Search for dissertations about: "Nordic countries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 249 swedish dissertations containing the words Nordic countries.

  2. 1. Common Energy and Climate Strategies for the Nordic Countries - A Model Analysis

    Author : Thomas Unger; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; MARKAL; tradable green certificates; electricity trade; Nordic countries; climate policy; energy systems modeling;

    Abstract : Increased competition and market integration into a wider geographical context are currently on the energy- and climate-policy agenda in Northern Europe. It is likely that several energy-and environment-related markets will coexist within a near future, for example markets for electricity and emission permits for CO2. READ MORE

  4. 2. If they only knew. Bullying victimization among children and youth in the Nordic countries

    Author : Ylva Bjereld; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bullying; victimization; Nordic countries; disclosure; mental health; social relations; prevalence; social-ecological;

    Abstract : Bullying is a social and public health problem recognized across the globe. The aim with this thesis is to describe and understand bullying victimization of children and youth in a social-ecological perspective with the focus on prevalence, mental health, social relations and disclosing bullying victimization. READ MORE

  5. 3. Religion in Nordic Politics as a Means to Societal Cohesion : An Empirical Study on Party Platforms and Parliamentary Debates 1988–2012

    Author : Jonas Lindberg; Mia Lövheim; Magnus Hagevi; Pål Repstad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; politics; Nordic; Scandinavia; church; diversity; secularisation; globalisation; politicisation; cleavage; civil religion; human rights; nationalism; right-wing populist; privatised religion; content analysis; mixed methods; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi;

    Abstract : In this study, I address the relationship between religion and politics in the Nordic countries, 1988–2012, against a background of increasing religious diversity alongside more or less continuous relationships between church and state. My aim is to analyse possible changes in the way religion is referred to by Nordic parliamentary parties, and in the way these parties use religion as a means to societal cohesion. READ MORE

  6. 4. From Kinship to Global Brand : The Discourse on Culture in Nordic Cooperation after World War II

    Author : Anna Kharkina; Kekke Stadin; Irina Sandomirskaja; Nikolas Glover; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nordic culture; Nordic region; cultural cooperation; cultural policy; security community; historia; History;

    Abstract : This work analyzes the political instrumentalization of culture. Specifically, it studies how this is done through cultural policy within Western democracies. The analysis takes, as an example, official Nordic cultural cooperation in the post-war period. READ MORE

  7. 5. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Dermatocarpon (Verrucariales, lichenized Ascomycotina) with special emphasis on the Nordic species

    Author : Starri Heidmarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Developmental biology; Dermatocarpon; ITS rDNA; Morphology; Nordic countries; Phylogenetic analysis; Taxonomy; Verrucariaceae; Utvecklingsbiologi; Developmental biology; Utvecklingsbiologi; systematisk botanik; Systematic Botany;

    Abstract : In this thesis Dermatocarpon (Verrucariales, lichenized Ascomycotina) of the Nordic countries is revised. Useful characters for species identification are epinecral layer type, spore length, medulla sensitivity to Melzer´s Reagent, and lower surface colour anappearance. READ MORE