Search for dissertations about: "intelligence agencies"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words intelligence agencies.

2. 1. Sharing Secrets : Explaining International Intelligence Cooperation

   Author : Björn Fägersten; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intelligence Cooperation; Historical Institutionalism; Rational Choice Institutionalism; Europol; SitCen; CTG; EU; European External Action Service; European Union; Intelligence;

   Abstract : Why has multilateral cooperation developed in the intelligence field? Prior research has deemed such cooperation unlikely, irrelevant or even dangerous due to low gains and high risks. However, multilateral intelligence cooperation both exists and seems to be on the increase. This study aims to explain this puzzling development. READ MORE

4. 2. Route attribution of chemical warfare agents : Retrospective classification of unknown threat samples

   Author : Karin Höjer Holmgren; Johan Dahlén; Crister Åstot; Peter Haglund; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Impurity profiling; Chemical attribution signature; Route sourcing;

   Abstract : Although chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are prohibited under international law, there have been numerous crimes that violates the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) during the last decade, especially in the civil war in Syria where sarin, mustard gas and chlorine have all been used. CWAs have also been used in political assassinations and attempts thereof. READ MORE

5. 3. “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” : Activist Practices in an Era of Mediatized Surveillance

   Author : Ilkin Mehrabov; Miyase Christensen; John Sören Pettersson; Andreas Kassler; Emiliano Treré; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Azerbaijan; mediatized activism; mediatized surveillance; surveillative apparatuses; rhizomated subactivism; Turkey; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : One of the defining features of contemporary zeitgeist is that we live in an era of mediatization – a metaprocess, through (and by) which all everyday relations increasingly depend on networked media technologies and online communication channels.Due to rapid developments in digital electronics, all these Internet- or mobile-enabled platforms, and devices, are prone to the processes of quantification and datafication, and as such, surveillance is a principal dimension that lies at the core of mediatization. READ MORE

6. 4. HÉR! An Exploration of Artistic Agency

   Author : Halla Steinunn Stefansdottir; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; music; sound art; agency; situated actions; ecological; enactive; post-phenomenology;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis is concerned with agency in the work of a performer, curator, and composer, and how these agencies are socio-culturally constructed. Grounded in creative practice as primary research methodology, the project builds on feedback loops between creation, analysis, and interpretation. READ MORE

7. 5. Selected Functionalities for Autonomous Intelligent Systems in Public Safety Scenarios

   Author : Mariusz Wzorek; Patrick Doherty; Jonas Kvarnström; Pascual Campoy; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The public safety and security application domain is an important research area that provides great benefits to society. Within this application domain, governmental and non‐governmental agencies, such as blue light organizations (e.g. READ MORE