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"Efterhånden som verden udvikler sig, og nyere generationer tager over, bliver samfundets tankegang mere moderniseret. I dag er der et større fokus på inklusion og mangfoldighed samt en generel stræben efter at skabe et samfund, der er mere accepterende over for forskelle. Det danske samfund har gjort store fremskridt, men har stadig en lang vej at gå, når det kommer til visse former for inklusion. Et område, der har udviklet sig gennem årene, men stadig mangler opmærksomhed, er seksualundervisning i danske skoler. Vi finder, at seksualundervisning generelt skal være bredere og mere inkluderende, så den giver viden og tryghed til hver enkelt elev uanset køn, seksuel orientering, kropstype – og især handicap – da de ofte udelukkes fra denne undervisning. Den “standard” seksualundervisning, som de fleste danske elever har eller vil modtage, tager ikke højde for nævnte forskelle, eller i hvert fald ikke i et omfang, der kan betragtes som inkluderende. For at skabe et samfund med plads til mangfoldighed, finder vi det essentielt at starte med børnene, så de ikke føler sig ekskluderede eller forkerte, fordi de ikke relaterer til samfundets sociale “normer”. Hvis vi lærer dem fra en ung alder, at alle individer er forskellige, med forskellige behov og præferencer, kan de nyere generationer måske udfordre samfundets definition af, hvad der er “normalt” og “unormalt”.Ved hjælp af Disability Studies er formålet med denne opgave at udfordre fremtidige læreres forståelse af handicap ved at bruge metodiske værktøjer som fotoelicitations og erindringsværksteder til at igangsætte refleksion, hvilket forhåbentlig fører til en meningsfuld inklusion af emnet i fremtidig seksualundervisning. As the world develops and newer generations take over, society’s way of thinking becomes more modernised. Nowadays there’s a larger focus on inclusion and diversity, and a general strive to create a society that’s more accepting of differences. Danish society has come a long way, yet still has a long way to go when it comes to certain forms of inclusion. An area that has developed over the years, but still lacks attention, is sex education in Danish schools. We find that sex education in general needs to be broader and more inclusive, so that it provides knowledge and comfort to every single student no matter sex, sexual orientation, body type - and especially disabilities - as they are often excluded from these teachings. The “standard” sex education, which most Danish students have or will receive, does not take said differences into account, or at least not to an extent which could be considered inclusive. To create a society with room for diversity, we find it essential to start with the children, so that they don’t feel excluded or wrong, for not relating to the social “norms” of society. If we teach them from a young age that every individual is different, with different needs and preferences, maybe the newer generations can challenge society’s definition of what is “normal” and “abnormal”.With the help of Disability Studies, the purpose of this paper is to challenge future teachers’ understanding of disability, by using methodical tools such as photo elicitation and memory workshop to initiate reflection, which hopefully leads to a meaningful inclusion of the subject in future sex education teachings.

This project examines how young women, aged 18-34, experience the current state of the medical system set in place for the contraceptive device IUD and aims to pinpoint areas with potential for improvement. To examine how something is experienced it must first be understood, therefore the IUD itself is presented first, followed by research studies that study how bad experiences influence future gynecological procedures. A development workshop was held to involve the focus group in the research and obtain the experiences and wishes directly from the young women. Additionally, interviews were conducted with two medical experts from their respective standpoint where their look on the IUD and the materials from the development workshop were discussed. The applied theories of ANT, logic of care, situated knowledge and technological theories and tools like the TRIN model provide perspectives on the empirical data collected from this workshop and the semi structured interviews with the experts. It aims to analyze what actors are involved in the entire network of the IUD. Through mapping of the relational network of actors, both human and non-human, it is made possible to see the contraceptive IUD not just as a device, but as a technological network that spans over many different areas of expertise. A visual model of this network has been developed to aid in pinpointing the areas/actors with potential for improvement. The findings show that young women experience a lack of communication, information and inclusion and wish to be free from adverse effects such as pain. Through analysis of the findings, actors such as the medical providers, public voice, research and the state all have room for improvement while medical providers seem to be the one that has most impact on the woman. Dette projekt har til formål at undersøge, hvordan spiraloplægning erfares for unge kvinder, og hvor de udtrykker at oplevelsen kan forbedres. For at undersøge, hvordan noget opleves, skal det først forstås, og derfor redegøres der først for spiralen som præventionsform, dernæst inddrages forskningsstudier, der omhandler kvinders dårlige oplevelser med spiraloplægning, som kan have en negativ påvirkning på deres fremtidige møde med sundhedsvæsenet. Et fremtidsværksted blev afholdt for at inddrage de unge kvinders erfaringer og ønsker i forskningen. Derudover blev der gennemført semistrukturerede interviews med to fagpersoner indenfor gynækologi. Fagpersonerne og deltagerne af fremtidsværkstedets udtalelser danner et empirisk grundlag for projektet.De anvendte teorier ANT, omsorgslogik, situerede viden og teknologiske teorier og værktøjer, som TRIN-modellen, giver perspektiver på de empiriske data Projektet har til formål at analysere, hvilke aktører der indgår i det teknologiske system, som spiraloplægning er. Gennem aktørkortlægning af det relationelle netværk, bestående af både menneskelige og ikke-menneskelige, gøres det muligt at se spiralen som en præventionsform, der spænder over adskillige ekspertiseområder. En visuel model af dette netværk er blevet udviklet, for at hjælpe med at udpege de områder/aktører med potentiale for forbedring. Resultaterne viser, at unge kvinder oplever mangel på kommunikation, information og inklusion og ønsker at blive fri for bivirkninger såsom smerte. Gennem analyse af resultaterne har aktører såsom udbydere, den offentlig stemme, forskning og staten alle plads til forbedringer, mens udbydere synes at være den aktør, der har størst indflydelse på kvinden.

What are the discursive ideas around emerging artificial intelligence in international relations, and what could these mean for the future? Through a combination of quantitative topic modeling and manual qualitative discourse analysis, the project analyzes 55 articles from the epistemically influential Foreign Affairs Magazine. The project identifies five distinct discursive ideas around emerging AI and IR. By applying the English School theory, the project assesses the normativity of the discursive ideas, which, following the project’s constructivist philosophy of science, could shape the future of international society. The project argues that most of the discursive ideas point towards a bifurcation or dissolution of the current nascent global governance efforts around AI. Furthermore, the project finds that the ideals of order and zero-sum power dominate the ideals around global justice.

This study seeks to examine the practice of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) on an organisational level, as well as the implications this has on the organisation’s image and reputation. We examine the aforementioned on the basis of a focus group interview with six participants, which was conducted for the purpose of the study. Our analysis of the statements uttered by the participants is focused on two main themes: Reputation Management for Dove as an organisation and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as well as underlying ethical concerns involved with AI in relation to this. The analysis is followed by a discussion of a set of regulations for public use of AI and whether these regulations should even be presented by Dove, how to ensure that the use of AI is both responsible and transparent, issues related to CSR and ethics, and lastly general deliberations of our empirical situation and results. The study concludes that the use of AI does affect the public opinion of an organisation, and although our case-organisation Dove is solely negatively affected, it is also theoretically possible for an organisation’s image to be positively affected by their use of AI. This does, however, require careful consideration and incorporation of CSR-guidelines.

This project aims to contrast the narratives and institutionalised understandings of solidarity as portrayed by the United Nations through phenomenological exploration of queer people's experiences with, and understandings of solidarity. It means to challenge the institutions’ conceptualisation of solidarity through uncovering the complex variations of this concept. Through that, it aims to explore the role that a phenomenological study can have in challenging institutionalised narratives and understandings. This research contributes to the discourse on solidarity by highlighting the importance of inclusive and diverse perspectives. It calls for a critical reassessment of institutional narratives to ensure they reflect the lived realities of all communities.

Background: Continued global warming threatens the existence of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change through easier access to funding and country ownership of financing decisions. However, research reveals that climate adaptation efforts often are inadequate and fail to meet the unique adaptation needs of SIDS.Aim: This study aims to challenge current climate adaptation practices in SIDS, by proposing an Actor-Oriented approach to evaluating the effectiveness of climate adaptation projects. The concept of agency is central to this approach, highlighting the importance of local stakeholders' active participation, perspectives, and decision-making power in the design and implementation of climate adaptation projects.Methods: A case study of the GCF FP007 project in the Maldives. Based on reports from the UNDP, GCF, and the Maldivian Ministry of Environment, it assessed the extent to which the FP007 project can be considered effective.Findings: Our evaluation of the FP007 project reveals significant limitations in its effectiveness from an Actor-Oriented perspective. The project did not adequately address local stakeholder priorities, relied heavily on foreign consultants, and maintained a top-down approach, limiting local agency. Additionally, the project’s organizational structure and normative evaluation methods perpetuated external superiority and failed to fully incorporate and value local perspectives.

The purpose of this project is to gain an understanding of how children include and exclude each other, and what effect it has on their access to children's peer groups. This project uses several theories within the psychological discipline relating to children's play and development, to gain an understanding of what is at stake when children are playing together. We have been using the method participant observations to get children's perspective of fantasy-group-play, in two different preschools in order to gain an understanding of the dynamics and social interactions. In our analysis, we use different situations from our observations, where different theorists contribute to an understanding of the children's social life. The analysis is divided into four different themes: To enter the play, when the play is in progress, on the edges of being included, to leave or get kicked out of the play. In all of the themes, we have examples of how inclusion and exclusion is expressed in the different strategies the children are using in fantasy-group-play. We discuss the challenges in play, acknowledging that it may involve elements of negativity, and we also discuss the greyzone of inclusion. It can be concluded that inclusion and exclusion have an impact on children's access to children's peer groups, and this is expressed in various ways in the child-initiated fantasy-group-play in the preschool.Finally, we have made a perspective, where we put the results of the project in a social context and relevance, by highlighting the problems we have experienced from our observations. Formålet med projektet er at undersøge og få en forståelse af, hvordan børn inkluderer og ekskluderer hinanden og hvilken indvirkning det har på børns adgang til børnefællesskabet. I projektet benyttes flere psykologiske teorier, der relaterer sig til børns leg og udvikling, for at opnå en forståelse for, hvad der kan være på spil når børn leger sammen. For at nærme os barnet har vi foretaget deltagerobservationer i to forskellige børnehaver, hvor vi fik muligheden for at se sociale interaktioner og dynamikker mellem børnene. Projektets analyse tager udgangspunkt i nogle uddrag af vores indsamlede empiri, og opdeles ud fra fire forskellige tematikker: At komme ind i legen, når legen er i gang, på grænsen til at være med og at forlade legen. I alle analysens tematikker fremkommer eksempler på legesituationer hvor inklusion og eksklusion gør sig gældende i fantasigruppelegen. Projektet diskuterer og anerkender, hvordan leg er meget mere end rosenrødt og positivt ladet. Derudover viser vores analyse at det kan være svært at vurdere hvornår et barn egentlig er inkluderet eller ej, og vi diskuterer denne gråzone. Vi kan konkludere at inklusion og eksklusion kan have en indflydelse på børnenes adgang til børnefællesskaber, og at dette kommer til udtryk på flere forskellige måder i gruppelegen.

The desire to move away from carbon emissions toward green energy has long been a central theme in German political discourse for more than five decades. In 2011, shortly after the Fukushima incident in Japan, the German parliament ratified a groundbreaking energy transition policy, dubbed the “Energiewende,” which foresaw a shake up in the domestic energy mix with the nuclear phase out by the early 2020s. With the use of qualitative methods and the application of construal level theory, this paper aims to investigate how psychological distance influences mental representation of nuclear energy. The data is collected by operating twelve separate interviews with locals in three German locations: two proximal to a nuclear power plant and one distal. Two supplementary interviews with nuclear field experts are conducted. The findings suggest that the populations with a reduced spatial distance to a nuclear site will have a more concrete and contextualized mental representation of nuclear power than populations with an enhanced spatial distance. Proximal populations, therefore, exhibited strong associations with nuclear energy and tend to reject the nuclear phase out, while distal populations have weak associations with nuclear energy and tend to accept the nuclear phase out. The paper’s conclusion aims to contribute to future analysis of public opinion toward energy mix in the field of social psychology.The desire to move away from carbon emissions toward green energy has long been a central theme in German political discourse for more than five decades. In 2011, shortly after the Fukushima incident in Japan, the German parliament ratified a groundbreaking energy transition policy, dubbed the “Energiewende,” which foresaw a shake up in the domestic energy mix with the nuclear phase out by the early 2020s. With the use of qualitative methods and the application of construal level theory, this paper aims to investigate how psychological distance influences mental representation of nuclear energy. The data is collected by operating twelve separate interviews with locals in three German locations: two proximal to a nuclear power plant and one distal. Two supplementary interviews with nuclear field experts are conducted. The findings suggest that the populations with a reduced spatial distance to a nuclear site will have a more concrete and contextualized mental representation of nuclear power than populations with an enhanced spatial distance. Proximal populations, therefore, exhibited strong associations with nuclear energy and tend to reject the nuclear phase out, while distal populations have weak associations with nuclear energy and tend to accept the nuclear phase out. The paper’s conclusion aims to contribute to future analysis of public opinion toward energy mix in the field of social psychology.