Master’s Theses
Master's theses written in the field of GenDip.
2026
Ruth Rahmann. COMMITMENT PROMISED – COMMITMENT PARTLY ACHIEVED. How Feminist Foreign Policies increase the number of female ambassadors but do not break the glass ceiling.
2025
Bence Juhász. PERFORMING SEXUALITY ON THE DIPLOMATIC STAGE A Comparative Study of Openly Gay Ambassadors in Hungary and Spain.
2023
Emma Olsson. DOES COMMITMENT LEAD TO ACTIONS? - The Impact of Feminist Foreign Policy on Aid Allocation and Female Ambassadorship.
2022
Vendela Lundskog. THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE AND GENDER PROMOTION - A comparative text analysis of how the EEAS adapts its gender promotion messages to audiences in the west and east.
2021
- Kristina Gurok. SMOOTH OPERATORS? - Ambassadors’ Engagement in Pride parades.
- Salima Ismayilzada. IS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TOO HARD FOR AZERBAIJANI WOMEN? - MFA Azerbaijan as A Gendered Institution.
- Tove Wikehult. THE EXPERIENCES OF DIPLOMATS POSTED IN HARDSHIP COUNTRIES – A GENDERED STORY? - Interviews with diplomats posted in Kabul and Baghdad.
2020
- Iryna Mikhnovets. FOREIGN POLICY AND ITS FRAMING TO DIFFERENT AUDIENCES - A qualitative study of Swedish feminist foreign policy communication in four countries.
- Moa Haeggblom. OH, HOW PRETTY YOU WOMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY - A qualitative perspective on how female internal mediators in Colombia view gender as affecting their influence in peace negotiation.
2018
- Signe Stahlénius. I GOT 99 AMBASSDORS, BUT A WOMAN AIN’T ONE. - A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Relationship between Female Representation in Parliament and the Gender Distribution among Ambassadors.
- Ani Dimitrova. Women in diplomacy: equal or different? The impact of the gender equality and the economic status on ambassador appointments.
2017
Moez Dharsani. Institutional Gender Patterns in the European External Action Service.