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Modern Society, Technology and Electronic Waste: Who Should Be Responsible?

Electronic waste (e-waste) in modern society is a growing issue that creates risks by degrading natural resources, through the production of the electronic devices in question, but also at a later end-of-life stage when recycled irresponsibly; by harming individuals directly – those who partake in the recycling, but also indirectly when deadly toxins from recycling flow into water and soil sources

How the Concept of the Ideal Victim of Trafficking Contributes to Re-victimize Vulnerable Populations-Human Trafficking in the People’s Republic of China Analyzed Through the Lenses of Feminist Victimology

The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how the concept of the ideal victim of crime contributes to re-victimize significant populations exploited by human traffickers. The argument is that seeing women trafficked in the sex industry as the norm together with a focus only on “women and children” as victims/survivors contribute to further hide-and therefore re-victimize-men and young boys. The Peo

”Vi” och ”dom” - skapande och påverkan på ungdomars identitet och fritid. En uppsats om ungdomar i Landskrona och hur fritiden kan bidra till integration

Landskrona riskerar att bli en tudelad stad på grund av den ökande desintegrationen. Det finns en föreställning om ”vi” och ”dom” i staden där ”svenskarna” utgör normen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur ungdomars identitetsskapande och fritid påverkas av föreställningen om ”vi” och ”dom”. För att undersöka uppsatsens syfte och frågeställningar har intervjuer genomförts med elva ungdomar i

Strengthening Civil Society of Gilgit-Baltistan (A Case study of The Northern Areas of Pakistan)

This study analyses explore to the paths of constructing and strengthening of civil society organizations and their activities in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The focus is on the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) since the 1980s. A conceptual framework of civil society and NGO activities and nexus is developed. The empirical analysis is based on NGO documents

Intuitive Human Robot Interaction and Workspace Surveillance by means of the Kinect Sensor

This student thesis is part of the ROSETTA project that examines the possibilities of future manufacturing based on close human-robot interaction. In this report, the capabilities of a robot system that is controlled by the Kinect sensor of the Microsoft XBOX-360 are tested. A setup including two Kinect devices and one robot is presented. Applications for calibration of two Kinect sensors, robot

Income Redistribution is not about Risk Sharing

In this thesis we investigate what determines the attitude towards redistribution of the Dutch population. There is wide consensus in the literature that current income alone is a poor predictor of attitudes towards redistribution, but there is no consensus on the best additional predictors. We review several theories covering additional predictors and test these using data from an online panel. T