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Digital games make failure unusually visible through explicit and repeatable setbacks. Yet procedural clarity does not determine its meaning for players, and another attempt does not ensure learning or persistence. This thesis explores how players of the Dark Souls series interpret repeated failure and through what mediated processes they decide to retry, adjust, seek assistance, pause, return or
This thesis investigates the framing of extrajudicial "crossfire" killings in English-language Bangladeshi news media by applying Robert Entman's (1993) framing theory alongside Edel and Josua's (2018) account of authoritarian legitimation. These frameworks have primarily been developed and tested on state rhetoric rather than journalistic texts. Utilizing a qualitative case-stud
With a core conviction that we should not accept a worldview that fuels ecological destruction and species extinction, this dissertation set out to find ways digital technologies create opportunities to construct alternative imaginaries. Following the assertion that meaning is made where global ideas meet local realities, this thesis employs a case study of Alveus, an animal sanctuary and virtual
This study examines how contentious knowledge surrounding the moon landing is expressed, negotiated, and organized on digital platforms. It develops “Digital Claims” as a potential meso-level analytical framework for examining how meanings, interactions, and visibility become observable and accumulative in digital spaces. Moving beyond approaches centered on users’ beliefs, intentions, or undiffer
Abstract Independent European feature films are financed project by project from many sources at once, each with its own conditions, payment schedule and claim on the film. This thesis asks how Plattform Produktion, an independent Swedish production company, should structure the financing of a film project so that the liquidity and budget it obtains are not bought at an unacceptable cost in retain
Detta examensarbete undersöker potentialen hos alternativa livmaterial för träbaserade lättbalkar med avseende på både klimatpåverkan och bärförmåga. Studien syftar till att utvärdera om traditionella livmaterial, såsom OSB, kan ersättas av alternativa skivmaterial för att minska klimatavtrycket medan tillräcklig bärförmåga bibehålls. Arbetet kombinerar analytiska beräkningar med experimentella lThis thesis investigates the potential of alternative web materials for engineered wood I-joists with respect to both climate impact and load-bearing capacity. The study aims to evaluate whether traditional web materials, such as OSB, can be replaced by alternative panel materials in order to reduce climate impact while maintaining sufficient structural integrity. The work combines analytical cal
Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are increasingly determined not only by macroeconomic factors but also by institutional and political variables. This study examines how political rights affect FDI inflows in sub-Saharan Africa, utilising a fixed-effects panel regression that covers 38 countries between 1990 and 2019. Political rights are measured using a multidimensional index from the
This thesis examines the relationship between protection awareness exposure and reported gender-based violence (GBV) in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between 2023 and 2025. Using a balanced camp-level panel dataset covering 10 camps over 36 months, the study applies fixed-effects regression models to estimate within-camp associations. The results show a consistent and statistically signific
This study investigates the persistent impact of child marriage on the educational attainment of Brazilian women born between 1930 and 1999. Drawing on microdata from the 2019 National Health Survey (PNS) conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the research employs a quantitative analysis using logit models. Although overall access to education in Brazil has signif
This thesis examines the coexistence of continued structural change toward more knowledge- and intangible-intensive economic activity with the simultaneous slowdown in labour productivity growth across advanced European economies since the early 2000s. Using Sweden and four comparable European economies over 1995-2021, the thesis investigates three sectoral mechanisms linking the knowledge-economy
This thesis asks whether the increase in weight of housing costs on disposable income impacts femicide rates in 4 major European nations, in a similar fashion to what has been recorded in the Americas, and how policies implemented during the Covid crisis have mediated these effects, given their twofold scope of restricting movement and compensating for income loss. In a fixed effects panel from 4
India’s Female Labour Force Participation started declining from 2004-05 and fell from 42.74% in 2004-05 to 19.23% in 2021-22. However, in 2022-23, after the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Female Labour Force Participation rate was recorded at 28.26%. Against these circumstances, this thesis aims to characterize the nature of women's employment after the COVID-19 Pandemic. Furthermore, this thesis use
This paper explores the trends in female labour force participation (FLFPR) in India in relation to economic growth and structural transformation from 1983–84 to 2023–24. It opts for a decomposition shift-share analysis to examine the differences in productivity for the female labour force compared to the whole labour force. The findings indicate that, despite an expansion in the female labour for
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have become a cornerstone of social‐protection policy across Latin America, yet evidence on their long‐run socio‐economic impacts remains limited. This thesis examines the enduring effects of Mexico’s flagship programme, Progresa/Oportunidades, by combining detailed household panel data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS, Waves 1–3) with pre‐treatment pove
This study examines how donors balance strategic interests and human rights concerns in allocating foreign aid, with a focus on donor and sector heterogeneity. Analyzing bilateral aid commitments from 41 donors to 148 developing recipient countries between 2000 and 2022 with a panel Tobit model, the results reveal that on average, donors reduce aid in relation to human rights violations, but only
In a context where the transmission of systemic crises effects is more rapid and leave significant long-term consequences, it is important to prioritize understanding the gender-specific outcomes of these shocks. Therefore, using a panel fixed effects model, this thesis analyses the impact of systemic crises (banking, sovereign debt, monetary, and health) on a variety of gender indicators in vario
The European Union (EU) has introduced the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to address climate change and prevent carbon leakage. As the world’s largest CO₂ emitter and the EU’s largest source of imports, China is likely to face increased trade costs and decreased exports under the CBAM. This study explores the potential effects of the CBAM on China’s manufacturing exports to the EU. It c
This study examines the link between official development assistance (ODA) and employment in Tunisia. It uses a vector autoregression (VAR) model to analyze aid inflows, their interaction with economic growth, investment, and education, and their effects on labor market outcomes. The study considers employment as a key development goal tied to economic growth, noting that it entered the global dev
This thesis investigates the progression of horizontal inequalities across the major ethnic groups in Guatemala. Nearly 30 years after the signing of the Peace Accords, heterogeneous outcomes and patterns in educational and income differentials confirm the persistence of horizontal inequalities affecting the Mayan Indigenous population. While there is a trend toward greater convergence in wages, s
This thesis estimates how Mexico’s 2013 electricity reform and post-reform build- up of utility-scale wind and solar (WS) power affected accessibility-based household energy poverty. Using eight INEGI (2022) biennial survey waves from 2008 to 2022, I construct four household energy poverty (HEP) indices: subsistence ap- pliances, participation devices, clean cooking and ventilation in hot states.
