Master Theses: Recent submissions
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ROUTINES AND SOCIAL PRACTICE: A qualitative thesis about the relationship between societal actors and Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seekers in Sweden
(2018-03-14)The purpose of the thesis was to: (1) Investigate if Sweden fails to fulfil the obligations as stated in article 3, 6, 22, 33 – 37 of the CRC (1989) concerning their treatment of UMAS in Sweden; (2) Investigate the perspective ... -
Autonomous Weapons – the “Kalashnikovs” of Tomorrow? An Analysis of the Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the framework of the United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
(2018-02-09)After the invention of gunpowder and the development of nuclear weapons, the world faces a third revolution in warfare: lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since 2014, states, scientists and civil society activist ... -
”Det får ju inte drabba barnen” – en studie om villkor och mänskliga rättigheter inom ekonomiskt bistånd
(2017-12-06)Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living according to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and cultural rights article 11. In Sweden, one way of working with the realization of this article is the ... -
Är ID-kontrollagen (2015:1073) i konflikt med flyktingarnas rättigheter?
(2017-12-06)In December 2015 the Swedish Parliament passed a law that gave the Government extensive rights to limit the high flow of refugees/migrants coming into Sweden that autumn. The impact of the law could potentially impact the ... -
Responsibility to Protect – A larger tool than anticipated? An analysis of the potential usage of structural violence in the Responsibility to Protect
(2017-11-23)On a daily basis, many people around the world die due to starvation, structural discrimination and other actions which can be prevented by state actors. The international community has agreed that the sovereignty of the ... -
A Qualitative Approach to Refugee Law and International Migrant Legislation: The Life Stories of Venezuelan Emigrants
(2017-10-04)This research studies the Venezuelan emigrants’ case in order to contest refugee law and international migrant legislation. Fragments-of-life-stories & semi-structured interviews were used as bottom-up approach, and document ... -
Financialization and human rights abuses provoked by business: the case of Samarco disaster in Brazil
(2017-09-13)The aim of this study is to explore the implications of the financialization process on human rights compliance by business, based on an analysis of the Samarco case, in Brazil. In 2015, Samarco Company’s tailing dam ... -
Intersectionality and the Vulnerability of Irregular Migrant Women to Sexual Assault: the Journey and Arrival to the U.S./Mexico Border
(2017-08-09)This research looks at the sexual assault of irregular migrant women on the journey and arrival to the United States/Mexico border from an intersectional perspective. It aims to analyze this topic through understanding ... -
Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Greece and Their right to Family Reunification with family members in other EU countries: An explorative and explanatory study of the implementation of Dublin Regulation in Greek national legislation
(2017-07-03)Unaccompanied children/minors (UAC) represents a large proportion of the demography of refugees in Greece, and many of them have families in other EU countries they wish to be reunited with. However, the increasingly ... -
Welcome to the new jungle: A discourse analysis of the securitization of migration in the Calais crisis in British media
(2017-07-03)Since the end of the Cold War there has been a change in what is considered a security issue and a focus on 'softer security' issues, such as migration. As argued by researchers, the media has been a site for anti-illegal ... -
Women’s land rights under the Mozambican Land Law: An ethnographic study of the matrilineal district of Majune, Niassa province, northern Mozambique
(2017-07-03)The Mozambican Land Law (Lei de Terra) that was passed in 1997 seeks to formalize customary rights at a community level and provide equal access to land for men and women, while securing external investors access to land ... -
Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?
(2017-06-28)This two-case study “Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?” focuses on whether polygamous marriages can be considered a ... -
Papperslösa kvinnors politiska delaktighet: Om utrymmet för individen att vara politisk när hon är utesluten ur den politiska gemenskapen.
(2017-06-28)Human rights apply to all individuals, regardless of nationality or legal status. However, in practice, people living as undocumented – without a residence permit in the state where they are situated – seems to be regarded ... -
Struggling to Feel at Home: An Inquiry into Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees' Experiences of Reintegration
(2017-05-10)This thesis investigates the reintegration process of Sri Lankan Tamil returnees. After the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, a number of refugees who lived in exile in India returned to their country of origin. This ... -
"We do not want any refugees!": The Perception of Identity on Migration Crisis and the Migration Crisis Implications on Hungary
(2017-04-20)This study aims to investigate to what extent identity plays a role in Hungary’s policy and stance towards the migration crisis which occurred in the middle of 2015. Since it started, Hungary has shown its strong stance ... -
Water Management in the midst of Climate Change and Growing Tourism: A Field Study from the Peruvian Andes
(2017-03-28)According to climate researchers, melting glaciers is one of the most sever effects of the global climate change. Peru that contains more than seventy percent of the world’s tropical glaciers is particularly vulnerable ... -
Experiences of Black Womanhood in Swedish Academia: Contested Narratives
(2016-12-14)This thesis explores how black women as students and faculty members experience racism in Swedish universities, and what strategies they use to cope and resist. Through their lived experiences and autoethnographic elements ... -
Global Journalism: A fancy concept of wishful thinking or a news style on the rise?
(2016-10-20)This thesis aims to examine the occurrence of global journalism as a news style in Swedish newspapers, and to show not only to what extent global journalism occurs in relation to the more traditional domestic and foreign ... -
“We Forgive, But We Do Not Forget”: An Ethnographic Account of Assyrian Christians’ Trails of Trauma and the Making of ‘the Muslim’
(2016-10-19)This thesis highlights the multiple layers of how an Assyrian Christian minority group in Sweden constructs the image of ‘the Muslim’. The thesis contributes to a larger debate about diaspora, reconciliation, and local ...