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"Aantrekkelijkheidsfactoren van het Nijmeegse stadscentrum voor Nijmeegse studenten "
Get PDFStadscentra zijn dynamisch en veranderen voortdurend. Jongeren spelen hierin een erg belangrijke rol. De perceptie van jongeren wordt beïnvloedt dor digitalisering, behoeftes en de fysieke staat van het stadscentrum. De opkomst van online winkelen maakt dit nog zichtbaarder, bijvoorbeeld in de vorm van leegstand. Studenten vormen binnen deze doelgroep een onderbelichte doelgroep.
In de literatuur komen verschillende factoren naar voren die van invloed kunnen zijn op de aantrekkelijkheid van het Nijmeegse stadscentrum voor Nijmeegse studenten. Deze zijn onderverdeeld in drie hoofdcategorieën: voorzieningen & faciliteiten, fysieke kenmerken en sociale & culturele factoren. Verder zijn leegstand en verschillende persoonskenmerken meegenomen.
Concluderend kan worden gezegd dat Nijmeegse studenten het Nijmeegse stadscentrum vooral waarderen op levendige sfeer, een divers aanbod aan voorzieningen, veiligheid en de aanwezigheid van historische elementen
Internet Message Board Sentiments & Stock Returns: An Analysis of the MAGA Movement
Get PDFIn this current digital age investing in the stock market is increasingly more accessible to people across society, potentially leading to more activity on internet stock market message boards. I examine the impact of the content of over 69,000 messages, posted on the StockTwits platform, about 181 firms listed on the Russell 2000 index. The message sentiment and MAGA association are measured using a word matching model, to assign a single sentiment and MAGA association to each of the messages. I find that both negative message sentiments and positive MAGA associations immediately impact the daily stock returns of the Russell 2000 firms. While positive sentiments and negative MAGA associations possess a lagged effect on stock returns. These effects on stock returns are statistically significant but economically limited. Additionally, a heterogeneity analysis is carried out, indicating that the various industry sectors of the Russell 2000 firms influence the effects sentiments and MAGA associations have on stock returns. While times with exceptionally positive or negative message contents, do not significantly impact the effects on stock returns
A Comparative Analysis of Dominant Narratives Surrounding Nuclear-, Wind- and Solar Energy in Dutch Media Articles Before and After the Start of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Get PDFThis study looks at how the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war influenced narratives and discourse surrounding nuclear, wind and solar energy sources in Dutch media articles. It analyses 40 articles from six major Dutch news using the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA). Using a combined theoretical framework consisting of Framing Theory, Agenda-Setting Theory and Gramscian Theory, this study shows how framing of the different energy sources shifted. Previously, nuclear, wind and solar energy sources were mainly discussed in terms of climate goals and sustainability, as well as in terms of financials. However, following the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war, which triggered an energy crisis in Europe, narratives of energy independence and security emerged. Frames of sustainability now shared the stage with these security-based frames, and nuclear energy was framed as a much more favorable and realistic option in comparison to the months leading up to the start of the war. Additionally, narratives of risks and nuclear disasters were less visible in the months after the start of the armed conflict in Ukraine. Wind and solar were still framed as viable energy sources, but received more criticism; spatial limitation, grid congestion and reliability issues were now serious concerns within Dutch media articles
Explicit Declarative Grammar Knowledge: A Hidden Asset in Learning Foreign Languages
Get PDFMultilingualism is widely recognised for its cognitive, personal, professional, and cultural benefits, making foreign language (FL) learning a desirable goal for many. However, while some individuals acquire new languages with apparent ease, others face persistent challenges, even in similar learning environments. To better understand the factors underlying this variability, the present study examines how learners’ existing explicit declarative grammar knowledge (EDGK) and multilingual experience influence FL learning. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study integrates statistical analysis of learners’ performance on English EDGK and Croatian grammar tests with longitudinal classroom observations. Results show that learners with stronger EDGK and multilingual backgrounds acquire new FL concepts more efficiently, often relying on analytical reasoning and pattern recognition. In contrast, monolinguals and learners with weaker grammar foundations require more explicit instruction, time, and practice to reach comparable levels of proficiency. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening explicit grammar instruction in early education and tailoring FL instruction to account for learners’ diverse linguistic backgrounds
Counter-Radicalisation Policies of the United Kingdom and France: A Comparative Analysis of Strategies
No full textThis thesis investigates how the United Kingdom and France conceptualise and respond to jihadist radicalisation through their respective counter-radicalisation efforts. The strategies of the two countries reflect both notable similarities and meaningful differences, despite sharing similar structural traits and dealing with similar security concerns. While both countries point to Islamist extremism as the biggest threat, the UK adopts a preventive security risk frame, framing radicalisation as a pre-terrorist process, identifiable through behavioural indicators and ideological vulnerability. France, on the other hand, employs an identity threat frame, framing radicalisation as a threat to laïcité and national unity, legitimising a state-led ideological enforcement and restrictions on religious expression. Addressing a key research gap in comparative policy analysis, this study moves beyond existing literature by not only comparing policies but also explaining why these national differences exist.
A central argument of this thesis is explained through the conceptual model that links national context to policy outcomes through framing. To determine how jihadist radicalisation is framed and how national contexts influence these frames, the research employs this framework to conduct a a qualitative content analysis of policy documents; UK’s CONTEST and France’s Plan National de Prévention de la Radicalisation. The results show that framing directly informs the counter-radicalisation strategies, and is both shaped by and reflective of deeper institutional trajectories. This research contributes to a more nuanced understanding of counter-radicalisation strategies—offering insights into why policies either diverge or converge—through the lens of historical institutionalis
Environmental Performance Over Time: A Cross-Industry Comparison of Environmental Improvement
Get PDFThis thesis examines whether environmental performance has improved over time and whether high-emission industries have demonstrated greater improvement than low-emission industries. Using raw environmental data from the LSEG database, a new composite environmental score was constructed through Principal Component Analysis (PCA), enabling absolute comparisons over time and across sectors.
The results show statistically and substantively significant improvements in environmental performance in 2022 and 2023, confirming a trend of delayed improvement. High-emission industries improved more than low-emission industries in 2021 and 2022, but this effect was not consistent across all years and did not hold under all robustness checks.
This study contributes by addressing key methodological flaws in ESG research, especially the limitations of rank-based scores. It offers a replicable, indicator-based method to measure real environmental progress. While the results indicate meaningful improvements, they also reveal that performance gains are uneven and often context-specific
My Body, Your Weapon. The role of rape camps in the use of sexual violence as a strategic weapon for ethnic cleansing in the case study of Bosnia
Get PDFThe war in Bosnia broke out shortly after the independence declaration from former Yugoslavia. Bosnia is a multi-ethnic country mainly inhabited by Muslim Bosnians, Orthodox Serbs, and Catholic Croats. In the war of Bosnia between 1992 and 1995, the Ram plan was created by Serbs to cleanse Bosnia of Bosniaks ethnically. Rape was used as strategic weapon to serve three purposes (1) to create fear, (2) stigmatisation of survivors and (3) impregnation. This thesis will dive deeper into the role of the rape camps in the use of sexual violence as a strategic weapon for ethnic cleansing. Rape camps were quickly facilitated as a spatial technology to gain territorial control and to demonstrate symbolic and physical power differences in order to gain ethno-national security faster. The thesis will focus on the role of ethnonationalism, media coverage and military culture to provide a deeper understanding on how rape camps worked as a spatial technology. It will use qualitative data gathered by a data collection method of secondary data, with one additional expert interview to answer the research questions
Impact of the correction of social norms on moral judgment
Get PDFIn today’s world, individuals are constantly exposed to both true and false information, including misleading social norms. Past research has explored the influence of social norms on moral judgment. However, less is known about how people respond when those norms are later corrected. This study investigates the extent to which corrections of previously presented (false) descriptive social norms influence individuals’ moral judgments in moral dilemmas. A within-subject experimental survey design was used, in which 94 participants rated four moral dilemmas across three time points: (1) before seeing any social norm, (2) after being shown a descriptive norm, and (3) after a correction to that norm was presented. The four dilemmas had different contexts and characteristics. The social norm values were manipulated to initially represent high (65–84%) agreement, then corrected in the opposite direction to low (15–26%) agreement. The results show that corrected norms had a significant impact on moral judgment. The strength of these effects varied depending on the size of the deviation between participants’ judgment at the initial norm and the correction norm. These findings suggest that moral judgments are influenced by social norms and remain open to change when those norms are corrected.
Keywords: Moral judgment, Moral dilemma, Norm correction, Social norms, Within-Subject Desig
Germany’s Populist Surge: The Globalization Effect
No full textFor the first time since the Second World War, a different party than the CDU or the SPD became the second largest party in the German parliament. With the far-right populist AfD proclaiming the spot of second biggest German party, the question begs how even Germany, often considered as one of the most stable and least fragmented European nations, fell for the trap of what is called populism. This thesis investigates how individual-level perceptions of globalization, namely economic insecurity and cultural backlash, shape populist voting behavior in Germany. Motivated by the recent rise of both far-right (AfD) and far-left (Die Linke and BSW) populist parties, this research explores whether Germany reflects a broader international populist trend. Using multinomial logistic regression, the study examines the impact of globalization-related attitudes and the East-West divide on populist voting behavior. The results show that economic insecurity significantly predicts far-left populist support, while cultural backlash is a strong and consistent predictor of far-right populism. The former East-West divide that divided Germany during the Cold War emerges as a contextual factor influencing support for both populist orientations, underscoring the persistent regional cleavages in German politics. Ultimately, this thesis argues that populism in Germany is driven by a complex interplay of global anxieties and deeply rooted regional contexts, positioning the country within a broader global populist wave
Environmental justice as decolonization: rethinking justice in occupied Palestine
No full textIn November 2023, during the Amsterdam Climate March, Greta Thunberg invited a
Palestinian and Afghan guest speaker on stage. Thunberg argued that it is important to “listen
to the voices of those who are being oppressed”. Shortly after, she was disrupted by a man,
taking away her microphone saying: “I have come here for a climate demonstration, not a
political view”. This interruption was met with the following response, from Thunberg
herself as well as people from the crowd: “No climate justice on occupied land” (Middle East
Eye, 2023). This sentence is at the heart of this research: the possibility – or rather
impossibility – of environmental justice under conditions of systemic oppression