Search for dissertations about: "Europe"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1331 swedish dissertations containing the word Europe.

  2. 6. Europe in Transition : Transnational Television News and European Identity

    Author : Andreas Widholm; Madeleine Kleberg; Anna Roosvall; Inka Salovaara-Moring; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transnational television; BBC World News; Euronews; European identity; EU enlargement; Orange Revolution; globalization; news journalism; media; European integration; political transitions; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    Abstract : Over the last two decades, Europe has experienced profound political transformations, resulting in new challenges for the relationship between national and transnational identities. In parallel with these changes, national media systems across the world have been put under pressure from globalization, reflected in the vast increase in the number of transnational news channels operating on the global market. READ MORE

  4. 7. Turning to Europe : A New Swedish Industrial Relations Regime in the 1990s

    Author : Sofia Murhem; Lars Magnusson; Niklas Bruun; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Industrial relations; service sector; small enterprises; telecommunications sector; metal industry; trade unions; employers’ associations; Europeanization; Sweden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the transformation of the industrial relations regime in Sweden during the 1990s. Four areas are studied; industrial relations of the growing service sector, industrial relations of small enterprises, effects of re-regulation and introduction of competition on industrial relations in telecommunications service and internationalisation of industrial relations in the metal sector, showing that in the 1990s, the labour market regime of Sweden changed into a new regime, as a result of altered conditions caused by the third industrial revolution. READ MORE

  5. 8. Wintertime compound extremes in Europe and North America : from dynamics to predictability

    Author : Richard Leeding; Gabriele Messori; Jacopo Riboldi; Deliang Chen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cold Spells; Climate Extremes; Extratropical Cyclones; North Atlantic; North America; Europe; Meteorologi; Meteorology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the co-occurrence of wintertime low temperature extremes (cold spells) over North America and wet or windy extremes over Europe. Prolonged (≅ 5 days) North American cold spells can be associated with both upstream and downstream anomalous large-scale atmospheric flows, the latter modulating extreme weather occurrences over Europe. READ MORE

  6. 9. Air Pollution Dependency on Climate Variability and Source Region : Past, Current and Future Air Pollution Scenarios over Europe

    Author : Camilla Andersson; Hans-Christen Hansson; Christer Johansson; Joakim Langner; David Simpson; Peter Builtjes; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Acidification; Air Pollution; Climate Change; Europe; Numerical Model; Emission; Eutrophication; Key region; Nitrogen Dioxide; Particulate Matter; PM; Source region; Surface Ozone; Tropospheric Ozone; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; Applied Environmental Science; tillämpad miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : The main objectives of this thesis were to investigate the dependency of European air pollution on climate variability and emission source region. Calculations with a chemistry transport model (CTM) were conducted to investigate the influence of climate variability. READ MORE

  7. 10. Forming EU-professionals : Geopolitical and Symbolic Hierarchies at the College of Europe

    Author : Sara Lindberg; Mikael Börjesson; Maria Törnqvist; Andreas Melldahl; Muriel Darmon; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Europe; Internationalisation; Higher Education; Socialisation; Geopolitical Hierarchies; Utbildningssociologi; Sociology of Education;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to understand how international educational processes and practices enable the formation of student dispositions related to Europe and the EU labour market. The College of Europe, located in Bruges, Belgium, is a postgraduate independent private institution. READ MORE