TRiSS PhD Researchers
2026-27
| Discipline | Name of Student | Title of Doctoral Thesis | Contact | Supervisor | Economics | Aishwarya Deshpande | Essays on learning and decision-making in behavioral development economics | ADESHPAN@TCD.IE | Selim Gulesci and Tara Mitchell | Political Science | Aisling Casey | aicasey@tcd.ie | Lisa Keenan | Education | Aisling Sheerin | sheerina@tcd.ie | Economics | Aislinn Hoy | Economic history and development | ahoy@tcd.ie | Marvin Suisse and Gaia Narciso |
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| Political Science | Alexander Lechner | lechnera@tcd.ie | Gail McElroy | Business | Amogha Sudarshan | Asudarsh@tcd.ie | Linguistics | Amy Grace Metcalf | metcalam@tcd.ie | Economics | Andrin Pluess | pluessa@tcd.ie | Vitaliia Yaremko | Political Science | Aryan Goyal | goyalar@tcd.ie | Jeffrey Ziegler | Economics | Aurora Esposito | AESPOSIT@tcd.ie | Martina Zanella and Carol Newman |
| Political Science | Caesar Zhang | Money, Guns, and Training: How do different sources of funding and resources affect civilian control and military effectiveness? | zhangt4@tcd.ie | Jesse Dillon Savage | |
| Political Science | Clémence Pellissier | Explaining Similarity and Dissimilarity in ICJ and International Tribunals and Court's Cases | pellissc@tcd.ie | Matthais Dilling and Michael Becker | |
| Linguistics | Dimitrios Kounenidakis | kounenid@tcd.ie | Matthais Dilling and Michael Becker | Economics | Doireann O'Brien | The role of environmental issues in European elections. Assessing whether European elections establish an electoral connection based on these issues. | obried26@tcd.ie |
| Political Science | Elena Karagianni | karagiae@tcd.ie | Constantine Boussalis | Political Science | Esther Doumen | doumene@tcd.ie | Matthias Dilling | Economics | Francis Wolfe | wolfefr@tcd.ie | Barra Roantree |
| Business | Gebreyohannes Gebrewahid | Catherine Welch | |||
| Economics | Giuseppe Gurrado | gurradog@tcd.ie | Davide Romelli | Business | Hitesh Kapoor | Freelancers in the Project Economy and Their Contribution to Organizational Development and Business Performance | hkapoor@tcd.ie | Andrew Burke | Sociology | Imogen Eve | Diveristy, Decolonisation, and National Identity in Irish Higher Education | cooneyim@tcd.ie | Philomena Mullen and Daniel Fass | Education | Iseult Ni Chonchúir | nchonchi@tcd.ie | Political Science | Jamie McClenaghan | jmcclena@tcd.ie | Liam Kneafsey | Political Science | Jennifer Moynihan | Militant Democracy in Theory and Practice | moynihaj@tcd.ie | Peter Stone |
| Economics | Jiongyi Hao | International Macroeconomics | jihao@tcd.ie | Agustín S. Bénétrix | Political Science | Juliane Wesselmann | The Conditional Nature of Gender Bias in Political Elections | wesselmj@tcd.ie | Gail McElroy | <
| Economics | Leonardo Masati | musatil@tcd.ie | |||
| Economics | Libor Melioris | melioril@tcd.ie | |||
| Political Science | Lindberg Heitmann | heitmanl@tcd.ie | |||
| Political Science | Lisanne Van Vucht | vanvuchl@tcd.ie | |||
| Economics | Lorenzo Cavagliá | Essays in Migration Economics and Political Economy | cavaglil@tcd.ie | Nicola Fontana | |
| Political Science | Luka De Lacey | delaceyl@tcd.ie | |||
| Political Science | Mairi Kachur | kachurm@tcd.ie | |||
| Economics | Marco Potti | marcop@tcd.ie | Economics | Mide Griffin | midegrif@tcd.ie | Gaia Narcisso | Political Science | Nalia Férée | fereen@tcd.ie | Peter Stone |
| Economics | Nouf Abushehab | Essays in Development Economics |
nabusheh@tcd.ie | Michael King | |
| Economics | Roberto Bernasconi | bernascr@tcd.ie | Martina Kirchberger | Political Science | Rubén Llorens Poblador | rllorens@tcd.ie | Tom Paskhalis |
| Political Science | Sarah Magdihs | magdihss@tcd.ie | |||
| Economics | Sofia Casabianca Gonzalez | casabiam@tcd.ie | Selim Gulesci | ||
| Political Science | Sofia Jesus | Understanding the role of Social Identity in Welfare Opposition among Low Income Earners | jesusa@tcd.ie | Gizem Arikan | |
| Political Science | Solenn Hughes | hughesso@tcd.ie | Thomas Chadefaux | ||
| Political Science | Soumiya Benaali Bakkar | benaalis@tcd.ie | |||
| Economics | Talent Nesongano | Trade Liberalisation, Firm Dynamics and Labour Market Outcomes | nesongat@tcd.ie | Marvin Suisse and Carol Newman | |
| Political Science | Valeria Babayan | Bringing culture back in: Why some legacies outlive others? | babaianv@tcd.ie | Noah Buckley |
For previous TRiSS PhD researchers, please click here.

