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This thesis examines women's mobilisation in civil defence in Finland and Bangladesh through the lens of feminist security studies. Civil defence has gained renewed relevance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and broader security challenges, yet women's roles within the sector remain underexplored. Drawing on three analytical concepts, security as gendered, gender as a str
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted an immediate sanctions response from the European Union (EU). However, this response revealed diverging interests within the EU, since energy sanctions affected member states unevenly. This was particularly visible in the cases of Hungary and Poland, where energy dependence and security concerns differ. Therefore, this research analyses what factors ex
This thesis examines how the Safety of Rwanda Act, and the justifications in the House of Commons debates preceding its enactment, securitizes migration. This is done by examining how migration is framed in the discourse. By applying a WPR discourse analysis, this study identifies problem representations within the material and analyses them through securitization theory (Buzan et al., 1998) and M
The thesis examines how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was legitimised during the 111th U.S. Congress. Although ARRA was introduced as a response to the f inancial crisis with the aim of supporting those most affected, scholarship has shown that its benefits were distributed unevenly. Using critical discourse analysis the thesis analyses congressional hearings and house floor de
The 2020 presidential election in the United States received extensive attention worldwide. In particular, Republican presidential candidate and incumbent president Donald Trump was in the spotlight. His campaign was characterized by populist rhetoric, attacks on political opponents, and repeated claims of election fraud. On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters, many of them affiliated with the Chris
This study examines how migration is framed and understood in South Africa’s migration policy, in the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Protection: Towards a Complete Overhaul of the Migration System in South Africa (2024). The White Paper has drawn heavy criticism from civil society organizations and legal experts. The criticism centers on the policy being seen as badly conceiv
In recent years, affective polarization has become an increasingly prominent topic in political science research due to growing interest in the emotional dimensions of political division and their implications for democracies. Affective polarization refers to a form of political polarization, where individuals feel positively toward their own political group and negatively toward the opposing poli
This thesis investigation examines how understandings of risk are constructed in decisions of foreign investments in infrastructure projects in low and middle income countries, using the sustainability Impact Accelerator at the International Council of Swedish industry as a case study. Drawing on constructivist theory and risk management frameworks, it combines a qualitative document analysis of I
The European Union has long been regarded as a global transformative power, capable of promoting democratic reforms in candidate countries through its merit-based enlargement process. However, democratic backsliding in the Western Balkans has raised concerns about the credibility and effectiveness of EU conditionality. This thesis examines the extent to which the EU enlargement process has enabled
This thesis examines how the second Trump administration’s renewed interest in Greenland reshaped Danish and Greenlandic security discourse from January 2025 to April 2026. Building on securitization theory and literature on Greenland in Arctic security, the thesis analyzes official Danish and Greenlandic political statements through qualitative discourse analysis. The analysis focuses on what Dan
Europeanisation refers to a process through which member states undergo social, economic and political changes to its domestic institutions that align them with EU norms and rules. In essence, it involves not only the adoption of EU policies, laws and regulations, but also incorporates EU governance structures and practices into the logic of domestic institutions. Following the EU’s largest enlarg
Björk är ett träslag som trots sina goda mekaniska egenskaper, inte används i speciellt stor utsträckning för bärande konstruktioner. En av anledningarna är bristande kunskap inom träslagets beteende vid brott, vilket har lett till att dimensioneringen av björkkonstruktioner är komplicerad och regelverk är svåra att följa. I detta examensarbete har björkens brottegenskaper undersökts närmare, huvu
Intimate partner violence is a serious social problem that affects women’s health, safety, and living conditions. Although the topic has been widely studied, further understanding is needed of how women themselves describe violence and the process of leaving an abusive relationship. This study aims to examine women’s experiences of intimate partner violence through autobiographical accounts, focus
This study aimed to examine the experience of women who have been subject to intimate partner violence, with a particular focus on the impact of societal norms. The study was based on a qualitative content analysis of six autobiographical narratives written by women who have left abusive relationships. Theories informed the analysis of gender construction, power structures, stigma, shame, and the
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the process of quitting harmful substance use or addiction. To do so, the study took into account how the participants came to be in that situation and what their experience of harmful substance use was like. The method used in this study was a qualitative content analysis of podcasts. The sample consisted of a purposeful samp
This study aims to examine how social workers in adult-oriented services describe their consideration of the child perspective when the adult client is also a parent. Furthermore, the study will explore the opportunities, limitations, and ethical dilemmas that emerge in this professional work. The study will adopt a qualitative research approach and is based on six semi-structured interviews with
There is a market gap regarding diversity within plant-based beverages with a complete amino acid profile. For this reason, new ingredients that could be used for the formulation of two plant-based drinks were researched: one combining raw ingredients like seeds, and the other one using protein isolates. Once the final formulations were decided, the resulted drinks included a beverage made of quin
Bakgrund: Självständighet hos äldre personer är ett komplext begrepp som inte enbart handlar om fysisk funktionsförmåga utan även om autonomi, delaktighet och möjlighet att påverka sin vardag. Många äldre personer är beroende av hemtjänstinsatser inom instrumentella aktiviteter i dagliga livet (IADL). Syftet: Syftet var att undersöka hur äldre personer upplever att hemtjänstinsatser i IADL påverka
Device location is a practical problem in indoor wireless deployments. Without knowing where devices are positioned in a building, technicians struggle to locate failing equipment, understand coverage issues, and perform maintenance on devices. To facilitate technicians, they often get elevated access to the intranetwork, which not only gives them access to everything, but they still fail to know
Beer brewing relies on the conversion of starch into fermentable sugars. However, in traditional mashing, 3–37% of starch remains unutilized. This is partly attributed to the protein matrix in barley malt, which traps small B-type starch granules and impedes the breakdown of the starch. This study aimed to investigate if applying hydrodynamic cavitation during mashing improved the conversion of to
