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  1. 1. Sink or Swim: Sea Level Rise Adaptation in Venice, Italy : A case of citizen non-participation

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Jesper Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : civic capacity; climate change; Gioia methodology; MOSE; project development; public involvement;

    Abstract : Due to global warming, sea levels will irreversibly continue to rise around the world throughout this century. Therefore, coastal urban communities will need to adapt to new environmental challenges, such as more frequent and intense flood events. READ MORE

  3. 2. Digging up memory : suppressed objects during the dictatorship in Chile 1973–1990

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Marcela Vera Oliva; [2023]
    Keywords : Materiality; agency; memory; counter-memory; Chile; dictatorship; Materialitet; agency; minne; counter-memory; Chile; diktatur;

    Abstract : This work deals with objects suppressed by individual people after the 1973 coup in Chile, due to the repression exerted by the installed civic-military dictatorship. It collects the memories of those who had to get rid of compromising objects to save their lives, pointing out the strategies chosen for this purpose, as well as the places to carry them out. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Diplomacy of Trade: An Empirical Investigation of State Visits as a Tool for Export Promotion and the Specific Role of the Head of State

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ebba Lundqvist; Clara Wieslander; [2023]
    Keywords : State Visits; Export Promotion; Head of State; Monarchy; Republic; Difference-in-Differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the impact of state visits on export flows and the specific role of the head of state based on the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. We construct a complete and comprehensive dataset containing all outgoing state visits from the Nordic countries between 1973 and 2022. READ MORE

  5. 4. Overburdened and Underrated: Understanding the Effects of Financial Repression

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Thuresson; Valdemar Norman; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial Repression; the current account; the exchange rate; Interest Rate Controls; Real Interest Rate; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Financial Repression is increasingly recognized as a viable approach to address high and unsustainable debt levels. Despite its history dating back to the early-mid 1900s, the economic implications of Financial Repression have yet to be fully explored. READ MORE

  6. 5. Anita: The Story of a Bad Film : The cultural life of Torgny Wickman’s 1973 sex film

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Jason Carter; [2023]
    Keywords : Anita; Torgny Wickman; Swedish Sin; Cult Film; Sex Film; Pornography; Swedish film heritage;

    Abstract : Anita  (Torgny Wickman 1973) is a typical example of a film produced as part of a wave of Swedish softcore sex films created with an eye on the substantial overseas profits to be made in market curious to witness onscreen Swedish Sin.  Following an extremely brief and limited release in Sweden the film disappeared from popular cultural perception until resurfacing in the late 1990s as an object of nostalgic cult curiosity. READ MORE