Public defences

Aji Prasetya Wahyu Utama will defend the thesis Displacing Poverty or Displacing Capital? An Investigation into the Role of Credit Unions in Socio-economic Development among Palm Oil Farmers in West Kalimantan. Aji has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Global Development and Planning.

Meseret Assefa Adamu will defend the thesis "Temporal Dynamics of Cybersecurity Culture Amid Rapid Digital Transformation". Meseret has followed the PhD programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Informations Systems.

Rukia M. Pazi will defend the thesis "Global Public Values on the Move: Processes, actors and the institutional effects in the Global South. A Study of Equity in Health in Tanzania". Pazi has followed the PhD programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Public Administration.

Pragyan Thapa will defend the thesis (Re)imagining the visions of smart rural development initiatives. Thapa has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Information Systems.

Pouria Akbarighatar will defend the thesis Enacting Responsible AI in Organizations: A Sociotechnical Perspective. Akbarighatar has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Information Systems.

Solomon Kebede Gebremeskel will defend the thesis:
"Between the Global North and the Global South. Journalists’ Role Perception in the Ethiopian Diaspora Evolving Hybrid Media Practices". Solomon has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Global Development and Planning.

Stefan Schmager will defend the thesis "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Design Principles for Public Services". Schmager has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Information Systems.

Aleksandar Avramovic will defend the thesis "Great expectations and even greater societal responsibility? A study on academic work and societal responsibility in Norwegian higher education". Avramovic has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Public Administration.

Lucia Castro Herrera will defend the thesis "Resilience Through Crisis Management Transitions: A process organization study of support information systems in public service, the case of social media analytics". Herrera has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Information Systems.