A couple of weeks ago I visited the Swedish Parliament (Sveriges riksdag) to attend an award ceremony. My supervisor got the School for social sciences at Södertörn University to nominate my bachelor’s thesis for an award issued by the Swedish Parliament.
It was all rather stiff and confused, with some sloppy organization, except for the award winners, who did well during the seminars. Their respective master’s thesis were discussed by legislators and academics for almost an hour. I especially appreciated Elsa, who did an excellent job of discussing her thesis. For a person who’s coded text several times before, her work is very impressive (we all have our fancies, yes), and she was able to code in Swedish, while writing in English. That takes skill.
So, I didn’t win obviously, but after listening to the winners I really understand why they were chosen and not me.