Essays about: "northern periphery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words northern periphery.

  1. 1. Violence, Resistance and the Border Regime: Shedding Light on the Reality at the Patras Settlement : Daily Struggles of People on the Move Through the Eyes of Volunteers

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Alexia Rebeyrolle; [2023]
    Keywords : Migration; Patras; Greece; Legal Limbo; Borderscape; Refugee camp; Volunteering; Borders; Violence;

    Abstract : The securitisation and externalisation of Europe's borders have had devastating consequences for people trying to cross them. As Greece is on the periphery of the European Union, its role in this process and in the journey of people on the move is crucial. READ MORE

  3. 2. Borderland Peripheries. from dead end - to new beginning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Maya Kranner; [2023]
    Keywords : Rural renewal; cross-border initiatives; periphery; social sustainability; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : It’s been 34 years ago now since the iron curtain has parted the European continent and its inhabitants in an East and a West. The analysed area for the following thesis on the border between northern Austria and southern Czechia gives a case example of a region, that is still suffering from an era, where one sky-direction has been erased from people’s everyday living and thinking – leaving the border areas as a dead end for either country. READ MORE

  4. 3. A world-leading periphery? Exploring representations of Northern Sweden in light of the green transition initiatives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Hannah Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : green transition; peripheralisation; rurality; development; Norrland; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As part of the EU’s initiative to become the world’s first climate neutral region, Northern Sweden is represented as a centrepiece to the green transition development. Its innovative industries are framed as a key component for a sustainable future – not only for Sweden, but also for Europe as a whole. READ MORE

  5. 4. Learning in New Space : Knowledge Sourcing for Innovation in Northern Swedish New Space Companies

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Metallinos Log Filip Nikitas; Persson Sandra Lipic; [2020]
    Keywords : New Space industry; downstream; upstream; innovation; knowledge sourcing; knowledge ecosystem; collaboration; monitoring; networks; mobility; industry events; periphery;

    Abstract : The New Space industry is a novel branch of the space industry focusing on innovation and commercialization. It experiences very swift growth, although only a fraction of this growth has taken place in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Investigating Reflections on Social Sustainability: The Case of EU-Funded Projects in Remote Northern Communities

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Erika Raaby; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Social Sustainability; Northern Communities; Arctic Communities; EU Projects; Transnational Cooperation;

    Abstract : There has been a general population decline in the European Arctic and northern periphery, with out-migration being one of the main drivers. The population is ageing and less able to contribute to the economic welfare. READ MORE