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 ...
Rius Ulldemolins, Anna (Date of defense: 2015-11-23)
L'objectiu de la tesi és explorar les desigualtats geogràfiques, de gènere i de posició socioeconòmica en la prevalença de la discapacitat visual i ceguesa. La tesi consta de 3 articles que analitzen ...
Malmusi, Davide (Date of defense: 2012-11-29)
This dissertation aims to describe social inequalities in self-rated health in an integrated framework of gender, social class and immigration, and to identify the main intermediary factors and health ...
Ventura, Rafael (Date of defense: 2019-01-25)
Esta tesis doctoral está elaborada alrededor de un compendio de 4 publicaciones. El objetivo es abordar de una manera holística los LGBT/Queer Media Studies y contribuir a su desarrollo como campo ...
Pérez Dios, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2020-02-07)
Esta tesis presenta un análisis de la presencia del silencio como forma de tensión en la construcción del discurso cómico contemporáneo. Para llegar hasta este punto, no obstante, hemos considerado ...
Blancas Muñoz, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-01-15)
Students’ metacognition, that is, the ability to accurately assess one’s skill level and to update one’s internal model of those skills, is a crucial educational factor, as it can help students ...
Arribas-Ibar, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
In Catalonia certain gaps of knowledge about health consequences related to contextual factors of illegal drug use have been identified and there is the need to assess health prevention activities ...
Claveria i Alias, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)
This thesis is focused on women in executive office. Whereas the literature on women's political representation in national parliaments is now well established, analyses of women in cabinets are rather ...
Bosque Prous, Marina (Date of defense: 2016-10-07)
Hazardous drinking in the elderly has become an important public health problem due to the ageing of the population and the fact that alcohol-related consequences are magnified in this age group. However, ...
Vilasís-Pamos, Júlia (Date of defense: 2023-06-12)
Aquesta tesi doctoral analitza el paper que juguen la classe social i el gènere en els processos de construcció de la identitat gamer, entre el col·lectiu adolescent de 14 i 15 anys escolaritzat a ...