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Mujeres de Libia: una realidad desconocida 

Legweil, Nadia (Date of defense: 2024-04-15)

Dada la escasa información existente sobre el colectivo femenino libio, la presente tesis visibiliza el caso de las mujeres libias, analiza sus contribuciones e interpreta los cambios sociales recuperando sus actividades, ...

Rethinking Thatcher and Europe: an alternative reading 

Zanetti, Alessandra (Date of defense: 2024-04-08)

The goal of this doctoral dissertation is to establish the raison d’être of the policy options that Margaret Thatcher adopted on European integration in the years of her premiership. She was the Prime Minister of the ...

The Drama of the Political: The Political Ontology of Merleau-Ponty 

Masoud, Hazem (Date of defense: 2024-03-19)

The study aims at perceiving the political ontology of Merleau-Ponty through the metaphor of drama that he used in various ways throughout his writings. Through attempting to read Merleau-Ponty through an interpretive ...

Facilitating interprersonal synchrony in children designing embodied mixed reality experiences to facilitate and asses prosocial behaviours in neurodiverse children 

Galí Pérez, Olga (Date of defense: 2024-12-12)

This thesis is focused on how full-body interactive design in multi-user Mixed Reality environments can support Interpersonal Synchrony (IPS) strategies to promote prosocial attitudes and behaviors in children. This ...

Multi-link operation for low-latency 

Carrascosa Zamacois, Marc (Date of defense: 2024-12-10)

Next generation applications will have strict network requirement, such as higher throughput and low latency. As Wi-Fi continues to grow, it needs to adapt to these new requirements. This thesis focuses on latency reduction ...

The Cost of sybils 

Mazorra, Bruno (Date of defense: 2024-12-10)

This thesis explores Sybil strategies in decentralized and anonymous systems, focusing on blockchain technology. Combining blockchain insights with game theory, mechanism design, and machine learning, the research analyzes ...

Optimization of transportation services for persons with reduced mobility 

Portell Penadés, Laura (Date of defense: 2024-11-29)

Aquesta tesi aborda l'optimització dels serveis de transport per a persones amb mobilitat reduïda, centrant-se en el Servei Municipal de Transport Especial de Barcelona. Els sistemes de transport accessibles són essencials ...

A High-performance computational framework for multiscale and multiphysics modelling of the intervertebral disc 

LIALIOS, DIMITRIOS (Date of defense: 2024-12-10)

This thesis develops a multiscale and multiphysics model of the intervertebral disc (IVD); it focuses on three main axes regarding: Mechanical response: It introduces a compatible porohyperelastic framework capable of ...

Design, development, and deployment of real-time drum accompaniment systems 

Haki, Behzad (Date of defense: 2024-12-04)

This dissertation examines the generation of real-time symbolic drum accompaniments, with a particular focus on live improvisation contexts. While the research does occasionally focus on the audio domain, the majority of ...

Essays in Macroeconomics 

Fan, Yameng (Date of defense: 2024-10-07)

This dissertation consists of three papers focusing on the effects of firm and worker strategies on economic aggregates. The first chapter estimates the effects of corporate political connections with Congressional ...

Essays in Banking and Corporate Finance 

Ruzzier, Gianmarco (Date of defense: 2024-09-10)

This thesis explores the interplay between financial intermediation and economic conditions. It examines how banks’ industry specialization interacts with monetary policies and how collateral value uncertainties shape ...

Essays on the Expected Credit Loss Model 

Dejuan Bitria, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-07-18)

The implementation of the Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model represents a significant change in financial reporting for banks by requiring the recognition of loan loss provisions based on expected credit losses at loan ...

Essays in Applied Economics 

Quentel, Milan (Date of defense: 2024-07-17)

In Chapter 1, I study the optimal distribution of renewable energy infrastructure. In line with the recent backlash in many countries, I show that residents face important disamenity costs from nearby wind turbines. Using ...

Essays in Macro-Finance 

Sy, Andrea Loren (Date of defense: 2024-07-08)

This thesis consists of three chapters on firm heterogeneity and the role of credit frictions and regulatory constraints. The first chapter highlights the role of a gender gap in credit access in distorting capital ...

Essays Behavioral Environmental Economics and Statistics 

Semken, Christoph (Date of defense: 2024-06-25)

The first two chapters of this thesis focus on behavioral environmental economics. In Chapter 1, I develop and estimate a new measure of the effect of marginal emission reductions on tangible climate change outcomes. I ...

Newborn's Well-Being within War Context in Colombia 

Mera León, Harold (Date of defense: 2024-07-01)

Prior to the 2016 Havana Peace Agreement, Colombia grappled with 70 years of violence stemming from an armed conflict involving military forces, guerrillas, and paramilitaries, profoundly impacting civilians, including ...

The Political Dynamics of Technological Change: Building States with Technology 

Amatller Dómine, Guillem (Date of defense: 2024-07-11)

In this thesis I analyze the political dynamics of technological change. Firstly, by studying the political causes of the advent of telecommunications, and secondly, by exploring the consequences of different technologies. ...

Global AI policy in the making: actors, framings, and approaches 

Schmitt, Lewin (Date of defense: 2024-07-12)

The rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have sparked regulatory and political activities in jurisdictions around the world. This dissertation outlines and investigates the nascent domain of global ...

Building Trust Among Actors Within Regulatory Regimes: The Role of Specialized Agencies 

Gómez Díaz, Jana (Date of defense: 2024-07-18)

Regulatory regimes have become increasingly complex due to a shift towards specialized agencies, particularly notable in multi-level contexts like the European Union where decision-making authority is dispersed across ...

Essays in Behavioral Science 

Banki, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-09-20)

In this thesis, I explore three topics in behavioral science. In the first chapter, we propose and test a new approach to making defaults more effective: asking people to justify their decision if they want to deviate ...

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