Search for dissertations about: "Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 80 swedish dissertations containing the words Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning.

  2. 21. After Space Utopia : Post-Soviet Russia and Futures in Space

    Author : Roman Privalov; Johan Eriksson; Mats Braun; Arita Holmberg; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; space; Russia; utopia; postcolonialism; assemblage; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Since the early 2000s, new projects of space expansionism have emerged, including the commercial-, military-driven and scientific projects to colonize the Moon and Mars. The new space expansionism followed a period of comparatively lower attention to space in international politics, and it is sometimes called the New Space Race by analogy to the 20th century Space Race between the USSR and the US. READ MORE

  4. 22. From words to action : Lessons from active stakeholder participation in water management

    Author : Frida Franzén; Berit Balfors; Monica Hammer; Newig Jens; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; stakeholder participation; EU Water Framework Directive; eutrophication; catchment-based water management; agriculture.; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; Mark- och vattenteknik;

    Abstract : Water governance worldwide is going through a shift towards more holistic and participatory approaches. In Europe, the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) adopted in 2000, aims at protecting surface water and groundwater. READ MORE

  5. 23. Nudges, Prosocial Preferences & Behavior : Essays in Behavioral Economics

    Author : Erik Gråd; Ranjula Bali Swain; Mats Bergman; Fredrik Carlsson; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nudge; Prosocial Preferences; Public Goods Game; Network; Renewable Energy; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Nudges are interventions based on behavioral insights and have received a great deal of attention in recent years. This dissertation investigates how nudges may affect prosocial preferences and behavior through their intended effects, but also their unintended consequences. READ MORE

  6. 24. Corporate Hegemony through Sustainability : A Study of Sustainability Standards and CSR Practices as Tools to Demobilise Community Resistance in the Albanian Oil Industry

    Author : Sara Persson; Malin Gawell; Peter Dobers; Alison Pullen; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hegemony; Gramsci; Political Discourse Theory; autoethnography; community grievances; sustainability standards; CSR; Albania; Patos-Marinza; oil industry; Gramsci; teori e ligjërimit politik; autoetnografi; ankesa të komunitetit; standarde të qëndrueshmërisë; PSHK; Shqipëri; Patos-Marinëz; industria e naftës; hegemoni; Gramsci; politisk diskursteori; autoetnografi; klagomål från lokalsamhället; hålbarhetsstandards; CSR; Albanien; Patos-Marinza; oljeindustrin; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Many critical business scholars have disregarded sustainability standards and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as mere window dressing, operating as a smokescreen to hide illegitimate corporate practices. Others have pointed to these activities as hegemonic articulations, as a way to strengthen corporate alliances with and dominance over other actors in society. READ MORE

  7. 25. Queering Images of Russia in Sweden : Discursive hegemony and counter-hegemonic articulations 1991–2019

    Author : Kirill Polkov; Teresa Kulawik; Ann Werner; Katharina Wiedlack; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russia; Sweden; non-normative sexuality; queer theory; national image; hybridity; temporality; Swedish sexual exceptionalism; homonationalism; visibility; discourse; LGBT; LGBTQ; homosexuality; Ryssland; Sverige; icke-normativ sexualitet; queerteori; nationell bild; hybriditet; temporalitet; svensk sexuell exceptionalism; homonationalism; synlighet; diskurs; hbtq; hbt; homosexualitet; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This study examines the role of non-normative sexuality in the construction of national images. It focuses on how non-normative sexuality affects and is affected by Swedish constructions of the image of Russia and, by extension, Sweden’s self-image. READ MORE