• The contribution of Victor Hugo to the liberation, emancipation, and changing perceptions of women in 19th century French society 

  Ní Riordáin, Jeanna (University College Cork, 2015)

  The over-riding perceptions of Victor Hugo’s attitudes towards women are intensely coloured by his deep-seated Romanticism and his well-testified, stifling and over-bearing treatment of women in his personal life. As such, ...
• Realisable climate change narratives in public discourse: an East/West comparative analysis of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) as a response to global climate change 

  Whelan, Cian Michael (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis looks at how non-experts develop an opinion on climate change, and how those opinions could be changed by public discourse. I use Hubert Dreyfus’ account of skill acquisition to distinguish between experts and ...
• Pedem referens: art historical memory and the analogue in the work of Tacita Dean, Jeremy Millar and Lucy Skaer 

  Kirstie, North (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis explores the new art historical turn in contemporary art through close engagement with three British artworks. These are Tacita Dean’s, Section Cinema (Homage to Marcel Broodthaers), 2002, Jeremy Millar’s, The ...
• 'A piece of fine meshwork': the intertwining fiction of Philip Roth and Edna O'Brien 

  O'Brien, Dan (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis comprises a comparative analysis of the works the Irish author Edna O’Brien and her contemporary and friend, the Jewish-American author Philip Roth. It investigates the striking biographical, textual and stylistic ...
• Building resilience for social-ecological sustainability in Atlantic Europe 

  Scollick, Andrew Dale (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis argues that complex adaptive social–ecological systems (SES) theory has important implications for the design of integrated ocean and coastal governance in the EU. Traditional systems of governance have struggled ...

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