The Problem of Housing in Sweden
It’s no news to anyone that finding a place to live with short notice in Sweden is difficult, especially if you are looking for a place to buy or rent in Sweden’s major cities such as Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg. Lund isn’t a big city but it is no exception to the lack of housing. Why…
Running Fearlessly
When you google “1967” and “important happenings”, the internet gives you many events: Nicole Kidman and Mark Ruffalo was born, Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix was recorded, Sweden introduced their first detections dogs and The Jungle Book had its world premiere on cinemas around the world. In other words, from a historical point of view…
Organizational Culture and Rituals
Toward the end of the spring semester we might receive more and more invitations to participate in different kinds of social events: a sittning, a graduation ceremony or a just regular get- together with corridor mates. Why do we feel the urge to create such social happenings and why does it feel natural or in…
Congratulations to Every Man on the Planet
I have been following an Instagram account called @assholesonline for quite some time. The owner of the account Linnea Claesson, a Swedish handball player, frequently uploads screenshots of the various online harassments she has had to endure from men since the age of ten. She also includes her own responses to the harassers – most…
The Horse Festival in Gothenburg
The European championship in equestrian is held every two years and is constantly a highlight moment of that year for both the competitors and the audience. This time, the com- petitions are being held in Sweden, in Gothenburg city between the 21-27 of August. With four different parts of the equestrian sports, jumping, dressage, driving…
The World’s First City-E-Commerce
The world of commerce is an ever- changing story. The UK was once referred to by Napoleon as “a nation of shopkeepers”, but today UK and many other countries are moving from solid stores to cyberspace. In addition to that, we see more vast shopping areas with mainly big brands being built outside of the cities. This…
The End of Knowledge and Facts?
For a long time we have been told that we are moving into a knowledge based society. Politicians and businesspeople are all talking about how important knowledge is in order to develop our society into an even better place and to keep up with the increasing competition from emerging countries. Knowledge and facts are no…
Organizational Identity and History
Since milestones in our lives might have long- lasting effects on how we behave and how we define ourselves, one might draw a parallel between individual identity and organizational identity in terms of being affected by the past: organizations too have history and this might influence their identity. But what do we mean by identity…
When a Sixteen Year Old Takes Charge of Change
Ever thought some ideas were just too big to carry through? Or that you were too young to do it yourself? Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup, doesn’t. At the age of sixteen the young inventor went scuba diving and “saw more plastic than fish”, as he describes his experience in his TEDx Talk from…
