Doctoral Defences
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9th November 2018
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
鈥淯nequal Interdependencies: Exploring Power and Agency in Domestic Work Relations in Contemporary India鈥�
22nd June 2017
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
鈥淧ublic Participation in Tobacco Control Policy-making in Georgia鈥�.
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31st May 2017
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Child health and child care of very young children in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru".
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18th January 2017
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
鈥淭he power of context in health partnerships: Exploring synergy and antagony between external and internal ideologies in implementing Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) for HIV prevention in Botswana鈥�.
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28th October 2016
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
鈥淩esults-Based Financing (RBF) in the health sector of a low-income country. From agenda setting to implementation: The case of Tanzania鈥�.
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4th September 2015
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Intimate partner violence among adolescents in South Africa and Tanzania".
Lecture 4th September 2015: "What promotes healthy partner relationships among adolescents and the role of cultural context in intervention responses."
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19th May 2015
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"The Good Beating: Social norms supporting men鈥檚 partner violence in Tanzania."
Lecture 19th May 2015: "Discuss hegemonic social norms as 'non-state law' paying attention to the implications of the consent-coercion nexus in Gramsci's theory of hegemony with respect to women's resistance to the norms underpinning gender based violence."
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19th March 2015
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Child Care Practices, Resources for Care, and Nutritional Outcomes in Ghana: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys."
Lecture 19th March 2015: "In depth analysis of theoretical frameworks for understanding optimal child growth in developing country contexts."
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18th March 2015
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Child physical growth and care practices in Kenya: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys."
Lecture 18 March 2015: "A critical examination of the impact of HIV and the (frequently changing) WHO guidelines on 'HIV and infant feeding' on child feeding practices in Kenya."
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14th February 2013
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"At the frontiers of change? Women and girls鈥� pursuit of education in north-western Tigray, Ethiopia."
Lecture 14th February 2013: "What is visual anthropology that anthropology is not?"
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27th November 2012
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"The Social Context of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Uganda: Mothers鈥� and health care providers鈥� experiences and lessons for programme improvement."
Lecture 27th November 2012: "Challenges of offering lifelong antiretroviral therapy as a follow-on of programmes for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Uganda."
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27th November 2012
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"The experience of job engagement and self-care among Ugandan nurses and midwives."
Lecture 27the November 2012: "Theories of job engagement and the applicability on Ugandan nurses and midwives - Theoretical validity."
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9th November 2010
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Combining employment and child care: The subjective well-being of single women in Scandinavia and in Southern Europe."
Lecture 8th November 2010: "Exploring differences in well-being between single mothers in Scandinavia and Southern Europe with respect to gender roles, class and welfare state regimes."
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26th February 2009
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Education in a Political Context. A study of knowledge processes and learning sites in the PKK."
Lecture 25th February 2009: "Theoretical and methodological dilemmas in researching the educational practices of a militant movement like PKK."听
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5th October 2006
Title of Doctoral Dissertation:
"Voluntary HIV counselling and testing uptake among primary school teachers in Mwanza, Tanzania: assessment of socio-demographic, psychosocial and socio-cognitive aspects."
Lecture 4th October 2006: "The interpretation of held perceptions towards voluntary counselling and testing for HIV/AIDS: A cross cultural discourse."
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29th August 2006
Title of the Doctoral Dissertation
"Parental illness and loss to HIV/AIDS as experienced by AIDS orphans aged between 12-17 years from Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A study of the children鈥檚 psychosocial health and coping responses."
Lecture August 28th, 2006: "Suggestions for evidence-based government policy aimed at improving the quality of life of HIV/AIDS orphans in Tanzania."
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12th January 2006
Title of the Doctoral Dissertation
"Psychosocial discourses and responses to political violence in post-war Tigray, Ethiopia."
Lecture 11th January 2006: "Present and discuss recent psychological research on children's trauma reactions in western and non western cultures."