Understanding the role of NGOs for immigrant integration in Sweden: a case study of Tamam

Due to various reasons like globalization and conflicts many countries are experiencing high levels of in-and outmigration. Strongly increased diversified migration has evoked a multiple reactions from the receiving societies. On the one hand, civil societies may respond positively and openly towards immigrants, but on the other hand, there have been significant changes in public and political attitudes towards limiting and controlling, or even altogether preventing migration. Sweden is one of the countries which are often lifted as a good example of how to deal with social problems. However, Sweden is a country which has experienced high inflow of immigrants and refugees and immigrant integration processes does not seem to be as smooth as they could be. To facilitate such processes several NGOs have started to work with immigrant integration in Sweden. This thesis focuses on Tamam, an NGO which is working with immigrant youth integration in Sweden. The purpose of this study is to show how Tamam is dealing with their goals for immigrant integration and what results they achieved. The study is based on interviews, participant observation and secondary data analysis. The results indicate a generally broad positive expression of the outcomes of the organization by participants and various officials

Limits To The Use Of Threatened Species Lists

Threatened species lists are designed primarily to provide an easily understood qualitative estimate of risk of extinction. Although these estimates of risk can be accurate, the lists have inevitably become linked to several decision-making processes. There are four ways in which such lists are commonly used: to set priorities for resource allocation for species recovery; to inform reserve system design; to constrain development and exploitation; and to report on the state of the environment. The lists were not designed for any one of these purposes, and consequently perform some of them poorly. We discuss why, if and how they should be used to achieve these purposes

A Golden Eagle eats wild Canada Goose eggs

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The Impact of Mindfulness on Creativity

Our prior work has suggested that inducing a state of mindfulness (i.e., the detached, non-judgmental witnessing of one’s thoughts, feelings, and sensations) through meditation increases creativity in the short-term. To extend and replicate prior work, the current experiment will be conducted in which participants will be randomly assigned to a brief mindfulness intervention exercise or to a control ‘sham’ meditation exercise, after which they will undertake several different types of creativity assessments. We predict the mindfulness group will produce more creative responses across the assessments