Doctoral Dissertations Defended in 2020

2020

THE DUAL PROCESS OF IDENTITY FORMATION AND COLLECTIVE MOBILIZATION FROM BELOW: TURKISH DIASPORA ON KINSHIP CARE IN GERMANY

By Görkem Atsungur

Defense Committee:

Inna Melnykovska (supervisor, Central European University)
Andras Bozoki (Central European University)
Asli Yayak (external member, Bursa University)
Bela Greskovits (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense: 11 December, 2020

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Beyond “Ever Closer Union”: The Juncker Commission’s Ambition in Migration and Economic Policy  

By Jakov Bojovic

Defense Committee:

Uwe Puetter (supervisor, Europa-Universität Flensburg)
Nick Sitter (Central European University)
Dermot Hodson (external member, Birkbeck College London)
Marie-Pierre Granger (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense: 4 November, 2020

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By Simona Torotcoi

Defense Committee:

Liviu Matei (supervisor, Central European University)
Ligia Deca (external, New Europe College Bucharest, Presidential Adviser, Romanian Presidency)
Marvin Lazerson (Central European University)
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 16 June, 2020

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Between Good Faith and Defiance: sovereign debt in contemporary latin america

By Alfredo Hernandez Sanchez

Defense Committee:

Julius Horvath (supervisor, Central European University)
Juan Flores Zendeja (external, University of Geneva)
Michael Dorsch (Central European University)
Michael Merlingen (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 15 June, 2020

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REFUGEES: THE UNFREE AND OPPRESSED NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS OF REFUGEEHOOD AND RIGHTS IN DISPLACEMENT

By Felix Bender

Defense Committee:

Nenad Dimitrijevic (supervisor, Central European University)
Patti Lenard (external, University of Ottawa)
Janos Kis (Central European University)
Zoltan Miklosi (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 4 June, 2020

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Responsibilities to Protect
Accountability and responsiveness in protecting populations from atrocity crimes

By Erna Burai

Defense Committee:

Alexander Astrov (supervisor, Central European University)
Michael Ignatieff (Central European University)
Jamie Gaskarth (external, University of Birmingham)
Xymena Kurowska (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 3 June, 2020

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The Political Economy of the Territorial Regime in Post-Soviet Russia 

By Ekaterina Paustyan

Defense Committee:

Julius Horvath (supervisor, Central European University)
Inna Melnykovska (Central European University)
Irina Busygina (external member, High School of Economics, St Petersburg)
Ruben Mnatsakanian (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 2 June, 2020

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Reacting to Uncertainty: Institutional Responses to the Politicization of EU Trade Policy

By Peter Marton

Defense Committee:

Nick Sitter (supervisor, Central European University)
Marie-Pierre Granger (Central European University)
Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet (external member, University of Barcelona)
Evelyne Huebscher (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 19 May, 2020

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MOVEMENTS THAT CARE: EMPATHY, SOLIDARITY AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE PLATFORM OF THOSE AFFECTED BY MORTGAGES

By Felipe Gonzalez Santos

Defense Committee:

Bela Greskovits (supervisor, Central European University)
Erin Jenne (Central European University)
Donatella Della Porta (external member, Scuola Normale Superiore) 
Xymena Kurowska (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 3 April, 2020

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COUSINS IN ARMS: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CIVIL WAR MOBILIZATION IN MONTENEGRO

By Vujo Ilic

Defense Committee:

Erin Jenne (supervisor, Central European University)
Levente Littvay (Central European University)
Andrea Ruggeri (external member, University of Oxford) 
Bela Greskovits (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense: 27 March, 2020

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The Influence of the European Semester on Employment Policies in Central and Eastern Europe: Mechanisms, Conditions and Policy Change

By Mario Munta

Defense Committee:

Uwe Puetter (supervisor, Europa-Universität Flensburg) 
Agnes Batory (Central European University) 
Jonathan Zeitlin (external, University of Amsterdam)
Erin Jenne (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense: 17 March, 2020