This study focuses on how the internal communication within Region Uppsala and their administrations has been conducted and perceived during 2017 as the organisation went from being the county of Uppsala to becoming Region Uppsala. The goal and the research questions have been to understand how internal stakeholders interpret the strategic change communication from the management of Region Uppsala and how the management also interpret their own communication. The study relies on three main questions which has been - What goals have the management of Region Uppsala had with the communication during the change? - How has the management of Region Uppsala interpreted the communication during the change? - How has internal stakeholder interpreted the communication during the change? The study uses Laurie K. Lewis (2011) studies of organisational change as a theoretical framework while the study also has a perspective on communication as sense making and constitutive of the organisation, which has helped to clarify the meaning of strategic communication. The methods being used has been qualitative interviews as well as a qualitative content analysis of printed material. The results from the empirical data shows that it is within the interpretation of communication that meaning is created and that meaning can differentiate depending on the interpretation. This study contributes to the field of strategic communication and strategic communication during change.

The aim of this study was to examine Region Uppsala's health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic by answering the following research questions: In what ways have Region Uppsala practiced health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic to communicate with immigrant groups in Uppsala county? How has Region Uppsala collaborated with civil society and local actors to practice health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic? How can Region Uppsala's communicative efforts be understood from a culture-centered perspective on health communication?   A qualitative analysis was conducted on empirical data gathered through qualitative interviews with Region Uppsala employees and representatives from SIU (Samarbetsorganisationen för Invandrarföreningar i Uppsala), Röda Korset (the Red Cross) and the cultural function Gottsunda Kulturhus provided by Uppsala Kommun (Uppsala Municipality. The data was analyzed from the theoretical framework of a culture-centered approach to health communication as described by Mohan Dutta.   From this perspective, I found that Region Uppsala adopted a linear perspective on communication where the main objective has been to provide citizens with information. Region Uppsala has identified different obstacles that could determine whether they reach immigrant groups in vulnerable areas or not. Region Uppsala does, however, reinforce the gap between the organization and immigrant groups since there is a lack of understanding of how context, agency, and dialogue can be implemented in Region Uppsala's health communication to enable participation. Through collaboration with civil society and local actors, Region Uppsala has provided arenas where immigrant groups could engage in a dialogue. This has been facilitated by the local knowledge and relationship ties that the collaborators have in vulnerable areas in Uppsala. The results implicate that Region Uppsala's health communication efforts during the pandemic have been limited to this crisis when they could have been practiced with a broader scope of social change.

E-hälsa och digitalisering blir allt mer en självklar del inom vården då samhället digitaliseras mer och mer. Regeringen har satt upp en vision om att Sverige ska vara bäst i världen på att använda e-hälsa och digitaliseringens möjligheter år 2025; Vision e-hälsa 2025. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur enheten för e-hälsa i Region Uppsala arbetar med att informera, utbilda och motivera vårdgivare gällande e-hälsa och digitalisering, samt hur de förankrar regeringens uppsatta mål; Vision e-hälsa 2025. En kvalitativ studie har genomförts som bygger på dokumentanalyser och tre intervjuer med medarbetare på enheten för e-hälsa. Empirin har analyserats utifrån Weicks (1995) teori om meningsskapande. Slutsatsen är att enheten för e-hälsa har flera satsningar med syfte att informera, utbilda och motivera vårdgivare och de följer egenskaper från teorin när detta arbete sker. Bland annat använder de sig av ett webbaserat spel, eHälospelet, som utbildar vårdgivare till att nyttja digitaliseringens möjligheter. Ytterligare utbildas och motiveras vårdgivare genom e-tjänstelyftet där så kallade e-tjänstecoacher agerar ambassadörer för att våga använda nya tekniker och arbetssätt som har tillkommit vid digitaliseringen av vården. Vårdgivare informeras och motiveras även genom att ta del av information och framsteg i digitalisering via seminarier och nyhetsbrev. Visionen i sig är inget styrande dokument i arbetet med digitaliseringen men den finns där som inspiration. Enheten för e-hälsa i Region Uppsala jobbar inte aktivt med att förankra visionen i dagsläget. För att visionen ska kunna bli en viktigare del i arbetet behöver den brytas ner och skapa värde för varje vårdgivare. Vårdgivarna måste bli berörda för att vilja ändra arbetssätt och börja jobba för en förändring i verksamheten.

In this report the problem of constructing a bus depot with electrical buses despite the lack of grid capacity, was analyzed. A potential solution is investigated, namely smart control of heat pumps in industries. The possibility of allocating grid capacity to the bus depot by reducing power consumption in heat pumps during peak hours, is taken into consideration. The maximum amount of released capacity in an industrial area is calculated through the controlling of heat pumps. This investigation was made through simulations with a simplified building energy model (lumped capacity model) which was applied to a reference building. After mapping the area Boländerna and the geothermal wells located there, IKEA Uppsala was chosen as the reference building, since a third of the total number of wells were found in that area. To take the whole capacity of Boländerna into account, the model was scaled up to estimate the total, possible reduction of power. The bus depot requires 6 MW nighttime and 4 MW daytime, the total amount of electrical power that could be withdrawn, if all heat pumps were on maximum heat, in the chosen area were 0.75 MW and by controlling the heat pumps during an optimized level, the amount of 142 kW could be made available to the electric grid. 142 kW is not enough cover the need for the bus depot but it could supply the need for a slow charger to one of the buses and is therefore a possible sub-solution to the larger problem.

This thesis investigates the public transport system in the city of Uppsala in Sweden. This thesis bases itself on the fact that the development of a new ticketing and payment system is about to start. The purpose of the thesis is to help increase the number of journeys travelled with public transport. To achieve this, the goal of the thesis is to present a vision for UL’s new payment and ticketing system with concepts of interaction design in mind whilst investigating whether a simplified system might increase travel with public transport. The thesis uses surveys, interviews and usability testing of the present-day system. The opinions can be summarised such that people in general find difficulties in grasping the different fare zones of the public transport system and do therefore experience difficulties in buying the correct ticket for their specific journey.  The new ticketing system should consist of a redesigned fare structure, where a complete removal of the fare zones would create perhaps the most intuitive ticketing system. The new ticketing system should also be able to handle contactless payments, easing the burden on bus drivers who will not need to issue tickets to passengers. In general, a downscaling of the current ticketing system is preferable to avoid confusing travellers. It is of the essence to consider the ticketing and payment system as a sociotechnical system since investigating neither technology nor people alone will lead to a successfully implemented system. They need to be investigated jointly.