Welcome to our 10 new PhD candidates

10 new PhD candidates in political science and sociology joined us this fall. They presented their background and research project during a special lab seminar on October 10, 2023. This year again, several PhD projects deal with environmental issues, others with some of the pressing questions the UE faces, and others focus on the comparison of European cases.

In political science

Simon Audebert’s thesis is about the diversity of political behaviours towards ecology in French rural areas, under the supervision of Florence Haegel. He plans to analyse data at national level and then select a number of cases for fieldwork. This thesis benefits from a CIFRE contract with the Fondation de l'écologie politique.

Co-directed by Philippe Bezes and Cyril Benoit, Jean-Baptiste Bonnet's PhD work looks at the development of electric vehicles and the rise of dedicated public policies in Europe, using mixed methods. Jean-Baptiste is particularly interested in the role of administrations and firms and their interactions in these developments.

Using mixed methods, Charlotte Boucher studies the political effects of the reforms and transformations of social protection in Europe. Her thesis, supervised by Bruno Palier, focuses specifically on the effects on political trust and social integration.

Lea Dornacher is interested in deciphering the persuasive power of economic models, and more specifically how these models shape interpretations of policy-makers in the policy process. Her thesis, supervised by Colin Hay, uses mixed methods.

Marie Inès Harté's PhD work examines the category of victims and its use by memory actors in transitional justice processes following the armed conflict in Colombia. This thesis is co-supervised by Sandrine Lefranc at Sciences Po and Patricia Herrera Kit at the Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Thomas Laffitte's thesis focuses on the creation of a common European debt during the Covid-19 crisis (eurobonds), and more generally on the recent history of European fiscal integration. After a first year of doctoral work at the Central European University (under the supervision of Thomas Fetzer), Thomas joined the CEE for a co-supervision by Colin Hay.

Francesco Nardone studies the evolution of the rights of victims of terrorism in criminal trials and in compensation procedures. His thesis, co-directed by Sandrine Lefranc and Liora Israël (EHESS), examines the construction of victims of terrorism as a particular category of victims whose specificity justifies the implementation of ad hoc compensation procedures based on a "national solidarity" principle.

In sociology

Eva Bossuyt's thesis, supervised by Gabriel Feltran, looks at the global circulation of second-hand clothing and the value chains associated with this circulation. At the crossroads of urban studies, economic sociology and waste studies, it will build upon ethnographic fieldwork in France, Nigeria, Chile and Pakistan.

Jointly supervised by Bruno Cousin and Fabio Quassoli, Thalia Creac'h's thesis focuses on conflicts of use and appropriation of space in neighbourhoods in Marseille and Liverpool undergoing important transformations . After starting her doctorate last year at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Thalia joined the CEE in the framework of a co-supervised thesis.

Maxence Dutilleul is interested in the problems of inflation and monetary stability in the eurozone. His PhD work in historical sociology, supervised by Matthias Thiemann, uses interviews and archives to shed light on the development of monetary policies in Europe, and in particular the role of macroeconomists and economic forecasting.

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On this page, discover all our PhD candidates.

Published in November 2023