Dodaro, Maria (Date of defense: 2019-07-25)
The thesis is framed in the disciplinary field of urban sociology and aims to analyse municipal entrepreneurship support policies promoted by the cities of Milan (Italy) and Barcelona (Spain), with a ...
Vidu Afloarei, Ana (Date of defense: 2017-02-21)
According to the United States Department of Justice (Krebs et al., 2016), 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted in college. Gender-based violence occurring in universities and on university campuses is ...
Kappler, Karolin Eva (Date of defense: 2009-09-29)
The thesis describes the everyday life of victims of sexual violence in Germany, based upon the qualitative study of in-depth interviews. By means of the grounded analysis of their action system of ...
Rocha Franco, Sérgio H. (Date of defense: 2019-05-22)
My general objective with this thesis is to contribute to the search for connections between postcolonial and critical understandings in urban studies. Building on my analysis of the urban trajectories ...
Kostic Cisneros, Rosemary E. (Date of defense: 2020-09-29)
The Romani Women’s Association Drom Kotar Mestipen (DKM) was at the centre of this academic investigation. The association is based in Barcelona, Catalonia and their approach to engaging with Roma women ...
Scandurra, Rosario Ivano (Date of defense: 2016-11-18)
This thesis deals with how adult skills are acquired. The proxies of adult skills used throughout the thesis are extracted from the Programme of International Assessment of Adult Skills (PIAAC), a survey ...
Osorio Mejía, Ana María (Date of defense: 2013-06-14)
The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to an understanding of the pathways through which structural and intermediary determinants influence child health in Colombia and how they operate through ...
Katito, José (Date of defense: 2014-12-18)
The core argument of the present work is articulated in four points. First, social- science knowledge is crucial to understand and combat HIV/AIDS; second, integrated and engaged social-science is ...
Polo Herrera, Julio Cesar (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)
Hoy en día es difícil imaginar nuestra vida sin las Tecnologías de la Información (TI), de hecho, las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC) juegan un papel muy importante en casi todas las ...
Schubert, Tinka Tabea (Date of defense: 2015-09-10)
Violence against women at universities is a major problem that is widely analyzed and recognized in most countries, especially in the United States. Data evidences high incidence rates such as 19% of ...