UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Trippy Transformation: Exploring the potential role of psychedelics in achieving sustainable development at a deeper systems level
(2024)The dominance of Capitalist systems within Western societies has resulted in paradigms and ontologies that are not only unsustainable but are actively destructive to the well-being of people and the planet. Through the ... -
Harmonizing Transformations: Key Considerations for Implementing AI-Driven Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
(2024)This master’s thesis investigates the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing sustainability within the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. As environmental concerns intensify globally, the pharmaceutical industry ... -
Regularizing Undesignated Public Forests in the Brazilian Amazon for Conservation: Implications for Land Tenure Security
(2024)56.5 million hectares of the Brazilian Amazon are Undesignated Public Forests (UPFs), forestlands most susceptible to illicit activities due to the ambiguity surrounding their intended land use and responsible government ... -
"Niet over ons, maart met ons." Het slavernijdebat in caribisch perspectief.
(2024)Deze masterscriptie beoogt het slavernijdebat op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao te duiden. Ten grondslag van dit onderzoek ligt het idee dat de ABC-eilanden de subalterne rol vervullen binnen het Nederlandse slavernij discours. ... -
Age and Engagement: elderly participative engagement at the Netherlands Open Air Museum
(2024)The thesis explores the participatory engagement of elderly individuals at the Netherlands Open Air Museum (NOAM) within the context of the Canon of the Netherlands exhibition (CoN). It points out the lack of thorough ... -
Natural Resource Theft, Huachicol, and Criminal Diversification in the War on Drugs: A Green Criminology Approach to Mexico’s Criminal Violence
(2024)The War on Drugs in Mexico is a devastating conflict which has taken hundreds of thousands of lives since it began in 2006. Over its eighteen-year duration, however, the character of Mexico’s drug cartels, the massive ... -
Beneath the Official Narrative: Understanding Xinjiang Through Accumulation by Dispossession An in-depth analysis of the Chinese Communist Party’s dispossessory strategies in Xinjiang from 2017 to the present
(2024)This thesis investigates the dynamics of the CCP policies in Xinjiang from 2017 onwards, applying David Harvey’s theory of AbD. By analyzing CCP strategies, the research highlights the profound impact on the lives of Uyghurs ... -
The contribution of harbour porpoise faeces to the nutrient cycling in the Dutch North Sea
(2024)This project does research into the relationship between phosphorus (P) availability and harbour porpoise density in the Dutch North Sea, as well as the potential contribution of harbour porpoise faeces to the marine ... -
The Houthi Rebel Movement: Analysis on the Role of Wartime Social Order, Legitimacy and Greed in the Houthi Rebel Resilience in Yemen between 2017 and 2023.
(2024)Understanding Rebel’s resilience and the factors that influence it can assist in clarifying the broader examination of civil war, its expected duration, and possible solutions to stopping the violence. It seeks to explore ... -
Influence of Mining Operations on Quality of Life of Local Communities: A Case Study of Extensive Open-Pit Mining in Chingola, Zambia
(2024)While mining operations play a crucial part in local development and employment world wide, it also raises substantial social, economic, and environmental concerns. Prior studies have shown mixed impacts of mining on ... -
Hegemonic Masculinities. The Construction of the Militarized Masculine Body in the European Union Context.
(2024)The thesis explored the hypothesis “whether the militarized masculine body could be considered as one of the types of Hegemonic Masculinities and if yes, what are the main characteristics that validate this notion?” The ... -
A reinterpretation of the monstrous feminine: Alexia as a transformative figure in Titane
(2024)This thesis explores the representation of the monstrous feminine figure of Alexia in Julia Ducournau’s film Titane (2021) and examines its affect on viewers. In this thesis the focus is on arguing how the traditional ... -
Poethica Pantesca: Liminagraphy as Decolonial Feminist Practice for Cultivating Knowledge with the Island of Pantelleria
(2024)This research project responds to the call for a ‘decolonial island studies’ (Nadarajah and Grydehøj 2016) by proposing liminagraphy (Sheik 2021) as an epistemic practice to be adopted within the field. Through a consideration ... -
Seeping through cracks: Lesbian as a reading practice
(2024)This thesis takes on “lesbian” as a reading practice, a multidimensional lens through which to read poetry to “recast or reinvent the terms of our sexualities, to construct another discursive horizon, another way of thinking ... -
The effective implementation of a PVT system
(2024)This thesis investigates the effective implementation of photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems in various building types to optimize energy use and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, aligning with global efforts to combat ...