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  1. 11. Negotiating Unwanted Outsider Status- A study of Gang Subculture among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sourav Das; [2023]
    Keywords : Rohingya; Rohingya Refugees; Gangs; Refugee Gang; Deviant Subculture; Gang Subculture; Moral Panic; Folk devils; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The emergence of the refugee gang subculture has changed its focus from being a regional to a worldwide problem, drawing on the findings of previous studies. Many past studies suggest that the massive influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar has not only amplified existing socioeconomic challenges but has also fueled concerns within the host population in Bangladesh regarding organized gang violence. READ MORE

  3. 12. Cracking the AI-gma Code? - The Interpretability and Explainability of AI in light of Forst’s Right to Justification

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Suana Tafic; [2023]
    Keywords : EU law; EU-rätt; AI; Artificial Intelligence; Artificiell Intelligens; AI Act; AI-Act; AI-förordningen; GDPR; Right to Justification; Human rights; Fundamental Rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Transparency; Explainability; Interpretability; Transparens; Förklarbarhet; Tolkningsbarhet; Trustworthy AI; tillförlitlig AI; Black Box; Opacitet; IT-rätt; Forst; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In April 2018 the European Commission took their first step into establishing the European AI Strategy, which aims to make Europe the world-leading centre for AI while ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms. In April 2021 the proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence, referred to as the AI Act, was announced. READ MORE

  4. 13. Feminist Approaches to Self-Representation & Political Storytelling: A Modern Strategy of Nation Branding in the West

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nicodemus Adsersen; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist leadership; Nation branding; Constructed self-representation; Political storytelling; Western identity.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay sought to investigate the extent to which two Nordic Prime Ministers performed their leadership on Instagram in accordance with a feminist leadership theory during the Covid-19 crisis. It then inquired into those performances’ potential consequences. READ MORE

  5. 14. Of Chaos And Clockworks : A Formal Criticism Of The Modern Sustainability Paradigm

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Sebastian Arnström; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability; sustainability science; complexity; complex adaptive systems; Earth system; Earth system science; resilience theory; the adaptive cycle; chaos theory; eco-theology;

    Abstract : This thesis is a critical review of two central theories in the modern sustainability paradigm – namely… (1) the theory that the Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere form a complex adaptive system – the Earth system, and (2) the theory that all human activities are intrinsically dependent on, and constrained by, non-anthropogenic states and processes in the Earth system. The thesis explains the origins and the logic of these theories, and subjects them to formal, semi-formal and comparative criticism. READ MORE

  6. 15. ‘Safeguarding moral decency’: A Queer discourse analysis of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s sexualized discourses and boundary-making in the Russian-Ukraine war

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Rasmusson; [2023]
    Keywords : Putin; discourse; gender identity; sexuality; national belonging; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates discourses on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression in national addresses performed by Russian President Vladimir Putin since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It applies an embedded approach of Critical Discourse Analysis and Queer Linguistics to disseminate how such discourses are produced by Putin in the war. READ MORE