Search for dissertations about: "emigration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the word emigration.

  2. 1. Doctors Behind Borders : The Ethics of Skilled Worker Emigration

    Author : Yusuf Yuksekdag; Elin Palm; Göran Collste; Kjersti Fjørtoft; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brain drain; compulsory service; contracts; emigration; ethics; health workers; medical brain drain; skilled workers; responsibility; the right to exit; vulnerability; non-ideal theory; Etik; kontrakt; kunskapsflykt; mänskliga rättigheter; migration; moraliskt ansvar; obligatoriska vårdprogram; rättighet; utsatta grupper; vårdpersonal;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis within applied ethics consists of four articles together with a cover essay. All articles concern the ethics of skilled health worker emigration from under-served and resourcepoor regions, often referred to as ‘medical brain drain’. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mobility and emigration in butterflies

    Author : Karin Enfjäll; Olof Leimar; Michel Baguette; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Keywords: conspecific density; dispersal; evolution; flight-behaviour; information; sexual conflict; social interactions; Ethology and behavioural ecology; Etologi och beteendeekologi; etologi; Ethology;

    Abstract : Because of its implications for the survival of many species, dispersal plays a key role in conservation biology. A good knowledge about the different factors that influence dispersal decisions is crucial for the understanding of inter-population movements. READ MORE

  5. 3. Competition in caddis larvae

    Author : Göran Englund; S. Kohler; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Agrypnia pagetana; Arctopsyche ladogensis; emigration; fighting behaviour; habitat selection; Hydropsyche siltalai; Hydropsychidae; immigration; predation; resource competition; sequential assessment game;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with behavioural strategies used by caddis larvae in pairwise contests and when selecting microhabitats. Effects of caddis larvae on survival and habitat selection of other insect taxa have also been studied. READ MORE

  6. 4. Learning and Returning : Return Migration of Swedish Engineers from the United States, 1880-1940

    Author : Per-Olof Grönberg; Lars-Göran Tedebrand; Jonny Hjelm; Walker D. Wyman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; emigration; return migration; engineers; technology transfer; Sweden; United States; industrialisation; electrical industry; steel and iron industry; mining; engineering industry; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; History; historia;

    Abstract : This thesis examines different aspects of international migration and return migration among Swedish engineers – particularly to and from the United States between 1880 and 1940. The social, geographical, and educational backgrounds of these engineers and their role in diffusing technological knowledge in Sweden in addition to being a possible source of technical development during the country’s second industrial breakthrough is of particular interest. READ MORE

  7. 5. Anglo American Capital, and Immigrant Workers : Swedes and other Immigrant Workers on a Minnesota Railroad 1880-1920

    Author : Jimmy Engren; Lars Olsson; Shelton Stromquist; Sweden Växjö Växjö University; []
    Keywords : labor; ethnic relations; ethnicity; emigration; migration; Swede in the United States; Swedish immigrants; Historia; History;

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