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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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Bastien Patras

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Energy Regulation and Housing Market Dynamics: An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of the Impact of Energy Efficiency Policies on Homeowners

Supervisor(s) : Pierre-Philippe Combes

Hadrien Pauchard

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Private international law, Transnational arbitration

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

Private international law and space: the constitutive role of law in global governance.

Jade PAYAN

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Hunting policies. The governance of biodiversity by hunters and its contemporary transformations

Edgar Paysant

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

Research Interest(s): Security, civil-military relations, the French War on Terror, military sociology, gender, emotions

Research Group(s): Violence, war and peace; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe

Language(s): English

Thesis topic:

Protection and emotions in non-conventional military operations, supervised by Chiara Ruffa and Béatrice Châteauvert-Gagnon

Paloma Péligry

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Heterogeneity and Capital Reallocation: Assessing Climate Policy Efficacy in a Transitioning Economy

Supervisor(s) : Axelle Ferrière, Xavier Ragot

Anna Pereti

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

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

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

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

Chloé Petit

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Constitutional law, Critical legal theory, Philosophy, Linguistics, Discourse analysis

Discipline(s): Law

Noémie Piolat

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

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 & Jan Rovny

Giulio Piumelli

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): International History, History of the United States, History of Economic Globalization

Discipline(s): History

Alberto Polimeni

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

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.

Manon Pothet

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

Research Interest(s): Education, Social Diversity, Urban Segregation

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Mixité sociale dans la ville et à l'école. Ségrégations urbaines et inégalités scolaires à Paris
 

Gabriel Pourre

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

Research Interest(s): Ethics of war, Just war, Law of Armed Conflict, Nuclear and deterrence strategy, International Political Theory

Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons; Violence, war and peace

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Country(ies): United States of America

Language(s): English, Chinese, Italian

Thesis topic:

La politique de ciblage nucléaire des États-Unis face au droit des conflits armés, supervised by Ariel Colonomos

Sophia Praetorius

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Trade Cost and Global Production Networks

Supervisor(s) :  Thierry MAYER

Marta Prata Domingos

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): European Social Security Law

Discipline(s): Law

Jianli Prone

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

Research Interest(s): Professions, Policing, Care

Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions; Public Policy and Transformations of the State; Law, Norms and Regulation

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

The Uniform Tested by Feelings: Promoting the “Human Dimension” in Police Work, Differential Appropriations, and Consequences for Practices

Prarthana Puthran

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

Research Interest(s): Affective polarisation, India, democracy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Benjamin Puybareau

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

Research Interest(s): The norm of secrecy in IR, normative debates in IR, history of secret services, intelligence service cooperation

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

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

Country(ies): France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Thesis topic:

Secrecy and unveiling in international relations: the reconfigurations of the norm of secrecy in the Western world, supervised by Ariel Colonomos et de Thierry Balzacq

Jiawei Qian

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Thesis topic:

Public Goods Auctions in Small Open Source Projects

Supervisor : Franz Ostrizek

Yuqing Qiu

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Transnational history, China

Discipline(s): History

Grégoire Ramé

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

Research Interest(s): Extractivism, political ecology and urban metabolisms

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

Discipline(s): Geography

Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography

Geographical Area(s): East Asia

Country(ies): Taiwan

Language(s): French, English, Chinese

Thesis topic:

Les marchands de sable de Taïwan : pour une écologie urbaine de l'extractivisme ordinaire, supervised by Eric Verdeil & Melissa Marschke

Jakob Rauschendorfer

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Imports, External Protection, and Primary Producer Gains from Export Expansion: Three Essays on Firms and Trade in Low-Income Countries

Supervisor(s) : Johannes Boehm

Juliette Refle

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

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; Environmental risks and planetary limits

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, International Relations

Geographical Area(s): West Africa

Country(ies): Benin, Nigeria

Thesis topic:

Expériences ordinaires des changements climatiques : mobilisations, adaptations, contestations dans les quartiers littoraux urbains de Lagos (Nigéria) et Cotonou (Bénin), supervised by Laurent Fourchard

Maximilian Reinold

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

Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Oceania, Seas and Oceans, South Asia

Thesis topic:

Preserving Maritime Order in an Era of Great Power Competition Mapping the Emerging Naval Security Cooperation System in the Indo-Pacific and Europe’s Role Therein, supervised by Hugo Meijer

Éric Repetto

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

Research Group(s): Science, technology and power

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Thesis topic:

Sovereignty practices in the interactions between states and digital platforms, supervised by Thierry Balzacq

Sophia Riahi

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Venance Riblier

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays on Sovereign Debt

Supervisor(s) : Nicolas Cœurdacier

Zéo Richez

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

Research Interest(s): Sociology of health, Sociology of gender and sexuality, Sociology of work and professions

Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions; Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Caring for transgender minors in France: Building a field and medical practice under pressure

Jeanne-Louise Roellinger

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

Research Interest(s): Arms control, norms of responsible behavior, cyberspace, outer space, uncertainty

Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons; Science, technology and power

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Language(s): French, English, Hebrew

Thesis topic:

The Security Dilemma in the Information Age of Uncertainty, supervised by Ariel Colonomos

Johanna Roth

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays on Unemployment, Job Search and Policy Evaluation

Supervisor(s) : Pierre Cahuc, with thesis committee members Roland Rathelot (CREST)

Cyprien Rousset

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Living alone: between independence and dependence. A socioeconomic analysis of the domestic arrangements of people who do not live with others

Gabrielle Sagot

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Three Essays in Gender Economics

Supervisor(s) : Hélène Périvier, Claire Montialoux

Eulalie Saïsset

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS), Department of Economics

Research Interest(s): Environmental inequalities, Soil protection, Land economics, Land use, Biodiversity, Environmental justice, Conflicts

Discipline(s): Economics

Language(s): French, English, German

Thesis topic:

A Fair Share of Land: No Net Land Take and the Quest for Equity in Soil Conservation
Supervisors: Lucas Chancel (Sciences Po - CRIS) et Harold Levrel (CIRED)
 

Aurélien Salas

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Research Interest(s): Economic Theory; Behavioural Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Information Design in Platforms

Supervisor(s) : Eduardo Perez and Jeanne Hagenbach, with thesis committee members Emeric Henry

Dan Sanaren

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

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): West Africa

Country(ies): Benin, Ghana

Thesis topic:

La police morale du cadre de vie : Policing, hygiène et environnement urbain à Cotonou et Accra, supervised by Laurent Fourchard

Eugenio Sánchez

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

Research Interest(s): Economic Statecraft, Industrial Policy, Global Value Chains, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Foreign Policy

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Economy

Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe, Global realm , Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe

Country(ies): France, Germany

Language(s): Czech, French, English, Portuguese

Thesis topic:

Comparative Economic Statecraft: How State-Business Relations Shape Modern Great Power Competition, supervised by Hugo Meijer

Davide Sansone

Entity(ies): Department of Economics, The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)

Research Group(s): Environmental Policies

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays in the Economics of Climate Change and Behavioural Responses

Supervisor(s) :  Emeric Henry

Selma Sarenkapa

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

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

Matthieu Sarnin

Entity(ies): Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE), The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)

Research Interest(s): Ecological transition, Sociology of public polic, Public policy instruments, Knowledge and expertise, Public administration, Steering and coordination of public policies

Research Group(s): The State as a Producer of Public Policies; Environmental Policies

Thesis topic:

Domestiquer ou orchestrer la transition écologique ? Les savoirs et instruments de pilotage des politiques publiques à l’épreuve de la gouvernance des transitions, under the supervision of Charlotte Halpern and Philippe Bezes.

Luis Sattelmayer

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

Research Interest(s): party competition, party communication, political parties, electoral behavior, quantitative and computational social science methods Competition Between Equals: Explaining mainstream party decline in western European democracies

Thesis topic:

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

Nicholas Saul

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Marie Sautier

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

Research Interest(s): Internationalisation of Higher Education and Research, Evaluation practices in academia , Sociology of careers

Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions; Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

La fabrique de l’internationalisation : trajectoires de recherche et pratiques de recrutement dans l’espace académique

Constantin Schesch

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Thesis topic:

Narrative Identification in Macroeconomics Networks

Supervisor : Isabelle Mejean

Niklas Schoch

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Commitment in Uncertain Times: Investment Decisions, Price Volatility, and the EU ETS

Supervisor(s) : Johannes Boehm and Stefan Pollinger

Amelia Schofield

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Post-Colonial Identities, Racial Politics, Modern British History, Transatlantic History

Discipline(s): History

Country(ies): United Kingdom

Language(s): English

Maximilien Serreau

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

Research Interest(s): Education, Socialization, Elite, Economic Sociology, Sociology of the Family

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Socialisations, positions et dispositions estudiantines dans les grandes écoles de commerce

Paul Servais

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

Research Interest(s): climate politics, territorial cleavages, political economy, political sociology, political behaviour

Research Group(s): Strains on Democratic Representation

Thesis topic:

Analysing territorial cleavages in the Anthropocene - a comparative analysis of climate change's impacts on political behaviours in Western Europe, under the direction of Jan Rovny

Aditya Sharma

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), Law and Literature, Legal Storytelling, Law and International Relations

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

The Ramayana and the Mahabharata as Stories in International Law.

Alex Sheridan

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

Research Interest(s): Inequalities in childhood, Gender, Social class, Parenting

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

What role do parents play in shaping gender inequalities in childhood? A comparative study of France and the United Kingdom. (provisional title)

Yukyung Shin

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

Research Interest(s): Rationalisation of medicine, Health system reform, Working conditions of healthcare workers

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Which care is appropriate ? The case of sick leave prescriptions by liberal physicians in France