Finished Master-Thesis by Supervisors EMGS/MAGHGS
Note: MAGHGS = Master Global History and Global Studies at the University of Vienna
Augustynowicz, Christoph:
- Isayev, Ismayil: The European Union and Azerbaijan Relations: Eastern Neighbourhood and Energy Cooperation Perspectives. Vienna, 2011.
- Mahmudova, Fidan: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the South Caucasus. Vienna, 2011.
- Pilipeno, Xenia: Was Mennonite and Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth century driven by non-economic factors? Vienna, 2010.
Bachmann, Klaus:
- Heller, Bettina: Favoring Retribution? A Study on the factors Influencing the Choice of the Transitional Justice Approach in the Aftermath of the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 – 1996. Vienna, 2011.
Borkert, Maren:
- Falci, Paula: Securitization of Migration Policies in Italy. Vienna, 2011.
Dannecker, Petra:
- Hendow, Maegan: Iraqi Diaspora and Temporary Return Migration: The Role of Opportunity, Motivation and Expectation. Vienna, 2010
Drekonja, Gerhard:
- Bushek, Ryan: National oil companies and petroleum states. Challenges of governance and effective management of sovereign wealth. Vienna, 2007.
- Clapp, Katrina:The endurance of a troubled partnership. Europe, the United States and the Transatlantic Alliance. Vienna, 2008.
- Ramamurthy, Subramanian: The future of non-proliferation in the light of nuclearization of India. Vienna, 2007.
Edelmayer, Friedrich:
- Abilov, Shamkhal: Legal Status of the Caspian Sea and Delimitation Dispute Between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Vienna, 2011.
- Emerson, Seth: African Priests in the US: A Process of Reverse Missions. Vienna, 2011.
- Goerens, Stephanie: Kanadas Politik des Multikulturalismus vor dem Hintergrund der kanadischen Immigrationsgeschichte, 2011 (MAGHGS)
- Maunze, Esther: Kenya, From Decolonization to Democracy: The Kenyatta-Moi Years, Vienna, 2010
- Markle, Katherine: Influenza Pandemics of the Twentieth Century: An Analysis of their Chinese Origins. Vienna, 2010.
- Mekonnen, Mulugeta Bezabih: Land Tenure Reforms in the Highlands of Ethiopia. Vienna, 2011.
- Kirsch, Charles: Cádiz - Zentrum der atlantischen Welt Die Carrera de Indias und die Vernetzungsprozesse der frühen Neuzeit, 2012 (MAGHGS)
- Wondemagegnehu, Dawit Yohannes: An exploratory study of harmonization of conflict early warning in Africa. Vienna, 2009.
Ehmer, Josef:
- Reisner, Clemens: “Internationale Arbeitsmigration und Gewerkschaftspolitik: die österreichisch-türkische Interaktion 1965-1990″, 2010 (Magisterstudium Globalgeschichte)
- Schattenkirchner,Sophie: “Jetzt ist die Zeit und Stunde da. Wir reisen nach Amerika”: Migrationen aus Bayern in die USA zwischen 1848 und 1952, aufgezeigt an fünf Lebensgeschichten aus Altbayern, 2013 (MAGHGS)
Englert, Birgit:
- Bell, Andrew: One law on the books, another on the ground: Land tenure and land markets in late- and post-colonial Kenya and Rwanda. Vienna, 2011.
Won the Price for the Best Master Thesis of the Year 2011 from the Consortium of the Erasmus Mundus Programme “Global Studies – A European Perspective”. - Maunze, Rumbidzai: A History of Debates on Sexuality in Zimbabwe. Vienna, 2009.
Fröschl, Thomas:
- Stirrat,Daniel Paul: The Darien Scheme and the Union of 1707 between Scotland and England, 2010 (MAGHGS)
Gärtner, Heinz:
- Podopinska, Tetyana: NАTО-RUSSIА SECURITY CОUNCIL аnd NАTО SUMMIT 2009. Vienna, 2009.
- Sahini, Thayyib K. M.: Security, power and politics of nuclear energy. A comprehensive security analysis of the US-India civil nuclear cooperation. Vienna, 2007.
Gerlich, Peter:
- Manepalli, Jayaraj: Emergence of supra-national organisations. Vienna, 2008.
Gerstl, Alfred:
- Chaudhuri, Bidisha: Global Governance. A route to governing globalization. Vienna, 2007.
- Razalli, Farizal Mohd: East Asian regional integration. the journey since the failure of the eaeg. Vienna, 2007.
- Wynhamer, Annaka: Globalization of Indonesia before and after the Asian financial crisis. Vienna, 2007.
Grandner, Margarete:
- Arejola, Philip: Protest Transnationalization and Issue Framing in the European Social Movement Context. Vienna, 2011.
- Corcoran, Judith: A Fourth Wave? Emigration from Ireland in the wake of the global financial crisis. Vienna, 2011.
- Dunham, Hannah: Resettlement and Beyond: Civil Engagement in the Integration of Burmese Refugees into U.S. Society. Vienna, 2011.
- Kawamura, Hideki: East Asian integration. Destined to fail? Vienna, 2007.
- Klein, Richard: Joint Strike Fighter J-35. A case study. Vienna, 2007.
- Maher, Kimberly: Actions and Reactions. The Dialectic Formation of Sustainable Capitalism in the Industrial Age and Globalization. Vienna, 2008.
- Mos, Martijn: Conflicted Normative Power Europe: The European Union and Sexual Minority Rights, Vienna, 2010.
Won the Price for the 2nd Best Master Thesis of the Year 2010 from the Consortium of the Erasmus Mundus Programme “Global Studies – A European Perspective”. - Starrico, Juan Ignacio: The French May and the Shift of Paradigm of Collective Action. Vienna, 2011.
- Stelmaszek, Barbara: Gender Equality in the Afghanistan National Development Strategy. Vienna, 2011.
Grünberg, Georg:
- Carvalho Bastone, Paula de: Educação de uma perspectiva Freiriana como um Direito Humano estudo de caso: Sertão Nordestino Brasileiro. Vienna, 2008.
- Lopez-Fogues, Aurora: La construcción del Espacio de Educación Superior América Latina, el Caribe y la Unión Europea. Una apuesta por el diálogo y la cooperación euro-latinoamericanas. Vienna, 2008.
- Trevisi, Carolina: Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN): A Case of “Sceptical Post-Development” in the Colombian Pacific. Vienna, 2008.
Günay, Cengiz:
- Urbanikova, Andrea: Islamic Activism Organization Theory Approach and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Vienna 2011.
Heiss, Gernot:
- Gorlenko, Kateryna: Art to Collect Art: Acquisition Policies of Museums of Modern Art from 1980s to the Present. Vienna, 2010.
Höll, Othmar:
- Fredj, Sabrina: An Analysis of the Environmental Concern within the Common Agricultural Policy. Vienna, 2010.
Höbelt, Lothar:
- Villa, Josef: “Evaluation of the Economic, Constitutional and Social Discourses between Britain and the New England Colonies between 1763 and 1767.”, 2011 (Magisterstudium Globalgeschichte)
Husa, Karl:
- Dormann, Franziska: Analysis on three Informal Settlements in Africa – Khayelitsha (Cape Town), Kibera (Nairobi) and Manshiet Nasser (Cairo). Vienna 2010
Kaller – Dietrich, Martina:
- Agola, June: Aid policies and trade in developing countries: Case study on Kenya Horticulture Export. Vienna, 2011.
- Ash, Lindsay: Plants, Patents and Power: Reconceptualising the property environment in seeds in the 19th and 20th centuries. Vienna, 2009.
- Bajpai, Anandita: The Catholic Church as an Education Provider in Puerto Rico 1948-1960. Vienna, 2008.
- Eraso Quintero, Lina Maria: El nuevo moviemento social de los Zapatistas y las contradicciones de un café autonómo dentro de la globalización. Vienna, 2007.
- Grueter, Dana: The Impact of Marketing on the Development of Bourgeois Culture in Eighteenth Century Britain, and the Case for Tea. Vienna 2011.
- Kepkiewicz, Lauren: Choices, Constraints and Changing Diet during the Colonial Period: A Case Study of the Maasai and Ki-kuyu. Vienna, 2010.
- Misleh, Denise: Agricultura sostenible – resistencia y autonomía campesina en tiempos de globalización. Un análisis basado en experiencias campesinas del estado de Oaxaca, México. Vienna, 2011.
Won the Price for the 2nd Best Master Thesis of the Year 2011 from the Consortium of the Erasmus Mundus Programme “Global Studies – A European Perspective”. - Music, Goran: 1968 movements in Belgrad and Mexico City. A comparative analysis. Vienna 2008.
- Nirgudkar, Nandita: Alternative to Schooling. Vienna, 2008.
Komlosy, Andrea:
- Cruz Cobarrubias, Princess Mae dela: Actors, interests, and expectations of the Filipino labour migration to Vienna, Austria early 1970’s-2007. Vienna, 2007.
- Devoy, Bridget: The Steel Hangover. Regional revitalization in post-steel Pittsburgh and Sheffield. Vienna, 2009.
- Kuan, Ya-Hui: Politics of Asylum in Western Europe: Case of the United Kingdom. Vienna 2011.
- Thomat, Ana-Laura: Ideologies of Identities in the Global Cultural Economy. Vienna, 2008.
Lehner, Erich:
- Weiler,Desiree: Synkretismen im Sakral- und Profanbau Javas. Eine globalgeschichtliche Perspektive, 2012 (Magisterstudium Globalgeschichte)
Lehner, Georg:
- Ewen, Caroline: Großbritannien & China 1793-1842. Vom Teehandel zum “Opiumkrieg”: Der Handel in Canton im frühen 19. Jahrhundert aus britischer und französischer Sicht, 2010 (MAGHGS)
Mährdel, Christian:
- Schiemer, Margarita: Hybride Identität im Sikhismus? Sikhs im Kolonialen Indien. Vienna, 2008.
Mattl, Siegfried:
- Baskina, Anastasia: From Image to Brand: Marketing Policy of the City of Vienna. Vienna, 2010.
- Cardenas, Alexander: Football: Origins, Paths and New Dimensions. Vienna, 2010
- Elmaco, Jenny Lind: Democracy in Latin America and Asia through Transregional Actors Engagement with Civil Society: Case Study of FEALAC and Goles por La paz. Vienna 2010.
- Mondal, Amrita: Hyperreal world of simulation. The consumption of Bollywood in Vienna. Vienna, 2007.
- Wohlfahrt, Gisela: Memory, Ethics and Dark Tourism - The contested historical heritage of Anlong Veng District, Cambodia. Vienna, 2010.
Mückler, Hermann:
- Kalina, Michael: A less primordialist view on Fijian nationalism, 2011 (MAGHGS)
Nowak, Manfred:
- Tamvada, Sirish Subramanya: Whose Responsibility? Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the Security Council. Vienna 2010
Nowotny, Thomas:
- Li, Yiran: Global Governance and China’s Participation. Vienna 2010.
Pokorny, Lukas:
- Rang,Seon-Young: Die Transferabilität traditionell konfuzianisch geprägter Erziehung und Wertevermittlung in die westliche Kultur. Eine qualitative Untersuchung am Beispiel der zweiten Generation südkoreanischer Immigranten in Wien, 2012 (MAGHGS)
Raffer, Kunibert:
- Lorenz, Ulrike: Microlending institutions in Western European countries. A comparative study of performance conditions in France, Spain and Germany. Vienna 2007.
Rathkolb, Oliver:
- Mayock, Jennifer: The Impact of the US Global War on Terror on Moroccan and Algerian Security. Vienna 2009.
- Steff, Joseph: The Discrepancies of U.S. Foreign Policy: Realism versus Liberalism and Policy versus Rhetoric during the Presidencies of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. Vienna 2011.
- Wyatt, Claire: Getting Away with Genocide? Transitional Justice in Cambodia through a (post) Cold War Lens, 2011 (MAGHGS)
Reinprecht, Christoph:
- Wang, Kuo-Chiang: Second-Generation Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Vienna: Identities and Economic Activities. Vienna, 2008.
Sarr, Amadou Lamine:
- Tschirhart, Christian: Hegemonic? Chinese and European discourses on development in sub-Saharan Africa. Vienna, 2011.
Sauer, Birgit:
- Firtin, Erol: Muslims in Making of Europe: Citizenship and Public Sphere. Vienna, 2010.
Sauer, Walter:
- Gorski, Anna: From freedom fighters to governors. Involvement of youth in south African liberation movements in the 20th century. Vienna, 2009.
Schicho, Walter:
- Cupido, Mikhaila: Internal Displacement in Darfur: Actors or Victims in the Current Conflict. Vienna, 2008.
- Loubser, Reinet: Human Trafficking In Southern Africa. Vienna, 2009.
- Musau, Berita: Ethnic Conflicts and Transition to Democracy in Africa: Recurrence of Ethnic Conflicts in Kenya (1991-2008). Vienna, 2008
Won the Price for the Best Master Thesis of the Year 2008 from the Consortium of the Erasmus Mundus Programme “Global Studies – A European Perspective” - Priewasser, Robert: “Between Authoritarian Rule and Shura: Participatory Elements and Traditions in the Egyptian State since the 19th Century”, 2012 (MAGHGS)
Schmitt, Oliver:
- Vorpsi, Irida: Rhetorik und Kommunikation in der Albanischen Politik. Vienna, 2009.
Seidl, Monika:
- Kang, Chia-Ching: Exoticism and Non-White Fashion Models – A Thematic Approach. Vienna, 2011.
Singh, Simron Jit:
- Kakkar, Deepti: Small Change. Is Microfinance capable of eliminating poverty and empowering women? Vienna, 2010
- Parthasarathy, Dharini: Rethinking the Role of Biofuels in Combating Climate Change: the European Union’s Search for a Sustainable Biofuels Policy. Vienna, 2011
- Rockenschaub, Lena: The medicalization theory in a discourse of knowledge production under neoliberal conditions. Vienna, 2009.
Sonderegger, Arno:
- Lukasiewicz,Mariusz: Integrating the South African economy into the British Empire: South African Gold on the Witwatersrand and its Imperial Consequences, 2011 (MAGHGS)
Stadler, Friedrich:
- Schaffellner,Barbara Elisabeth: Der Gesetzesbegriff bei Edgar Zilsel und Hans Kelsen, 2013 (MAGHGS)
Steinbacher, Sybille:
- Schneider,Christhard: Die Rolle der O5 während des Krieges und danach, 2012 (MAGHGS)
Trappl, Richard:
- Lysaght,Sean Padraig: “Repräsentation und Rezeption - Chinesische Selbstdarstellung im chinesischen Film. Ein Vergleich ausgewählter Filme des frühen 21. Jahrhunderts, 2011 (MAGHGS)
Unfried, Berthold:
- Maiwald,Ulrike: Der Begriffswandel von der “Entwicklungshilfe” zur “Entwicklungszusammenarbeit” am Beispiel der BRD, 2012 (MAGHGS)
Vielhaber, Christian:
- Khoroshavina, Sofya: Sustainable Tourism in Russia. Vienna, 2010.
Vries, Peer:
- Benirschke,Lea: “The Influence of Electricity on Socio-Economic Development”, 2010 (MAGHGS)
- Geibel,Madeleine: Commodity Chains and Gentlemanly Capitalism: A Study of the Service Sector in the British Empire, 1688-1850, 2012 (MAGHGS)
- Gruber, Carmen: At the Edges of the Pacific: Waht the California School means for Japan, 2010 (MAGHGS)
- Hurst, Ashley: One World? The Importance of World History in Modern Geopolitical Discourse. Vienna, 2008.
- Zheng, Jing: Why Manchester but not Hangzhou? A Case Study of the State’s Role in the Divergence of the Textile Industry in the Southern Song Dynasty and Britain. Vienna, 2011
Vocelka, Karl:
- Mustafa, Fahad: Cricket and Globalization. Global Processes and the imperial Game. Vienna, 2009.
Won the Price for the Best Master Thesis of the Year 2009 from the Consortium of the Erasmus Mundus Programme “Global Studies – A European Perspective”.
Wakounig, Marija:
- Penz, Christine: Wende in Jugoslawien. Erinnerung an den Sozialismus, 2009 (Magisterstudium Globalgeschichte)
Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne:
- Chang, Yung Yung: Is Japanese Colonization Unique: A Prelude of East Asian Regionalism. Vienna, 2010.
- Engelhardt, David: The great leap towards African mass demand, diversification and sustainable economic growth. How China shapes African trade, fiscal and monetary policy ; towards a new era of development aid. Vienna, 2009.
- Lehman, Jacob: Re-evaluating Traditional Belief Systems in Global Diaspora: New Confucianism and Ba’alei Teshuvah Judaism Examined. Vienna, 2008
- Neubauer, Katja: New Partners in Africa? A Comparative Analysis of China and India’s Engagement in Africa. Vienna, 2008.
- Tang, Xiaomin: Heading towards Sustainable Development. Does Green GDP have a Future in China? Vienna, 2011
- Weber, Lydia: “The Pacific War Remembered in Film: Myth-Constructing in Global Contexts. Two Comparative Case Studies.”, 2011 (Magisterstudium Globalgeschichte)
- Wei, Wenfeng: Comparative Perspective on Collective Ownership and Land Distribution in China – Is Privatization a Solution? Vienna 2010
Wimmer, Franz
- Ahmed,Sarra: “A Perspective of the Arab - Islamic Political Philisophy of the 18th and 19th Centuries: An Examination of Egypt¿s Religion - Politics Problematic”, 2010 (MAGHGS)
Zach, Michael:
- Miyandazi, Faith: Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers…A Global Challenge to Child Rights Realisation: The Case of Sudan. Vienna, 2010.
Zimmermann, Susan:
- Löhr,Angelika Maria,Internationale Strategien zur Prävention moderner Sklaverei in den 1990er Jahren und im 21. Jahrhundert, 2009 (Magisterstudium Globalgeschichte)

