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This study examines urban-rural child stunting disparities in Zambia, a country characterized by a persistent 35% stunting prevalence despite rapid urbanization. Guided by the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) framework，which attributes health inequalities to structural social and economic conditions，the analysis uses 2018 ZDHS data through stepwise logistic and stratified regressions. While rur

As Indonesia approaches its centenary, the transition toward the "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision is increasingly challenged by a rising "Demographic Tax,” the economic burden associated with an aging population and an increasing dependency ratio. This research investigates the feasibility of attaining high-income status by evaluating the compensatory roles of productive aging alongsi

As rural-urban migration persists and population concentrates into urban areas, rural municipalities are increasingly struggling with population decline. Using longitudinal data from Statistics Finland, this thesis aims to investigate what municipal characteristics have contributed to net migration rates in 292 Finnish municipalities between 1995 and 2024 by conducting year fixed effects and two-w

This thesis analyses motivational patterns, socio-demographic characteristics, and institutional participation among individuals aged 60 and over attending organised physical activity services in Montevideo, Uruguay. Using original survey data collected across public and private institutions located in socio-economically differentiated municipalities, the study examines how motivations for physica

Carbon pricing is one of the most widely advocated climate policy instruments, but persistent political resistance has been created by its regressive distributional impact. Per-capita climate dividends, whereby carbon-pricing revenue is returned to households on an equal per-capita basis, have been proposed as a way of reconciling effective carbon pricing with distributive fairness. Germany has co

Multidimensional poverty and water insecurity represent critical, intersecting development challenges in Kenya. While physical water scarcity is shaped by climate variability, local water resource endowments, and geographic conditions, the households' ability to access safe water depends heavily on infrastructure and socioeconomic resources, a distinction captured by the Water Poverty Index (W

This study examines how population ageing influences tax revenues in OECD countries from 1965 to 2024. Tax revenues are expressed as a percentage of GDP to assess whether economic growth alone could ensure fiscal sustainability under population ageing. A two‑way fixed‑effects (TWFE) model is employed to control for unobserved heterogeneity across countries and years. On average across OECD countri

Fertility in the United States has been quite heterogenous based on race and socioeconomic status but overall maintaining relatively high levels until recently. This thesis explores how complications during pregnancy and childbirth relate to the fertility intentions of women who are partnered to have a second child, while considering racial and socioeconomic differences. I use linear probability m

The long-standing problem of domestic violence in South and Southeast Asia, and the fact that most victims are women, may be due to the emphasis on male dominance and the deep-rooted traditional gender roles. Previous studies have found that domestic violence can have many negative effects on the physical and mental health of women and their children. Attitudes towards domestic violence are relate

This thesis examines the relationship between spatial accessibility, institutional delivery and timely initiation of breastfeeding in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. It uses recent DHS data combined with OpenStreetMap data on health facilities and roads to construct spatial accessibility measures, including distance to the nearest health facility, distance to major roads and combined accessib

Digital games make failure unusually visible through explicit and repeatable setbacks. Yet procedural clarity does not determine its meaning for players, and another attempt does not ensure learning or persistence. This thesis explores how players of the Dark Souls series interpret repeated failure and through what mediated processes they decide to retry, adjust, seek assistance, pause, return or

This thesis investigates the framing of extrajudicial "crossfire" killings in English-language Bangladeshi news media by applying Robert Entman's (1993) framing theory alongside Edel and Josua's (2018) account of authoritarian legitimation. These frameworks have primarily been developed and tested on state rhetoric rather than journalistic texts. Utilizing a qualitative case-stud

With a core conviction that we should not accept a worldview that fuels ecological destruction and species extinction, this dissertation set out to find ways digital technologies create opportunities to construct alternative imaginaries. Following the assertion that meaning is made where global ideas meet local realities, this thesis employs a case study of Alveus, an animal sanctuary and virtual

This study examines how contentious knowledge surrounding the moon landing is expressed, negotiated, and organized on digital platforms. It develops “Digital Claims” as a potential meso-level analytical framework for examining how meanings, interactions, and visibility become observable and accumulative in digital spaces. Moving beyond approaches centered on users’ beliefs, intentions, or undiffer

Abstract Independent European feature films are financed project by project from many sources at once, each with its own conditions, payment schedule and claim on the film. This thesis asks how Plattform Produktion, an independent Swedish production company, should structure the financing of a film project so that the liquidity and budget it obtains are not bought at an unacceptable cost in retain

Detta examensarbete undersöker potentialen hos alternativa livmaterial för träbaserade lättbalkar med avseende på både klimatpåverkan och bärförmåga. Studien syftar till att utvärdera om traditionella livmaterial, såsom OSB, kan ersättas av alternativa skivmaterial för att minska klimatavtrycket medan tillräcklig bärförmåga bibehålls. Arbetet kombinerar analytiska beräkningar med experimentella lThis thesis investigates the potential of alternative web materials for engineered wood I-joists with respect to both climate impact and load-bearing capacity. The study aims to evaluate whether traditional web materials, such as OSB, can be replaced by alternative panel materials in order to reduce climate impact while maintaining sufficient structural integrity. The work combines analytical cal

Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are increasingly determined not only by macroeconomic factors but also by institutional and political variables. This study examines how political rights affect FDI inflows in sub-Saharan Africa, utilising a fixed-effects panel regression that covers 38 countries between 1990 and 2019. Political rights are measured using a multidimensional index from the