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Youth Voters in German Elections and Emissions by Länder
Get PDFThis study examines how levels of carbon emissions and particulate matter within 15 German states affect individuals, youth aged 18-24, vote choice for the Green Party in the 20th Bundestag election. An individual analysis is conducted by grouping individual voters into age cohorts to examine how likely that individual is to vote for the Green Party compared to voters in the 18-24 cohort. Specific factors are used on the individual level such as emissions levels, activism, worry for the climate, income, education, employment, occupation, and gender. An aggregate analysis is also utilized to compare the results on an individual level. The aggregate analysis examines the total vote share of each age group within a specific state who voted for the Green Party and how carbon emissions and particulate matter influences the overall vote share. I find that an individual who is between the ages of 18-24 has the greatest likelihood to vote for the Green Party when controlling for income, education, unemployment, gender, occupation, and variables such as state, age, particulate matter, and activism. I find no significance between the relationship of an individual and their likelihood to vote for the Green Party when analyzing carbon emissions within the individual analysis. Similarly a non significant relationship is found on the aggregate level between the Green Party’s vote share and carbon emissions. On the aggregate level I also find a significant decrease in the Green Party’s vote share within age cohorts 35 and over, which highlights differences between age groups on the aggregate and individual level.Bachelor of Art
Creating Sanctuary: The global struggle to categorise and protect refugees from 1948-1967.
Get PDFThis thesis endeavours to trace the evolution of refugee rights from 1948-1967, explaining how and why change has occurred. The thesis uses historical case studies such as the Palestinian refugee crisis (1948), the Hungarian refugee crisis (1956) and the Congo refugee crisis (1960-1965) to show how specific historical events became drivers of the change in refugee rights. Bachelor of Art
Tracking the Tipping Point: Water Stress in Southeastern U.S. Water Basins Under a Changing Climate
Get PDFWater availability in the Southeastern United States is becoming increasingly variable due to the intensification of the hydrological cycle such that precipitation and evaporation have become more extreme and variable. This means that the region experiences more intense rainfall events, higher rates of evaporation, and consequently, more pronounced episodes of both flooding and drought. This process of intensification is largely driven by climate change. Rising temperatures are altering precipitation patterns—affecting not just the volume, but also the timing and intensity of rainfall events. These shifts pose significant risks to agricultural systems, urban infrastructure, and ecological stability in a region characterized by dense population centers and substantial agricultural output. This thesis evaluates long-term trends in water availability across HUC8 basins in the Southeastern U.S. by integrating monthly (1895–2024) precipitation data with potential evapotranspiration rates and population-driven water demand. By incorporating these variables, the study constructs a climatological water balance to assess the sustainability of water supplies at a regional management scale.
The analysis reveals increasing interannual precipitation variability, along with heightened occurrences of extreme rainfall and droughts. While total precipitation has not uniformly declined across all basins, the mismatch between water supply timing and peak demand periods has intensified. Simultaneously, rising evapotranspiration—particularly during extended warm seasons—has reduced net water availability. In many rapidly urbanizing basins, impervious surface expansion has further exacerbated stormwater runoff and diminished groundwater recharge, compounding water stress. Moreover, population growth has led to significant increases in per capita water demand, amplifying basin-level vulnerabilities.
This study highlights the pressing need for localized, data-driven water management strategies that integrate hydrological, climatic, and demographic factors. Findings suggest that traditional metrics, such as annual precipitation totals, are insufficient for capturing the nuances of regional water stress. Instead, more granular assessments that consider evapotranspiration, population growth, and seasonal dynamics provide a more accurate understanding of water supply risk. This research contributes to a growing body of work that emphasizes the importance of watershed-scale climate adaptation and offers insights for policymakers, conservationists, and water resource managers striving to balance human and ecological water needs in a changing climate
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Dementia Knowledge & Caregiver Burden in Rural Eastern Uganda and Its Association with the Mental Health of Older Adults
Get PDFINTRODUCTION: Dementia is a significant challenge for low- and middle-income countries. Caring for an older adult can result in adverse effects known as caregiver burden. This study investigates the association between caregiver’s dementia knowledge and caregiver burden and the association between caregiver burden and the mental health of older adults aged 60 or over in rural eastern Uganda.
METHODS: Data used for this project was from a larger cross-sectional door-to-door study. Older adults and caregivers (n=598) from selected households were interviewed using structured questionnaires.
RESULTS: We found higher dementia knowledge was a risk factor for caregiver burden and caregiver depression. Caregiver burden was a risk factor for older adult anxiety while caregiver depression was a risk factor for older adult depression and anxiety.
DISCUSSION: Our findings highlight the need for dementia education interventions and improved mental health care to improve caregiver and older adult mental health outcomes in rural Uganda.Bachelor of Scienc
Priming Nonbinary They in a Storytelling Context
Get PDFThe use of nonbinary they has recently become more common. As a result, many people’s pronoun systems are undergoing an adaptation to the new form. Previous studies have demonstrated that some people demonstrate difficulty when producing nonbinary they (Arnold et al., 2024). It is possible that priming is a mechanism for gaining proficiency with nonbinary they. This experiment employed the use of a priming mechanism for a storytelling task where participants finish telling a story based on a cartoon illustration. The experimenter also performed the task, referring to a nonbinary character either exclusively by their name or by using nonbinary they. Participants were more likely to use pronouns, for nonbinary and binary characters, in the Pronoun Prime condition than the Name Prime condition. There was a marginal interaction between the priming condition and binary/nonbinary target condition. More participants made at least one gender error in the Name Prime condition.Bachelor of Scienc
“In This Small Community, You Can Exist in Peace”: Embodied Creative Expression and Space in Cairo’s Experimental Electronic Music Underground
Get PDFThis thesis centers around five in-depth interviews with organizers, artists, and musicians involved in Cairo’s experimental electronic underground scene. Drawing from these interviews, it explores the relationship between creative expression, space, and community within Cairo. This project aimed to answer the questions: How does Cairo’s experimental electronic scene create alternative spaces for self-expression? In what ways does it resist the state-controlled cultural sphere and mainstream modes of production? In answering these questions, I examine the connections between music and embodiment, the construction of alternative communities, and the production of space. Accordingly, I argue that Cairo’s experimental underground offers spaces for artistic creation outside mainstream production channels, allowing artistic work to operate as an extension of the artist’s self and fostering new forms of community and belonging within the city.Bachelor of Art
A NEW KIND OF THEOREM
Get PDFA NEW KIND OF THEOREM is a book-length collection of poetry written in the course of an Honors Thesis in Creative Writing [Poetry].Bachelor of Art
WHY DO WE DO THE WORK THAT WE DO? A NORMATIVE & EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS & WORK CHOICE
Get PDFWhy do we do the work that we do? And what, if anything, keeps us from fulfilling work?
I explore this question and its relationship with socioeconomic status via two lenses.
First, I make a normative claim about the role of socioeconomic status in our decisions over our work, based on a theory of economic self-realization. I claim that, in some circumstances, socioeconomic status can lead to unjust constraints upon our decisions about our economic means in pursuit of our ends. These unjust constraints should concern us, as they constrain individuals’ opportunities to achieve their full potentials and express their agencies. This claim underpins the second, empirical lens, which is based on original survey data on the career decision-making process of graduating undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Respondents' preferences over the role of 10 potential considerations in their choice of career were regressed on a composite measure of their socioeconomic status in order to see if there was a significant relationship between their socioeconomic status and the factors that go into their career decision-making. The results of the study imply, intuitively, that the career choice of those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds may be constrained by the need for stability in material circumstances; the results also suggest that those from the middle socioeconomic groups may be constrained by reputational and social status pressures, in line with existing literature. The study also finds that respondents from the highest socioeconomic group seemed to not factor these constraining considerations (be it monetary or social) as heavily compared to every other socioeconomic group. I tentatively interpret the results of the survey as providing some initial empirical evidence for the claim that socioeconomic status can and does impose unjust constraints upon individuals’ career decision-making processes, for all groups except the highest. Areas for further exploration, including the question of how to mitigate these potential injustices, are then discussed.Bachelor of Art
Football on the frontlines: the unjust burden of the climate crisis on Pacific Island nations
Get PDFOceania is a region which contributes little to anthropogenic causes of climate change yet bears many of its most immediate burdens. This can be demonstrated through football in the region as several member associations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) are threatened by rising sea levels, floods, heat and other climate harms while lacking the organisational capacity to adapt to climate change. Using a climate justice lens to understand this disparity, this study provides a climate impact assessment to the OFC and its member associations. Focus groups and interviews with key stakeholders were used to assess organisational climate capacity with a goal of addressing the climate changed future of football in this region. Findings suggest all member associations are at risk of high heat and coastal flooding while others may face heavy rains and wildfires. Member associations are highly aware of their climate risks but lack many of the organisational resources necessary to adapt. This inherently demonstrates the injustice faced by this region as it is an immediate victim of climate change
Mini Mart Study Location and Parking Guide
Get PDFThis Mini Mart study location and parking guide provides participants with driving directions and directions for arriving by bus to the study location.