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This thesis examines to the extent to which grassroots peacebuilding organisations in Sri Lanka use feminist peacebuilding and gender transformative framework theories to design programmes for war widows in Sri Lanka. It also aimed to analyse the barriers and enabling conditions that influence how monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) mechanisms are used by the organisations t
ABSTRACT This paper examined the strategies employed by Romanian political actors to (co)construct, disseminate and challenge competing narratives during the 2026 tax increase proposal on Facebook and TikTok. To achieve this, a qualitative case study approach was used, involving a systematic multimodal discourse analysis of a purposive sample of 20 Facebook posts and 20 TikTok videos published be
Although unconditional cash transfer programmes are primarily designed to reduce poverty and improve welfare, they may also influence agricultural productive decisions. Using data from Zambia’s Multiple Category Targeting Grant, implemented in 2011, this study applies a difference-in-differences approach to estimate the programme’s impact on three agricultural outcomes in 2013 and 2014: market
This thesis examines how stakeholder interdependence and institutional development incentives within Swakopmund’s tourism cluster in Namibia may contribute to the persistence of selective historical representation of German colonialism and the Namibian Genocide (1904 - 1908). A more critical representation that foregrounds colonial violence and genocide exists within Swakopmund’s tourism landscape
An estimated 123.2 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of 2024, with two-thirds in protracted situations (UNHCR, 2025). While policy and research assume longer residence improves refugees’ economic outcomes through adaptation and self-reliance, this thesis examines whether longer residence is associated with a smaller refugee-host gap in earned income access, and whether in
Gender equality is a stated priority in Swedish and European development cooperation, but what women’s empowerment comes to mean in practice is settled far from where the policy is written. This thesis follows one funding chain from the Swedish foundation Ankarstiftelsen through its regional office Fundación Ancla Colombia to four partner organisations in Medellín and Leticia. The study is based o
This study examines a discourse about the anti-mafia organisation Libera. It is an empirical study that is based on semi-structured interviews, participating observation and material published on Libera's official websites. It involves analyses about social justice and democracy within Libera’s discourse. The main focus is how the organisation views social justice and democracy in relation to
Saussure e grida is an Italian-language popular science podcast about linguistics and the science of language. Each episode explores linguistic phenomena, theories, and research, drawing on scientific literature while making current linguistic knowledge accessible and engaging to a general audience. The podcast covers topics ranging from language structure and acquisition to language change, multi
This article maps the internationalization of the Palestinian cause by studying the participants, groups, and themes at Palestinian solidarity conferences held in 1969–70. Examining such conferences reveals the extent of communication and ideological debate between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and international solidarity activists at an important juncture in the internationalizatio
