Pessin, Léa (Date of defense: 2016-07-07)
The dissertation addresses how changes in gender norms influence demographic behaviors. It is composed of three articles. The first focuses on the macro-micro association between regional gender norms ...
De Freitas, João (Date of defense: 2021-05-10)
This thesis explores a peculiar phenomenon of urban governance: namely, the recent rise of strategic city planning. Over the last decades, a growing number of cities adopted strategic plans that—following ...
Bespalov, Andrei (Date of defense: 2019-04-11)
In this thesis I elaborate on three reasons why religious exemptions from generally applicable laws are not publicly justifiable in a liberal democratic society. First, mere claims of the form “God says ...
Rutigliano, Roberta (Date of defense: 2017-11-30)
This thesis investigates how big economic and demographic changes over the past century influence fertility dynamics with a particular focus on family ties. The first chapter investigates the role of ...
Dereli, Begüm (Date of defense: 2021-11-11)
This thesis is a compilation of three articles that aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of the role of higher education in refugees’ integration by focusing on urban refugees’ experiences who ...
Forlati, Chiara (Date of defense: 2009-10-02)
En esta tesis estudio varias cuestiones de política monetaria y fiscal usando modelos de equilibrio generales completamente micro-fundados. El primer capítulo de esta tesis trata la cuestión de cómo ...
Costa, Josep (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
This thesis develops normative arguments about nationalism in multinational contexts. It draws consequences from the arguments used by advocates of nationalism, and analyzes their implications for a ...
Riera Gil, Elvira (Date of defense: 2016-10-03)
This dissertation examines two ideological clashes underlying contemporary political theories of linguistic justice (instrumentalism/constitutivism; monism/pluralism) with the aim to elucidate (a) why ...
Uležić, Sanjin (Date of defense: 2017-12-12)
La tesi es centra en l'actual interació de la lluita armada republicana a Irlanda del Nord, activa des de l'època del procés de pau a finals dels anys noranta. Tot i caracteritzar-se per una intensitat ...
Luppi, Francesca (Date of defense: 2015-03-27)
This thesis aims to study the relationship between fertility and subjective wellbeing in a sample of Australian couples (source: HILDA 2001-2009), followed from the year of the pregnancy with the first ...