Search for dissertations about: "the Nordics"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words the Nordics.
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1. Steel as the Answer? : Viking Bodies, Power, and Masculinity in Anglophone Fantasy Literature 2006–2016
Abstract : This dissertation examines the motif of the popular Viking in contemporary Anglophone fantasy literature, with a focus on masculinity, power, embodiment,and sexuality. The study draws on queer-theoretical perspectives on masculinity and the method of queer reading, and approaches the Viking as at once bound up with the legitimization of normative and hegemonic forms of masculinity and open to (queer) negotiations and possibilities beyond normative male masculinities. READ MORE
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2. The ins and outs of ESG: a study on the spatialities of accounting change
Abstract : What to change, and how to do it, belong to the eternal concerns of life in organizations. Reflecting this, accounting research has a long history of interest in the role of calculations in change processes. “What counts” changes over time, inter-dependently with broader societal concerns such as sustainability. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Microeconometrics and Immigrant Assimilation
Abstract : Paper I. Asymptotic bias reduction for a conditional marginal effects estimator in sam- ple selection models. In this article we discuss the di¤erences between the average marginal effect and the mar- ginal effect of the average individual in sample selection models, estimated by the Heck- man procedure. READ MORE
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4. Searching for sustainable aquaculture governance : A focus on ambitions and experience
Abstract : Aquaculture is one of the most diverse food-producing industries and is suggested as a key solution to a growing global food demand. It has been argued that aquaculture has the potential to expand sustainably in most parts of the world, especially in the EU where consumption far out weighs production. READ MORE