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https://www.graduateschool.sam.lu.se/sites/graduateschool.sam.lu.se/files/2024-05/Protokoll%20Na%CC%88mnden%20fo%CC%88r%20GS%20240418.pdf - 2026-10-02

In today's world the protection gap in the 1951 Refugee Convention regarding the environmentally displaced persons (EDPs) has been discussed, claiming that EDPs international protection and assistance should be considered too. This thesis addresses the issue of displaced people due to environmental factors and the options that are suggested for their protection and assistance. With a starting

Since the 1990s considerable attention has been paid to the European Union and the role it played in international multilateral negotiations. Recognizing that the EU played a leadership role in international climate change negotiations under the UNFCCC since the beginning, this thesis set out to investigate the changes of the EU’s leadership role based on the role and leadership theories. With a p

The Arctic has increasingly emerged as a geopolitical horizon shaped by environmental, security and economic transformations. As sea ice melts and military and commercial interests materialise, questions arise about how the region is discursively constructed by various stakeholders. With the Arctic Council in flux, alternative forums have gained significance as sites for dialogue and public diplom

This is an inquiry into how aspects of the present human reality came to being and thereby also an investigation into limitations and potentialities of this “present”. An important argument in this essay is that there exists a mutually affective relationship between culture and politics and that this relationship implies both possibilities and constraints. With this in mind I try to critically inv

This thesis explores the experiences of international and domestic higher education students in the U.S. during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. By using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach the aim of the thesis, in the first place, is concerned with students’ experience during national and global lockdowns with social distancing and isolation and, secondly, with the structural c

https://www.graduateschool.sam.lu.se/sites/graduateschool.sam.lu.se/files/2025-11/Protokoll%20Graduate%20School%20na%CC%88mnden%20250923-signed.pdf - 2026-10-02

The ICT revolution has transformed the space for democratic debate on information freedom. Although democratic actors like the US and WikiLeaks both advocate freedom of information, there are obvious discrepancies amongst ideas of how this basic democratic freedom is implemented in the age of information. These democratic discrepancies are analyzed through the lens of Critical Discourse Analysis,

With the idea of the governance, the model of social service delivery changed from government produces to purchases of services from Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs). Thus, cooperation was established between public sector and NPOs. The cooperation can be achieved by defrayed directly or using competitive contract outsourcing. The former one was commonly used while the latter one asked more for man

Coloniality persistently prevails in the many aspects of today’s societies, including identity constructions. However, the role of the Nordic region in colonialism and its continuous consequences has been severely downplayed, if not ignored, not least in connection to Finland. Thus, this research explores the visibilities of coloniality in social identity constructions in the context of Finland. A

In recent years the gendered aspects of the 1951 refugee definition have been discussed within asylum law and amongst feminist theoreticians, claiming that women’s persecution grounds often aren’t defined legitimate within the definition. This thesis address the issue of women fleeing domestic violence; a persecution by a non-state actor. With a starting point in feminist theories critique of the

This study examines how the European Union is represented in Viktor Orbán’s political speeches. It is based on a qualitative analysis of sixteen speeches and interviews delivered between 2022 and 2025. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, the study investigates how the EU is constructed across societal, political, economic, and military dimensions, guided by insights from populism and securitization

Through an historical sociological investigation of space and time, globalization theory is found to be based in a faulty understanding of history. Globalization theory argue that a spatio-temporal shift has occurred which has transformed social reality from a territorialist Westphalian system to post-territorialism. Such an understanding is proven problematic as the historical basis for the Westp

This Master thesis analyzes the causes to the Lebanese civil war and if Lebanon can be regarded as a deviant case in comparison to existing civil war theories that explain the outbreak of civil wars. The author has composed his own civil war theory, consisting of the most commonly used explanatory factors behind the causes of civil wars and this theory is applied on the Lebanese civil war to be ab

In contrast to the Western ideal of secularization, religion has in some cultures maintained its important role in nationalist undertakings. This is the case in Myanmar, a country that is currently in the midst of a state transformation towards democracy after more than fifty years of authoritarian, military rule. This religious nationalism has been taken to a higher level of chauvinism and violen

This paper aims to enhance the understanding of the extent to which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are able to shape the civil regulation of transnational corporations (TNCs), in addition to civil regulations’ potential to compensate for failed state-regulations. For this purpose, the paper examines the case of Shell’s civil regulation in Nigeria, where the oil-industry is effectively left

This volume engages with the alarming convergence of far right thinking and the ecological crisis in contemporary society. Growing out of the first international conference on political ecologies of the far right, the volume gathers crucial insights from authorities in the field as well as promising early career researchers. With cases ranging from ethnographical accounts of fossil fuel populist p

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https://www.lu.se/studera/om-universitetsstudier/studiearet-terminstider - 2026-10-02