The purpose of this page is to provide you with examples of ESST thesis written by students in the programme. Below you find links to thesis written in connection to several of the specializations, and digitally published. New thesis will be made available annually.
Christopher McCart (2003), University of Linköping – Systems of Innovation. Enhancing A Knowledge Strategy Through Informal Arrangements
Ekin Arca (2004), University of Strasbourg. – The Politics of Knowledge: Assessing and Communicating Risk. Science Communication Model of Turkey:The Importance of the Role of Scientific Journalism
Janina Schirmer (2004), University of Strasbourg – The Politics of Knowledge: Assessing and Communicating Risk. Nanotechnology in context: Science, non-governmental organisations and the challenge of communication
Erik Wale (2005), University of Strasbourg – The Politics of Knowledge: Assessing and Communicating Risk. The concept of risk in Norwegian risk-prevention politics: an analysis of the report from the “Vulnerability Commission”
Jo Anders Heir (2003), Maastricht University – Technological Culture. Making Sense of the Technological Onslaught: Observation on the Mobile Telephone in the Age of Constant Adaptation
Patrick Becker (2003), Maastricht University – Technological Culture. The Essence of Emotion: Knowledge-Making and Entity-Shaping in Scientific Practice
Christian Lundestad (2003), Maastricht University – Technological Culture. Pleasure and Pain: Drift and Vulnerability in Software Systems
Annette Zimmerman (2004), Maastricht University- Bridiging the technological Divide. Internet in the developing world: finding the social link between technology and development in Peru
Irene Olaussen (2002), Maastricht University- Bridiging the technological Divide. Who gets to count as a Rational Actor in the Courts and Cases of GMOs?
Johanna Ulmanen (2001), Maastricht University- Bridiging the technological Divide. A Comparative Analysis of Dutch and Swedish Biotechnology Aid Policies
Stian Nygaard (2003), University of Oslo – Globalisation, Innovation Processes and Innovation Policies. Innovation in fuel cells and related hydrogen technology in Norway: patents and knowledge Interactions in a system of innovation
Hans Erik Næss (2004), University of Oslo – Nature, Culture, Science and Technology. Cosmopoles: how culture matters to innovation, urban development and economic growth
Pham Thi Bich Ha (2006), Lund University. Vietnam’s tea processing industry in the context of economic integration – A case study of a regional innovative cluster
Michael Sefcik (2007), Lund University. Examining the quality and applicability of knowledge transfers at a university-based conference: A case study of the 10th World Business Dialogue in Cologne, Germany
Susanne Breum (2007), Lund University. Diffusion of EU-funded Research Results: The Role of Internal Determinants
Karolin Sjöö (2008), Lund University. The Influence of Uncertainty on Venture Capital Investments in Renewable Energy Technology: an exploratory study
Karel Svačina (2009), University of East London. Investigating Openness of an “Open” Mobile Operating System: the case of Android
Marie-Katharine Traunfellner (2009), University of East London. ERA-Nets’ Contribution towards a European Research Area
Piret Tönurist (2009), University of Tallin. Small States, Innovation Systems andGlobalisation.
Vasileios Kostakis (2009) University of Tallin. Towards Open Source Democracy: The Emergence of Wikipolitics’
Kairi Madisson (2010) University of Tallin. Networking in Biotechnology and Information and Communication Technology Sectors Based on the Example of Spin-Offs of Tallinn University of Technology’
Local databases, with more theses:
Maastricht University
University of Oslo
