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Changes in Nordic security have been discussed often recently in light of the emergence of the European Security and Defense Policy. Taken up primarily by constructivist arguments, much of the work asserts that Nordic security policy is changing in light of the increasing significance of the European Union's security dimensions and even becoming Europeanized. However, this essay argues that se

In this master's thesis I study the meaning of the concept of circular migration and the policy discussion and interpretation process regarding the formulation of policies that promote circular migration. I use theories on global political order to analyze how the policy discussion on circular migration relates to concepts such as sovereignty and universal rights. I have chosen to base my stud

As a result of the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, 2001 air security regulations have become stricter and people’s perception of risks related to flying and terror has changed. The primary objective of this master thesis is to examine how terror threats against civil aviation are handled by passengers and decision makers and to study opinions of security measures. The methods used in

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is in many respects a technically oriented field. The technical aspects of BCM are of great importance, however they become meaningless if not used and managed properly. Without adequate human and organizational conditions, there is a risk that BCM does not take the decisive step from solely comprising well-documented business continuity plans, to also generati

Detta konstnärliga forskningsprojekt introducerar begreppet flerspråkig tystnad för att beskriva den artificiella enspråkighet som präglar många sammanhang där nationella majoritetsspråk eller engelska dominerar, trots faktisk språklig mångfald. Expositionen tar sin utgångspunkt i utvecklingen och iscensättningen av föreställningen SILENCE (Post Theatre Collective, Helsingfors 2025), där en internThis artistic research project introduces the concept of multilingual silence to describe the artificial monolingualism that characterizes many contexts in which national majority languages or English dominate, despite actual linguistic diversity. The exposition takes as its point of departure the development and staging of the performance SILENCE (Post Theatre Collective, Helsinki 2025), in which

The purpose of this study is to describe and understand how personnel recruiters reason when they select new co-workers to an organisation. A focus is on the implicit thoughts and characteristics the personnel recruiters ascribe to the job-applicant. Another aim is to generate new knowledge in relation to how personnel selection is done in real life. A phenomenological approach is proposed as a w

This thesis aims to evaluate the concept of Uncovered Interest Parity. The parity states that the logarithmic difference between domestic and foreign interest rate equals the logarithmic difference between expected future spot exchange rate and the spot exchange rate, . In defining the exchange rate it is often presumed that the parity relation prevails even though several studies suggest the oppo

Existing studies concerning private labels are unclear as to whether private label manufacturers carry out product development themselves. Furthermore, there is a lack of studies comparing product development processes in private label companies and national brand manufacturers. This study highlights a set of critical product development factors and assesses their prevalence in four different comp