Doctoral Dissertations Defended in 2018

2018

The Political Economy of Extreme Work Hours in Western democracies

By Anna Burger

Defense Committee:
Achim Kemmerling (supervisor, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt Universität)
Martin Kahanec (CEU)
Janine Leschke (Copenhagen Business School)
Evelyne Huebscher (chair, CEU)

Date of the Defense: 7 December, 2018

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MOVEMENT AS AN ESSENTIAL INTEREST: A CASE FOR JUST BORDERS

By Georgiana Turculet

Defense Committee:
Andres Moles (supervisor, CEU)
Nenad Dimitrijevic (CEU)
Eszter Kollar (Center for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven)
Zoltan Miklosi (chair, CEU)

Date of the Defense: 15 October, 2018

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‘Fighting Fire With Fire’: A Normative Exploration of the Militant Democracy Principle

By Miles Maftean

Defense Committee:
Nenad Dimitrijevic (supervisor, CEU)
Zoltan Miklosi (CEU)
Mattias Kumm (Inge Rennert Professor of Law at New York University School of Law)
Andres Moles (chair, CEU)

Date of the Defense: 20 September, 2018

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On the State's Duty to Create a Just World Order

By Jelena Belic

Defense Committee:
Zoltan Miklosi (supervisor, CEU)
Janos Kis (CEU)
Miriam Ronzoni (external, Reader in Political Theory, University of Manchester)
Andres Moles (chair, CEU)

Date of the Defense: 18 September, 2018

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Institutions and Resource Governance at the Sub-National Level: The Case of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Zambia

By Agatha Siwale

Defense Committee:
Thilo D. Bodenstein (CEU, supervisor) 
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (CEU) 
Roy Maconachie (external member, University of Bath) 
Daniel Large (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 20 June, 2018

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Away towards the Asylum - Abandonment, Confinement and Subsistence in Psychiatric (De-)institutionalization in Romania

By Leyla Safta-Zecheria

Defense Committee:
Viola Zentai (CEU, supervisor) 
Prem Kumar Rajaram (CEU) 
Paul Stubbs (external member, Institute of Economics at Zagreb) 
Balazs Trencsenyi (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 15 June, 2018

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The Politics of Upward (Re-?) Distribution: Political Causes and Consequences of CEO Pay across Advanced Democracies

By Renira C. Angeles

Defense Committee:
Achim Kemmerling (formerly CEU, supervisor) 
Nick Sitter (CEU) 
Isabela Mares (external member, Columbia University) 
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 11 May, 2018

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DO REGULATIONS MATTER? IMPACT OF POLITICAL FINANCING REGULATIONS ON PARTY CORRUPTION IN CROATIA AND SERBIA

By Gorana Misic

Defense Committee:
Agnes Batory (CEU, supervisor) 
Marie-Pierre Granger (CEU) 
Marcin Walecki (external member, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) 
Evelyne Huebscher (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 19 April, 2018

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VARIETIES OF REGIONALISATION: THE IMPACT OF REGIONALISM ON REGIONALISATION OF THE CAR INDUSTRY IN THE EU AND NAFTA

By Daniel Izsak

Defense Committee:
Thomas Fetzer (CEU, supervisor) 
Bela Greskovits (CEU) 
Mark Aspinwall (external member, CIDE, Mexico-City) 
Laszlo Bruszt (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 23 March, 2018

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ROLE BARGAINING AND REGIONAL ORDERS: THE SECURITY DYNAMICS OF EU-RUSSIA AND ASEAN-CHINA RELATIONS

By Margaryta Rymarenko

Defense Committee:
Daniel Large (supervisor, CEU)
Micahel Merlingen (CEU)
Cameron G. Thies (external member, Arizona State University)
Youngmi Kim (chair, University of Edinburgh)

Date of the Defense: 22 March, 2018

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Immigration and labour market outcomes: immigrant self-employment, native task reallocation and the role of policies

By Magdalena Ulceluse

Defense Committee:
Martin Kahanec (CEU) 
Michael Dorsch (CEU) 
Kea G. Tijdens (external member, University of Amsterdam) 
Evelyne Huebscher (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 12 March, 2018

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Women’s Islamic Movements and Politico-Religious Empowerment:  Accommodation, Dissent, and Transgression in Turkey and Egypt (1995-2016)

By Asli Karaca

Defense Committee:
Lea Sgier ((formerly) CEU, co-supervisor)
Nadia Al-Bagdadi (CEU, co-supervisor) 
Deniz Kandiyoti (external member, SOAS, University of London) 
Anil Duman (CEU, chair) 

Date of the Defense: 16 February, 2018

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WORLD OF “OUR” MAKING: A SOCIO-MATERIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST ACCOUNTING OF THE DEBATE OVER GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

By Shane Markowitz

Defense Committee:
Michael Merlingen (CEU, supervisor)
Xymena Kurowska (CEU)
Claudia Aradau (external member King’s College London) 
Thomas Fetzer  (CEU, chair)

Date of Defense: 24 January, 2018