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PhD candidates
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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Antoine Leymarie
antoine.leymarie@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:

Chiao Li
chiao.li@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)
Research Interest(s): Electoral participation; electoral preferences; generations; European Parliament election; political socialization; dealignment; realignment
Thesis topic:
Qinci Li
Entity(ies): Department of Economics
Discipline(s): Economics
Thesis topic:
Information Design Under Partial Delegation
Supervisor(s): Eduardo Perez
Maria Laura Lisboa
marialaura.lisboa@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Geographical Area(s): European Union, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Thesis topic:
The Babel Tower of European Security: An analysis of the utility of the term 'hybrid threats' in a European context, supervised by Ariel Colonomos

Pierre Livet
pierre.livet@etud.univ-paris8.fr
Entity(ies): The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)
Discipline(s): Economics
Arno Lizet
arno.lizet@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)
Research Interest(s): Sociology of public action, sociology of work, intermediation, localised social spaces, rural worlds, ordinary relationship with politics.
Research Group(s): Discriminations and Category-Based Policies, Evaluation of Democracy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Doha Lkasmi
doha.lkasmi@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): Grand Strategy, Maghreb, Morocco, armament
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Geographical Area(s): North Africa
Country(ies): Morocco
Language(s): French, English, Arabic
Thesis topic:
La Grande stratégie du Maroc : déterminants de la politique étrangère, supervised by Thierry Balzacq

Fernanda Lobato
fernanda.lobato@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Research Interest(s): Sciences and Technology Studies, Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender and sexualities
Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State, Work, Employment and Professions
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
Hugo Longieras
hugo.longieras@sciencespo.fr
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): Global realm
Thesis topic:
Agency of Local Staff in the UN Bureaucracy: How Local Staff Negotiate their Position within Hierarchies, supervised by Chiara Ruffa

Tiphaine Lours
tiphaine.lours@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): History of Medicine, History of surgical practices, History of science, Disability Studies, History of the body, 19th century social history
Discipline(s): History

Ciara Luxton
ciara.luxton@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF), Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): Distributive justice, ethics, equality.
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Thesis topic:
An investigation into cooperation, reciprocity and inequalities between states, supervised by Ariel Colonomos and Annabelle Lever
Marina Machuca de Godoi
marina.machucadegodoi@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Group(s): Science, technology and power
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Brazil
Language(s): Portuguese, French, English
Thesis topic:
Les technologies électorales au Brésil : controverses, mobilisations et circulations de savoirs, supervised by Hélène Combes

Pauline Madiès
Entity(ies): Department of Economics, The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)
Discipline(s): Economics
Thesis topic:
Gender Segregation in the Labour Market
Supervisor(s) : Jeanne Hagenbach, Jose de Sousa (Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas)

Alessandro Maffei
alessandro.maffei@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): International political economy, digital economy, digital policies, economic history, capitalism
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Economy, International Relations
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe, Global realm , North America, East Asia, Western Europe
Country(ies): China, United States of America
Language(s): Italian, English, French, Spanish
Thesis topic:
An IPE comparison between the US and China digital policies, supervised by Hugo Meijer

Sophie Maier
sophie.maier@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): Populism; India; Discourses; Transnational Relations
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Art, humanities, and international research
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Geographical Area(s): South Asia, Global realm , Central and Eastern Europe
Country(ies): United Kingdom, India, Germany
Language(s): German, English
Thesis topic:
Populist Networking: The special relationship between populist parties and non-democratic states, supervised by Christian Lequesne

Valentin Maldera-Soudan
valentin.malderasoudan@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Research Interest(s): Science and Technology Studies (STS), political sociology of science, sociology of activism
Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions, Law, Norms and Regulation, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
From institutional activism to environmental activism? Scientific practices and forms of engagement among Scientifiques en Rébellion

Léandre Mandard
leandre.mandard@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): Rural History, Agricultural Modernization, Cultural history of Brittany
Discipline(s): History

Carla Marand
carla.marand@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): History of emotions, History and anthropology of images and the arts, history of artificial intelligence, History of techniques and ideas
Research Group(s): Humanities. Lives, Materialities, Representations, Experiences. Social Actors, Movements, & Groups
Discipline(s): History

Valentin Marchal
Entity(ies): Department of Economics
Research Interest(s): Macroeconomics; Finance
Discipline(s): Economics
Thesis topic:
Essays on Rational Bubbles
Supervisor(s) : Stéphane Guibaud, with thesis committee members Jeanne Commault, Nicolas Cœurdacier
Esther Martin
esther.martin@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Thesis topic:
Vers une justice narrative ? Les biais des pratiques judiciaires dominantes en France dans le jugement du viol comme crime contre l'humanité, supervised by Julie Saada & Astrid von Busekist

Vinícius Martinez
amc.vinicius@gmail.com
Entity(ies): The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)
Research Group(s): Socio-fiscal Policies
Philippe Martini Toriz
philippe.martinitoriz@sciencespo.fr
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): Global realm , Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia
Country(ies): Bhutan, Ecuador
Thesis topic:
Les Indicateurs Internationaux de Développement et la Construction d'un Monde Pluriel, supervised by Ariel Colonomos
Maya Mazzacane
maya.mazzacane@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:

Peter McCarthy
peter.mccarthy@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center
Discipline(s): Law

Thibault Mechler
thibault.mechler@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center
Discipline(s): Law

Rémi Meehan
remi.meehan@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): Digital diplomacy, State use of social media, Public diplomacy
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Science, technology and power
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Geographical Area(s): North America, South Asia, Western Europe
Language(s): English, French
Thesis topic:
Public Diplomacy in the digital space: How states use social media to advance their narratives, supervised by Christian Lequesne

Tom Meinderts
tom.meinderts@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): History of international relations, History of the United States, Political History, Evangelicalism
Discipline(s): History

Georges Mercier
georges.mercier@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Thesis topic:
Responsabilité politique et implications éthiques des constructivismes sociaux, supervised by Ariel Colonomos

Meryl Merran
meryl.merran@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Research Interest(s): Learning, Professional training
Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State, Work, Employment and Professions
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
Pathways and practices for accessing rights: the reception of administrative assistance schemes
within a Parisian district

Omer Faruk Metin
omerfaruk.metin@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)
Research Interest(s): Emotions, politic decisions
Discipline(s): Political Science

Guilhem Mevel
guilhem.mevel@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)
Research Interest(s): Reception of the French Revolution, Marxist theory, Republicanism
Discipline(s): Political Science

Juliette Michelet
juliette.michelet@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): undefined
Research Interest(s): Education, School inequalities, Educational guidance, Socio-emotional skills, Metacognition, Educational interventions, Public policies for priority education networks
Discipline(s): Sociology, Cognitive science
Thesis topic:
Socioeconomic background, student motivations and track choice in France: evidence from a mentorship program among lower secondary students (provisional title)

Amandine Michelon
amandine.michelon@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Research Group(s): Law, Norms and Regulation, Work, Employment and Professions, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
Elisabeth Miljkovic
elisabeth.miljkovic@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Violence, war and peace
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Geographical Area(s): Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe
Language(s): French, Russian, English, German
Thesis topic:
La communauté des descendant·es de la première vague d'émigration russe en France : contours et identifications, supervised by Kathy Rousselet.

Vincent Millou
vincent.millou@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)
Discipline(s): Political Science

Cao Minh Ho
caominh.ho@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)
Research Interest(s): Immigrants, Education, Educational trajectories, Career trajectories, Stereotypes, Discrimination
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
The Good Students of Immigration? Stereotypes as Both Resources and Obstacles in the Trajectories of Asian Immigrant Descendants

Yoel Mitrani
yoel.mitrani@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)
Discipline(s): Political Science
Cornelia Mohren
Entity(ies): Department of Economics
Discipline(s): Economics
Thesis topic:
From Fumes to Fortunes? Environmental Policy and Wealth Concentration
Supervisor(s) : Lucas Chancel
Norbert Monti
Entity(ies): Department of Economics
Discipline(s): Economics
Thesis topic:
Essays in Political and Environmental Economics
Supervisor(s): Roberto Gallbiati

Paulette Montserrat Bermúdez Jordana
paulette.bermudezjordana@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center
Research Interest(s): International Human Rights Law, Transitional Justice, InterAmerican System of Human Rights, Women's Rights
Discipline(s): Law

Tania Moutai
tania.moutai@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)
Research Interest(s): Mobilité spatiale ; Émigration ; Ultramarins ; Corse
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
Insularities and (Im)Mobilities: Mobility Trajectories of Corsican and Martinican Populations

Eliot Moyne
eliot.moyne@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Research Interest(s): Sociology of public action, Sociology of rural areas, Sociology of the digital
Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
Léo Mugneret-La Gravière
leo.mugneretlagraviere@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): Chinese politics, diaspora, authoritarianism
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Geographical Area(s): East Asia, Oceania
Country(ies): China
Language(s): French, English, Chinese, Spanish, German, Tahitian
Thesis topic:
China’s Party-State Diasporic Modes of Authoritarian Governance Among Overseas Chinese Communities in Europe and the Pacific, supervised by Françoise Mengin and Jérôme Doyon

Anamaría Muñoz Rincón
anamaria.munoz@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center
Research Interest(s): Transitional Justice, Judicial Adjudication, Distributional Analysis, International Human Rights Law, Third World Approaches to International Law
Discipline(s): Law

Claus Musterle
claus.musterle@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): Company History, Transnational and comparative History, Social and cultural history
Discipline(s): History

Mathieu Naour
mathieu.naour@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)
Research Interest(s): Labor market, Refugees, Discrimination, Integration policy
Discipline(s): Sociology
Thesis topic:
Labor market integration of refugees : an analysis of French policies

Francesco Nardone
francesco.nardone@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)
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:

Mohamed Amyn Nfaoui
mohamedamyn.nfaoui@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Center for International Studies (CERI)
Research Interest(s): Elections, Sufism, Arab world, Electoral culture
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa
Country(ies): Morocco
Language(s): English, Arabic, Arabic (Moroccan)
Thesis topic:
La consolidation d'une culture électorale en contexte monarchique : imaginaires et matérialités des processus électoraux au Maroc (1997-2027), supervised by Hélène Combes

Pierre Nobi
pierre.nobi@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): Construction and circulation of medical knowledge, 18th-19th centuries
Discipline(s): History

Sophia Noel
sophia.noel@sciencespo.fr
Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS)
Research Interest(s): Climate Change, Widowhood, Demography
Discipline(s): Demography
Thesis topic:
Widowhood and Vulnerability in the Face of Climate Change