Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Conflict Induced Displacement: Analysing Perceptions of Conflict and Shifts in Political Orientation among the Youth of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Borderland, North Waziristan
Published 2024The aim of this research is to study how perceptions of conflict among the youth of North Waziristan (which sits on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan) have changed in political orientation within a short ...USyd AccessThesis -
Essays on Promotions, Incentives, and Career Concerns
Published 2024This thesis has three chapters. In the first chapter, we look at internal promotions that are used to provide incentives for effort, and to assign agents to jobs based on their ability and on their seniority. While the ...Open AccessThesis -
The impact of NDRG1 overexpression on the immunological and metabolic reprogramming of the pancreatic tumour microenvironment
Published 2024Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is highly aggressive, with no effective treatments for the 80% of patients that are diagnosed at an advanced stage. A major hurdle in treating PDAC is the extensive tumour microenvironment ...Open AccessThesis -
Livelihoods, Global Markets, and Agrarian Change in Indonesia’s Rural Coastal Regions
Published 2024Indonesia’s rural coastal regions are experiencing profound socio-economic transformations driven by national and global economic structural changes. Large-scale capital investments are increasingly penetrating coastal ...Open AccessThesis -
Understanding the factors driving socially-induced nocebo effects
Published 2024The nocebo effect is a phenomenon that occurs when negative beliefs elicit adverse health outcomes. Problematically, recent research has demonstrated that the nocebo effect can be socially transmitted between individuals. ...USyd AccessThesis