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Master Degree in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP). Master Thesis

Master Degree in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP). Master Thesis

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Why do countries develop harm reduction programs?: a mixed methods approach

Brozdowski, Jonathan (2020)

This thesis investigates why and how countries develop drug harm reduction programs today. Though they began as a controversial set of ideas challenging global drug policy’s dominant interdiction model, they have evolved ...
Innovative claims-making and media diffusion: the case of Mexico City’s anti-monuments

Burger, Lona Marie Lauridsen (2020)

Since 2015, seven large metal structures, termed ‘anti-monuments’ (antimonumentos), have been placed by various civil society actors in Mexico City. Each commemorates a distinct grievance linked to claims of state culpability ...
Exploring persistent policy practices: Germany’s dispersal policy and the accommodation of asylum seekers

Pascucci, Hannah (2019)

This dissertation analyzes the apparent tension between the German dispersal policy practice and the allocation and accommodation of asylum seekers. Within the context of the 2015 ‘summer of welcome’, Germany received the ...
Machine learning for public policy making : how to use data-driven predictive modeling for the social good

Steuer, Fabian (2018)

Machine learning gives computers the ability to learn from data without being explicitly programmed. Due to its excellent prediction abilities, it has recently gained traction in economics, statistics and social sciences. ...
Rapid buses, rapid opinions : a frame analysis of the media coverage surrounding bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in Bogotá, Colombia and Jakarta, Indonesia

Jance IV, Benjamin (2018)

Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems are a popular form of urban transportation that can reduce congestion, are cost-efficient, can mitigate climate change via its high capacity busloads, and increase road efficiency (King, ...