This thesis seeks to uncover why the continuous EU efforts over the years to create a common energy policy have not yielded strong results: despite successful integration in other policy areas, the so-called EU Energy Union ...

In existing literature, no consensus has been reached yet on the effectivity of fossil fuel divestment. Considering the influential 2018 Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures report that recommends financial ...

Almost two decades since the conflicts in the Former Yugoslavia ended, the Coalition for RECOM aims to establish a regional truth commission and thereby address the ‘truth’ about the past in the region’s complex memory ...

This thesis focused on the socio-political struggles that take place in Valencia, Spain, during the current aftermath of the economic crisis that started in 2008. The impact of the economic crisis has been extremely ...

One of the sectors influenced by processes of globalization and the internet revolution is political activism. In this master thesis research these defined developments in the field of political activism are explored in ...

This study analyses the situation of female ex-combatants and women associated with the fighting forces (WAFF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In particular, this study seeks to describe the role of different ...

Somalia has been a country without an effective government since the fall of Siyad Barre’s regime in 1991. Multiple attempts to establish an administration with sovereign control over Somalia’s entire territory have been ...

In this master thesis I have researched the challenges in the selection of local civil society partners by International Non Governmental Organisations (INGOs) who operate in peace building in the war torn countries of ...

Humanitarian work is under threat. This is partly due to the recent developments and the association of NGOs with Western agendas. Some say that holding on to the humanitarian principles such as neutrality is the most ...

This dissertation addresses different factors that influence involvement in the homeland conflict. The factors discussed (in accordance with the literature from Regts, van Houte and Ruben (2010) are: integration, perception ...