Finished Master Theses

2023:

 

Bauer, Rolf:

·         Fenners, Marek: Migrant Labour and Social Reproduction Between the Gulf and India

·         Mallari, Aaron Abel: Empires and the pursuit of Opium Policy: Revisiting the Reports of the Opium Commissions in British India (1895) and American Philippines (1905)

·         Martin, Francine Thays: Mercosur-European Union Agreement in the Context of Brazilian Foreign Policy

·         Van den Borre, Maite Armentera B: The Indian Green Revolution: how American expertise contributed to Indian nation-building in the second half of the twentieth century

 

Bunchuay-Peth, Simon Alexander:

·         Novoa Leal, Pedro Felipe: Forced migration from Venezuela to Germany since 2016: the German asylum system, the perception of the Venezuelan applicant/refugee and their agency

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Hovakimyan, Syuzanna: The Role of the Armenian Diaspora in the USA in the Recognition Process of the Armenian Genocide

·         Sacchi, Ludovica: Ayahuasca Retreat Centers in Latin America and their Impact on Indigenous Peoples

·         Tykhonenko, Anna: Female Migration in Circumstances of Gender Inequality. A Case Study of Maasai Migrants in Tanzania and Kenya

 

Englert, Birgit:

·         Magnes, Hannah: Decolonizing Tourism in Kenya: A case study combining Afrocentric theories on decolonization with arguments of local experts

 

Fastenrath, Sebastian:

·         Schmidt, Julia Veronika: Sustainable Stitches - the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the Context of Sri Lanka’s Apparel GVC

Fuchs, Brigitte:

·         Zaleski, Zoe: Intersectional Coloniality: Remapping the Coloniality of Power Through the Lens of Gender-Based Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa

 

Gerstl, Alfred:

·         Wu, Haoyu: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Its Impacts on Southeast Asia

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Rupprecht, Sabrina Chiara: Balancing Acts: How NGOs navigate tensions arriving from accountability to the BMZ and to partner organizations

 

Kerschhofer-Puhalo, Nadja:

·         Repole, Angela: The digital pandemic Covid-19 and the digital globalisation: a study on their impact on German newspapers through a multidisciplinary perspective and corpus linguistics analysis of anglicisms

 

Kuppe, René:

·         Sanchez Uria, Ari Kim: The territory is defended in the territory: Analysis and contributions of the Indigenous resistance to a road project in the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), Bolivia

 

Povoroznyuk, Olga:

·         Burtseva, Yelyzaveta: Testing the Limits of Self: (Supra)National and Regional Identities Through Kharkiv School of Photography Oeuvre (1965-2013)

 

Reinprecht, Christoph:

·         Golly, Vanessa Julia: Digital Nationalism The Polish Diaspora and Its Use of Twitter in Times of Crises: An Analysis of Social Media Activities in UK and Germany

·         Madsen Dos Santos, Natália: Migration and Development: the German-Africa Development Cooperation on Mobility Processes and its In-fluence on Multi-level Governance

Rüther, Kirsten:

·         Koers, Daniel David Dikus: Defying Political Deities: Christian Nationalism in Post-Colonial Zambia through the Lens of Theocratic Populism

 

Sarr, Amadou-Lamine:

·         Meißner, Conrad Marcelo: Emanzipatorische Poesie: Zwischen Diaspora und Avant-Garde

 

Schiel, Juliane:

·         Cortes Coria, Viridiana: Climate change and global labour: environmental and just transition strategies from a (global) unionist perspective

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Hamamoto, Natsuki: The Prospect of Black-Asian Solidarity in the US: Looking at the Attitude of Japanese Americans during the BLM movement and the COVID-19 Pandemic

·         Littell, Garrison Grant: China’s Health Diplomacy 2020-2022: The Cases of India and South Africa

Yüksel-Pecen, Ayşe Seda:

·         Gjana, Rina: Vienna, the Capital of Culture: Constructing the City Image through Culture and Art

 

2022:

 

Angelo, Anais:

·         Wanner, Janne Teresa: Protesting from Home: Women*s Resistance in Contemporary Nigeria

 

Bauer, Rolf:

·         Parihar, Aishwarya: The Crisis Around the Rohingyas in Myanmar: Actors, Narratives and History

 

Dannecker, Petra:

·         Schrade, Raphael Johannes Chaitanya Immanuel: The practicability of universal human rights in the face of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and beyond

·         Strahn, Ian Matthew Paynich: Mobility on Earth and the Seas: Exploring migration and its impact on the religious identities of young Syrians in Vienna

 

Dowling, Emma:

·         Birk, Janosch Eric Rasputin: How are Labor Relations affected by Contemporary Processes of Financialization? A Theoretical Review

 

Echterhölter, Anna Maria:

·         Osterlow, Anna Katharina: Imagining technological futures: Transnational feminist tech and data activism as a counter-dynamic in global processes of digitalisation

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Baliqi, Edon: Saudi-Iranian Proxy Wars in the Middle East: Syria, Iraq, and Yemen

·         Chen, Hung-Ling: China’s Rising Influence on Western Balkan Countries under the Belt and Road Initiative

·         Dergay, Alexander: A zachem? Mapping the Socio-Political Attitudes and Belief Systems of ‘Generation Putin’ in Post-Soviet Russia

·         Hamdoun, Rachel Inam: Dances with Indians: Pop Culture, Education and Contemporary Cultural Genocide in North America

·         Michielsen, Sara Catherine T: Postcolonial Hauntings and Cold War Continuities: The Symbolic Representations of Patrice Lumumba

·         Reinold, Maximilian Johannes Axel: CONTESTED NORMS, CONTESTED TERRITORY - IS FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION UNDER THREAT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?

·         Weidner, Kristin Miriam: The European Union as a Strategic Actor? An Analysis of the Development of a Common European Union Strategic Culture in the Context of the 2003 European Security Strategy and the 2016 European Union Global Strategy

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Goodman-Brown, Ross James: Citizenship Deprivation as Colonial Dispossession: The Case of Shamima Begum

·         Hernandez-Marroquin, Joceline Nayelle: Global Perspectives on Food Politics and Policy: Examining the Interplay of the Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security Discursive Narratives

·         Vandekerckhove, Louise Marie: Mi’kmaw Women and Environmental Justice

·         Worster, Charlotte: In Search of Humanity - Eine kritische Gesellschaftsanalyse hegemonieller Selbst- und Weltverhältnisse im 21. Jahrhundert

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Kikaš, Mario: Moving Pictures Globally: Labor Relations Behind Hollywood Runaway Productions in New Zealand, Croatia, and Morocco

 

Kuppe, René:

·         Metz, Hannah Franziska: The Role and Perception of Indigenous Peoples‘ Organisations Regarding REDD+ Alternatives in the Peruvian Amazon

 

Larios, Borayin:

·         Rehan, Moiz: Bureaucratic Violence Faced by SOGI Asylum Applicants in Austria: The Politics, Procedure, and Consequences of the Asylum System

 

Matthes, Jörg:

·         Davydov, Ruven: Viral Marketing on Social Media and its Utility for Brand Creation: An Analysis of Wendy’s Twitter campaign of 2017 through the Lens of a Memetic Framework

 

Mückler, Hermann:

·         Maurer, Annika Doreen: "Germans in the Cameroons": A Training Requirement Assessment for German expats in development organisations in Cameroon. An intercultural perspective

 

Müller, Patrick:

·         Brcaninovic, Amela: Veto players and the shortcomings of the EU conditionality mechanism; case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Sarikakis, Katharine:

·         Hannachi, Karina: The use of digital platforms by school teachers for educational purposes during COVID-19 pandemic

 

Schiel, Juliane:

·         Gruszka, Danuta Lidia: Mobility as Identity. Digital nomads in Liquid Modernity

 

Vadrot, Alice:

·         Seitz, Hannes August: Reputational strategies in international climate change politics: an analysis of the Leaders Summit on Climate 2021

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Li, Yuhan: Cyberactivism during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Battle of Ideas

 

Zuckerhut, Patricia:

·         Tatangelo, Claudia: The global feminist strike 2021 in Italy

2021:

 

Angelo, Anais:

·         Zöller, Mara Elena: QUID PRO QUO? Development, security, and migration policies between the EU and Libya

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Belmar Erilkin, Valentina Nayerda: La Araucanía bajo fuego: Representation of the Mapuches and the Mapuche Conflict in Chilean Newspapers

·         Karadayi, Mert: The Tale of Two Crises: 2001 and 2008 Economic Crises in Turkey

 

Gaenszle, Martin:

·         Daya, Puja: Yoga as an Instrument for Indian Cultural Diplomacy

 

Göbel, Christian:

·         Lian, Xiuyu: Chinese Nationalist Movements in Cyberspace under Xi’s "New Era": Identity, Ideology, and ICT

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         van Holthe tot Echten, Agatha Johanna Elisabet: Closing the Gender Financing Gap in Clean Energy: Gender Lens Investing (GLI) Strategies in Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESOs)

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Salas Cruz, Genesis: Coding Impunity: A feminicidal violence approach towards feminicidios in Estado de México during 2000s from the perspective of victims' relatives

 

Koll, Johannes:

·         Degruyter, Elias Merlijn: Liberal discourses on fascism, 1918-1940. A discourse analysis of the Flemish liberal association Liberaal Vlaams Verbond, contrasted with germanophone and francophone liberal discourses on fascism

 

Sonderegger, Arno:

·         Jima, Kingsley Celestine: Northern Nigeria’s Protracted Social Deprivation and Violent Extremism: Investigating the Connections of the Almajiri Phenomenon to the Recruitment/ Membership of Dissident Groups in the Post-Colonial States of Kano, Maiduguri and Yola in Northern Nigeria

 

Steidl, Annemarie:

·         Ali, Ilma: Gender Inequality and the Syrian Refugees

 

Wakounig, Marija:

·         Smajic, Adnan: Collective Memory in Post-Conflict Societies: The Role of Commemorative Practices in Constructing National Identities in Bosnia and Herzegovina After 1995

 

2020:

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Makay, Melanie Luana: Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization - Middle East as a Comparative Case Study: Conflicts in Syria and Yemen

·         Mayné, Helena Rose A: A Critique of the Tervuren Museum New "Decolonial" Philosophy

·         Oskow, Noah Louis: Remembrance of Lost Empire: Inter-Cultural Belonging and Created Identity on Sakhalin Island

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Dorn, Christian: Civil Disobedience as a Means for Human Rights Protection under the Dublin Regulation

Krenceyová, Michaela:

·         Santagati, Arianna: Wege in die entwicklungspolitische Bildungsarbeit in Österreich. Eine Reflexion über die Positionalität junger Engagierter beim Jugend Eine Welt Bildungsteam

 

Lecheler, Sophie:

·         Matthys, Alexandra: Journalism in times of ‘disinfodemic’: The impact of Covid-19 disinformation on the media landscape. A case study in Flanders (Belgium)

 

Schiel, Juliane:

·         Castilho Pinto, André: The "Williams thesis" and the historiographical debate on the relationships between slavery and capitalism: assessment and perspectives

 

Schlembach, Christopher:

·         Widler, Valeria: Understanding democratic resilience as the maintenance of the social contract: A complex systems approach to the emergence of authoritarianism

 

Schmid, Martin:

·         Horstmannshoff, Imke: Women´s Resistance in the Anti-Nuclear Movement of the Wendland Region: The Gorleben Frauen, 1979-84

 

Schönpflug, Karin:

·         Bansagi, Pia Grace: ’This is coal, don’t be afraid’: globalisation and nationalisms on the coal frontier

 

2019:

 

Bauer, Rolf:

·         Eadie, Alexander Edward: Coca Prohibition in Historical Perspective: Confrontations of cultural heritage and international narcotics regulation

·         Holopainen, Nicolas Kalevi: The Marijuana Complex of the United States - From Cultivation and Use in Colonial America to Prohibition and to Legalization in the 21st Century

·         Pal, Arkaprabha: IMPERIAL INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT-THE RAILWAYS IN BRITISH INDIA (1858-1947)

·         Schulze, Margit: The Cold War on Drugs: Intersections of Anti-Drug and Anti-Communist Ideologies and Myths in Nixon's Vietnam War

 

Cunat, Alejandro:

·         Radscheidt, Lars: The Impact of Industry 4.0 on Global (In)equalities: A Comprehensive Review

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Alvarez Manilla Orendain, Silvia Andrea: Reencuentro entre miembros familiares: experiencias de clientes apoyados por el programa Familienzusammenführunq de la Cruz Roja Austriaca

 

Flicker, Eva:

·         Hermanns, Lisa: 'Even if patriarchal sociopathy is more pervasive than we like to imagine, it can be defeated'- #MeToo as Contentious Politics: Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Online Articles from 2017 to 2019

 

George, Reena Mary:

·         Pelzer, Johanna: The lmpact of 'Write for Rights' Campaigns on Human Rights Situations. A Case Study of Amnesty International

 

Gerstl, Alfred:

·         Saygin, Onur: Do Chinese Led Institutions Complement or Compete with Already Existing Bretton Woods Institutions in Regard to Economic Governance?

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Khvedeliani, Giorgi: Social Movements in Georgia since its Independence

·         Linsel, Maria: Communicating Global Social Justice Issues with Documentary Storytelling

 

Grenz, Sabine:

·         Köpsell, Lena: The Representation of Kurdish Women in US American Media after 2013

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Amorim dos Santos, Bianca: Power balloons: an analysis of spectacle around Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment

·         Beresh, Tamara: Impact of the Growth-Oriented Development Programs on the Socio-Economic Inequality: the Case of Ukraine

·         Castellanos, Sarah: Taglit Birthright Israel: Intrinsic and Extrensic Goals

·         Cazamir, Bianca Otilia: Veganism and Social Movements: How the Vegan Phenomenon Has Evolved from the 1960s to the Present

·         Medina Islas, Alberto: Blockchain - A Promising Instrument for Socio-Economic Development? An Assessment of The Expectations

·         Vandevoorde, Anton: Changing Culture, Changing World: A Gramscian Approach to Ontologies in Radical Environmental Movements

·         Ziegler, Magdalena Hanne Susanne: Mapping violence: A spatial approach towards the feminicides at Ciudad Juárez during the 1990s from the perspective of family members

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Zhao, Qing: Bargaining Power of Migrant Workers in China. History of Collective Bargaining and Sources of Power since 1978

 

Pateisky, Daniel:

·         Balzer, Felix Sebastian: The emerging Disability Rights Movement and the place of intellectual disability

 

Reinprecht, Christoph:

·         Jansen, Nicola: Die Herausforderung des sozialen Wohnungsbaus und der staatlichen Mietregulierung im Kontext globaler Veränderungen. Ein Vergleich der Maßnahmen der Städte Berlin und Wien

 

Unfried, Berthold:

·         Muftic, Azra: Alternative Economies in Cuba (1960-1965): Guevara and Two Evolving Systems of Finance

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Hompot, Sebestyen: Interpretations and evaluations of China's imperial tradition in recent global historiography. A discourse analysis of historiography on the Sinocentric tributary system of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1912 CE)

·         Huang, Wei-Jung: The Belt and Road Initiative in North East Asia: ln Perspective of the Tributary System

 

2018:

 

Baier, Karl:

·         Chen, Yi: The Other Side of Mindfulness. Translating Buddhist Meditation into the Modern Clinical Setting

 

Cunat, Alejandro:

·         Hargreaves, Samuel Clive: The Credit Rating Market after the Financial Crisis and the Role of ,Reputation': a Focus on the European Union

·         Makkonen, Henri: TRUSTS & INEQUALITY. The Links Between Economic Inequality and the Anglo-Saxon Legal Vehicle Called a Trust

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Galvis, Luis: US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS NORTH KOREA. An analysis under the administrations of Glinton, Bush, and Obama

·         Higgins, Matthew David: How is the globe represented in English Renaissance theatre and what are the implications of this on the formation of English collective identity?

·         Kostetckaia, Mariia: Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the Problem of Saami

·         Marazevich, Mikhail: The Development of New Spaces in the Global Political Economy: The Case of the Cayman Islands Offshore Financial Centre

·         Privett, Jennifer: Understanding the Development of the Fourth Corridor Megaproject from Azerbaijan to the European Natural Gas Market

·         Tayupanta, Stalin: Latin American Junctures of Spatial Synchronization"

·         White, Oliver Samuel: Colonialism in the 2lst Century: A Global History of the Chagos Islands

 

Englert, Birgit:

·         Kwag, Minji: The Influence of Korean Culture in the Ethiopian Entertainment Industry: A Case Study of MOM Entertainment

 

Fürst, Saskia:

·         Fedorchenko, Lara Marie: The Femininity of Peace - an Analysis of Changing Narratives in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Between 1919 and 1989

 

Gehrig, Thomas:

·         Cenacchi, Matilde: The Contribution of the Chinese Social Credit System to the Resilience of the Financial Sector

 

Gerstl, Alfred:

·         Hatanaka, Yoshiko: A New Approach? China’s Approach towards the Philippines over the South China Sea Dispute after the Arbitral Tribunal’s Ruling 2016

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Deffner, Helen Cora: Search and Rescue on the Mediterranean Sea. An Analysis of Key Actors' Discourse

·         Marteau, Mathilda: Das Bewusstsein über den Einsatz von Social Bots zur Beeinflussung des politischen Diskurses in sozialen Netzwerken - die Digital Natives in Deutschland

 

Günay, Cengiz:

·         Petrea, Blake: Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: the security and insecurity of refugee encampment

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Izzo, Eloisa: ls "Europe" still underdeveloping Africa?" Revisiting Walter Rodney's study through the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, with a focus on the East African Community

·         Kunz, Judith: Developmental Aspirations and Implementation Strategies of Large Dam Projects in African States: the Aswan High Dam (Egypt), the Akosombo Dam (Ghana) and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Ethiopia)

 

Stange, Gunnar:

·         Belting, Laura: The Philippines and the Mindanao conflict. An Ethnographic study on a Conflict Induced Internal Diaspora from Mindanao in Metro Manila

 

2017:

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Clark, Jonathan: Galapagos: Problems of an Imagined Paradise

·         Guimaraes, Ana: Portuguese Migration in Luxembourg: Historical and Cultural Aspects

·         Höner, Wiebke: Israel's Water Polley and Political Zionism

·         Kiehne, Sarah: Funding War & Terror Through Appropriated Art & Antiquities: A Syrian Case Study.

·         Meyer, Freya Elisabeth: Feeding the World’s Booming Milk Thirst – How New Zealand’s Mega Dairy Industry Races Its Natural Environment to the Bottom

·         Pönsgen, Vera: The Enemy within NATO? – A Historical Analysis of the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars (1952-1976)

·         Sleegers, Martinus: The Management of Natural Resources on Celestial Bodies: An Ecological Perspective

·         Ünveren, Burak: The Global Politics of Romania-Ukraine Relations

 

Englert, Birgit:

·         Hinton, Annie: The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Resolution: The case of South Africa and the fall of Apartheid

·         Iglesias Lopez, Teresa: The Women Porteadoras: A Phenomenon of the Socio-Economic Gap at the Border between Ceuta and Moracco

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Ascencio, Lidia Esther: The Migration Process of Dominican Women to Austria.

Case Study: 1980s-2017. Some Strategies to Enter and Stay in Europe

 

2016:

 

Brand, Ulrich:

·         Shen, Yiyi: The Common Energy Framework of the European Union: The Objective of Energy Security in the 2020 to 2030 Climate and Energy Strategy Framework

 

Dannecker, Petra:

·         Heijdelberg, Daphne: What are the ideological developments which have shaped the current climate around low-skilled labour migration to the United Kingdom?

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Friedly, Jake: A Serious Failure: News, Satire, and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Li, Yuejia: The Politics of UK Pension Reform: From 2010 to 2014

·         Turner, Aisha: Go, go, Chocolate City: A Portrait of Gentrification, Culture, and Loss in Washington, DC’s U Street Corridor

·         Vasant, Khushita: Maritime Territorial Conflicts: The Geo-Political Legacy of Guano Islands

 

Mengel, Ewald:

·         Abdul-Hafiz, Omar Saad Khader: On Art And The State: A study about the conflict between the artist and the state in the light of the works of Ngugi wa Thiong’o

 

Ringel, Felix:

·         Busch Alvarez, Ignacio Manuel Maria: Economic Warfare Financial Citizenship and Subjectivity under Construction

 

Segert, Dieter:

·         Capurro, Paolo: THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY IN EASTERN EUROPE: Focus on Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova

 

Weber, Jutta:

·         Petit, Patrick Carlos: A Geography of Globalising Surveillance

 

2015:

 

Cunat, Alejandro:

·         Bohnhorst, Jan: Finance as the driver of Social Innovation. UKs social investment market

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Geranio, Andrea: Transnational Organized Crime and the Production of Space: The Long Journey of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina from Pirates’ Haven to Drugs’ Heaven

·         Kataria, Gaurav: The International Court of Justice Case between Australia versus Japan - the Problem of Whaling in Antarctica Waters

 

Gerstl, Alfred:

·         Dolic, Ines: Education Hubs in Hong Kong and Singapore

·         Latifa, Inditian: Grounding Globalism through Self-Reflexive Area Studies: A Case Study of Internationalization at the National University of Singapore (NUS)

 

Göbel, Christian:

·         Yang, Yi: Negotiation in Cultural Globalization: The Case of Shaolin Temple

 

Hanisch, Christoph:

·         Ovejero, Ivan: Truth in Transitional Justice: Rethinking the Legalistic Foundations of Truth Commissions

 

Hödl, Hans Gerald:

·         Wang, Jin: Global Citizenship in Baha’i Faith: A Case Study of Baha’is in Vienna

 

Matznetter, Walter:

·         De Klepper, Mirjam: Vienna-Bratislava relationships. Living apart together. From the long 19th Century up to now

 

Nentwich, Michael:

·         Riedel von Teschenhausen, Ana Raquel: In The Crowd We Trust - Role and Challenges of Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science in the Context of the Data Revolution: An Interdisciplinary Approach

 

Schaffar, Wolfram:

·         Zelichowska, Alicja: Disembodied Societies: A modular study of the darknet as a virtual micronation

 

2014:

 

Atac, Ilker:

·         Vito, Caitlin: The Development of a Concept Mixed-Migration

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Berryman, Nicholas R.: The Senkaku-Diaoyu Dispute: Border Conflict in the East China Sea

 

Eigner, Peter:

·         Suermann, Florian: Ungleichheit und Entwicklung Historische Analyse nationaler und globaler Ungleichheit und deren Bedeutung für den wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozess

 

Gerstl, Alfred:

·         Lin, Chia-Yi: Confucian Model in Internationalization of Higher Education: South Korea and Taiwan

·         Seumel, Juliane: The evolution of the Sino-Indian relations since the 1970s between conflict and cooperation

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Clement, Andrew Anzur: Divided in Freedom: How British-Colonial Paradigms of Nationhood Influenced Ethnic Landscapes in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

 

Husa, Karl:

·         Wagner, Linda: Climate Change and Migration. The Impact of Climate Change on Migration and Conflict. – A Study on the Complex and Crucial Social Consequences of Climate Change

 

Jobst, Kerstin Susanne:

·         Shemetov, Oleg: Everyday Language Rights as a Reflection of Official Language Policies in Canada and Ukraine (1960s – present)

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Court, Evelyn: Unearthing Power Relations in Global Food: The Biopolitics of the Food System and the Counter-Conduct of Food Sovereignty

·         Rakocevic, Vladimir: Stateless Warfare in the Balkans: Young Bosnia and the Serbian Irredentism (1908-1914)

·         Schmitz, Simon Johannes Christopher: Examining Non-State Actor Territoriality- The Case of the maras in El Salvador

 

Neyer, Gerda:

·         Kim, Sujin: Adoption and Cultural Identity: the Case of Adopted Koreans in Denmark and Sweden

 

Rosenberger, Sieglinde:

·         Reuvers, Shirin: Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programs in the European Union A comparative study on state-induced voluntary return policies in Europe

 

Uhl, Heidemarie:

·         Golonka, Ona: Protecting Authenticity in the Face of Tourism at the Heritage Site of Hallstatt: The Case of the Austrian town and its Replica in China

 

Vries, Peer:

·         Hacaga, Maciej: The British global hegemony 1763-1914 and energy. The intricate nexus

·         Wang, Mengdi: Mercantile-political Relations of Britain and China in the Early Modern Age A Comparative Case Study of East India Company and Chinese Merchant Xueyan Hu

 

2013:

 

Atac, Ilker:

·         Tuitjer, Leonie: Climate-Proofing Refugee Aid: The UNHCR’s Approach to Climate Change Induced Dis-placement and Climate Justice

 

Cunat, Alejandro:

·         Gibbs, Harry: The role of values and interests in the process of international anti-bribery legalization

·         Guttek, Lukas: Multinational pharmaceutical companies in India 1970 – 2005. A case study of the pharmaceutical industry in India

·         Holodnyak, Oleh: Decarbonising Private Transportation: Challenges And Prospects For Electric Vehicles

·         Pabst, Hanna Felicitas: Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: The International Community in South Sudan

 

Dannecker, Petra:

·         Franco Pena, Erika Samantha: Diminishing Social Inequalities: BRICS Development Patterns

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Binek, Aleksander: Syrian Cauldron: Internal Insurrection or Battlefield for the Middle East Hegemony? History, Politics, and Sectarianism

·         Capobianco-Meinel, Susana: 1952 a 1989 en Bolivia: la Transición a la Democracia desde una Perspectiva Global

·         De Vries, Jacques: The Austrian Armed Forces in Civil-Military Cooperation and its Experience in Humanitarian Relief and Peace Support Operations

·         Harry, Cole: The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands and Contemporary Approaches to Border Security

·         Marques De Andrade, Elias: The Dilemma of Space Debris Treated at the United Nations

 

Engel, Ulf:

·         Talik, Malwina Dominika: “The New Scramble for Africa” or “a Win-Win Partnership”? – The Case of China’s Engagement in Ethiopia

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Avramovska, Elena: The Role of Action Aid International in Shaping and Reaffirming Theories and Practices of Development – From a Charity and Welfare to Human Rights Based Approaches to Development

·         Gadzo, Emina: The ICTJ and the Changing Environment of Global Human Rights

·         Kassier, Conrad: The Political Economy of Electricity Supply – An Institutional Analysis (South Africa from the End of Apartheid to BRICS)

·         Safronova, Irina: Is there such a thing as a ‘new’ British Empire? The case of the Falkland Islands in the context of neoliberal imperialism

 

Höll, Marta:

·         Dzietczyk, Marta: Regional Security Integration: Case Study of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Smith, Jennifer: An Analysis of the History of Industrial Agriculture, its Environmental Impacts, and Sustainable Alternatives in the United States

 

Luif, Paul:

·         Röver, Corinna: Security Concerns in the Arctic. Sweden’s and Norway’s National Strategies in the High North

 

Pospisil, Jan:

·         Dhuru, Radhika: The Universal Periodic Review and the Anti-Bribery Convention: Peer reviews and their effectiveness in pushing legislative reform

 

Prokopovych, Markian:

·         Ilin, Anna: Enabling and restricting factors for the transnationalization of protest: The case study of extra-parliamentary opposition movement in Hungary 2010-2012

 

Sarr, Amadou Lamine:

·         Chanase, Gervin: China’s development cooperation in SSA: A mixed blessing? A case study of Angola

 

Schaffar, Wolfram:

·         Sukumolchan, Kawisara: Culture for Sale: A Comparative Analysis on ‘Cool Britannia’and ‘Cool Japan’s Approaches of Nation Branding

 

Schick-Chen, Agnes:

·         Wang, Danlin: Identity and Group Conflict in the First British Embassy to China in 1792

 

Wimmer, Johann:

·         Santos, Edgar: Projeto Brasil Potência: Brazil and the contest for global power since 1946

 

Zahlmann, Stefan:

·         Klymenko, Pavlo: The Politics of Football: Radical Nationalism and Discrimination in the European Football. Case Study: Ukraine

 

2012:

 

Cunat, Alejandro:

·         Kemp, Katherine Stephanie: The Future of Fair Trade

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Karesky, Michael: Revolution in Egypt: The Economics Behind Mobilization

·         Pentchev, Ivaylo Tchavdarov: Exploring the Friendship Paradigm: Timor Leste in International Relations

 

Englert, Birgit:

·         Gerbershagen, Ute: Ein Code of Conduct für Agrarinvestitionen. Eine kritische Analyse der Konsultationsphase und deren Akteure

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Belukova, Ekaterina: Russian emigration to Vienna after the 1917 October Revolution (1917 – 1945)

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Bexte, David Christopher: Who is talking? The changing definition of peasant and trends in Indian agriculture since the 1990s

Matznetter, Walter:

·         Tretola, Ilenya Maria: Urban Policy Towards Cycling. A Comparative Study between Copenhagen and Vienna

 

Middell, Matthias:

·         Armagan, Tayyibe Zeynep: An Analysis of the Re-Emergence of the “Turkish Model” in the Context of the Arab Spring

 

Prokopovych, Markian:

·         Ilin, Anna: Enabling and restricting factors for the transnationalization of protest: The case study of extra-parliamentary opposition movement in Hungary 2010-2012

 

Sarr, Amadou Lamine:

·         Alhaji-Shehu, Bashir: Ethno-Religious conflicts/Violence in Northern Nigeria

 

Sonderegger, Arno:

·         Müller, Felix: Ghanaian Intellectuals and the Nkrumah Controversy, 1970-2008

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Hanisch, Sarah: South-South Migration: the Case of Chinese Migrants in Lesotho

 

2011:

 

Augustynowicz, Christoph:

·         Isayev, Ismayil: The European Union and Azerbaijan Relations: Eastern Neighbourhood and Energy Cooperation Perspectives

·         Mahmudova, Fidan: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the South Caucasus

 

Bachmann, Klaus:

·         Heller, Bettina: Favoring Retribution? A Study of the Factors Influencing the Choice of the Transitional Justice Approach in the Aftermath of the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 – 1996

 

Borkert, Maren:

·         Falci, Paula: Securitization of Migration Policies in Italy

 

Cunat, Alejandro:

·         Mohebinejad, Shadi: Biofuel Production in Developing Countries: A Key to Sustainable Development?

 

Duque, Rick B.:

·         Schau, Erik: Homogeneous Heterogeneity: Rationalization, Cities, and the Impacts of Global Middle Class Mobility

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Abilov, Shamkhal: Legal Status of Caspian Sea and Delimitation Dispute Between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan

·         Emerson, Seth: African Priests in the US: A Process of Reverse Missions

·         Mekonnen, Mulugeta: Land Tenure Reforms in the Highlands of Ethiopia

 

Englert, Birgit:

·         Bell, Andrew: One law on the books, another on the ground: Land tenure and land markets in late- and post-colonial Kenya and Rwanda

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Arejola, Philip Alexander: Protest Transnationalization and Issue Framing in the European Social Movement Context

·         Corcoran, Judith: A Fourth Wave? Emigration from Ireland in the wake of the global financial crisis

·         Dunham, Hannah: Resettlement and Beyond: Civil Engagement in the Integration of Burmese Refugees into U.S. Society

·         Starrico, Juan Ignacio: The French May and the Shift of Paradigm of Collective Action

·         Stelmaszek, Barbara: Gender Equality in the Afghanistan National Development Strategy

 

Günay, Cengiz:

·         Urbanikova, Andrea: Islamic Activism. Organization Theory Approach and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Agola, June: Aid policies and trade in developing countries: Case study on Kenya Horticulture Export

·         Grueter, Dana: The Impact of Marketing on the Development of Bourgeois Culture in Eighteenth Century Britain, and the Case for Tea

·         Misleh, Denise: Agricultura sostenible – resistencia y autonomía campesina en tiempos de globalización

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Kuan, Ya-Hui: Politics of Asylum in Western Europe: Case of the United Kingdom

 

Rathkolb, Oliver:

·         Steff, Joseph: The Discrepancies of U.S. Foreign Policy: Realism versus Liberalism and Policy versus Rhetoric during the Presidencies of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter

 

Sarr, Amadou Lamine:

·         Tschirhart, Christian: Hegemonic? Chinese and European discourses on development in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Seidl, Monika:

·         Kang, Chia-Ching: Exoticism and Non-White Fashion Models – A Thematic Approach

 

Singh, Simron Jit:

·         Parthasarathy, Dharini: Rethinking the Role of Biofuels in Combating Climate Change: the European Union’s Search for a Sustainable Biofuels Policy

 

Vries, Peer:

·         Zheng, Jing: Why Manchester but not Hangzhou? A Case Study of State’s Role in the Divergence of the Textile Industry in the Southern Song Dynasty and Britain

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Tang, Xiaomin: Heading towards Sustainable Development. Does Green GDP have a Future in China?

 

2010:

 

Augustynowicz, Christoph:

·         Pilipenko, Xenia: Was Mennonite and Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth century driven by non-economic factors?

 

Dannecker, Petra:

·         Hendow, Maegan: Iraqi Diaspora and Temporary Return Migration: The Role of Opportunity, Motivation and Expectation

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Markle, Katherine: Influenza Pandemics of the 20th Century: An Analysis of their Chinese Origins

·         Maunze, Esther: Kenya, From Decolonization to Democracy: The Kenyatta-Moi Years

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Mos, Martijn: Conflicted Normative Power Europe: The European Union and Sexual Minority Rights

 

Heiß, Gernot:

·         Gorlenko, Kateryna: Art to Collect Art: Acquisition Policies of Museums of Modern Art from 1980s to the Present

 

Höll, Otmar:

·         Fredj, Sabrina: An Analysis of the Environmental Concern within the Common Agricultural Policy

 

Husa, Karl:

·         Dormann, Franziska: Analysis of three informal Settlements in Africa – Khayelitsha (Cape Town), Kibera (Nairobi) and Manshiet Nasser (Cairo)

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Kepkiewicz, Lauren: Choices, Constraints and Changing Diet during the Colonial Period: A Case Study of the Maasai and Kikuyu

 

Mattl, Siegfried:

·         Baskina, Anastasia: From Image to Brand: Marketing Policy of the City of Vienna

·         Cardenas, Alexander: Football: Origins, Paths and New Dimensions

·         Elmaco, Jenny Lind: Democracy in Latin America and Asia through Transregional Actors Engagement with Civil Society: Case Study of FEALAC and Goles por La paz

·         Wohlfahrt, Gisela: Memory, Ethics and Dark Tourism – the contested historical heritage of Anlong Veng District, Cambodia

 

 

Nowak, Manfred:

·         Tamvada, Subramanya Sirish: Whose Responsibility? Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the Security Council

 

Nowotny, Thomas:

·         Li, Yiran: Global Governance and China’s Participation

 

Sauer, Birgit:

·         Firtin, Erol: Muslims in Making of Europe: Citizenship and Public Sphere

 

Singh, Simron Jit:

·         Kakkar, Deepti: Small Change – Is Microfinance capable of eliminating poverty and empowering women?

 

Vielhaber, Christian:

·         Khoroshavina, Sofya: Sustainable Tourism in Russia

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Chang, Yung Yung: Is Japanese Colonization Unique: A Prelude of East Asian Regionalism

·         Wei, Wenfeng: Comparative Perspective on Collective Ownership and Land Distribution in China – Is Privatization a Solution?

 

Zach, Michael:

·         Miyandazi, Faith: Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers…A Global Challenge to Child Rights Realisation: The Case of Sudan

 

 

2009:

 

Edelmayer, Friedrich:

·         Wondemagegnehu, Dawit Yohannes: An Exploratory Study of Harmonization of Conflict Early Warning in Africa

 

Englert, Birgit:

·         Maunze, Rumbidzai: A History of Debates on Sexuality in Zimbabwe

 

Gärtner, Heinz:

·         Podobinska, Tetyana: Nato-Russia Security Council аnd Nato Summit 2009

 

Gerlich, Peter:

·         Manepalli, Jayaraj: Emergence of Supra-National Organisations: Mechanisms behind their evolution: The Comparative study of ECSC-EFTA-EU and SAARC-SAFTA

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Ash, Lindsay: Plants, Patents and Power: Reconceptualising the Property Environment in Seeds in the 19th and 20th Centuries

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Devoy, Bridget: The Steel Hangover. Regional Revitalization in Post-Steel Pittsburgh and Sheffield

 

Rathkolb, Oliver:

·         Mayock, Jennifer: The Impact of the US Global War on Terror on Moroccan Algerian Security

 

Sauer, Walter:

·         Gorski, Anna: From Freedom Fighters to Governors – Involvement of youth in South African liberation movements in the 20th century

 

Schicho, Walter:

·         Loubser, Reinet: Human Trafficking in Southern Africa

 

Schmitt, Oliver:

·         Vorpsi, Irida: Rhetorik und Kommunikation in der albanischen Politik

 

Singh, Simron Jit:

·         Rockenschaub, Lena: The Medicalization Theory in a Discourse of Knowledge Production under Neoliberal Conditions

 

Vocelka, Karl:

·         Mustafa, Fahad: Cricket and Globalization. Global Processes and the Imperial Game

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Engelhardt, David: The Great Leap towards African Mass Demand, Diversification and Sustainable Economic Growth? How China Shapes African Trade, Fiscal and Monetary Policy towards a New Era of Development Aid

 

2008:

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Maher, Kimberly: Actions and Reactions. The Dialectic Formation of Sustainable Capitalism in the Industrial Age and Globalization

 

Grünberg, Georg:

·         De Carvalho Bastone, Paula: Educação de uma perspectiva Freiriana como um Direito Humano. Estudo de caso: Sertão Nordestino Brasileiro

·         Lopez Fogues, Aurora: La construcción del Espacio de Educación Superior América Latina, el Caribe y la Unión Europea. Una apuesta por el diálogo y la cooperación euro-latinoamericanas

·         Trevisi, Bertha Lucia Carolina: Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN): A Case of “Sceptical Post-Development” in the Colombian Pacific

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Bajpai, Anandita: The Catholic Church as an Education Provider in Puerto Rico 1948-1960

·         Music, Goran: 1968 Movements in Belgrade and Mexico City. A Comparative Analysis

·         Nirgudkar, Nandita: Alternative to Schooling

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Thomat, Ana-Laura: Ideologies of Identities in the Global Cultural Economy

 

Mährdel, Christian:

·         Schiemer, Margarita: Hybride Identität im Sikhismus? Die Sikhs im kolonialen Indien

 

Reinprecht, Christoph:

·         Wang, Kuo-Chiang: Second-Generation Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Vienna: Identities and Economic Activities

 

Schicho, Walter:

·         Cupido, Mikhaila: Internal Displacement in Darfur: Actors or Victims in the Current Conflict

·         Musau, Berita Mutinda: Ethnic Conflicts and Transition to Democracy in Africa: Recurrence of Ethnic Conflicts in Kenya (1991-2008)

Vries, Peer:

·         Hurst, Ashley: One World? The Importance of World History in Modern Geopolitical Discourse

 

Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:

·         Lehman, Jacob: Re-evaluating Traditional Belief Systems in Global Diaspora: New Confucianism and Ba’alei Teshuvah Judaism Examined

·         Neubauer, Katja: New Partners in Africa? A Comparative Analysis of China and India’s Engagement in Africa

 

2007:

 

Drekonja, Gerhard:

·         Bushek, Ryan: National Oil Companies and Petroleum States: Challenges of Governance and Effective Management of Sovereign Wealth

·         Clapp, Katrina: The Endurance of a Troubled Partnership. Europe, the United States and the Transatlantic Alliance

·         Ramamurthy, Subramanian: The Future of Non-Proliferation in the Light of Nuclearization of India

 

Gärtner, Heinz:

·         Thayyib Sahini, Kadher Mohien: Security, Power and Politics of Nuclear Energy

 

Gerstl, Alfred:

·         Chaudhuri, Bidisha: Global Governance. A Route to Governing Globalization

·         Mohd Razalli, Farizal: East Asian Regional Integration: The Journey Since The Failure Of The EAEG

·         Wynhamer, Annaka: Globalization of Indonesia: Before and After the Asian Financial Crisis

 

Grandner, Margarete Maria:

·         Kawamura, Hideki: East Asian Integration: Destined to fail?

·         Klein, Richard: Joint Strike Fighter J-35. A Case Study

 

Kaller, Martina:

·         Eraso Quintero, Lina María: El nuevo moviemento social de los Zapatistas y las contradicciones de un café autonómo dentro de la globalización

 

Komlosy, Andrea:

·         Cobarrubias, Princess Mae: Actors, Interests and Expectations of the Filipino Labour Migration to Vienna, Austria (Early 1970’s-2007)

 

Mattl, Siegfried:

·         Mondal, Amrita: Hyperreal World of Simulation: The Consumption of Bollywood in Vienna

 

Raffer, Kunibert:

·         Lorenz, Ulrike: Microlending Institutions in Western Europe Countries