Best MOISL Theses

We are recognizing the best dissertations written by MOISL students. These dissertations are selected by MOISL supervisors as having qualities that not only deserve high grades, but place them in the top tier of research. 

We hope that they serve as both an acknowledgement of the best scholarly output in our program and a source of inspiration for current and future MOISL students.

Best dissertations 2024:

Stefan Magerman Kristensen, Caught in the Crossfire: The Adequacy of International Humanitarian Law in Urban Warfare.

Best dissertations 2023:

Sophia Natasha Bailey, title: The challenges and opportunities of ‘quasi-states’ in International Relations. Greenlandic responses to the changing security environment in the Arctic.

Julie, title: International Criminal Law in Action – A Case Study of the International Criminal Court’s Investigation into the Situation in Ukraine.

Best dissertations 2022:

Frederik Hurwitz. Weaponized Interdependence, Cyber Resilience, and Financial Institutions.

Sandra Elung Augustenborg and Hannah Roya Behbahani. Grey Zone Warfare and International Order.

Steffen Bargum Lundager. Collaboration Without Consent: An Analysis of the Legality of Bilateral Agreements Between the EU and Morocco.

Trine Bonde Mikkelsen. A Small Northern State in the Age of Drones: A small state security study on the Kingdom of Denmark becoming a Drone Host Nation.

Troels Emil Andersen Boe. Spheres and Silos: A Social Constructivist Analysis of Spatial Security Providers.

Best dissertations 2021:

Katrine Agnethe Brandt. Women of ISIS: Terrorists or victims of terrorism? A feminist critical discourse analysis of the portraying of the Western women who joined ISIS.

Therese Mikkelsen Osvoll. Sino-Russian Relations Revisited. 

Best Dissertations 2019

Luna Mariager and Marie Bechgaard Madsen. The Danish Military Manual and New Wars: Applying a Human Security Approach.

Melanie Sofia Hartvigsen. Titel: Responsibility to Protect as a ‘Standard of Civilisation’An English School Approach to the ‘Responsibility to Protect’
 
Niklas Rendboe. Titel: Connecting the dots of PMC Wagner. Strategic actor or mere business opportunity?

Mette Kaalby Vestergaard. Titel: “The Challenges of Forecasting Intelligence: Reassessing Warnings of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide from a Theoretical Perspective”

Leah Elizabeth Winther Hamborg. The International Criminal Court’s Preliminary Examinations as Deterrence of International Crimes.

Joakim Dalgaard Bjerre and Simon Marcel Fretté Schönenberg. Counterinsurgency in New Wars: Human Security as a Strategic Military Advantage.

Betül Akdemir. The Right to External Self-Determination: A Case Analysis of Kosovo.

Peter Bo Blanner. Is There a Need for a Digital Geneva Convention?

Best Dissertations 2017

Anna Theissing: The application of the gravity threshold by the International Criminal Court in the selection of situations and cases - how to differentiate between the gravity of situations and the gravity of cases?

Emil Sloth Christensen: NATO in the Arctic? Comparing the Danish and Norwegian Perspectives

Lasse Heckmann: The Syrian Conflict as an “Internationalized Armed Conflict”? Proxy Wars and the Process of Internationalization under International Humanitarian Law

Natasja Fischer Jacobsen: The Privatization of Peace: UN Peacekeeping and the Role of Private Military Security Companies (pending approval)

Patrick Steen Pedersen: Things Fall Apart - Alliance Formation and Rebel Fragmentation in Syria’s Civil War

Sofie Rose: Reassessing the Crime of Genocide An analysis of whether the 'genocide-label' matters for prevention, Justice and reconciliation