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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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Charlotte Desmasures

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

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits, Science, technology and power, Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Language(s): English, German, Russian

Thesis topic:

L'intégration des enjeux climatiques dans le mandat d'une organisation multilatérale de défense : le cas de l'OTAN, supervised by Frédéric Ramel & Bruno Charbonneau

Ariane Desroches-Touchain

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

Research Interest(s): Public action, Environment, Social state, Political sociology

Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

The French state and environmental hazards: an extension of social security? Managing the economic consequences of natural disasters in France since 1945

Rashmi Dharia

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Fatoumata Diallo

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

Research Interest(s): Public action, BRT, local governance, public policy transfer

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Public Policy

Geographical Area(s): Southern Africa, West Africa, Western Europe

Country(ies): France, Nigeria, South Africa

Thesis topic:

The differentiated translations of Bus Rapid Transit. A comparative examination of the implementation of a traveling policy model at the local level in Cape Town, Lagos and Greater Paris, supervised by Laurent Fourchard & Patrick Le Galès

Luis Diaz Pavez

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

The Impact of Industrial Policy on Production Networks: Some Micro-Level Evidence

Supervisor(s) : Thierry Mayer

Anwita Dinkar

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

Research Interest(s): Sociology of law and Justice, Sociology of work, organizations and professions

Research Group(s): Law, Norms and Regulation

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

From Dust to Dignity: Exploring legal consciousness among urban India’s female cleaning workers

Soazig Dollet

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

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

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

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

Claire Duboscq

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

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits, Global economy, capitalism, extraction, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Science, technology and power, Violence, war and peace

Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Colombia

Thesis topic:

La fabrique du droit de la nature. Approche ethnographique de la judiciarisation de fleuves et forêt en Colombie, supervised by Sandrine Revet.

Lucie Dupin

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Contract law, Civil liability law, Family law, Animal law, Legal theory and legal thought, Moral and political philosophy (animal ethics)

Discipline(s): Law

Maxence Dutilleul

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

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

Katharina Egle

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

Research Interest(s): Politics of memory, ontological insecurity, post-colonial relations, interest groups, collective memory

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe, Middle East

Country(ies): France, Germany, Namibia, Algeria

Language(s): German, English, French, Spanish

Thesis topic:

Framing Ontological (In)security: The Role of Interest Groups in France and Germany's Politics of Memory, supervised by Mathias Delori

Fatimetou El Bah

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Education Policies, School Practices, and Their Impact

Supervisor(s): Clément de Chaisemartin

Dima El Hariri

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays in the Political Economy of the Middle East

Supervisor(s): Roberto Galbiati

Sarah El-Abd

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

Research Interest(s): Peacekeeping, humanitarian affairs, civil-military relations, international law, peace and conflict studies.

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Violence, war and peace

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East, West Africa

Country(ies): Lebanon, Mali

Language(s): English, Danish, Arabic, German, French, Spanish

Thesis topic:

Humanitarians in Blue Helmets? How the United Nations Integrated Humanitarian Action in UN Peacekeeping Operations, supervised by Chiara Ruffa

Mohamed Elsayeh

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Anastasia Fairchild

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

Thesis topic:

Seeking Justice, Finding Dogma/Forgetting Collectively: the permeating influence of prosecuting, supervised by Nadège Ragaru.

Cécile Féry

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Public health thesis in progress: ‘Agir sur les organisations dans le bon usage des antibiotiques en EHPAD’ (Influence organisations in the proper use of antibiotics in retirement homes) directed by Nelly Agrinier (Santé Publique France) and Laetitia Ricci as part of INSPIIRE (UMR) and the Oraneat project.

Co-supervisor: Patrick Castel.

Mylène Feuillade

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Spatial Wage Disparities and Individual Location Choices

Supervisor(s) : Pierre-Philippe Combes, with thesis committee members Kerstin Holzheu, Moshe Buchinsky

Jeteesha Foollee

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays in Intergenerational Social Mobility in Africa

Supervisor(s): Clément Imbert

Sibylle Fourcaud

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): History of administration, Atlantic History, French and Haitian revolutions

Discipline(s): History

Thibault Fournol

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

Research Interest(s): India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific, multilateral practices, regional cooperation, informal diplomacy

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , South Asia

Country(ies): India

Language(s): French, English, Hindi

Thesis topic:

Recomposition des pratiques multilatérales en Indo-Pacifique : l'approche indienne du multilatéralisme stratégique, supervised by Delphine Allès et Christophe Jaffrelot

Constance Frohly

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Determinants, Mechanisms, and Consequences of Households' School Choices: Evidence from French Households Decisions in Secondary Education

Supervisor(s): Emeric Henry, Pierre Cahuc

Maxime Gaborit

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

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

Ida Gaede

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

Research Interest(s): Gender, Maternity, Equal pay, Labor market, Discrimination, Migrant women

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Migrant Mothers: the Role of Citizenship and Migration in Post-Birth Employment Trajectories in Germany and France

Ramiro Galdeano Solans

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

Research Interest(s): Migrations, Housing policies, Urban settings

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

The impact of housing policies on exiles: residential trajectories and urban integration of newly arrived exiled migrants in Île-de-France area and the Community of Madrid.

Mathilde Gansemer

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Réinventer la montagne. Étude des modalités de création contribuant à un nouvel imaginaire des territoires montagnards dans les séries et films français (2005-2025).

Co-direction : Fabienne Costa (laboratoire Litt&Arts de l’Université de Grenoble) and Gwenaele Rot

Gustavo J. Garcia Bernal

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays in Macroeconomics: Intergenerational Wealth Dynamics and Inequalities

Supervisor(s): Xavier Ragot

Damien Garcia

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

Research Interest(s): Science studies, Sociology of Law, Environmental Justice

Research Group(s): Law, Norms and Regulation, Work, Employment and Professions, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Environmental health advocates 

Diane Gattet

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

Research Group(s): Law, Norms and Regulation, Work, Employment and Professions

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

“Fast sugars” with an ambivalent role. Legal assistants, a rapidly expanding legal profession

Néo Gaudy

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Preventing violence while promoting sexual health? A sociology of LGBTQI community health mobilizations since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in metropolitan France

Kévin Gauthier

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

Research Interest(s): diplomatie studies ; state sovereignty ; outer space ; air space ; the high seas and deep seabed ; polar regions ; cyber space ; history and theory of international relations

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

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

Thesis topic:

States in planetary spaces diplomacy: navigating the polymorphic concept of sovereignty at the turn of the millennium, supervised by Thierry Balzacq

Maëlle Gélin

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Intellectual History, Socio-history of literature, History of intellectual circulations, Postcolonial Studies

Discipline(s): History

Camille Gélix

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Ömer Faruk Gemalmaz

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Nicolas Ghio

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Public Policies for Long-Term Unemployed Workers

Supervisor(s) : Pierre Cahuc

Coline Giard Rammeloo

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

Research Interest(s): Sociology of professions, Sociology of public action, Sociology of beliefs and knowledge, Sociology of health

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Construction and organization of beliefs in the New Age movement: epistemological principles and paths to adherence

Mattis Gilbert

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Information Frictions and Recruitment Practices

Supervisor(s) : Pierre Cahuc and Jean-Marc Robin

Camille Gillet

Entity(ies): undefined

Research Interest(s): Gender equality, Higher education

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Administering Gender Equality at the University: Origins and Deployment of a Category-Specific Policy
 

Esther Ginestet

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Intellectual History, History of colonization, History of science and knowledge in East Africa

Discipline(s): History

Francesco Giosuè

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Liberalism, Constitutionalism, Enlightenment, Counter-enlightenment, Political history, Economic history

Discipline(s): History

Dorcas Goabga

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Anouk Gohier

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

Research Interest(s): Urban energy governance, infrastructures, transformations of socio-technical systems

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Science, technology and power

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia

Country(ies): Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia

Language(s): French, English, Dutch, Russian

Thesis topic:

From Air Pollution Crises to Energy Transitions: Urban Politics and Governance in Bishkek and Ulaanbaatar, supervised by Bayram Balci

Noémie Gourde-Bouchard

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Alexandre Grellet

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Policies That Work : Evaluating the Effectiveness of Education Programs in France

Supervisor(s) : Clément de Chaisemartin, Carlo Barone (CRIS, Sciences Po)

Vianney Griffaton

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Social and cultural history, Political history of the French working class, Economic history, Socialism and syndicalism (19th-20th Centuries)

Discipline(s): History

Léo Grillet

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

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

Emilie Grisez

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

Research Interest(s): Education, Socialization, School, Childhood, Family, Religion, Morality, Ethnography, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

The Socialization of Children in Catholic Primary Schools in France
 

Rémi Guillem

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

Research Interest(s): Urban farming, Funding of the voluntary sector, Food systems

Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State, Governance and Economic Organisations

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Financing alter-modernity : comparing the economic and social development of the urban agriculture activities in Paris (France) and Detroit (US)

Laure Guimbail

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

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

La mise en données des crises. L'impact des nouvelles technologies sur la gestion des risques et des crises