16.5.2016 16:26
The so-called commercial seal hunt as carried out on the Canadian East Coast has for many decades been labelled as cruel, inhumane and unnecessary. As a response to public pressure and campaigns to shut down the hunt, the European Union adopted a regime in 2009 effectively shutting down the EU’s internal market for products stemming from seal products other than indigenous communities. In his doctoral dissertation MA Nikolas Sellheim shows how the regime disregards a science-based approach.
30.11.2015 10:13
The legal culture of protecting fundamental rights and human rights has faced changes in phases as a result of accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. A new cross-scientific doctoral research of M.Pol.Sc, MA Virpi Koivu indicates, however, that the transition of legal culture is still not complete.
23.11.2015 13:59
In his thesis MA (Dipl. Des.) Markus Schröppel focuses on producing guidance aid for large, shared spaces through graphic design. The results of the study and the corresponding solutions and recommendations can be used to avoid problems in confronting icons and guidance systems. The presented solutions, with the array of methodologies and the focus on the user, enable us to efficiently check and evaluate the functionality of existing sign systems.
19.8.2015 13:30
In African countries, the indigenous languages have been shadowed by the English language. Even in post independent period, many African countries still use their colonizers’ languages in their official transactions and deliberations, as well as media of instruction in their schools. MA Osei Twumasi Ankrah’s research established that the use of mother tongue would be essential in the Ghanaian education.
1.6.2015 16:00
The proper formulation of court judgments is one of the crucial linguistic questions as regards the application of the law and legal decision making. In her doctoral thesis, Emilia Lindroos, MA, examines criminal judgments handed down in Germany and Finland in recent years, comparing them in terms of content, structure and style. Her research reveals that where content and structure are concerned, the degree of formality in such judgments in both countries can be attributed to the combined influence of the country’s legislation and legal culture. The phraseology found in the judgments, that is, the fixed expressions, have most often been taken directly from legal texts.
25.5.2015 15:00
Amid environmental changes, impacts of the global economy and the scramble for natural resources in the region, the Arctic has become a focus of interest worldwide. Keeping pace with these trends, Arctic politics has embraced an ambition to ‘know’ the Arctic, its resources and potential. Indeed, one distinguishing feature of that politics today is a strong commitment to and consensus on the need to produce knowledge on the region. A crucial consideration in the process – and the subject of Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen’s doctoral research – is the power of such knowledge in governing development.
20.4.2015 16:00
The doctoral thesis of visual artist Minna Rainio, MA, provides an audiovisual and spatial representation of the inequalities inherent in the various dimensions of globalization. She addresses migration, refugeeism, and trafficking of women for prostitution through artworks and written research.
2.4.2015 13:00
The use of simulations has become an established part of healthcare education throughout the world. In her doctoral research, Tuulikki Keskitalo, M.Ed., has developed a new pedagogical model to support teachers in planning, implementing and evaluating simulation-based instruction.
16.3.2015 14:00
The exercise of power over indigenous peoples has not decreased, even though they enjoy improved opportunities for political participation and increased recognition of their rights. Rather, power has taken on more subtle forms.
16.1.2015 13:00
Since the strategic shock of September 11, 2001, interest in nuclear strategy is again on the rise. Barry Zellen’s dissertation examines the evolution of the strategic theories of Bernard Brodie (1910–1978), a pioneering theorist of nuclear deterrence whose ideas influenced American strategy from the end of World War II through to the Cold War’s end.