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Colonialism and Anti-Racism in the EU: Tracing a Legacy, Shaping a Future
(2024-11-29)This master's thesis analyses the long-term impact of europes colonial past on modern anti-racism efforts in the EU (EU). The study investigates European Union (EU) policy documents and initiatives from 2020 to 2023 ... -
CHINA AS A PARTNER AND RIVAL? Qualitative Content Analysis Of China In Its Roles As ‘Partner’ And ‘Rival’ Vis-A-Vis European Strategic Autonomy
(2024-11-22)The European Union’s pursuit of ‘strategic autonomy’ as a response to global challenges has recently been given more attention by public political debate and scholars in the field of European studies, yet remains an ... -
“WE HAVE NO PRIDE LEFT IN EUROPE” Italian Far-Right Discourse in Critical Time Periods
(2024-11-15)For a long time after World War II, far-right ideology was not favored in Italy until a sudden turn in the mid 1990s, which saw the collapse of the largest political parties at the time, creating opportunities for far-right ... -
THE FALSE PROMISE OF CORE FUNDING A study of the impact of donor requirements on the execution of foreign aid by civil society organisations
(2024-11-07)This thesis investigates the impact of donor requirements on execution outcomes within civil society organisations (CSOs) in the context of international development cooperation. Through a qualitative structured focused ... -
SECOND ORDER ELECTIONS ARE THE FIRST TO GO Can corruption explain why second order elections have lower voter turnout?
(2024-10-15)This thesis investigates corruption as an explainer for the difference in voter turnout between the European Parliament elections and national parliament elections. Previous research looks at how corruption affects the ... -
CONSIDERING TWO THEORIES EXPLAINING CORRUPTION Collective Action And Principal-Agent Recapitulated Through Experimental Research in Sweden
(2024-10-07)Considering adebateontheoretical explanations of corruption, I test two theories outside commonly studied systematically corrupt countries. The study highlights a problem with the current understanding of theories explaining ... -
Public-Private Collaboration in Swedish Crisis Preparedness: A case study on the local level
(2024-10-07)In the midst of Sweden rebuilding its total defence, an increasing amount of vital societal services are outsourced to the private sector. Despite the private sector’s growing influence in local Swedish crisis preparedness ... -
CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Swedish Stakeholders’ and Sámi Interests in the European Commission’s Consultation on a Critical Raw Materials Acts
(2024-10-07)This thesis examines the interests of Swedish stakeholders in the context of the European Commission’s proposed Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Act, with a particular focus on how Sámi interests are considered by these ... -
THE CHALLENGE UNDER PLASTIC: GREEN POLICIES IN THE MECCA OF GREENHOUSES. Assessing the Implementation of the European Green Deal in Almería's Greenhouse Agriculture
(2024-10-03)This thesis studies challenges in implementing the European Union's policy on sustainable greenhouse cultivation in the region of Almería, El Ejido, Spain, with a particular focus on power, capacity, and politicization. ... -
EU’S GEO-ECONOMIC STRATEGIES AND THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SEMICONDUCTORS A qualitative content analysis of EU policy documents and regulations
(2024-10-03)The COVID-19 pandemic and the tech wars waged by the US and China have led to new geo economic challenges for the EU. All of a sudden, the EU realised how much it depended on others for its critical infrastructure. In ... -
OUTSOURCING THE LEVIATHAN Causes for and Consequences of the arrival of public-private partnerships in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM)
(2024-10-03)This thesis investigates the integration of public-private partnerships (PPPs) within the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), focusing on their emergence during Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. As the ... -
UNITED IN SECURITIZATION A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Development of the EU’s New Pact of Migration and Asylum
(2024-09-30)This study aims to research the development of the European Union’s (EU) latest migration and asylum policy, the New Pact on Migration and Asylum (NPMA), in order to evaluate the discursive events that perpetuate ... -
“THE FUTURES OF THE EU AND THE INDO-PACIFIC ARE INTERLINKED” Exploring the EU’s role(s) in the Indo-Pacific
(2024-08-30)The European Union (EU) has significant economic and security interests in the Indo-Pacific, which hosts one of the world’s most vital trade routes. However, geopolitical challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including a ... -
A JUST TRANSITION FOR THE INDIGENOUS SAMI PEOPLE? A qualitative content analysis of the European Green Deal and the Critical Raw Materials Act
(2024-08-09)Current research has not studied how the EU’s environmental policy affects Sami people. This is all the more relevant to address since the effects on Sami people are critical to a just transition, which the European ... -
THE IMPACT OF INCREASING WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT ON SUPPORT FOR GENDER EQUALITY POLICIES A comparative analysis of advocacy for bills on violence against women in Rwanda from 1997 to 2008
(2024-07-30)Certain theories of representation posit that policies that benefit women and promote gender equality are much more likely when women are sufficiently represented in parliament. But does descriptive representation lead ... -
ECONOMY, ECOLOGY, AND EVICTIONS: The Triple-Win Dilemma in Ngorongoro and Serengeti
(2024-07-17)This study investigates the influence of different management styles implemented at conservation sites on achieving the "triple-win" scenario in economic and environmental development and the well-being of indigenous ... -
“I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT CORRECT” A qualitative discourse analysis of blame making and blame avoidance in the ‘Fosen case’
(2024-07-17)The ‘green transition’ can entail appropriating land areas for renewable energy development. This poses a dilemma for the Norwegian government by putting its identities as both a human rights protector and climate leader ... -
EXPLAINING VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY A quantitative study of the case of arms exports as a tool for vote-buying
(2024-07-17)Do exports of major conventional weapons buy votes in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)? Research has identified several domestic and external aspects to explain voting behaviour. Yet, arms transfers have largely ... -
DATA GOVERNANCE AND THE TWIN TRANSITION A qualitative analysis on the perception of the Data Governance Act by public actors in Italy
(2024-07-17)Harnessing the power of data is instrumental in developing innovative solutions to imminent environmental challenges. The European Union is making an unprecedented effort in advancing the digital and green - twin - ... -
GOVERNING LANGUAGE: The EU Taxonomy and Private Actors in Ireland
(2024-07-17)In 2020 the European Union’s Taxonomy for sustainable activities entered into force. This regulation provides a classification system for economic activities that can be labelled as ‘environmentally sustainable’, which has ...
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