Frederic Larden

Thesis title: Abstract: First supervisor: Stijn Van Kessel Pathway:13-Politics, Public Policy & Governance Cohort: 2021-22

David Graham Sizwe Jeffery

Thesis title: Secularism within political parties in South Africa Abstract: This study investigates why South Africa has a very religious population, and yet a politics that has (so far) remained secular. I focus on the African National Congress (ANC), the...

Christian Garland

Thesis title: ‘Flexible Subjects: A Contemporary Critical Theory of‘Flexibility’/Precarity Abstract: First supervisor: Lucia Pradella Pathway:13-Politics, Public Policy & Governance Cohort: 2021-22

Mohamad El Kari

Thesis title: Laughing through frustration: to what extent has the October ‘revolution’ in Lebanon shaped a unified national identity/consciousness to create a civil functioning state? Abstract: In the autumn of 2019, the 17 October Revolution (thawra) took Lebanon by...

Nathan Eisenberg

Thesis title: Industrial Corridor Development and the Recomposition of Labor Regimes in China and Vietnam Abstract: Since 2013, China has embarked on a set of infrastructure projects and free trade deals throughout Asia, Europe and Africa that are collectively...
Alexander Burlin

Alexander Burlin

Thesis title: The European Union in the Global Refugee Regime: A Political Economic Approach to the Humanitarian-Development Nexus Abstract: This project examines the role of the European Union (EU) in promoting new technologies for aid and displacement management in...
Matilda Dunn

Matilda Dunn

Thesis title: Investigating the UN System Wide Framework of Strategies on the Environment for supporting the implementation of the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Abstract: In 2015, the United Nations released the Sustainable...
Lina Kramer

Lina Kramer

Thesis title: Public Policy in an AI Economy Abstract: From technophobia to enthusiastic predictions, artificial intelligence (AI) is receiving increasing media, economic, political, and academic attention. The renewed interest is the result of a substantial increase...

Sarah Tustin

Thesis title: Whose Democracy? A study of views from Norwich and the surrounding ‘back-water’ areas Abstract: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam et purus a risus ultrices dapibus. Curabitur sit amet elit quis ipsum tincidunt dapibus vitae...

Jeevun Sandher

Thesis title: Political, Economic and Well-Being Inequality in the United Kingdom Abstract: Jeevun is an Economist who is undertaking PhD research on political, economic and wellbeing inequality in the United Kingdom. In particular, he is interested in the effect that...

Haydn Shephard

Thesis title: ‘Always-and-everywhere-embedded’ markets: Explaining the longevity of neo-liberal labour markets Abstract: The role of the third sector in the modern economy is a topic of dispute. Research indicates that through generating community-led solutions...
Gianni Sarra

Gianni Sarra

Thesis title: The Dirty Rules Dilemma: Achieving Justice in Conditions of Corruption Abstract: When the rules and norms of a democratic society are considered unjust, how should just actors move forward in such systems when tangible political victories require...