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Poor communities in the Global South are reportedly the most vulnerable to consequences of climate change, such as natural disasters, droughts and floods, and loss of biodiversity. Vietnam is reported to be amongst the most vulnerable areas to climate change impacts. Thus, it is paramount to look into the government’s strategies for sustainable development. This project instrumentalizes post-development theory to critically analyze Vietnam’s discourse on sustainable development in order to gain a better understanding of the country’s development dynamics, as well as to investigate the assumptions and power relations underpinning discourse. Fattige samfund i det globale syd er angiveligt de mest sårbare over for konsekvenserne af klimaændringer, såsom naturkatastrofer, tørke og oversvømmelser og tab af biodiversitet. Vietnam er rapporteret at være blandt de mest sårbare områder over for klimaforandringer. Derfor er det altafgørende at se nærmere på regeringens strategier for bæredygtig udvikling. Dette projekt instrumentaliserer post-udviklingsteori til kritisk at analysere Vietnams diskurs om bæredygtig udvikling med henblik på at opnå en bedre forståelse af landets udviklingsdynamik, samt at undersøge de antagelser og magtforhold, der ligger til grund for diskursen.

The complexity of Value Chains (VCs) is one of the most important factors that leads to HumanRights (HR) violations, and women’s particular challenges are often overlooked bypolicy-makers addressing these violations. In this paper, we are conducting a case study onwomen in the agricultural sector of Argentina and the state of their “Capabilities”, and thepotential of EU trade policies to impact these Capabilities. For this purpose, we are investigatingthe potential of a Gender Mainstreaming (GM) approach in the EU’s proposal for a CorporateSustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which seeks to hold companies accountable fortheir adverse HR and environmental impacts. The research is using qualitative data, analysinginterviews with experts related to the agricultural sector of Argentina, and the CSDDD draft. Ourresults lead to the conclusion that the CSDDD proposal lacks a GM approach as it does notconsider the state of women’s Capabilities a Public Policy Problem. Moreover, the approach ofthe EU on GM is not enough to effectively address women’s challenges. Lastly, the EU and thecompanies affected by this directive should adopt a transformative approach to GM, and use aCapability approach in order to achieve their goal of mitigating Human Rights violations alongcompanies' VC.

In my third semester as a master’s student in Global Studies + Communication Studies at Roskilde University, I did a professional internship at the United Nations Population Fund (herby UNFPA) at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark. For six months, I worked in the Partnership and Communications department of the Supply Chain Management Unit (herby UNFPA SCMU) as a digital communication intern.My ambition has always been to be part of an organization that fights for human rights, gender equality, and better sexual and reproductive health care for all. Therefore, this internship was the perfect opportunity for me to not only explore this passion of mine but also to finally put in place all the knowledge that I’ve learned during the past few years at the University.Keywords: United Nations, Communication, Social Media, Human Rights

This study carries out a systematic review of state-of-the-art critiques of the Sustainable Development Goals, by drawing on theoretical insights from class analysis, Social Reproduction Theory, and World Systems Theory. We found extensive literature on the shortcomings of the SDGs. We singled out a study that addresses the SDGs’ role in the perpetuation of class-related struggles in a global capitalist system and used it to guide us through the literature review. Following from this, this study scrutinizes the interplay between class dynamics and the SDGs in relation to their role in addressing or perpetuating class-related concerns in capitalism.The basis of the above-mentioned theoretical framework enabled us to carry out an extensive analysis that not only includes a descriptive explanation of the state-of-the-art critiques of the SDGs but also allows them to present their own analytical theses. In this study, the consistent application of this theory revealed research gaps that can be found especially in the area of class theory and missing explorations of the world-system. There is a neglect of class perspectives in both locally specific and globally general perspectives on the SDGs, which partly takes place within a so-called intersectional framework. Moreover, within the critiques we found the world-system perspective missing completely. Particularly the integral connection between capitalism and imperialism was neglected as both an observation as well as an analytical framework within the state-of-the-art critiques. Some critiques found that SDGs contributed to accumulation of dispossession, but this study identifies that the reviewed literature does not contextualize the SDGs within the polarized patterns of the world-system. We suggest further research integrating a similar theoretical framework to explore the effects and motives of the SDGs within the world-system, how they interact with class relations, and how they might even influence class relations.

This paper, research how the Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) collaborating with Indonesia on a launch of an organic cheese in and how that promotes sustainable development with green private solutions, and how that can amplify climate diplomacy with the assumption that it has nothing to do with promoting climate issues but more being about promoting commercial interests. Former literature has answered how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark has evolved over the past 250 years and argues that diplomacy have become more commercialized. Other literature has presented how the domestic Indonesian market on dairy lack infrastructure, that makes it valuable for international companies to expand their markets to Indonesia. By using Economic sustainability, Social sustainability, Environmental sustainability, and Small State theory combined with process-tracing and document analysis, with documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark on the Framework Programme on SSC and peer reviewed articles. The paper discovered that doing diplomacy in this day of time, will have to connect both climate issues and commercial interest to solve today’s affairs, and strengthen the bilateral relations between countries.

The following project aims to investigate how states facilitate human and minority rights action in relation to effective participation through the case of the Irish Travellers. This study was conducted through a single case study of the Irish government’s key initiatives aimed at the protection of the Irish Travellers and their engagement with the wider society. Each of these key initiatives has been examined with the aim of uncovering how the concept of effective participation is represented in relation to the facilitation of engagement in both political and social life, and how these initiatives comply with the international obligations of the Irish state. The project concludes that the Irish government shows clear attempts at facilitating effective participation in both political and social life for the Irish Travellers, and that these efforts overall align with their international obligations.

Situated within the realm of biodiversity conservation, this study addresses the evolving global context marked by biodiversity loss, sustainable development imperatives, and the heightened significance of conservation initiatives. In response, Landscape Conservation has emerged, uniting diverse stakeholders to foster sustainable impact. However, the approach's complexity necessitates a thorough exploration of stakeholder dynamics, pivotal to conservation efforts. Centered on Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains, this research unravels intricate actor dynamics. Drawing on Actor-Network Theory, Environmental Justice, and conservation paradigms, the study unveils stakeholder roles, interactions, and expectations, exposing convergent and conflicting viewpoints. Through qualitative fieldwork, it captures perspectives of communities, NGOs, businesses, government, donors, and researchers, revealing a multifaceted tapestry shaped by economic, social, ecological, and political factors. The findings present controversies arising from actors’ self-identification versus ascribed roles, indicating clashes in expectations that hinder well-intentioned efforts. This research recognizes the need for harmonized perspectives, equitable partnerships, and the acknowledgment of power dynamics. Future research can further explore these dynamics by going beyond the Udzungwa Mountains, forging a stronger link between global goals and local implementation. Addressing power imbalances through a nuanced understanding of stakeholder dynamics could enhance conservation efficacy.

This project aims to investigate the issue of statelessness in different circumstances and how UN Conventions apply. It is done by examining academic articles, UNHCR reports, and different legislations. The analysis has been conducted with the use of international law and the liberal theory of citizenship to discover the significance of citizenship in relation to human rights. The discussion is built around the complexity of the issue and the notions of statelessness and human rights.This study argues that there are parts of the world where improving the situation of statelessness is difficult to achieve due to local realities, yet international organisations can still provide some assistance to stateless people and serve as an intermediary. We conclude that when aiming to resolve an issue as complex as statelessness, it is crucial to be aware of its multidimensionality and the challenges of applying international conventions in the local context.

This thesis explores the gender dimension of the African land question, contributing to debates regarding ‘African struggles for development’ and ‘African national projects’. Specifically exploring Mozambique, the Divine Council Meeting will present Mozambican rural women epistemologies on gender land inequalities, in the form of a counterstory, a method of Critical Race Theory. The thesis goes on to thicken these knowledges, and its connection regarding motherhood and resistance/care/spirituality/land. It also suggests the relevance in working with knowledges that survived ‘epistemicides’, arguing for a de-link with western and patriarchal imposed axiologies on land-owning. Moving the subject of the land question closer to rural women epistemologies is discussed throughout this thesis, with the objective of allowing for imagining alternative futures that are not built upon capitalist, patriarchal exploitative and racist ideologies.Keywords: African land question, epistemologies, knowledges, motherhood, care, resistance, feminism, spirituality, land, epistemicides, development, modernity

This thesis explores the construction of Russian national identity in the speeches of President Putin, in the context of the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and how these constructions are transmitted through television. The study engages with the concepts of "imagined communities" as proposed by Benedict Anderson, Identity Theory as understood by Wodak et al., and the concept of Critical Geopolitics as proposed by O' Tuathail. The research employs a combination of Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis and Laclau and Mouffe’s Discourse Analysis, to examine the question: How is Russian national identity constructed in Putin’s speeches and how is it projected by the First Channel?