PhD Projects
Ongoing Dissertations
- Augustin, Friederike: "The Rule of Law under Contested Statehood. A Comparative Case Study of post-Soviet de facto States"
- Federenko, Kostiantyn: "From Molotov Cocktails to Farewell Parties: Causes of Emigration for Participants of the 2013-2014 “Euromaidan” Protests in Ukraine" (Second Assessor).
- Hegedűs, Dániel: “The Illiberal Uploading: Defective Democracies and Hybrid Regimes in the EU".
- Kaźmierska, Kaja: "Assessing the independence of the CJEU and ECTHR".
- Schulz, Kerstin: "Networking matters. Eine akteurszentrierte Betrachtung der deutschen Russlandpolitik" (Second Assessor).
- Sievers, Niklas: "Empirical Insights and Normative Reflections on Immigration Matching".
- Paulik, Štěpán: "The sociological approach towards the rule of law and EU rule of law crisis".
- Tronina, Dominika: "European Anti-Gender Movements on Twitter".
Completed Dissertations
2024
- Kretschmer, Lucie: "Muslimische Anerkennungsforderungen vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht".
- Feneberg, Valentin: "Die Heimat der Anderen. Herkunftslandinformationen als Wissensform in asylgerichtlichen Verfahren". Mehr Informationen: hier
2022
- Khelaia, Nino: "Democratic Functions of Social Movements in the New Capitalist States: the Case of Georgia".
2021
- Farag, Mahmoud: "Regime-Opposition Dynamics and Authoritarian Regime Survival in the Arab World". Further information: here
- Özdemir, Emrah: “Treatment of Religion in Turkish Jurisdiction: How does the Turkish Constitutional Court deal with the religious?”. (Second Assessor)
2020
- Schiffers, Sonja "Illiberalism Beyond Borders. Dissecting Russian and Turkish External Influence in Bosnia and Georgia". (Second Assessor) Further Information: here
2019
Abad Andrade, Maria: "Abweichende Meinungen und Entscheidungsprozesse am Türkischen Verfassungsgericht". Further Information: here- Neubert, Claudia: "Corrupt practices - a Soviet Legacy?".
2018
Abdullaeva, Nargiza: "Tertiary Student Migration from Central Asia to Germany – Brain Drain or Brain Circulation?".- Choi, Kyu Youn: "Norm Implementation in the Case of the Chinese Renewable Energy Law". (Second Assessor)
- Kukec, Marco: "Representation in post-Yugoslav local government: Local councilors' representational role conceptions and behavior".
- Leupold, David: "Turkey between Western Armenia and Northern Kurdistan – Memory between national myth, collective violence and multi-collectivity".
- Schwenck, Anna: "Youth groups and activism in contemporary Russia". (Second Assessor)
2017
Petersen, Felix: "Trapped between constitution, constitutive power and constituent society" Siehe: https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/osteuropa/team/felixpetersen- Shevtsova, Maryna (2017): “Exporting ‚European’ values: Europeanization and promotion of LGTBI rights in third countries (cases of Ukraine and Turkey)“. (Second Assessor)
2016
- Douglas, Nadja (2016): "Military and society in times of change - The case of the Russian Federation".
2015
- Fruhstorfer, Anna (2015): "Presidents in the Process of Transformation. Constitutional Text and Reality in Comparison".
- Lührmann, Anna (2015): "UN Electoral Assistance: Enhancing Democratization or Legitimizing Authoritarian Rule?".
2014
- Buscanianu, Sergiu (2014): "EU Eastward Democracy Promotion under the European Neighbourhood Policy".
- Erner, Yuliya (2014): "Die Rolle der politischen Eliten bei der Stabilisierung der defekten Demokratie in der Ukraine".
- Moormann-Kimáková, Barbora (2014) "Accommodating Linguistic Diversity. Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Union and the Limits of Recognition".
2013
- Boulanger, Christian (2013): "Hüten, richten, gründen: Rollen der Verfassungsgerichte in der Demokratisierung Deutschlands und Ungarns". (Second Assessor)
- Levin, Ilya (2013): "Public Private Partnership bei der Organisation der Olympischen Spiele in Sotschi". (Second Assessor)
- Uçar, Helin (2013): "Dynamics in the Implementation of Women's Human Rights in Turkey".
- Walter, Ulf (2013): „Die Rolle der geheimen Nachrichtendienste in den Transformationsprozessen in Russland und der Ukraine".
2010
- Szöke, Nora (2010): "Demokratisierung in Serbien und Kroatien" More Information: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/szoeke-nora-2010-02-02/PDF/szoeke.pdf (Second Assessor)
2009
- de Wijs, Sacha (2009): "Media and transition in central and eastern Europe: a comparison between the German Democratic Republic and Hungary" Siehe: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/docviews/abstract.php?id