{"id":1654,"date":"2021-01-04T11:18:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/?page_id=1654"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:58:11","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Recently Defended PhDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/zeynep-mentesoglu-tardivo\/\">Zeynep Mentesoglu Tardivo &#8211; 22 July 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Provisional Thesis Title:<\/strong> The Effect of Populist Parties on marginalised groups. (Cycle 36)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/giulia-gallinella\/\">Giulia Gallinella &#8211; 16 June 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The impact of crises on the delegation of powers at the EU level. (Cycle 36)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/dora-hegedus\/\">Dora Hegedus &#8211; 3 June 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Provisional Thesis Title:<\/strong> Towards a Europe of Subregions? Investigating the Illiberal Challenge of the Visegrad Group. (Cycle 36)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/roelof-albert-nijmeijer\/\"><b>Roelof Albert Nijmeijer\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; 11 September 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One Size Fits All? An Exploratory Study of The Structure and Contents of Russian and Chinese Information Operations on Twitter. (Cycle 34)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/anna-ascani\/\"><strong>Anna Ascani<\/strong> &#8211; 13 June 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Influence of International Actors on the Education System in Italy and Impact on Accountability. (Cycle 32)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/stefan-michele-barratt\/\"><strong>Stefan Michele Barratt<\/strong> &#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/stefan-michele-barratt\/\">13 December 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Culture in populism: assessing when populism can be a problematic form of cultural affiliations within democracy. (Cycle 35)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/antonucci-ermes\/\"><strong>Ermes Antonucci<\/strong> &#8211; 1 December 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>History of the Italian judiciary in the Republican period: between institutional continuity and change (1948-2020). (Cycle 35)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/federico-trastulli\/\"><strong>Federico Trastulli<\/strong> &#8211; 6 November 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Determinants of Intrafamily Ideological Differentiation: Western European Social Democracy Between 1990 and 2019. (Cycle 35)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/carlo-marsonet\/\"><strong>Carlo Marsonet<\/strong> &#8211; 2 November 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Lasch: The Making of an American Anti-Capitalist Conservative. (Cycle 35)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/andrea-capati\/\"><strong>Andrea Capati<\/strong> &#8211; 3 October 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>European Integration in the Pandemic Era: A Critical Junctures Analysis. (Cycle 35)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/marco-improta\/\">Marco Improta<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/phd.luiss.it\/politics\/about-us\/current-phd-candidates\/marco-improta\/\"> &#8211; 8 September 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Government stability in Western Europe: a comparative analysis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Felix Okwa<\/strong> &#8211; 20 March 2023<\/p>\n<p>Dynamics of Social Norms: Pluralistic Ignorance and Risky Sexual Behaviour in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jan Kermer<\/strong> &#8211; 19 January 2023<\/p>\n<p>Debating Europe and Discursive (Euro-)Nationalism: Comparative Representative Claims<br \/>\nAnalysis of European Debates Prior to and During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Dutch, German, Italian and Polish Newspapers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ludovic Bonduel<\/strong> &#8211; 13 January 2023<\/p>\n<p>Instituting the Common(s) in the Digital Age: Between Politics and Technology.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mattia Zunino<\/strong> &#8211; 20 October 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Political Party in the Paradigm of Crisis. The Case of the Socialist Tradition Political Parties in Southern Europe. A Comparative Study.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Laurence Marquis <\/strong>&#8211; 11 October 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Role of the European Union in the Systemic Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in International and Regional Trade Agreements: Bridging the gap between ISDS and EU Values for Arbitrator Ethics With the Investment Court System and the Multilateral Investment Court.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Giulia Letizia Melideo<\/strong> &#8211; 11 October 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Regime of the Colonels in Greece (1967-1974). Between the EEC and NATO.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Irene Landini<\/strong> &#8211; 8 July 2022<\/p>\n<p>Welfare chauvinism and social policy: how politicians justify migrants\u2019 exclusion from social programs in Western Europe.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Akif Cem Ozkardes <\/strong>&#8211; 20\u00a0May 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Policy Roots of Left-Wing Euroscepticism: Responsiveness Against Responsibility in Southern European Ruling Parties.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Megan Foster\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; 25 June 2020<\/p>\n<p>Legitimacy and stability in the era of globalization: toward a political conception of human rights.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Lucia Ponzo<\/strong> &#8211; 25 June 2020<\/p>\n<p>Il Back Channel Kissinger\/Dobrynin (1969-1972): prove di normalizzazione tra le due superpotenze.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Letizia Zingoni<\/strong> &#8211; 23 June 2020<\/p>\n<p>National Security Implication of Chinese FDIs United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France as host states (2006-2016)&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Sara Venditti<\/strong> &#8211; 18 June 2020<\/p>\n<p>New Wings for Europe Western European Strategic Cooperation and Integration in the Aerospace Field: Ariane and Eurofighter, 1973\u20131985<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Margherita Galassini<\/strong> &#8211; 16 June 2020<\/p>\n<p>Religion and Liberal Legitimacy<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tiziano Zgaga<\/strong> &#8211; 4 June 2020<\/p>\n<p>The fiscal regime of the European Union and its autonomy from the Member States: a comparative federal analysis<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Alessio Calabr\u00f2<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>Neo-Pan-Islamism in Turkey: foreign policy discourse of Turkey&#8217;s Islamist thinkers and parties (1970s-1990s).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Luca Carrieri<\/strong> &#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the Left-Right dimension? The impact of European integration on West European party politics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Mattia Casula\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>Economic Growth and Cohesion Policy Implementation in Italy and Spain: Institutions, Strategic Choices, Administrative Change.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Carlos Domper\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>Elections under dictatorship: Francoism and the New State in comparative perspective, 1945-1975.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Manfredi Mangano\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>The History of Relations between Tito&#8217;s Yugoslavia and Western European Socialdemocracy, 1948-1965.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Silvia Mocchi\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>Mosques in Europe: between Toleration and Respect. A study of the 2015 Lombardy Law for Places of Worship.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Giorgia Priorelli<\/b> &#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>The Idea of Nation in Fascism and Falangism.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Alessandro Rico<\/b> &#8211; 2018<\/p>\n<p>A Conservative Theory of Political Obligation<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Zeynep Mentesoglu Tardivo &#8211; 22 July 2025 Provisional Thesis Title: The Effect of Populist Parties on marginalised groups. (Cycle 36) Giulia Gallinella &#8211; 16 June 2025 The impact of crises on the delegation of powers at the EU level. 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