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  1. 1. Lessons for municipalities to steer the sustainable development of alternative housing : A case study of two co-housing projects in Helsingborg and Hamburg

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

    Author : Jule Jeske; [2023]
    Keywords : co-housing; co-living; alternative housing; sharing; sustainable housing; Co-Housing; Co-Living; alternatives Wohnen; Sharing; nachhaltiges Wohnen;

    Abstract : Decades of globalisation and urbanisation are posing intersecting social, economic, and environmental pressures on urban housing markets, that are pushing conventional housing provision to its limits. Accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, alternative approaches to housing are coming to the fore. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysing structures and attitudes towards sustainable waste management in the district of Morrumbene : A Minor Field Study in the district of Morrumbene, Mozambique

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Emma Lindvall; [2023]
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    Abstract : This bachelor thesis was executed as a Minor Field Study (MFS) in the district of Morrumbene in Mozambique. The project was partially financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and was written during the spring semester of 2023 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Trading gender equality? : Examining the impact of exposure to gender equality through trade on the gender wage gap: A European multi-country approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Rieschel; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; gender economics; gender equality; international trade;

    Abstract : The analysis studies the spill-over effect of the gender equality of the trading partner on the gender wage gap. The aim is to contribute to the gender aspect of the literature studying the effect of globalisation on wage inequality, and especially to the very limited literature on the spill-over effect of the trading partner. READ MORE

  5. 4. Thailand’s Positive Transformation amidst Failed Political Consolidation: The historical struggle for democracy and its impact on economic development since 1970

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : June Thalin Worm Gibba; [2022]
    Keywords : [Thailand] [democracy] [economic development] [violence] [politics] [authoritarianism]; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : By utilising a narrative analysis, this qualitative study takes a historical perspective on the impact of political unrest and political violence on Thailand’s economic development from 1970 to 2020. The study identifies the key state actors in Thailand’s political sphere as well as their relation to each other. READ MORE

  6. 5. "We are increasingly western rather than Soviet" : A qualitative study on attitudes to English in Lithuania

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Eva Svenborn Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : English language; language attitudes; language ideologies; linguistic imperialism; Lithuania; Russification.;

    Abstract : The English language holds a status of a global Lingua Franca that is geographically and historically unique, and English dominance and the language ideologies surrounding it have been the subject of extensive research and discussions. Two contrasting viewpoints significant for these discussions are the idea of the global spread of English as a form of linguistic imperialism, and the idea of the global spread of English as a natural, and mostly positive, consequence of globalisation. READ MORE