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Performativa lärarpraktiker
(2017-08-23)The preconditions for teachers’ practices in Sweden have dramatically changed during the last few decades. Since the 1990s, processes of decentralisation, marketisation and privatisation have rapidly transformed the ... -
Personhood and human-spirit relations among the Yuracaré of the Bolivian Amazon
(2007)Abstract Personhood and human-spirit relations among the Yuracaré of the Bolivian Amazon. By Annica Djup. Doctoral dissertation 2008, Department of Social Anthropology, School of Global Studies, Göteborg University, Box ... -
Physical Activity among Adolescents in a Swedish Multicultural Area - An Empowerment-Based Health Promotion School Intervention
(2018-05-22)The overarching aim of the present thesis was two-fold. The first aim was to describe and critically reflect upon the experiences of developing and implementing an empowerment-based school intervention, focusing on food ... -
Physiological responses to acute physical and psychosocial stress- relation to aerobic capacity and exercise training.
(2019-04-09)Exercise training is an effective method to promote health and to prevent development of disease. Both physical and mental health have been shown to benefit from exercise training. It has also been speculated that physical ... -
Planteringar vid järnvägen. Funktion och organisation under stambanornas första tid
(Göteborgs universitet, 2020)I den här licentiatuppsatsen undersöks planteringar vid de första stambanorna i Sverige mellan åren 1855–1875. När järnvägar för persontrafik började byggas i mitten av 1800-talet innebar de en stor förändring av ... -
Pluripotent circulations : putting actor-network theory to work on stem cells in the USA, prior to 2001
(Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2006)When researchers in 1998 presented stem cells produced from embryos this led to heated debates in the US. Should taxpayers’ money fund this research or should it remain within the private sector? While most studies have ... -
Poiski Rusi nevidimoj. Kitezskaja legenda v russkoj kul'ture. 1843-1940
(2009-11-20)This doctoral dissertation examines the legend of the invisible city of Kitezh, its development and the role that it played in Russian culture between the years 1843 and 1940. It was during this period that the original ... -
Project work, independence and critical thinking
(2014-05-22)This thesis studies how students do projects in a Swedish upper secondary school. The students have to produce products and at the same time prove them self as independent in relation to the teachers, and negotiate the ... -
Promoting dietary change. Intervening in school and recognizing health messages in commercials
(2010-04-19)The purpose of this thesis was to examine influences on dietary change among children and adolescents with particular emphasis on individual factors, the school setting and food marketing. The Theory of Planned Behaviour ...