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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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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

Abel Solans

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): History of trans-Mediterranean circulation, Exile and migrations, Cosmopolitanism and internationalism

Discipline(s): History

Thesis topic:

L'Exil d'Italiens en Tunisie et en Egypte (1870-1940) : pris entre l'internationalisme, le transnationalisme et le colonialisme

Ziqian Song

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays on the Spatial Economics of Technology

Supervisors : Pierre-Philippe Combes, Clément Imbert

Henri Sourdais

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): Gender History, Sexual History, Pornography

Discipline(s): History

Elisa Soyer-Chaudun

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

Research Interest(s): sociology of public action and administration, sociology of environment, sociology of 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:

Governing land/soil : a study of French administration

Viviane Spitzhofer

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

Research Interest(s): Politiques comparées, migrations internationales, réfugiées et demandeurs d’asile, gouvernance multi-niveaux et décentralisation, intégration locale/regionale des migrants

Thesis topic:

National allocation Systems and Practices of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Member States of the European Union, sous la direction de Virginie Guiraudon, Thesis: National allocation Systems and Practices of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Member States of the European Union, under the supervision of Virginie Guiraudon

Eva Stahl

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

Research Interest(s): Health and reproduction; Public action; Sociology of professions.

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Assisted reproductive technology practices in France since 2021

Oskar Steiner

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

Research Interest(s): Urban governance Policy instruments Environmental politics Science and technology studies Economic sociology Artificial intelligence

Thesis topic:

“The emergence of AI as an instrument of urban environmental governance: a comparative sociology” under the supervision of Patrick Le Galès

Ana-Maria Szilagyi

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

Research Interest(s): Work, domestic work, feminist theory(ies)

Discipline(s): Political Science

Mostafa Taherkhani

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Legal theory, International law

Discipline(s): Law

Théodore Tallent

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

Research Interest(s): Environmental Policy Comparative politics Political geography Political sociology Climate policies Individual perceptions Territorial cleavages Just transition

Thesis topic:

Spatial cleavages and citizens' perceptions of climate policies: An impediment to the success and acceptability of the low-carbon transition in Europe? under the supervision of Florence Faucher and Davide Luca

Sarah Tegas

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

Research Interest(s): Negotiation, transnational climate governance, UNFCCC, small states

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Art, humanities, and international research

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania

Language(s): French, English, Italian

Thesis topic:

Beyond coalitions: Small states in international climate negotiations, supervised by Carola Klöck

Alphan Telek

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

Research Interest(s): Precarization, precarity, precariat, Turkey, Middle-East, populism, autocratization

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Art, humanities, and international research, Global economy, capitalism, extraction, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Turkey

Language(s): Turkish, French, English

Thesis topic:

Les liens entre précarisation et mobilisation en Turquie/The bonds between precarization and mobilization in Turkey, supervised by Elise Massicard

Lucien Thabourey

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

Research Interest(s): Environmental movements, environmental governance, relationships between the State and social movements, civil disobedience, repertoires of action, media and framing processes, comparative politics, France/UK, quantitative and qualitative methods.

Thesis topic:

Thèse : Mouvements écologistes et rapports à l'État : une étude comparée France/Royaume-Uni dirigé par Florence Faucher

Garance Thomas

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Public law, Environmental law, Waste law, Legal Theory and critical approaches, Science and technology studies, Property rights

Discipline(s): Law

Sarah Thompson

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

Research Group(s): Environmental Policies

Katharina Tittel

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

Research Interest(s): Immigration, Media, Digital Data, Social Networks

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Discours sur l'immigration dans les médias (sociaux) en France et en Allemagne : productions, circulations, interprétations et contestations
(Discourse on Immigration in (Social) Media in France and Germany: Production, Circulation, Interpretation, and Contestation)

Peter Tkatchenko

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays on the Chinese Economic Transition

Supervisor(s) : Nicolas Cœurdacier

Marta Tramezzani

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

Research Interest(s): communautés énergétiques ; politiques énergétiques européennes ; action publique ; action collective ; fabrique de la ville durable; justice environnementale ; participation politique.

Lucile Truffy

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

Research Interest(s): Histoire du plastique, Histoire de la consommation, Histoire environnementale, Histoire des entreprises (France, XXe siècle)

Discipline(s): History

Thesis topic:

Thesis title: The plastic bag odyssey. An economic and environmental history of polyethylene in France (1951-2005)

Supervisors: Giacomo Parrinello (CHSP) and Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel (CSO)

Olivia Tsoutsoplidi

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

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Essays in Historical Political Economy

Supervisor(s) : Julia Cagé, with thesis committee members Benjamin Marx, Emeric Henry

Hugo Vacus

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:

Risk expertise in public policies for anticipating and planning the low-carbon transition in France: knowledge, instruments, practices, and organizations

Sara Vallerani

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Understanding Urban Health Systems: Dynamics, Citizenship, and Governance

Arnaud Vendeur

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

Research Interest(s): Insecurity of employment, Professional careers, Employment policy

Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions, Governance and Economic Organisations

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

À l’épreuve de l’insécurité de l’emploi. Les salariés et leurs parcours face à l’instabilité professionnelle.

Luca Venga

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

Research Interest(s): Cities Democratic representation Decentralisation Reconfiguration of the state Citizen’s engagement in politics

Thesis topic:

“A New City: novel tools for citizen participation and engagement in Mexico City and Barcelona”, under the supervision of Patrick Le Galès

Viktor Veterinarov

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Public Transport: A Route to reduce Employment Gap?

Supervisor(s) : Clément Imbert

Aesa Virely

Entity(ies): Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): History of age-related vulnerabilities; history of destitute children; history of age and ageing; Welfare history; history of socialist Yugoslavia; Southeastern Europe, Balkans

Discipline(s): History

Geographical Area(s): Balkans

Thesis topic:

Title : “Placing in homes children and elderly. Social protection and age-related vulnerabilities in socialist Yugoslavia, 1945-1991”
Supervised by Sabine Dullin (Sciences Po Center for History) and Fabio Giomi (CETOBaC)

Camille Voisin

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS), The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)

Research Interest(s): Educational inequalities, School levels and performance, Social Psychology

Research Group(s): Educational Policies

Discipline(s): Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Social Psychology

Thesis topic:

La réforme des groupes de besoins au collège : quels impacts sur les performances académiques, les inégalités scolaires et les compétences socio-émotionnelles des élèves ?  (titre provisoire)

Lokesh Vyas

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Knowledge governance and information regulation

Discipline(s): Law

Lukas Wahden

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

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Arctic / Antarctica, Seas and Oceans, Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus / Central Asia, Global realm

Country(ies): China, Russian Federation

Language(s): German, English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Danish

Thesis topic:

‘Osvoenie’ beyond sovereignty: Russia’s policies towards the polar regions, high and deep sea, and outer space, supervised by Hugo Meijer and Marlène Laruelle

Pengfei Wang

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): Public law, Comparative law

Discipline(s): Law

Qiandai Wang

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

International Economic Law after Liberalism: a Critical Analysis of the Expanding Empire of Economic Security and Great Power Competition between China, the EU and the US on the Edge of Multilateralism.

Corneel Weyers

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

Research Interest(s): Decolonialism, diplomacy, democracy, populism, capitalism

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Language(s): Dutch, French

Thesis topic:

The impacts of populism on diplomatic policymaking, supervised by Christian Lequesne & Leslie Wehner

Thomas Windisch

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

The truth and nothing but the (judicial) truth! Epistemology of civil evidence in Quebec private law.

Matthew Winkler

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

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Global economy, capitalism, extraction

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Thesis topic:

Voice of the Climate Vulnerable, supervised by Carola Klöck

Paule Yacoub

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

Research Interest(s): Agricultural policies , Ecological transition, Technological innovations

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

Discipline(s): Sociology

Thesis topic:

Subcontracting and greening ? Agricultural labour changes and ecological transition policies

Tianxiang Yuan

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Thesis topic:

Labor Market Dynamics in China

Supervisor : Pierre Cahuc

Nikiforos Zampetakis

Entity(ies): Department of Economics

Discipline(s): Economics

Thesis topic:

Collusion and Vertical Contracting

Supervisor(s) : Marleen Marra

Christos Zois

Entity(ies): Law School's Research Center

Research Interest(s): International environmental and climate change law, Public international law, Queer legal theory, Rights of Nature, International law in the Anthropocene, Feminist legal theory, International human rights law

Discipline(s): Law

Thesis topic:

Futurity narratives in international climate change law: Deciphering the rights of 'future generations'.

Andrew Zola

Entity(ies): Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS), The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)

Research Interest(s): Welfare State, Crises, Social protection, Public opinion, Political economy

Research Group(s): Educational Policies

Discipline(s): Sociology

Language(s): English

Thesis topic:

Welfare Attitudes and Common Sense through Crises: The Sociological Basis of the Political Economy