Theses Defended in 2012
Jean-Thomas ARRIGHI DE CASANOVA (FR)
Title: "Those who 'came' and those who 'left'. The Territorial Politics of Migration in Scotland and Catalonia"
Jury: Rainer Bauböck (EUI) (Supervisor), Michael Keating (EUI) (Co-supervisor), Nicola McEwen (University of Edinburgh), Andreas Wimmer (UCLA) (via videolink)
Thesis defended on 9 February 2012 Bio & Abstract
Laura BLOCK (DE)
Title: Regulating Social Membership and Family Ties. Policy Frames on Spousal Migration in Germany
Jury: Rainer Bauböck (EUI) (Supervisor), Martin Kohli (EUI) (Co-supervisor), Kees Groenendijk (Universiteit Nijmegen), Anne Philips (LSE)
Thesis defended on 18 May 2012 Bio & Abstract
Edoardo BRESSANELLI (IT)
Title: "After the Eastward Enlargement: the Institutionalization of the Europarties and the EU party system"
Jury: Luciano Bardi (University of Pisa), Adrienne Héritier (RSCAS/EUI) (replacing Peter Mair † as supervisor) , Richard Rose (University of Aberdeen), Alexander Trechsel (EUI) (Supervisor)
Thesis defended on 15 March 2012 Bio & Abstract
Amber DAVIS (NL)
Title: "The Impact of Anti-immigration Parties on Mainstream Parties' Immigration Positions in the Netherlands, Flanders and the UK 1987-2010: Divided Electorates, Left-Right Politics and the Pull towards Restrictionism"
Jury: Rainer Bauböck (EUI) (replacing Peter Mair as supervisor), Virginie Guiraudon (SciencesPo) (Co-supervisor), Meindert Fennema (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Dirk Jacobs (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Thesis defended on 20 April 2012 Bio & Abstract
Tineke DESTROOPER (BE)
Title: "The Reshaping of Gender Relations in Wartorn Societies. Women's Movements in Guatemala and Nicaragua 1980-2010"
Jury: Donatella Della Porta (EUI), Marie-Louise Glebbeek (Univ. Utrecht), Maxine Molyneux (Univ. London), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS) (Supervisor)
Thesis defended on 18 April, 2012 Bio & Abstract
Dimitris EFTHIMIOU (GR)
Title: "Taking People as they could be. A Defence of Ideal Political Theory"
Jury: Andrew Mason (Univ. Southampton), Glen Newey (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Martin Van Gelderen (EUI), Peter Wagner (Univ. Barcolona/formerly EUI) (Supervisor)
Thesis defended on 3 February, 2012, Bio & Abstract
Filipa RAIMUNDO (PT)
Title: "Post-Transitional Justice? Spain, Poland, and Portugal Compared"
Jury: Andras Bozoki (CEU, Budapest), Donatella Della Porta (EUI) (by videolink), Michael Keating (formerly EUI/Univ. Aberdeen) (Supervisor), José Ramón Montero (Autónoma de Madrid)
Thesis defended on 17 February, 2012, Bio & Abstract
Kristjan VASSIL (EE)
Title: "Voting Smarter? The Impact of Voting Advice Applications on Political Behavior"
Jury: R. Michael Alvarez (California Institute of Technology), Adrienne Héritier (RSCAS/EUI) (replacing Peter Mair), Helen Margetts (University of Oxford), Alexander H. Trechsel (EUI) (Supervisor)
Thesis defended on 30 January 2012, Bio & Abstract