Researchers Admitted in September 2011

ALONSO Francesco (MX)

The Electoral and Contentious Effects of the Religious Competition for the Immigrant Constituency: A Transnational Comparative Perspective

Supervisor: Rainer Bauböck

BEYLUNIOGLU ATLI Anna Maria (TR)

State-Religion Relationship Towards a 'Cooperative Model'? The Case of Religious Minorities in Turkey

Supervisor: Olivier Roy

CINI Lorenzo (IT)

Deliberative Democracy in Theory and Practice. Making Participation and Deliberation Real

Supervisor: Donatella Della Porta

COMOLLI Chiara Ludovica (IT)

First, Second and Reversal Demographic Transition: an Analysis of the Future of Lowest Low Fertility Countries.  The Case of the Recent Economic & Financial Crisis

Supervisor: Fabrizio Bernardi

Co-Supervisor: Martin Kohli

CUPAC Jelena (HR/RS)

Ontological Security of International Organizations: Why Did Post-Cold War NATO Decided to Intervene “Out-of Area”?

Supervisor: Chris Reus-Smit

DAHL Justiina Miina Ilona (FI)

The New Politicization of the Arctic in the Beginning of the 21st Century as a Reflecting Microcosmos of the Emerging International Order

Supervisor: Chris Reus-Smit

DRAPALOVA Eliska (CZ)

Improving Quality of Local Government

Supervisor: Pepper Culpepper

GAROUFAS Christos (GR)

Why not to Flirt with Your Own Reflection? A Mirror Effect Between the Others’ Perceptions & the EU’s Quest for Global Actorness – The Case of the IBSA Countries

Supervisor: Olivier Roy

GJOKSI Nisida (AT)

Re-building the State in the Western Balkans on the Road to European Integration: The Case of Administrative Reforms in Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia

Supervisor: László Bruszt

GRÄTZ Michael (DE)

Explaining Class Inequalities in Educational Outcomes

Supervisor: Fabrizio Bernardi

HABERSTROH Charlotte Marie (FR/DE)

School Reforms and Skill Formation Regimes – How Economic Interests of Innovation and Training Shape Education Systems in Established European Market Economies

Supervisor: Pepper Culpepper

Co-Supervisor: Sven Steinmo

HOLTMANN Anne Christine (DE)

Equity and Performance in Different School Systems

Supervisor: Fabrizio Bernardi

JENNE Nicole (DE)

Towards a Global Understanding of International Security? Peacekeeping and Regional Organizations

Supervisor: Chris Reus-Smit

KUEBLER Johanne  (DE)

The Co-Evolution of Internet Activism and Governmental Response in Authoritarian Regimes

Supervisor: Donatella Della Porta

KUTMANALIEV Joldon (KG)

Ethnic Violence and Peace in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Supervisor: Donatella Della Porta

LACEY Joseph (IE)

Constructing Transnational Federalism: An Investigation into the Possibility of Legitimate Transnational Democratic Representation

Supervisor: Rainer  Bauböck

LEAL Hugo Joel (PT)

A Complexity Approach to the Emergence of Social Movements in the Middle East and North Africa Region: The Case of Egypt

Supervisor: Donatella Della Porta

MELLOR Ewan Edward (UK)

How Does the Norm of Duty Constitute the Practice of War? World War I, Just War Theory, and the Moral Equality of Soldiers

Supervisor: Chris Reus-Smit

MILAN Chiara (IT)

Rural Development Cooperation as a Tool for European Integration.  A Comparative Analysis of Civil Society Projects in Romania, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Supervisor: László Bruszt

MUSTONEN Lotta-Liina (FI)

The Relationship Between Political Elites and Civil Society in the Middle East

Supervisor: Olivier Roy

OBAIDI Milan (DK)

An Investigation of Social and Psychological Factors that Contribute to Motivate Muslim Immigrants in Denmark to Support Terrorism

Supervisor: Olivier Roy

OIKONOMAKIS Leonidas (GR)

Social Movements and the State: Participating, Staying Aside, or Opposing? A Comparative Case-Study of the Bolivian Cocaleros, the Mexican Zapatistas, and the Nicaraguan Sandinistas

Supervisor: Donatella Della Porta

ORAL Didem (TR)

From Contentious Politics in to Social Movements: Conscientious Objection in Turkey and Israel

Supervisor: Donatella Della Porta

RONSIN Caroline (FR)

The Political Role of Tribes in Jordan and Iraq: Evolutions of Tribal Leadership and Electoral Procedures

Supervsior: Olivier Roy

ROOS Jerome Emanuel (NL)

The Greek Debt Crisis in Comparative-Historical Perspective

Supervisor: Pepper Culpepper

ROSSI SILVANO Agustín (ES/AR)

Beyond Wikileaks: Redefining Internet Governance. Private Actors and the Role of Governments

Supervisor: Sven Steinmo

SALO Sanna Liisa Kaarina (FI)

Public Debate on Financial Crisis in the EU: Justification of Responsibility

Supervisor: Alexander Trechsel

Co-Supervisor: Hanspeter Kriesi  (Univ. Zurich)

SCHWARTZKOPFF Julian Béla Hartmut  (DE)

Interest Groups and the “Global Europe” Strategy

Supervisor: Pepper Culpepper

VALBRUZZI Marco (IT)

Political Competition and Government Alternation: the Quality of Democracy

Supervisor: Stefano Bartolini

VAMPA Davide (IT)

Contextualising Political Participation: Party Activism as a Local Phenomenon

Supervisor: Stefano Bartolini

Co-Supervisor: Alexander Trechsel

WARNECKE Andrea (DE)

Rationalizations of the Origins of Genocide and Their Implications for Framing Peace-building Interventions. A Critical Assessment of the Discourses and Strategies Employed by External Actors

Supervisor: Chris Reus-Smit

WATMOUGH Simon (UK/AU)

Norm Diffusion in Emerging Democracies: Accounting for Cross-National Variation in the Diffusion of Norms of Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Newly Democratic, Ex-Military Dictatorships

Supervisor Chris Reus-Smit

WOLFFBERG Rebecca (DK/US)

Member State Governments’ Coordination with Members of the European Parliament – An Analysis

Supervisor: Adrienne Héritier

ZAVADSKAYA Margarita (RU)

When Do Elections Support Autocracy? The Incumbent Strategies, Political Competition and Authoritarian Regime Survival

Supervisor: Alexander Trechsel