The European Union (EU) and the United States of America (US) are currently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). TTIP was launched in 2013. TTIP aims at developing trade rules under investment protection that encompasses arbitration as the method to resolve disputes …

This dissertation explores whether the German news media framework that is constructed around the issue of trafficking in human beings (THB) is biased or framed in terms of gender. The past decade has seen major developments in efforts towards the eradication of THB on an international and national …

In 1986, English became a compulsory subject in primary education in The Netherlands1. While secondary schools have, by law, been required to offer English since 1863 the articulation between Dutch primary and secondary education levels of English language teaching has always been problematic to the …

In this research report a port delay-analysis was created that showed the different ports where the Odin loaded and discharged. MV Odin is a general cargo ship which always sails in liner service. This means that MV Odin always loads and discharges in the same harbours. These harbours are in Oxelösund …

ABSTRACT. It is now generally accepted that the quality of the regulatory arrangements should be appraised not only by looking at the institutional design, but also by evaluating the factual enforcement and implementation of regulations. It is therefore advised that national governments take a more active …

The purpose of the study is to test whether Modified Cognitive Interviewing (MCI) is an effective method for detecting deceptive human eyewitness accounts in a computer-mediated communications with limited text space (such as in Twitter). The study is based on a previous study from Morgan, Christian, …

The European Arctic has been recently experiencing an upsurge in mining activities. This is reflected in an on-going interest from the industry, regulators and the public. However, current and future prospects are highly sensitive to mineral price fluctuations. The EU is a major consumer and importer …

This dissertation was written in order to examine whether or not there should be European legislation regarding honour crimes. This question has been answered via a comparison of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France. Before it became possible to answer the main research question several aspects …

A healthy lifestyle with healthy food are two ambitions many people cherish. In recent years, the process and components of attaining perfect health have received greater attention. New products regularly appear on the market with claims of supporting or achieving a healthy lifestyle. One of these product …

The purpose of this dissertation is to find out how Sanoma Media Netherlands B.V. is improving their customer engagement by using online native advertising. There are several measuring methods on how to examine the degree of customer engagement. The methods are based on the purpose of the advertisement. …