Jiang, Meijie (Date of defense: 2023-01-09)
Since China’s presence in Latin America, there have been ongoing debates on what drives Chinese commercial activities in the region. Yet, there is little consensus on the institutional impact on Chinese ...
Slidders, Charles Winton (Date of defense: 2023-07-10)
Localization and Participation: Democracy from Below analyses the emerging normative value of local governance and participatory democracy. Democratic legitimacy has, historically, been of little relevance ...
Galceran-Vercher, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-12-01)
The doctoral thesis City Networks in Global Governance: Practices, Discourses and Roles analyses the implications of the revamping international activism of cities for global governance. The central ...
Sánchez de la Sierra, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
The philosophical discussion on climate change and migration to date has focused mainly on the case ‘sinking islands’. Though critical, this case represents only a small fraction of the empirical and ...
Prats, Elena (Date of defense: 2023-12-01)
The primary objective of this doctoral dissertation is to examine the phenomenon of citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) thoroughly by analyzing the existing programs within the European Union ...
Cardona Valles, Mariona (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
This work argues that in mineral exploitation we encounter recurring forms of violence, referred to as “mineral violence”. This mineral violence is perpetrated by industries, armed groups, criminal ...
Wolsing, Daniel (Date of defense: 2023-05-05)
The claim for compensation is a key tool in any legal system. Due to their ubiquitous nature, the calculation of damages for the infringement of intellectual property rights exhibits significant ...
Muñoz Galeano, Esteban (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)
The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze the international authority of the International Court of Justice in the Asia-Pacific region against a scenario of redistribution of power and ...
Herranz, Adrián (Date of defense: 2023-12-19)
This thesis uses republican political philosophy to analyse several central labour issues, propose institutional responses to the problems addressed and discuss which conceptual tools are necessary to ...
Prasličková, Aurélia (Date of defense: 2022-07-19)
Animal welfare has emerged as a pervasive concern in modern international law. Although the question of animal welfare is one of the greatest social justice issues of our times, there is a surprising ...