a lack of coordination among government institutions and lack of clarity in regulations. Furthermore, farmers are facing environmental challenges to differing degrees, which prevents independent smallholder groups from being able to fulfil pre-certification requirements. Thus, from a practical point of view, procedural justice required to incorporate independent smallholders into sustainable palm oil initiatives has not yet been achieved. Meningkatnya fokus global terhadap inisiatif kelapa sawit berkelanjutan memantik integrasi pekebun swadaya dalam sertifikasi kelapa sawit berkelanjutan. Pada tahun 2019, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) memperkenalkan standar baru untuk pekebun swadaya. Sementara itu, melalui Peraturan Presiden no. 44 tahun 2020, Presiden Indonesia menetapkan kewajiban sertifikasi Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) bagi pekebun pada tahun 2025. Ketika kedua sertifikasi tersebut berupaya meningkatkan inklusivitas pekebun, jutaan pekebun menghadapi kesulitan untuk memperoleh sertifikasi. Studi ini mengkaji hambatan yang dihadapi pekebun untuk memenuhi standar kepatuhan regulasi sebelum memasuki proses sertifikasi dan bagaimana hambatan tersebut memengaruhi inklusivitas pekebun dalam inisiatif kelapa sawit berkelanjutan. Melalui wawancara semi terstruktur dan diskusi kelompok terfokus, penelitian ini menganalisis perspektif empat kelompok pekebun swadaya anggota RSPO, kelompok pekebun swadaya bersertifikasi ISPO, dan komunitas petani swadaya yang tidak bersertifikasi di Provinsi Riau di Indonesia. Lebih lanjut, studi ini juga mengkaji perspektif berbagai pemangku kepentingan termasuk pembuat standar RSPO dan ISPO, dan pemerintah tingkat provinsi dan kabupaten/kota. Gagasan Walker (2012) tentang keadilan procedural, termasuk akses terhadap informasi, fasilitasi dan dukungan finansial, proses hukum, dan partisipasi dalam pengambilan keputusan, digunakan untuk menganalisis temuan.<br /> <br /> Studi ini menemukan bahwa keterbatasan akses terhadap informasi mengenai sertifikasi SPO, minimnya pemahaman tentang peraturan dan legalitas lahan, dan dukungan finansial yang terbatas dapat menghambat pekebun swadaya untuk memenuhi kepatuhan regulasi. Fasilitasi dapat membantu pekebun dalam mengatasi masalah ini; namun, di tingkat lokal, akses untuk medapatkan fasilitasi tidak merata. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ketidaksetaraan akses fasilitasi dipengaruhi oleh tiga faktor, yaitu kelembagaan, legalitas lahan, dan aspek praktik, yang harus diperhatikan untuk peningkatan peluang fasilitasi. Selain itu, sistem perizinan terpusat yang berlaku di tingkat lokal membatasi kemampuan pekebun untuk terlibat dalam proses perizinan; masalah teknis dan praktis kerap muncul ketika dihadapkan dengan peraturan dan birokrasi yang berbelit-belit. Rantai birokrasi yang panjang mengindikasikan masalah struktural karena kurangnya koordinasi antar lembaga pemerintah dan kepastian peraturan. Terlebih, pekebun menghadapi tantangan lingkungan yang berbeda-beda, yang mencegah kelompok pekebun swadaya untuk dapat memenuhi persyaratan pra-sertifikasi. Dengan demikian, dari sudut pandang praktis, keadilan prosedural yang diperlukan untuk mengintegrasikan petani swadaya ke dalam inisiatif kelapa sawit berkelanjutan belum tercapai. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9012152/file/9012158.pdf application/pdf 3194817 no 2020 eng sustainable certification palm oil independent smallholder smallholder inclusion procedural justice regulatory compliance sustainability science Social Sciences 2020:028 9012152 2020-06-02T11:45:50+02:00 2020-06-08T10:55:52+02:00 2020-06-08T10:39:17+02:00 14 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Romane Louise Aurélie Yang author 9119881 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department For the past centuries, human-nature relationships have deteriorated into a drastic disconnection, characterized by a lack of compassion for nature and insufficient action for mitigating environmental degradation. This study investigates connectedness with nature (CWN) among regular meditation practitioners. Nine in-depth interviews were conducted with meditation practitioners active in Sweden. The results suggest an expressed link between meditation and a state of CWN, during which participants practice being in the present moment and experience a sense of oneness, strong feelings and emotions and lastly, increased well-being. These experiences seem to be stronger for experienced practitioners. Implications for sustainability science are discussed as well as limitations of the study. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9119883/file/9119885.pdf application/pdf 6796523 no 2023 eng meditation connectedness with nature mindfulness human-nature relationship Buddhism Sweden sustainability science Earth and Environmental Sciences 2023:023 9119883 2023-06-05T12:01:31+02:00 2023-06-08T12:58:28+02:00 2023-06-08T12:58:28+02:00 15 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Klara Bengtsson author 8909259 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor PhD Martin Stafström supervisor LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management LURS00005 department Gender-based violence (GBV) is both a human right violation, a threat to develop-ment and a global health issue. Women with disabilities (WWD) are a group more exposed to GBV. However, research has been scarce about WWD and GBV, espe-cially in the Global South. This thesis studies how local organizations are working on the issue of GBV targeting WWD in Uganda. The theoretical framework em-ployed is the Post-colonial feminist disability theory and praxis framework and Feminist Disability studies. Some findings from the results are the challenge of ac-cess to justice, disability stigma and widespread poverty. Another finding is the importance to work with different kinds of interventions such as advocacy, men-toring and skill-training. In the discussion, the double jeopardy, and double dis-crimination got discussed such as both disability and gender factors. Furthermore, the work of the organizations in the context of global and local rights. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9106466/file/9106467.pdf application/pdf 645967 no 2023 eng Social Sciences 9106466 2023-01-11T17:58:02+01:00 2023-02-16T08:59:01+01:00 2023-02-16T08:59:01+01:00 16 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Lydia Soilemezi author 9101675 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Even though animal farming is one of the leading causes of climate change and more people in the west are raising concerns over animal welfare, meat consumption here is high and expected to rise. This thesis examines the reasoning and tensions that arise when omnivores’ dietary choices clash with their love for animals by studying how the concept of the meat paradox and cognitive dissonance theory can be explained among veterinary students in Sweden. Results show that Meat Related Cognitive Dissonance respondents unanimously argued that they only consume humanely produced meat, yet taste was voted as the primary justification for eating meat. Political beliefs were identified as the biggest MRCD predictor and the availability of plant-based products was found to be a key factor to enable decreased meat consumption. To counter the meat paradox and reduce meat<br /> consumption government-initiated information campaigns, in addition to engagements between animal welfare activists and veterinary students could influence dietary choices. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9101986/file/9101995.pdf application/pdf 1092156 no 2022 eng meat paradox cognitive dissonance veterinary students animal welfare meat reduction plant based sustainability science Social Sciences 2022:052 9101986 2022-10-19T14:31:07+02:00 2022-10-20T16:47:48+02:00 2022-10-19T14:40:24+02:00 17 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Alice Hansson author 9098971 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor Department of Human Geography v1000678 department LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management LURS00005 department Reproductive choice, one’s ability to make informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care, is not a given. Empowerment is considered a tool for improving women’s ability to make reproductive choices. However, it is a very context-specific approach needing contextual pathways of change. This thesis aims to investigate how Roma CSOs in Serbia work with reproductive empowerment of Roma women and girls. To understand their approaches, intersectionality, and empowerment theory help unpack the challenges Roma women face in making reproductive choices. Such a description provides an analysis of why they are facing them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Roma CSO and a document analysis of SRH workshop material for Roma women and girls. It was found that the challenges Roma women and girls face in making reproductive choices are based on lack of resources, agency, and critical consciousness. Intersecting factors based on external racial discrimination, class, and gender inequalities shapes Roma women&#39;s challenges in enhancing resources, decision-making, and engaging in critical consciousness. Approaches of Roma CSOs derived from such a standpoint, using strategies for working with the challenges from a multi- and intersectional perspective, escaping condemning their own culture. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9098973/file/9098974.pdf application/pdf 751298 no 2022 eng Empowerment Intersectionality Serbia Roma women reproductive choice Civil Society Organizations Social Sciences 9098973 2022-09-01T17:13:33+02:00 2022-09-14T13:35:38+02:00 2022-09-14T13:35:38+02:00 18 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Victoria Morén author 9096959 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor Department of Human Geography v1000678 department LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management LURS00005 department The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how social constructions of masculinities are connected to the high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Bolivian context. Moreover, the thesis aimed to uncover why a growing number of organizations in Bolivia have chosen to incorporate a “masculinity approach” in their GBV interventions, and to analyse the challenges and opportunities presented by this work. This was done through qualitative interviews with development practitioners and a literature review. <br /> <br /> Using Connell’s (2005) masculinity theory, the thesis identified three main masculinity forms that contribute to the high prevalence of GBV in Bolivia (hegemonic, subordinate, and marginalized); results showed that gendered violence is used by these three masculinities to express their male power, reinforce hierarchies among themselves, and subordinate women. The thesis also identified the existence of complicit and protest masculinities who may be victims of GBV but are not likely to perpetuate it; the latter masculinity type is even seen to reject violence and challenge the dominant hegemonic masculinity ideals. While the thesis revealed several challenges to the design and implementation of interventions that adopt a masculinity approach, results also showed the importance and several promising opportunities of this work. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9096961/file/9098968.pdf application/pdf 911980 no 2022 eng Social Sciences 9096961 2022-08-10T10:33:19+02:00 2022-09-14T13:55:05+02:00 2022-09-14T13:55:05+02:00 19 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Anisha Tibdewal author 9116632 Sara Gabrielsson supervisor LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) v1000928 department Many people are struggling with eco-anxiety, a chronic fear of environmental doom. Currently, eco-anxiety is managed through face-to-face psychotherapy, but with a lack of eco-anxiety psychology specialists, mobile mental-health applications bring new possibilities. In this thesis, current psychological eco-anxiety management responses (EMRs) are thematically analysed through the lens of Integral Theory to identify alignment between mobile mHealth applications and EMRs, by using the mobile application “Sensa” as a case. A Systematic Literature Review method is used together with a qualitative screening of mental health responses from Sensa. Results show that while eco-anxiety could be managed with Sensa and similar mobile applications, an emphasis on emotion-focused coping and detachment techniques as responses could be detrimental. EMRs that are integral and equip people <br /> with flexible coping strategies should be incorporated. Findings illustrate that eco-anxiety management research should be prioritised in the context of global south, along with social, cultural and cross-sectional factors. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9116636/file/9116709.pdf application/pdf 4910962 no 2023 eng Sustainability Science Eco-anxiety management AQAL Framework of Integral Theory mobile mental health applications Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Social Sciences 2023:006 9116636 2023-05-24T11:55:06+02:00 2023-05-26T08:51:52+02:00 2023-05-26T08:51:52+02:00 20 1.1supervisor exact "Gabrielsson, Sara"supervisorexactGabrielsson, Sara