Student Expert Blog Series

‘Smart Cities in the U.A.E and Saudi Arabia Carve Out a New Meaning for Belonging Through Smart Citizenship’ by Mayra Nassef

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For her MSc dissertation – awarded the 23/24 International Public Policy Dissertation Prize, Mayra Nassef critically explored smart city websites using multimodal discourse analysis to map out the main discourses around smart cities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. Mayra Nassef’s award-winning research sheds light on smart citizenship in the UAE and … Read more

‘The politics of white innocence’ by Iben Rygh Bø

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An idilic Norweigan countryside scene with houses juxtaposed to an urban street scene showing a diverse community

For her MSc dissertation (awarded the Dissertation Prize for MSc International Public Policy 23/24) Iben Rygh Bø critically explored 80 policy documents and media materials published between 1995 and 2024 to uncover the significance of whiteness in Norwegian anti-racism and anti-discrimination policy discourse. Although the policy documents aim to counter unfair differential treatment on the … Read more

‘I am European, but what are you?’ by Edgar Chol

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By analysing political speeches made by Emanuel Macron and Victor Orban between 2017 and 2022 (6 from the Hungarian executives, including 5 from Orban; and 5 from the French executive, including 3 from Macron), Edgar Chol argues that domestic discursive articulations of national identities have an impact on visions of Europeanness, which in turn affect … Read more

‘It’s always the quiet ones: Euroscepticism in Lithuania’ by Egle Daunoraite

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Unlike Poland or Hungary, Lithuania is rarely discussed with reference to Euroscepticism. However, based on interviews with Lithuanian politicians and political scholars, undertaken between March and April 2023, Egle Daunoraite’s research shed light on the covert and nuanced nature of Lithuanian Euroscepticism. Written by Egle Daunoraite (BSc Politics and International Relations). LGBTQ+ vs family values   … Read more

‘Pan-European Parties: What are they and what influences their domestic success?’ by Sara Leal de Matos-Powell

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What factors influenced the electoral success a transnational European party? Sara Leal de Matos-Powell examines Volt- the party that calls itself ‘the first pan-European party’, established in 2018 with the primary goal of federalising the EU. Written by Sara Leal de Matos-Powell (BSc Politics and International Relations)   In the past decade, the European Union … Read more

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