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Student theses resulting from the MPCT-Programme
Completing the MPCT-programme Summer 2007:
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Name
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Topic
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Berit Albrecht, Germany
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Terrorism in Iraq: Root Causes and
Counterterrorism
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Nikolay Gerov,
Bulgaria
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Raw war: One of the Orpheu's
songs for peace? Role play as a means to create more learning and enjoyment
in English language teaching and to activate conflict-related content
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Kjersti Fløtten, Norway
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We have an enourmous
opportunity to influence, and there is no lack of enthusiasm among the
students when they are given input
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Rachel Peterson,
USA
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Choosing Peace Education: Social
identity, Intercultural Proficiency, and Transformation among Staff at
Concordia Language Villages
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Julia Holte Sempler, Norway
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Philosophy for children as conflict
transformation? Secondary school students in a philosophical enquiry about
gender as conflict
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Mariam Matevosyan, Armenia
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Civic Education in the Newly Developing
Democracy. The Case of Armenia
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Stian Bragtvedt, Norway
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"Strategic Firmness - Tactical
Flexibility". Why did the communist party of Nepal (Maoist) decide to join the
peace process? Find thesis
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Ingrid Buli, Norway
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Taking Human Security to the Field:
Human Security and Experiences of Forced Migration - The Case of Returned
Refugees and Internally Displaced People in Burundi
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Hanne Bjertnæs, Norway
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Playing to win or playing for
empowerment? - an analysis of a Namibian team participating in the Norway
Cup-project
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Marjaana Hyppönen,
Finland
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Lending a hand or handicapping? Tsunami
aid in Thailand
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Simon O'Connor, United
Kingdom
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Reciprocity, Rectification and Right(s)
as Regularity: Studies in the Application of Justice to the Pursuit of Peace
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Line Haugen, Norway
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Health workers as agents for peace - a
case study at hospitals of Norwegian people's aid in South
Sudan
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Scott Meyer, USA
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From horror story to manageable risk:
Formulating safety strategies for peace researchers. Find thesis
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Completing the MPCT-programme Autumn/Winter 2006/2007:
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Name
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Topic
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Rachel Carolina Papa, Norway
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Ethnic-religious tolerance and
co-existence among the former Yugoslavs: A utopian idea from the past? Or
dream of the future?
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Natasha Goleva, Macedonia
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"We" and "The
Stranger": Macedonians and Albanians in "meaningful" distance
concept. Find thesis
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Bente Evjen Schøning, Norway
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"We are grateful to be in Norway"
- the Kola Norwegian case in relation to its Immigration Policies
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Gunnar Rekvig, Norway
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Article 9: Japan's imposed constitutional
peace clause. Find thesis
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Elisa Stokke, Norway
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Between ambivalence and solidarity : a
study on individuals' relation to fair trade and ethical consumption
regarding the human condition. Find thesis
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Siv Helland Oftedal, Norway
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Genres of the wars in Chechnya : An Analysis of Story
Structure and Linguistic Action in Narratives on the Russian-Chechen Conflict. Find thesis
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Guri Waalen Borch, Norway
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The internal dynamics of a non-state
conflict actor : the organisational resources and
internal legitimacy of the FARC-EP in Colombia.
Find thesis
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Completing the MPCT-programme Summer 2006:
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Name
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Topic
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Yodit Zenebe Mekuria, Ethiopia
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Civic Education in Rural Ethiopia: The Case of Civic Education in the Somali Regional
State of Ethiopia Prior to the 2005
National Election. Find thesis
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Mohammad Musfequs Salehim,
Bangladesh
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Governance and Political Violence. A
Study on Bomb Terrorism in Bangladesh
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Yuriy Mykhaylenko,
Ukraine
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Internal Division Lines and Regional
(In)Compatibility in Ukraine.
Find thesis
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Completing the MPCT-programme Spring 2006:
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Name
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Topic
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Javier Mata Fabra,
Spain
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International Accompaniment in Violent
Scenarios. A Performative Reading
of Peace Brigades International in Colombia. Find thesis
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Cornel Borit,
Romania
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The Identity Conflict of the Csango Minority From Romania. Find thesis
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Mari Gakkestad, Norway
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Overcoming Caste and Oppression. Dalit activitsts’
understandings of violence and violence reduction in South
India. Find thesis
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Silje Solheim, Norway
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Either You Are With Us,
or You are With the Terrorists. A Discourse Analysis of President George W.
Bush’s Declared War on Terrorism. Find thesis
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Elisabeth Giæver-Many, Norway
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“One needs to get in contact with
Norwegians” – A study of identity management, stereotypes, and cross-cultural
communication in integration processes of immigrants in Tromsø,
Northern Norway. Find thesis
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Gabriela Sirbu,
Romania
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Religion and Gender in Orthodox Romania. Find thesis
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Arrey William Hermann, Cameroon
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Diveded Societies and Ethno-Regional Antagonism: a study of
the social actions between Anglophone North-Westeners
and South-Westeners resident in Buea,
South-west Cameroon.
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Completing the MPCT-programme Autumn/Winter 2005/06:
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Name
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Topic
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Gunnar Halvorsen Smith, Norway
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Legitimization of different approaches
to conflict coverage in the news media. Find thesis
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Katrina Maria Gillman,
Denmark
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The "L" Between Word and World:
Ritualized Practices of Border Control. Find thesis
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Reidar Breivik, Norway
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Skolemobbing: fred og ufred i et flerkulturelt område i
Nord-Norge. Find thesis
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Peter Muriuki Ndichu,
Kenya
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Migration and security: dramatization of
security policies in Kenya. Find thesis
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Amir Appelbaum,
Israel
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New clothes but old demons: European
Anti-semitism from Christianity to
"Progressive" Left Wing Milieu. Find thesis
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Nora Ahmetaj, Kosovo/Serbia &
Montenegro
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"Peace Now" in Israel
in Search of an Alternative Identity. Find thesis
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Mamadou Diouma Bah, Guinea
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Democratization as a means to end civil
war?: the case of Liberia. Find thesis
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Hanne Hovde Bye, Norway
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The fight against domestic violence in East Timor. :
forgetting the perpetrators. Find thesis
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Marit Holmquist Fenne, Norway
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The Guatemalan peace accords
: an example of international norm socialization?
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Completing the MPCT-programme Summer 2005:
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Name
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Topic
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Alberto Valiente Thoresen, El Salvador
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Theorizing peace education: a
theoretical survey of the practice of peace education. Find thesis
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Holger Pötzsch, Germany
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Virtuous wars and virtual enemies : the
construction of self, other, and conflict in Black Hawk down and other mass
media representations
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Juliana Edith Turqui,
Argentina
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Indigenous workers i
Guatemala City
and the Mayan Movement: exploring the representation of ethnic and labour
demands
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Kadija Saudatu
Mona Kabba, Sierra Leone
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Women in the civil war in Sierra Leone:
contributions towards attaining, consolidating and sustaining peace
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Maria Lvova, Russia
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Trafficking in women and democracy: the
case of the Russian
Federation
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Maryna Selivanova,
Ukraine
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Is gender identity the primary cause of
insecurity in the context of trafficking?: Country
in focus: Ukraine.
Find thesis
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Ramil Aliyev, Azerbaijan
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The Georgian rose revolution: challenges
and supports for ensuring the non-violent outcome in a post-Soviet society
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D.L.A. Hasantha Shammika, Sri Lanka
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Norwegian mediation in Sri Lankan
conflict
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Completing the MPCT-programme Winter 2005:
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Name
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Topic
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Eirin Annamo, Norway
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Creative Peace – A Practical Study of
Andrew Cohen’s Teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment. Find thesis
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Klaus N.A. Melf,
Germany
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Exploring medical peace education and a
call for peace medicine. Find thesis
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Kristin Røymo, Norway
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Women, development and peace in
contemporary Sri Lanka. Find thesis
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Mette Røkke, Norway
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‘Witch’ hunt in contemporary Tanzania
: exploring cultural and structural factors leading to violence against women
in a Sukuma village. Find thesis
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Yaliwe Clarke,
Zambia
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Tradition, Marriage and Structural
Violence in Urban Zambia
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Ottar K. Kvaal, Norway
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Bilingual peace or diglossic
conflict? : the case of the Paraguayan Guaraní. Find thesis
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Completing the MPCT-programme Summer 2004:
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Name
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Topic
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Álvaro Cedeño Molinari, Costa Rica
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MINUGUA: the UN verification mission in Guatemala : the perceptions of civil society
organizations in Guatemala
about the role of MINUGUA regarding indigenous
peoples. Find thesis
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Anniken Kleven, Norway
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Psychological healing in peace building
: experiences from the reconciliation process in South Africa. Find thesis
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Bjørn-Richard Hagvåg Monsen, Norway
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MINUGUA: the UN verification mission in Guatemala : the perceptions of civil society
organizations in Guatemala
about the role of MINUGUA regarding indigenous
peoples. Find thesis
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Delia Despina Dumitrica, Romania
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Deconstructing nationalism from a peace
perspective : a case study of Romanian nationalism. Find thesis
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Hanne Blomberg, Norway
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Contextual limitations: a comparative,
theoretical and boolean analysis of conflict
mediation. Find thesis
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Heidi Johansen, Norway
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Exploration of the morality of revenge : how are the potentials and usefulness of a just
revenge theory? Find thesis
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Heidi Tamminen Egge, Norway
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Peace-building in divided societies :
the case of the internationalised reconstruction and democratisation of
Kosovo. Find thesis
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Jayne Khayega Kigadi,
Kenya
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Peace education in schools: a study of
textbooks in Kenya.
Find thesis
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Kari Mette Darell Eliassen, Norway
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Angola from war to peace: does the Norwegian strategic
framework and aid support peace-building? Find thesis
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