Theses Defended in 2008

Xiana BARROS GARCIA (ES)

Barros Garcias Title: Explaining EU Decision-Making on Counter-Terrorism

Jury: Monica Den Boer (Free University, Amsterdam), Adrienne Héritier (EUI/RSCAS) Hanna Ojanen (Finnish Institute of International Affairs), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 22 December 2008, Bio and Abstract

Sophie-Charlotte BRUNE (FR)

Brune Title: "The Power-Politics of Counterproliferation: the United States and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Régime (1993-2006)"

Jury: Wyn Bowen (King's College, London), Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI) (Co-Supervisor), Bruno Tertrais (Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, Paris), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 4 July 2008, Bio and Abstract

Reinoud BOSCH (NL)

Title: "Bringing Nuance into the Globalization Debate. Changes in US, Japanese, and German Management, with special Reference to the Impact of International Finance"

Jury: Colin Crouch (Warwick Business School) (Supervisor), Geoff Hodgson (Univ. Hertfordshire), David Marsden (LSE), Peter Wagner (Univ. Trento/former EUI)

Thesis defended on 30 May 2008

Chiara DE FRANCO (IT)

DeFranco Title: "War by Images. From Kosovo to Afghanistan"

Jury: Pier Paolo Giglioli (Univ. Bologna), Fritz Kratochwil (EUI) (Supervisor), Martin Shaw (Univ. Sussex), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS)

Thesis defended on 4 February 2008

Caroline DE LA PORTE (FIN)

DeLaPorte Title: "The Evolution and Influence of the Open Method of Coordination: The Cases of Employment and Social Inclusion"

Jury: Tanja Boerzel (Free Univ. Berlin), Maurizio Ferrera (Univ. Milano), Adrienne Héritier (EUI/RSCAS), Martin Rhodes (Denver Univ./former EUI)

Thesis defended on 7 June 2008

Frank FOLEY (IRL)

Foley Title: "Similar Threat: Different Responses. France and the UK Facing Islamist Terrorism"

Jury: Theo Farrell (King's College, London), Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS) (Supervisor), Paul Wilkinson (St. Andrews)

Thesis defended on 16 June 2008

Wojciech GAGATEK (PL)

Gagateks Title: "Political Parties at the European Level: Their Organisation and Activities. The case of the European People's Party and the Party of European Socialists"

Jury: Luciano Bardi (Univ. Pisa), Stefano Bartolini (EUI/RSCAS), Peter Mair (EUI) (Supervisor), Thomas Poguntke (Univ. Bochum)

Thesis defended on 17 December 2008, Bio and Abstract

Eva HEIDBREDER (DE)

Title: "The Impact of Emplementing Eastern Enlargement: Changing the European Commission's Action Capacity"

Jury: Stefano Bartolini (RSCAS), Antoaneta Dimitrova (Leiden University) (in absentia), Adrienne Héritier (RSCAS/SPS) (Supervisor), Guy Peters (Univ. Pittsburgh)

Thesis defended: 3 October 2008, Bio and Abstract

Ann-Louise HOLTEN (DK)

Holten Title: "Are Industrial Districts Beautiful? - A Multi Level Study of Work and Industrial Relations in Herning-Ikast and Prato

Jury: Colin Crouch (Univ. Warwick) (Supervisor), Peer Hull Kristensen (Copenhagen Business School), Michael Keating (EUI), Carlo Trigilia (Univ. Firenze)

Thesis defended on 3 June 2008

Koen JONKERS (NL)

Jonkers Title: "Scientific Mobility and the Internationalisation of the Chinese Research System - The Case of the Plant Molecular Life Sciences -"

Jury: Jon Sigurdson (Stockholm School of Economics), Robert Tijssen (Leiden University) (External Co-Supervisor), Jaap Dronkers (EUI), Rikard Stankiewicz (EUI) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 18 February 2008

Raphaël KIES (LUX)

Kies Title: "Promises and Limits of Web-Deliberation"

Jury: Hanspeter Kriesi (Univ. Zurich), Jürg Steiner (Univ. of Carolina), Alexander Trechsel (EUI), Peter Wagner (Univ. Trento, former EUI) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 9 June 2008

Xymena KUROWSKA (PL)

Kurowska Title: "The Politics of a Policy: Framing European SEcurity and Defence Policy"

Jury: Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI) (Supervisor), Michael Merlingen (Central European University), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS), Ole Waever (Univ. Copenhagen) (External Co-Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 25 February 2008

Lasse LINDEKILDE (DK)

Lindekilde Title: "Contested Caricatures: Dynamics of Claims-Making during the Mohammed Caricatures Controversy"

Jury: Donatella Della Porta (EUI) (Supervisor), Adrian Favell (Aarhus University), Virginie Guiraudon (Co-Supervisor) (Univ. Lille), Werner Schiffauer (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder) (in absentia)

Thesis defended on 12 December 2008, Bio and Abstract

David McCOURT (UK)

MCourtLaUne Title: "The Roles Nations Play: A Study of Britain on the International Stage, 1962-1999"

Jury: Chris Brown (LSE), Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI) (Supervisor), Richard Little (Univ. Bristol), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS)

Thesis defended on 31 October 2008, Bio and Abstract

Pierre MONFORTE (FR)

Title: "Europeanization from Below? The Protest against 'Fortress Europe'"

Jury: Didider Chabanet (Univ. Lyon), Donatella Della Porta (EUI) (Supervisor), Andrew Geddes (Univ. Sheffield), Virginie Guiraudon (Co-Supervisor) (Univ. de Lille)

Thesis defended on 12 December 2008

Blida MOUALHI (ALG)

Moualhi Title: "Les Immigrantes Maghrébines en Espagne et en Italie"

Jury: Joaquín Arango (Univ. Complutense, Madrid) (In absentia), Philippe Fargues (EUI/INED), Chrsitian Joppke (American Univ. Paris/former EUI) (Supervisor), Verena Stolcke (Autónoma de Barcelona (external Co-Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 11 July 2008

Espen D.H. OLSEN (NOR)

Olsen Title: "Transnational European Citizenship: Tracing Conceptions of Citizenship in the European Integration Process"

Jury: Rainer Bauböck (EUI), Richard Bellamy (University College, London), Fritz Kratochwil (EUI) (Supervisor), Antje Wiener (Univ. Bath)

Thesis defended on 8 February 2008

Hannes PELTONEN (FIN)

Peltonen Title: "Justified Non-Intervnetion? International Responsibility and Grave Humaniatrian Crises"

Jury: Chris Brown (LSE), Jan Klabbers (Univ. Helsinki), Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI) (Supervisor), Martin Scheinin (EUI, Law Department)

Thesis defended on 31 October 2008, Bio and Abstract

Clara PORTELA (ES)

Portela_2008 Title: "The Efficacy of Sanctions of the European Union: When and Why Do they Work"

Jury: Thomas Biersteker (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva), Marise Cremona (EUI/Law Department), Karen Smith (London School of Economics), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 20 June 2008

Herwig REITER (A)

Reiter Title: "Dangerous Transitions in the 'New West' - Youth, Work and Unemployment in Post-Soviet Lithuania"

Jury: Marlis Buchmann (ETH, Zurich) (in absentia), Jaap Dronkers (EUI ) (Supervisor), Martin Kohli (EUI), Claire Wallace (Univ. Aberdeen)

Thesis defended on 14 March 2008

Federico SILVA (IT)

FedericoSilva Title: "Do Transnational Social Movements Matter? Four Case Studies Assessing the Impact of Transnational Social Movements on the Global Governance of Trade, Labour, and Finance"

Jury: Donatella Della Porta (EUI) (Supervisor), László Bruszt (EUI), Marco Giugni (Univ. Geneva), Mario Pianta (Univ. Urbino)

Thesis defended on 19 May 2008

Thomas TEICHLER (DE)

Title: "'Blow Up': Explaining European Armaments Cooperation from 1992 until 2005"

Jury: Andrew James (Manchester Business School), Ulrich Krotz (Brown University), Friedrich Kratochwil (EUI) (Supervisor), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS)

Thesis defended on 26 May 2008

Fiorella TRISCRITTI (IT)

Title: "Promoting Democracy Abroad: the EU and Latin AMerica 1995-1005"

Jury: Marise Cremona (EUI/Law Department), Miriam Gomes Saraiva (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Leonardo Morlino (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Firenze), Pascal Vennesson (EUI/RSCAS)

Thesis defended on 7 July 2008, Bio and Abstract

Camil UNGUREANU (RO)

Ungureanu Title: "The Defense of Democratic Rhetoric and Decision. A Comparative Study of Habermas' and Derrida's Recent Works"

Jury: Axel Honneth (Univ. Frankfurt) (via phone-link), John McCormick (Univ. Chicago) (in absentia), Martin Van Gelderen (EUI), Peter Wagner (University of Trento and former EUI) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 11 February 2008

Jon WITTROCK (SWE)

Wittrock Title: "Beyond Burgenland and Kakanien? Post-National Politics in Europe: Political Justification and Critical Deliberation"

Jury: Robert Pippin (Univ. Chicago) (by phone link), Bo Stråth (Univ. Helsinki), Arpad Szakolczai (Univ. Cork), Peter Wagner (Univ. Trento) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 13 June 2008

Lea Leman YPI (AL)

Title: "Statist Cosmopolitarianism"

Jury: Robert E. Goodin (Australian National University), Wojciech Sadurski (EUI, Law Department), Henry Shue (Oxford University), Peter Wagner (Univ. Trento/ former EUI) (Supervisor)

Thesis defended on 19 September 2008, Bio and Abstract

Hilde ZEINER (NOR)

Zeiner Title: "The Uses of Legitimacy. Models of EU Legitimacy Assessed in Light of the European Parliament's Debates on BSE and the Constitutional Treaty"

Jury: Dario Castiglione (Univ. Exeter), Christine Chwaszcza (EUI) (Co-Supervisor), Michael Keating (EUI) (Supervisor), Ulrika Mörth (Stockholm University)

Thesis defended on 4 June 2008