Search for dissertations about: "Europe"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 1331 swedish dissertations containing the word Europe.

  2. 16. Alcohol-Related Problems in Eastern Europe : A Comparative Perspective

    Author : Jonas Landberg; Thor Norström; Mats Ramstedt; William Alex Pridemore; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Europe; alcohol consumption; alcohol-related harm; time-series analysis; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the association between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Eastern Europe. The main aim was to estimate to what extent changes in per capita alcohol consumption have an impact on different forms of alcohol-related mortality, and to put the results in an international comparative perspective. READ MORE

  4. 17. Co-Evolution of Technology, Markets and Institutions - the Case of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology in Europe

    Author : Stian Nygaard; CIRCLE; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation; fuel cells; market development; hydrogen; industrial dynamics; business development; innovation policy; Europe;

    Abstract : The birth, growth and maturity of industries, sectors and technologies have spurred the curiosity of researchers as well as managers and policy makers for a long time. Intriguingly, the emergence of a new industry is a complex process including many different actors and with a high level of uncertainty related to technology, institutions and markets facing the actors involved. READ MORE

  5. 18. Pollen-based quantitative reconstruction of land-cover change in Europe from 11,500 years ago until present - A dataset suitable for climate modelling

    Author : Anna-Kari Trondman; Marie-José Gaillard; Chris Caseldine; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; pollen data; REVEALS model; model testing; land vegetation; land-cover; Holocene; Europe;

    Abstract : The major objective of this thesis was to produce descriptions of the land vegetation-cover in Europe for selected time windows of the Holocene (6000, 3000, 500, 200, and 50 calendar years before present (BP=1950)) that can be used in climate modelling. Land vegetation is part of the climate system; its changes influence climate through biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes. READ MORE

  6. 19. The Development of Parliamentarism in Western Europe

    Author : Simon Davidsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parlamentarism; partisystem; västeuropa; institutionell förändring; parliamentarism; party systems; Western Europe; institutional change;

    Abstract : This dissertation describes and explains the development of parliamentarism in Western Europe. Defining parliamentarism as an institutional solution in which the government is politically responsible to parliament only, I use country historiography to map out a tug-of-war between parliament and the head of state over the ability to make governments resign or maintain them in office in 11 West European countries since the establishment of national parliaments. READ MORE

  7. 20. Steel Making Hunter-Gatherers in Ancient Arctic Europe

    Author : Carina Bennerhag; Kristina Söderholm; Eva Hjärthner-Holdar; Sara Hagström Yamamoto; Roine Wiklund; Marianne Skandfer; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iron Metallurgy; Archaeometallurgy; Ancient Steel; Arctic Europe; Hunter-Gatherers; Landscape; Climate; Taskscape; Historia; History;

    Abstract : Based on findings made by Norrbotten County Museum around 2010 in the vicinity of Sangis in Arctic Sweden of advanced iron and steel production in a hunter-gatherer setting dated to the pre-Roman Iron Age (c. 200-50 BC), the aim of the present thesis is twofold. READ MORE