On 30 September 2024, Francesco Colin will defend his thesis investigating why, how and to what effect citizenship is performed through the exercise of the right to petition in Moroccan municipalities.
- PhD student
- Date
- Monday 30 Sep 2024, 16:00 - 18:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
He argues that creating new ways for citizens to engage their governments can incentivise participation, but participatory innovations may also reinforce uneven power balances and ‘channel’ citizens’ grievances into manageable spaces.
His research examines the space created by the right to petition and the way in which citizens actually seize it. It focuses on citizens’ capacity to navigate the formal boundaries of the right to petition in order to claim their rights.
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Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisor
Professor Thea Hilhorst
Dr Kees Biekart
Dr Sylvia Bergh
Full Doctoral Committee
- Professor Francesco Cavatorta, University of Laval
- Professor Tanja Müller, University of Manchester
- Professor Michael Willis, University of Oxford
- Dr Yasmine Berriane, French National Centre for Scientific Research
- Professor Wil Hout, International Institute of Social Studies
- Dr Marijn Faling, International Institute of Social Studies
- More information
The ceremony will begin promptly at 16:00 hrs in the ISS auditorium (Aula B) of the ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague. The doors will be closed after the start of the Public Defence, but will be briefly opened after the candidate’s introduction to allow latecomers to enter.
Children under 7 years old are not allowed in the Aula during the first part of the ceremony.
The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Atrium of the ISS.
Professors are invited to join the academic procession.
- Related links
- ISS PhD programme
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