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Each year, the School of Research hosts about 300 PhD candidates, a third of which are international students, and 70 doctoral dissertations are defended.

As young researchers, PhD students are integrated into the various research units and participate in their activities, including seminars and research projects.

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Amr Abdelrahim

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Egypt

Thesis topic:

Rhymes from the Margins : New School Rap and the Rise of Subaltern Youth’s Voices to the Center of Egyptian Popular Culture (titre provisoire), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix et Nicolas Puig

Ahmad Fahim Abdullatif

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Political sociology of the state, Armed forces in Afghanistan, Violence and mobilisation, Western military interventions

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia

Country(ies): Afghanistan

Language(s): Persian, Pashto, English, French, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic

Thesis topic:

The Afghan State and its recompositions: a socio-historical study of armed forces in Afghanistan (1880-1993), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix & Adam Baczko

Abdelhamid Abidi

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

Deontic logic, a tool for law formalization?

Tom Abram

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Chinese politics, science & technology, innovation, strategic thinking in China

Research Group(s): Science, technology and power

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): East Asia

Country(ies): China

Language(s): French, English, Chinese

Thesis topic:

La politique chinoise d’attraction des talents en sciences et technologies : une approche « par les intermédiaires », supervised by Stéphanie Balme

Vera Ageeva

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Russia and China in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Russia

Country(ies): France, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Thesis topic:

Russian and Chinese grand strategies in Kazakhstan, supervised by Thierry Balzacq et Kathy Rousselet

Reeda Alji

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Marcela Alonso Ferreira

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Clarisse Anceau

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Feminist legal theory, Public international law, Ecofeminism

Discipline(s): Law

Florian Andersen

Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO), Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)

Research Interest(s): Labor market, Wage inequalities, Career trajectories

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Understanding Labor Flow Networks and Wage Inequality : An Analysis of Career Trajectories and Labor Market Dynamics 

Mathias Andler

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays in Financial Economics

Supervisor(s): Guillaume Plantin

Joel Ansah

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Urban informality, social movements, mobilizations, environment, contentious politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): West Africa

Country(ies): Nigeria

Language(s): English

Thesis topic:

Settlements of contestations: A comparative exploration of the experiences, contestations, and mobilizations of inhabitants in flood-prone cities along the Gulf of Guinea, sous la direction/supervised by Laurent Fourchard

Crystale Aounit

Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)

Research Interest(s): Public action, Health, Knowledge and expertise

Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State, Law, Norms and Regulation, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

A sociology of acne through its medications : prescription, regulation and controversies

Julien Argoud

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Religions, Ideologies, Identities, Methods, Aesthetics

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations

Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , North Africa, Western Europe

Country(ies): France, Morocco

Language(s): French, Arabic, English

Thesis topic:

Comprendre la restructuration du champ chrétien au Maroc, supervised by Stéphane Lacroix et Philippe Portier

Marta Arisi

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Cloé Artaut

Entity(ies): Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)

Research Interest(s): Conservative ideas in Europe, nationalist ideologies and conservatism in France and Great Britain

Discipline(s): Political Science

Elie Aslanoff

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Simon Audebert

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Abel Aussant

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)

Research Interest(s): Tastes and cultural practices, consumption of cultural goods and digital services, young audience

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

L'impact des pratiques numériques sur l'accès à la culture des jeunes en France
 

Dilara Aydogus

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Niklas Ayris

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)

Research Interest(s): Migration, Social stratification, Social mobility, Subjective mobility

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

A Subjective-Objective mismatch? The social mobility of immigrants in France (Provisional title) 

Tom Azoulay

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)

Research Interest(s): Teachers, Careers, Mobilities, Education

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Teacher Mobility Between Institutions Throughout Their Careers (provisional title)

Ariane Badet

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Religion, Islam, gender, discrimination, work

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology

Geographical Area(s): Western Europe

Country(ies): France

Language(s): French, English

Thesis topic:

Diversité et religion : insertion professionnelle et carrière des personnes musulmanes ou perçues comme telles en France, supervised by Daniel Sabbagh & Céline Béraud

Aliénor Balaudé-André

Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)

Research Interest(s): Higher education policy analysis and research, Sociologie of evaluation & judgment

Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

The Making of Excellence. Sociology of a policy setting competition between universities : the German Exzellenzinitiative (2004-2017)

Justine Banégas

Entity(ies): undefined

Research Interest(s): Sociology of social movements; political sociology; socio-legal studies; trials; legal mobilisations

Research Group(s): Strains on Democratic Representation

Oscar Basnier

Entity(ies): undefined

Research Interest(s): Deliberative democracy, deliberative system, responsibility, political and moral philosophy, pluralism, the art of compromise, improvisation

Discipline(s): Political Science

Thesis topic:

“Des compromis en assemblée citoyenne aux compromis parlementaires. Des scènes délibératives pour prendre des décisions publiques”.

Louis Baudrin

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Analysis of change in foreign policy; Public administration reforms; Favoured migration

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe

Country(ies): France, Germany

Language(s): French, English, German

Thesis topic:

Attirer les étudiants étrangers, en réformant la politique étrangère : une comparaison des transformations organisationnelles des Ministères des Affaires Etrangères allemand et français (1998-2020), supervised by Christian Lequesne

Julius Becker

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Sino-Japanese War 1894/95, Imperialism

Discipline(s): History

Clément Bellanger

Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)

Research Group(s): Governance and Economic Organisations

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

The challenges of student credit – Survey on student loans and debt in France

Jeanne Belly Le Guilloux

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)

Research Interest(s): Old age , Generations, Life course

Discipline(s): Sociology, Demography

Thesis topic:

Articulations and Failures of Family and National Solidarities in Widowhood

Yacine Ben Chaabane Mousli

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Comparative constitutional law, Evolution of constitutionalism, Critical legal studies

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

Decolonial theory and comparative constitutional law.

Yacine Ben Salem

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, Migrations transimpériales, pratiques juridiques

Discipline(s): History

Gabriela Berbert-Born

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Constitutional Law, Constitutional litigation, Procedural law, Competition law, Legal theory, Empirical legal methods

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

Filtering Mechanisms in Concrete Constitutional Review: A Comparative Analysis.

Elie Beressi

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Israel

Thesis topic:

Between Representation and Estrangement: a political sociology of Israel’s Foreign Service, supervised by Christian Lequesne et Yael Shomer

Bérénice Bernard

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): History of early childhood education, Gender History, History of professional training, History of public policies and welfare, Contemporary history of Francen, England, Switzerland and Turkey

Discipline(s): History

Language(s): French, English, Turkish, Italian

Anatole Bernet

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): History of Health (19th-20th centuries), History of Japan (Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa eras), History of health practices, History of health professionals (Japan)

Discipline(s): History

Maxime Besenval

Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)

Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions

Discipline(s): Sociology

Wajd Beshara

Entity(ies): undefined

Research Interest(s): Gaza, Foreign Policy, Identity and Value Betrayal

Meryem Bezzaz

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Ulysse Bical

Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Apprendre le français pour (s’) intégrer ? Unicité et diversité des dispositifs de formation linguistique aux migrants

Marius Bickhardt

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Rasmi Binoy

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Cold War-era books and other reading materials, Kerala, India (1950-1980)

Discipline(s): History

Géraldine Blanche

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Luka Boeskens

Entity(ies): undefined

Research Interest(s): Education, Social stratification and mobility, Social policy

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Mediators and moderators of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on children’s educational development (provisional title)

Jean-Baptiste Bonnet

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Evan Bonney

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): U.S. History; Environmental history; history of U.S. federal administration; North America; Diplomatic relations over environments shared between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

Research Group(s): Humanities. Lives, Materialities, Representations

Discipline(s): History

Geographical Area(s): North America

Language(s): English, French, German

Thesis topic:

"Forestry and power in the United States Empire, 1891-1914"

Lorenzo Bonomelli

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): 19th century, European History, Atlantic History, French Imperialism, Politics and International Relations

Discipline(s): History

Kane Borders

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays on Redistribution in the United States

Supervisor(s) : Julia Cagé

Eva Bossuyt

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)

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

Julie Bouchet

Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): International relations, security studies, strategic studies, political philosophy and ethics, IHL, influence, foreign policy of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran

Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

Language(s): French, Russian, Italian, Arabic

Thesis topic:

L’instrumentalisation des arguments éthiques à des fins stratégiques au Moyen-Orient : analyse, implications stratégiques et contre-mesures, supervised by Bayram Balci and Thierry Balzacq