Development Dissertation Briefs (DDB)

2021:02

Tomas Cole

In Southeast Myanmar a protracted armed conflict has dragged on for over 70 years. This DDB depicts the struggles of indigenous people and environmental activists to transform a war-torn  area into an indigenously run protected zone, the...

2021:01

Regional development

Pernilla Johansson

Effective peacebuilding requires international actors to listen to local partners, which often fails in practice. Through interviews with practitioners, donors and researchers, this DDB identifies how everyday emotions help or hinder the...

2020:09

Jenni Koivisto

Moçambique drabbas regelbundet av naturkatastrofer som orsakar förstörelse. Denna DDB undersöker utmaningar och möjligheter som påverkar katastrofhantering i Moçambique. Jenni Koivisto disputerade i oktober 2018 med avhandlingen...

2020:08

Anneli Eriksson

Humanitärt bistånd ska baseras på behov men är underfinansierat och ojämnt fördelat. Denna DDB utvecklar en modell som uppskattar behoven vid katastrofer. Anneli Eriksson disputerade i juni 2020 med avhandlingen ”Estimating...

2020:07

Dell Saulnier

Motståndskraftiga sjukvårdssystem har förmågan att anpassa sig till kriser. Denna DDB identifierar egenskaper som främjar motståndskraft genom att undersöka hur den offentliga sjukvården på den Kambodjanska landsbygden hanterar...

2020:06

Stefan Granlund

Sociala trygghetssystem såsom kontantstöd har blivit ett viktigt verktyg för att minska fattigdom. Med fokus på barnbidraget så undersöker denna DDB de materiella och socio-relationella konsekvenserna av kontantstöd på landsbygden...

2020:05

Suvi Kokko

Socialt entreprenörskap och innovation förväntas få en allt viktigare roll i lösningen på globala hållbarhetsproblem. Denna DDB studerar ett fall av socialt entreprenörskap inom sanitetssektorn i Kenya. Genom att undersöka...

2020:04

Helena Kraff

Deltagandeprocesser ses ofta som demokratiska och transparenta. Denna DDB undersöker fallgropar i deltagandeprocesser. Genom att studera när, hur och varför deltagandeprocesser leder till orättvisa former för deltagande så erbjuds...

2020:03

Hälsa

Nelson Ekane

Sanitet står högt upp på dagordningen i utvecklingssammanhang, men hur omvandlas egentligen målsättningar till förändring i vardagen? Denna DDB undersöker hur policy översätts till verklighet genom olika styrningsnivåer i Rwanda...

2020:02

Helena Hede Skagerlind

Globala indikatorer såsom Agenda 2030 är en nu mycket utbredd form av global utvecklingsstyrning. Denna DDB beskriver vilket inflytande sådana indikatorer kan ha genom att studera mekanismerna hos FN:s millenniemål och deras eventuella...

2020:01

Linda Engström

Storskaliga jordbruksinvesteringar är sedan 20 år populära medel i afrikanskt bistånd. Resultaten från dessa investeringar lyser dock ofta med sin frånvaro. Denna DDB undersöker konsekvenserna för människor på platser där...

2019:03

Klimat

Stefan Linde

Stefan Linde is a post-doctoral researcher in political science at the Department Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, at Luleå University of Technology. His current employment is within the project ‘Governing...

2019:02

Klimat, Regional development

Marcus Wangel

Marcus Wangel disputerade i juni 2018 på avhandlingen: "Deep Roots and Tangled Branches: Bureaucracy and Collaboration in Natural Resource Governance in South India” vid Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen på Uppsala Universitet. Hans...

2019:01

Klimat

Elin Jakobsson

Elin Jakobsson is a reseacher and a teacher in International Relations at Stockholm University. She holds a PhD in International Relations, being the first in Sweden to attain a doctoral decree in this subject. Elin's research concerns...

2018:05

Hälsa

Damian Clarke, Hanna Mühlrad

Hanna Mühlrad is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Economics at Lund University, Sweden. Her primary fields of interest are health economics, development economics, labor economics and global and public health. The main focus of...

2018:04

Hälsa

Dorcus Kiwanuka Henriksson

Dorcus Kiwanuka Henriksson is a health systems and public health specialist at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and the Chair of the Emerging Voices for Global Health Network (EV4GH).  In 2017 she defended her doctoral thesis "Health...

2018:03

Hälsa

Ulrika Baker

Ulrika Baker is a Medical Doctor with a background in Public Health and Family Medicine. She has lived and worked for several years in Sub Saharan Africa, including in Tanzania, Uganda, Eritrea and Malawi where she has been based since...

2018:02

Offentlig förvaltning

Janet Vähämäki

Janet is a researcher at Stockholm Center for Organizational Research (SCORE). In 2017 she defended herdoctoral thesis Matrixing Aid- The Rise and Fall of ‘Results Initiatives’ in Swedish Development Aid at Stockholm Business School,...

2018:01

Hälsa

Josephine Sundqvist

Josephine Sundqvist is a development researcher who defended her thesis ”Beyond and instrumental approach to Religion and Development – Challenges for church-based healthcare” at the Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre at...

2017:10

Therese Brolin

Therese Brolin disputerade i september 2017 vid Göteborgs universitet med avhandlingen ”Ownership or Donorship? Results and ownership in Swedish international development cooperation”. Therese arbetade tidigare som utvärderare på...

2017:09

Fred, säkerhet, konflikt

Emma Elfversson

Emma Elfversson is a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. She will defend her dissertation “Central Politics and Local Peacemaking: The Conditions for Peace after Communal Conflict” on 6...

2017:08

Fred, säkerhet, konflikt

Mathilda Lindgren

Mathilda Lindgren is a Peace Researcher who defended her thesis ”Peacemaking Up Close: Explaining Mediator Styles of International Mediators” at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in October 2016. This...

2017:04

Forskning, Hälsa

Elina Elveborg Lindskog

Elina Elveborg Lindskog disputerade den 10 juni 2016 med avhandlingen "Effects of violent conflict on women and children. Sexual behavior, fertility, and infant mortality in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo". Detta är en...

2017:07

Fred, säkerhet, konflikt, Jämställdhet

Sara Gehlin

Sara Gehlin is a post-doctoral researcher in theology. Her current research project Women and Peace: Vision and Reality at the Intersection of Peace - and Feminist Theology concerns the impact of Resolution 1325 in contemporary...

2017:06

Hälsa

Susanne Sjöström

Susanne Sjöström är obstetriker vid Danderyds sjukhus. Hon försvarade sin avhandling "Increasing acces to abortion - perspectives on provider availability in different settings" vid Karolinska institutet i januari 2017. Hennes...

2017:05

Forskning, Hälsa

Jessica Påfs arbetar som SRHR-rådgivare för Plan Sverige. Hon disputerade i december 2016 vid Uppsala universitet med avhandlingen "The Quest for Maternal Survival in Rwanda - Paradoxes in Policy and Practice". Detta är en...

2017:03

Forskning, Hälsa

Anna Kågesten

Anna Kågesten är forskare vid Karolinska Institutet och hon doktorerade med avhandlingen "A window of opportunity: Gender attitudes and patterns of romantic and sexual experiences in early adolescence" vid Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School...

2017:02

Forskning, Hälsa

Malin Bogren

Malin Bogren disputerade år 2016 med avhandlingen "Building a midwifery profession in South Asia" vid Göteborgs universitet, Sahlgrenska akademin, institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa. "Strategy for supporting low-income...

2017:01

Karl Bruno

This Development Dissertation Brief is a summary of Karl Bruno's doctoral dissertation in agrarian history, which he defended in June 2016. It is a historical study, the findings throw new light on formative episodes in Swedish rural...

2016:10

Offentlig förvaltning

Rasmus Broms

Rasmus Broms  is a researcher at the Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University, Quality of Government (QoG) Institute. He defended his dissertation "Taxation and Government Quality" in March 2016. This is a summary of his...

2016:09

Johanna Malm

Johanna Malm defended her PhD dissertation “When Chinese development finance met the IMF’s public debt norm in DR Congo” in International Development Studies at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University in...

2016:07

Demokrati, Offentlig förvaltning

Aksel Sundström

Aksel Sundström är verksam som forskare vid Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen, Göteborgs Universitet och där anknuten till the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute samt the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. Han disputerade år...

2016:08

Demokrati, Offentlig förvaltning

Anders Sundell

Anders Sundell is a researcher at the Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University. He defended his dissertation "Public Administration and Corruption: How to get the institutions that work" at Gothenburg University in June 2015...

2016:06

Jämställdhet

Anja Tolonen

Anja Tolonen is an assistant professor at Department of Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. She defended her dissertation "Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor markets, Female Empowerment, and Criminality"...

2016:05

Jämställdhet, Mänskliga rättigheter

Elisabeth Olivius

Elisabeth Olivius is a researcher at the Department of Political Science at Umeå University. She defended her dissertation "Governing Refugees through Gender Equality: Care, Control, Emancipation" in December 2014. The aim of this...

2016:04

Mänskliga rättigheter, Utbildning

Elin Vimefall

Most poor people in the world live in rural communities, and they are more likely to be women, children, or members of a minority ethnic group. The research presented in this brief focus on these individuals, the most vulnerable in...

2016:03

Regionalt bistånd

Montserrat López Jerez

No doubt, institutions are central to economic and social development, and history provides many examples showing that they have a tendency to be persistent. Nevertheless, several issues remain to be settled before conclusions can be drawn...

2016:02

Mänskliga rättigheter

Arvid Erlandsson

Within the fields of experimental psychology and behavioral economy helping decisions, i.e. decisions that potentially can benefit someone else than the decision maker, have mostly been investigated at the individual level (e.g. “should...

2016:01

Forskning, Offentlig förvaltning

Yumiko Yasuda

This DDB introduces key findings from broader research that aimed at understanding the influence of formal and informal rules and norms on civil society...

2015:07

Fred, säkerhet, konflikt

Michael Jonsson

This Dissertation Brief analyzes Colombian efforts to reintegrate AUC and FARC ex-combatants into civilian life from 2002 and onwards. The paper draws substantially from Michael Jonsson's  Ph.D dissertation "A Farewell to Arms....

2015:06

Fred, säkerhet, konflikt

Johan Brosché

Why do communal conflicts turn violent in some regions but not in others? This question has been explored by Johan Brosché in his dissertation "Masters of War – The Role of Elites in Sudan’s Communal...

2015:05

Fred, säkerhet, konflikt, Jämställdhet

Angela Muvumba Sellström

Vad är det som leder till straffrihet för sexuellt våld inom väpnade konflikter? Detta är något som Angela Muvumba Sellström har studerat i sin doktorsavhandling Stronger than Justice: Armed Group Impunity for Sexual...

2015:04

Demokrati, Fred, säkerhet, konflikt

Abrak Saati

Abrak Saati är forskare vid statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Umeå universitet. Denna Development Dissertation Brief (DDB) sammanfattar hennes avhandling The Participation Myth: outcomes of participatory constitution building processes...

2015:03

Offentlig förvaltning

Johan Sandberg

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been widely promoted for their ability to simultaneously pursue the twin objectives of short-term poverty alleviation through income support (i.e. cash transfers), and long-term poverty reduction...

2015:02

Forskning, Fred, säkerhet, konflikt

Veronica Brodén Gyberg

Veronica Brodén Gryberg has in this report summarized her dissertation on the topic of Swedish research aid policy. The dissertation investigates how Swedish official aid policy constructed the role of research for development in...

2015:01

Demokrati

Agnes Cornell

I denna Development Dissertation Brief (DDB) så har Agnes Cornell sammanfattat sin avhandling Institutional Impediments and Reluctant Actors – The Limited Role of Democracy Aid in Democratic Development. Avhandlingen undersöker varför...