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This thesis examines North Korean migrants’ agency over the objective constraints caused by their categorization as ‘defectors’. By analyzing the direct accounts of three North Korean artists residing in South Korea, this thesis explores the mechanisms they employ to develop their artistic career in a context where their identity is labelled. Current literature on North Korean migrants’ social ada
This thesis will explore Roman religion of the imperial time from 29 BCE until the 370’s CE as an alternative lens to enhance the academic discourse on political religion. As a case study, Marxism-Leninism which was the guiding ideology of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) will be analysed. According to Emilio Gentile, a political religion is characterised by six criteria. It shall be (1
Using data on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) transactions available on the S&P Capital IQ database, this paper aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (EMNEs). Basing itself on the idea that EMNEs may differ significantly in their behavior, investment patterns, and strategic choices from their counterparts from already established ma
This thesis explores the phenomenon of employee ambassadorship in the public sector within the framework of internal branding. The aim is to identify the factors that facilitate or hinder employee ambassadorship, particularly on an individual and organizational level. The study challenged the dominant managerial perspective on internal branding by establishing an employee-centered approach which r
As cities increasingly turn to nature-based solutions (NBS) as panaceas for addressing climate challenges and other social, economic, and environmental issues, questions of urban governance and justice have become more prominent. While much of the existing literature on NBS justice assessments focuses on distributional aspects through quantitative methods, procedural justice remains underexplored,
The World Bank Group (WB) has often faced critique due to their inconsistency in keeping to their stated humanitarian or environmental goals in their efforts to promote economic development and the world-economy. Their practices are known and their stated goals. That leaves the question: What are their actual goals? In a time of increased mineral extraction due to the energy transition, facing the
Uppsatsen undersöker dels förhållandet mellan behovs- och försäkringsprin-cipen i förslagen till 1913 års lag om allmän pensionsförsäkring, dels den syn på rätten som juristerna i riksdagsdebatten hade. Undersökningen går direkt till primärkällorna och både förslagen och kammardebatterna undersöks ifrån ett rättshistoriskt perspektiv. Uppsatsen redogör för de från detta perspektiv sett relevanta dThe essay examines both the relationship between the principle of need and the insurance principle within the draft law for the 1913 pensions act and the view of the law held by the legal practitioners within the parliament. The primary sources are examined directly and both the content of the draft and the debates in the chambers of the parliament are reviewed through a legal historical lens. Fro
For those who experience development-induced displacement and involuntary resettlement, they have to confront a range of adverse consequences, including the impoverishment risks, lifestyle and livelihood changes, and the precarity brought by asymmetrical power relations. Based on a case study of the Three Gorges Project (TGP), this research investigates the role of state law in shaping the identit
In the 1980s, the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons underwent a controversy, as the game was accused of being satanic, occult, or otherwise dangerous. This essay seeks to create a deeper and more holistic understanding of how US. American Christian evangelicals imagined the game Dungeons & Dragons from 1979 to 1991. A variety of written source material is analysed using qualitat
This thesis explores the regulatory friction that surfaces when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) apply side by side to high‑risk AI systems. It homes in on three connected problems. First, there is a procedural overlap between the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and the Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA). Second, a normati
Mergers between organisations is a commonly occurring phenomena in the business world of the 21th century, due to a pursuit of becoming more cost-effective and competitive on a national or international market. This bachelor thesis aims to investigate how employees experience communication strategies and which impact they may have on attitudes when an organisation has been merged, and if it is pos
Ecotourism has been touted globally as a tool that promotes sustainable development. Yet ecotourism and sustainable development are neither simple to define, nor straightforward in regards to their implementation. The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate ecotourism’s relationship to sustainable development. In doing so it develops its own conceptual framework on the sustainability goals
This study analyses the effect of an exogenous increase in Chinese imports on political views in 9 EU countries over the period 2000-2009 by exploiting initial regional variation in industry specialization of labour markets. The labour market data is combined with data on industry specific Chinese imports to create a measurement of region-specific exposure to import penetration. To avoid endogenei
The energy sector in the world today is in the middle of a huge challenge regarding grid development and power production. Whilst a significant part of the world's population are struggling without access to electricity, the more developed part of the world is trying to replace existing energy sources into renewable ones, and are also facing the challenge of an aging grid which is in desperate
Thesis purpose: The aim of this study was to examine whether German Millennials are in favor of rejuvenation practices of heritage luxury fashion brands or if such actions instead lead to negative associations, as they tend to ignore the heritage aspect. Methodology: Following a relativist ontology, this research is guided by a social constructionist position, which allows a deep understanding of
This paper attempt to explore how memories are affected by memorial landscape architecture through a psychological perspective, known as the affordance. In order to conduct this interdisciplinary research including design, psychology and memory studies, this research project is grounded in a case study of the Tsunami Memorial, Gravitational Ripples, in Stockholm. By using a phenomenological appro
Since August 2017, more than 655,500 Rohingyas fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh escaping what has been categorized as an Ethnic Cleansing. Their legal status of stateless and non-recognized refugees in Bangladesh, combined with multiple violent encounters and their currently precarious living conditions in Bangladesh is what have turned the world’s attention to The Cox Bazar, where arguably the mos
The phenomenon of interest here is change management in the tobacco industry in a European policy context. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how one European-based tobacco company approaches change management in an effort to combat strict regulatory changes stemming from the recently revised and highly enforced European Union (EU) 2014 Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). Comparing the Comp
This study examines China’s CO2 emissions from 1990 – 2015. Using the LMDI decomposition analysis to calculate energy factors, in order to identify the key sectors contributing to CO2 emissions. While the paper will also take forecasted scenarios from other research alongside consideration of China’s policy implementations in effect in order to reduce CO2 emissions. This paper also uses the Enviro
