Search for dissertations about: "transnational university"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words transnational university.

2. 1. Health and welfare among Thai migrant women in Sweden : Lived experiences of transnational marriage migration. A dissertation in caring science

   Author : Weerati Pongthippat; Gunnel Östlund; Lena-Karin Gustafsson; Mehrdad Darvishpour; Lisbeth Porskrog Kristiansen; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; marriage migration; domestic violence; women’s health and wellbeing; Äktenskapmigration; våld i hemmet; kvinnors hälsa och välmående; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : Background:This dissertation uses Betty Neuman’s nursing theory within the caring sciences to enable in-depth knowledge regarding Thai women’s health in the context of marriage migration. Globalisation has provided new opportunities for marriage migration, for example for Thai women to move to Western countries to improve their lives and wellbeing. READ MORE

4. 2. Rule by Association : Japan in the Global Trans-Imperial Culture, 1868-1912

   Author : John Hennessey; Hans Hägerdal; Alexis Dudden; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; global trans-imperial culture; association; assimilation; Hokkaido; Taiwan; expositions; Japanese colonialism; Japanese Empire; colonial history; colonial administration; Historia; History;

   Abstract : Criticizing one-empire approaches, calls to apply much-needed transnational perspectives and methodologies to colonial history have recently emerged. This groundbreaking scholarship has already revealed that the competition between different European empires after 1850 has typically been overemphasized; in fact, a transnational perspective reveals extensive cooperation between the “great powers” of the age, along with myriad examples of exchanges and transfers of colonial knowledge. READ MORE

5. 3. The second wave : the Urak Lawoi after the tsunami in Thailand

   Author : Ann-Charlotte Granbom; Christer Lindberg; Thomas Malm; Peter Ian Crawford; Sweden Lund University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urak Lawoi; Chao Ley; sea nomads; sea gypsies; sea people; Thailand; disaster; vulnerability; resilience; tourism development; land policies; Indigenous people; Religion; Urak Lawoi; Turismvetenskap; Tsunami; landrättigheter; Thailand; Havsnomader; ursprungsfolk; visuell antropologi; havsfolk; sårbarhet; religion;

   Abstract : Urak Lawoi är en ursprungsbefolkning i Andamansjön som bl.a. bor på kända turistöar som Phuket, Phi Phi, Ko Lanta Yai och Ko Lipe utanför Thailands västkust. Deras språk och kultur skiljer sig från övriga thailändares, inte minst ifråga om kunskap att navigera på havet. READ MORE

6. 4. Opportunity creation as a mixed embedding process : A study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden

   Author : Quang V. D. Evansluong; Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Monder Ram; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant entrepreneurship; opportunity creation; entrepreneurial opportunity; social integration; Sweden; mixed embeddedness; mixed embedding; företagsekonomi; immigrant entrepreneurship; opportunity creation; entrepreneurial opportunity; Social integration; sweden; mixed embeddedness; mixed embedding;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurial opportunities are frequently noted and addressed in the literature of immigrant entrepreneurship; however, little is known about how these entrepreneurial opportunities come into existence and how immigrant entrepreneurs create such opportunities. The purpose of this thesis is to examine why and how immigrant entrepreneurs create entrepreneurial opportunities through embedding processes in the home country and the host country. READ MORE

7. 5. Unaccompanied refugee minors and political responses in Sweden: Challenges for social work

   Author : Caroline Östman; Masoud Kamali; Jessica H. Jönsson; Marcus Herz; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied refugee minors; critical social work; migration; integration; postcolonialism; critical intersectionalism; neoliberalism; globalisation;

   Abstract : Currently, there are 68.5 million people forcibly displaced around the world, which is the highest figure since World War II. The affected individuals have fled their homes to seek protection elsewhere, either within their own country or across national borders. Approximately 16. READ MORE