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PhD Candidates

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Marcela Alonso Ferreira

Research Interest(s): Urban governance, urban policies, local governments, comparative politics

Thesis topic:

Governing urban expansion in Global South megacities: a comparative analysis of Mexico City and Sao Paulo, under the supervision of Patrick Le Galès

Simon Audebert

Research Interest(s): Political ecology Electoral geography and analysis Sociology of political behaviour Ruralities Green parties and social movements Participatory democracy

Thesis topic:

Les comportements politiques écologistes au prisme des territoires en France, sous la direction de Florence Haegel

Meryem Bezzaz

Research Interest(s): Economie politique, ressources naturelles, transformations du capitalisme, droit international

Thesis topic:

Natural ressources and international cooperation: price, competition and the new business power sous la direction de Cornelia Woll

Marius Bickhardt

Research Interest(s): Histoire environnementale, Anthropocène, Démographie, Néomalthusianisme, Économie politique, Inégalités environnementales, Justice climatique

Jean-Baptiste Bonnet

Research Interest(s): Political Economy Public Policy Comparative Politics Climate Policy Transformations of Capitalism Electric Vehicles

Thesis topic:

Paint it Green: the Political Economy of Ecological Transitions in Europe, co-supervised by Philippe Bezes and Cyril Benoit

Eva Bossuyt

Research Interest(s): Transnational Studies Informal economy Urban inequalities Value chain Global apparel Thrift economy

Thesis topic:

THE RELATIONAL URBAN FABRIC. Following clothing value chains from production to disposal sous la direction de Gabriel Feltran

Charlotte Boucher

Research Interest(s): Politique comparée, Économie politique, Confiance politique, État providence, Politiques sociales

Thesis topic:

"Political disaffection and social policies: a comparative study using feedback effects" supervised by Bruno Palier

Jens Carstens

Research Interest(s): Political Economy, comparative politics, political discontent, trust in institutions, European integration, spatial inequality

Thesis topic:

Left-Behinds and Distrust – The legacy of Austerity policies in the European Union? under the co-direction of Jan Rovny and Emiliano Grossman

Silvia Cesa-Bianchi

Thesis topic:

Regulating Tourism as an Environmental Issue for EU Policymaking and Governance

María-Katrina Cortez

Research Interest(s): French Right, Democracy Crisis, Radical-right populist parties, Discourse on religion and immigration, Christianity, Comparative Politics, Politics of Resentment, Monarchy, Youth Politics, Identitarian Catholicism, Urban-Rural Divide, Political Geography, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Cultural backlash theory, Social identity theory

Thesis topic:

The Politics of Resentment and Distrust : the Changing Political Attitudes of Radicalized Youth in France, supervised by Emiliano Grossman et de Juliette Galonnier

Thalia Creac'h

Research Interest(s): Gentrification Conflcts of use Autochthony Authenticity Security issues France-UK comparison

Thesis topic:

Conflicts of use, definition of identity and appropriation of space in areas in mutation: a comparison between Marseille and Liverpool, co-directed by Bruno Cousin and Fabio Quassoli.

Jessica De Rongé

Research Interest(s): Trust Citizen participation Mini-public Democracy Political efficacy

Thesis topic:

"Citizen’s trust in mini-public", supervised by Brenda Van Coppenolle and Jan Rovny

Soazig Dollet

Research Interest(s): Refugees Asylum and immigration policy State care programmes Street-level bureaucrats Social work Mobility and accessibility Residential arbitrages Agentivity

Thesis topic:

“Refugees’ residential trajectories with regard to the reception and integration schemes intended for them. Between constraints and the injunction to autonomy, the experience of a paradox" (working title), under the supervision of Virginie Guiraudon

Lea Dornacher

Research Interest(s): Political Economy Epistemology of Social Sciences Neoliberalism Mixed Methods Research

Thesis topic:

"Understanding, explaining and demonstrating the influence of economic models as ideas on policy makers: a constructivist perspective on the role of ideas in decision-making processes", supervised by Colin Hay

Maxence Dutilleul

Research Interest(s): Economic sociology Sociology of public policy Historical and comparative sociology Quantification Housing Capital Currency

Thesis topic:

The Edge of Capital: A Comparative Historical Sociology of Housing Affordability in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Maxime Gaborit

Research Interest(s): Sociologie des mouvements sociaux, théorie politique, écologie politique, articulations entre contestation et délibération.

Thesis topic:

Contestations et politiques climatiques. Les régimes de conflictualité à l’ère de l’Anthropocène sous la co-direction de Florence Faucher et d’Amandine Orsini

Léo Grillet

Research Interest(s): Histoire des idées politiques, Ecologie politique, Anarchisme, Ressources naturelles, Histoire environnementale, Socio-histoire des mouvements sociaux environnementalistes.

Marie Inès Harté

Research Interest(s): Transitional and restorative justice Truth and memory Memory policies Victims and victims' rights Victims mobilisation Reconciliation process

Thesis topic:

"Who are the victims of the Colombian armed conflict? An analysis from the frames of the actors in the production of the narrative in the Colombian Truth Commission final report", under the supervision of Sandrine Lefranc and Patricia Herrera Kit

Malo Jan

Research Interest(s): Climate politics Legislative politics Party politics Quantitative and computational methods A Conflictual Climate? A Comparative Study of Party Competition on Climate Change in Western Europe.

Thesis topic:

Un climat conflictuel ? Une étude comparée des réponses des élus nationaux au changement climatique en Europe de l'Ouest.

Thomas Laffitte

Research Interest(s): European Political Economy International Political Economy European Integration Fiscal and Monetary Policy Institutionalism Mixed-methods Central and Eastern Europe

Thesis topic:

The Decay of the European Consolidation Regime: Gradual Institutional Change and the Path Towards Eurobonds, under the supervision of Colin Hay and Thomas Fetzer

Ninon Le Cozannet-Laidin

Research Interest(s): Politiques Publiques, Mise en oeuvre, Politiques Sociales, Protection de l’enfance, Prévention et participation des familles, France, Suède

Thesis topic:

Les politiques de protection de l’enfance à l’épreuve du parenting. Comparaison des pratiques préventives et participatives des travailleur·euses sociaux·ales auprès des familles en France et en Suède, under the supervision of Nathalie Morel and Philippe Bezes.

Claire Morgane Lejeune

Research Interest(s): Ecologie politique; histoire environnementale; planification ; crise démocratique; articulation Etat/marché; nouvelles formes de capitalisme

Chiao Li

Research Interest(s): Electoral participation; electoral preferences; generations; European Parliament election; political socialization; dealignment; realignment

Thesis topic:

Generational engine of political change: A longitudinal study of the transformation of electoral participation and party preferences across generations in Western Europe

Arno Lizet

Research Interest(s): Sociology of public action, sociology of work, intermediation, localised social spaces, rural worlds, ordinary relationship with politics.

Francesco Nardone

Research Interest(s): Victims and justice Terrorism Criminal justice policies The politics of trauma Emotions and justice Victim mobilisation Compensation schemes Sociology of law Sociology of emotions

Thesis topic:

Le tribunal des traumatismes : la construction de la place des victimes dans les procès des attentats terroristes en France et en Belgique, sous la co-direction de Sandrine Lefranc et Liora Israël

Saga Oskarson Kindstrand

Research Interest(s): party organisation party-based linkage political participation populism partisan collective identities

Thesis topic:

Populist Linkage and Revitalising Membership-Based Politics in an Age of Disengagement, supervised by Colin Hay

Anna Pereti

Research Interest(s): Political sociology; Comparative political economy; Migration studies; Welfare state and Social policy; Political theory

Thesis topic:

Dwelling the Gap: Housing as Urban Infrastructure of Migrant Integration co-supervised by Tommaso Vitale (Sciences Po, CEE, Urban School) and Kristina Stoeckl (Luiss).

Marius Perrin

Research Interest(s): Far right Mainstreaming Sweden, Norway Coalitions Local politics

Thesis topic:

"Respectable opponents; explaining transformations of mainstreaming strategies for populist radical right-wing parties in Europe", under the supervision of Nicolas Sauger and Caterina Froio

Noémie Piolat

Research Interest(s): Political behaviour Comparative politics Sexism, feminism Gender and politics

Thesis topic:

Old and new forms of sexism and their impact on voting behaviour, supervised by Florence Haegel & Nonna Mayer

Alberto Polimeni

Research Interest(s): populism, comparative politics, party competition, mixed methods research, public policy, far-right parties

Thesis topic:

Beyond vote-seeking: how populist crisis narratives disrupt mainstream party policy agendas.

Selma Sarenkapa

Research Interest(s): média, politiques publique, deservingness perceptions, politique comparée

Thesis topic:

The social construction of target groups in media and campaigns, and their effects on representation

Luis Sattelmayer

Research Interest(s): comparative politics , party competition, party positioning, populist radical right parties, quantitative methods, text-as-data, webscraping

Thesis topic:

Between Accommodation and Adversary. A Comparative Study of Mainstream Parties' Engagement with the Populist Far-Rights' Salient Issues

Viviane Spitzhofer

Research Interest(s): Politiques comparées, migrations internationales, réfugiées et demandeurs d’asile, gouvernance multi-niveaux et décentralisation, intégration locale/regionale des migrants

Thesis topic:

National allocation Systems and Practices of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Member States of the European Union, sous la direction de Virginie Guiraudon, Thesis: National allocation Systems and Practices of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Member States of the European Union, under the supervision of Virginie Guiraudon

Oskar Steiner

Research Interest(s): Urban governance Policy instruments Environmental politics Science and technology studies Economic sociology Artificial intelligence

Thesis topic:

“The emergence of AI as an instrument of urban environmental governance: a comparative sociology” under the supervision of Patrick Le Galès

Théodore Tallent

Research Interest(s): Environmental Policy Comparative politics Political geography Political sociology Climate policies Individual perceptions Territorial cleavages Just transition

Thesis topic:

Spatial cleavages and citizens' perceptions of climate policies: An impediment to the success and acceptability of the low-carbon transition in Europe? under the supervision of Florence Faucher and Davide Luca

Lucien Thabourey

Research Interest(s): Environmental movements, environmental governance, relationships between the State and social movements, civil disobedience, repertoires of action, media and framing processes, comparative politics, France/UK, quantitative and qualitative methods.

Thesis topic:

Thèse : Mouvements écologistes et rapports à l'État : une étude comparée France/Royaume-Uni dirigé par Florence Faucher

Marta Tramezzani

Research Interest(s): communautés énergétiques ; politiques énergétiques européennes ; action publique ; action collective ; fabrique de la ville durable; justice environnementale ; participation politique.

Luca Venga

Research Interest(s): Cities Democratic representation Decentralisation Reconfiguration of the state Citizen’s engagement in politics

Thesis topic:

“A New City: novel tools for citizen participation and engagement in Mexico City and Barcelona”, under the supervision of Patrick Le Galès