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The Ruhr Area is the most densely populated region in Europe and is founded on the mining of coal and production of steel. However, throughout the last decades it has endured many hardships, as the coal industry shut down and thus leaving the region as one of the poorest in Germany, while grappling with the loss of an element that once gave the region its identity. During recent years there has be
This thesis examines how asymmetrical interdependence constrained the European Union’s bargaining maneuverability during the 2025 EU–US trade negotiations. Although the EU is frequently described as a major structural trade power due to its market size, regulatory influence and collective trade competence, the negotiations demonstrated that structural power does not automatically translate into ef
The usage of AI in organisations is increasing at a fast pace and is creating a growing de-mand for AI governance and AI-policies. Despite this, the knowledge of how policies are formulated and translated into practise is at large limited. This study aims to qualitatively explore how Nordic organisations navigate both the process of formulating and translating their AI-policies into practise. This
The relationship between the United Kingdom and Kenya is longstanding, evolving from a colonizer-colony relationship to a contemporary ‘partnership’ centered on aid processes and effectiveness. Since Kenyan independence, the UK has maintained close ties through various development initiatives. For this thesis, we have analyzed 12 development cooperation policy papers. To analyze these documents, w
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
