TRiSS PhD Researchers
2022-23
| Discipline | Name of Student | Title of Doctoral Thesis | Contact | Supervisor | Sociology | Alexander Polkey | The processes and politics of deskilling and reskilling among 'new' EU migrants | polkeya@tcd.ie | Elaine Moriarty | Economics | Alexis De Saint-Lager | Rethinking the Role of Discretionary Fiscal Policy as a Macroeconomic Stabilization Tool: Lessons from Japan | DESAINTA@tcd.ie | Joseph Kopecky |
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| Political Science | Amelie Freiberg | Conflict research, specifically explaining and predicting socialisation patterns by insurgent groups in connection to sexual violence committed by those groups | freibera@tcd.ie | Dino Hadzic | Economics | Andre Sanchez Pacheco | International Macroeconomics - Capital flows, sudden stops and exchange rates. | sanchean@tcd.ie | Agustín Bénétrix | Political Science | Andrej Cvetić | The impact of the success of right-wing populist parties on support for democracy among Muslims in Europe | cvetica@tcd.ie | Gizem Arikan | Business | Anna Devlin | Imagining Ireland's economic future 1893-1923. | devlinan@tcd.ie | Frank Barry and Anne Dolan | Economics | Anu Puthenmadathil Jose | Development Economics-Models is Intrahousehold Decision Making. | Michael King |
| Economics | Angelos Athanasopoulos | Central bank institutional design and communications, macro-finance and the role of credit in the business cycle, and economic history | athanasa@tcd.ie | Davide Romelli | Sociology | Arnie Cordero Trinidad | Translocality and the Class Experiences of Filipino Nurse Migrants in Ireland. | trinidaa@tcd.ie | Daniel Faas | Political Science | Audrey M. Plan | The European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, in particular how their relations affect the coherence of the European Human Rights Regime | plana@tcd.ie | William Phelan |
| Economics | Beren Demirölmez | The role of currency exposures on net foreign asset dynamics. Does currency exacerbate or reduce the negative effects of exchange rate shocks? | demirlmb@tcd.ie | Agustín S. Bénétrix | Economics | Bhavya Shrivastava | Financial inclusion, women empowerment, and social protection | shrivasb@tcd.ie | Michael King |
| 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 | Clara Faulí Molas | The role of environmental issues in European elections. Assessing whether European elections establish an electoral connection based on these issues. | faulmolc@tcd.ie | Emanuel Coman |
| Economics | Danish Us-Salam | Essays in Development Economics | ussalamd@tcd.ie | Andrea Guariso & Selim Gulesci | Political Science | Đorđe Milosav | Affecting State Legitimacy from Abroad. The effects of visa policies on citizens' willingness to obey the state | milosavo@tcd.ie | Michelle D'Arcy |
| Economics | Elijah Kipchumba | Gender and Intrahousehold Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa | Selim Gulesci | Economics | Enrico Cavallotti | Essays in Political Economy: Perceptions and the Role of Media | cavalloe@tcd.ie | Gaia Narciso |
| Economics | Eugenia Frezza | Essays in Applied-Microeconomics and Development. Currently working on two distinct projects: the impact of the internet penetration on gender norms in Africa, and the impact of resource windfalls on education and labor supply in Bangladesh. | frezzae@tcd.ie | Alejandra Ramos and Selim Gulesci | Economics | Flavia Pellegrini | Development Economics - Migration, Social Protection and Climate Change | pellegrf@tcd.ie | Gaia Narciso |
| Economics | Francesco Barilari | Political economy, applied microeconomics and economic history. Currently working on: changes in political polarization in the US, in the aftermath of a politically salient and divisive phenomenon: mass shooting event. | barilarf@tcd.ie | Nicola Fontana | |
| Economics | George Jacob | Essays in Development Economics |
jacobge@tcd.ie | Alejandra Ramos | Economics | Giorgia Conte | Macroeconomic policy and demographics | conteg@tcd.ie | Joseph Kopecky | Economics | Hannah Ortega McCormack | Applied Microeconometrics - Political and Public Economics | ORTEGAMH@tcd.ie | Francis O'Toole | Economics | Iris Wohnsiedler | Collective Action and the Labour Movement - Essays in Economic History | wohnsiei@tcd.ie | Marvin Suesse | Political Science | Jack O Neill | Investigating MNE lobbying strategy before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic | oneilj13@tcd.ie | Raj Chari |
| Economics | Juan Duran | Determinants and effects of spatial income segregation in developing economies | duranj@tcd.ie | Martina Kirchberger | Sociology | Julia Leesch | Decomposing Trends and Country Differences in Couples Educational Homogamy and Heterogamy | leeschj@tcd.ie | Jan Skopek |
| Economics | Laura Muñoz Blanco | Applied microeconomics: Essays on the consequences of internal displacement on gender, health and social participation | muozblal@tcd.ie | Nicola Mastrorocco | |
| Political Science | Lily Rice | Over-Incarceration in the US: A cross-country analysis of the structural and political factors that influence incarceration rates. | lrice@tcd.ie | Raj Chari | |
| Economics | Louisa Roos | Applied Microeconomics - Feminist and Labour Economics | roosl@tcd.ie | Gaia Narciso | |
| Political Science | Lucas Da Silva | Party Positioning, Issue Framing, and Right-wing Workers: Explaining Voting that Contradicts Economic Interests | ldasilva@tcd.ie | Jan Berz | |
| Political Science | Markéta Odlová | Minorities and the Army: The Effects of Conscription on Social Identity and its Implications for Political Engagement. | odlovm@tcd.ie | Jesse Dillon Savage | Political Science | Marina Schenkel | The Effect of Populism on Health Emergencies: Explaining Variation in Government Responses to COVID-19 | schenkem@tcd.ie | Constantine Boussalis |
| Economics | Matteo Pograxha | Essays in Media Economics | pograxhm@tcd.ie | Davide Romelli | |
| Economics | Maximilian Günnewig-Mönert | Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Economic History. Currently working on: the long run effects of public housing on racial residential segregation | gnnewigm@tcd.ie | Ronan Lyons | Sociology | Melissa Bonheart | Irish Children in the Digital Age: Effects of Digital Use on Well-being Outcomes in the 21st Century | bohnertm@tcd.ie | Pablo Gracia | Economics | Mike McRae | Development, Politics and Media | mcraemi@tcd.ie | Carol Newman and Tara Mitchell | Economics | Naomi Crowther | Essays in Applied Microeconomics and Development – Post-Conflict Land Restitution and Reintegration, and Gender | crowthen@tcd.ie | Carol Newman |
| Business | Neng Zhao | Stock liquidity and its use in different types of companies | zhaon@tcd.ie | Jenny Berrill | |
| Economics | Nouf Abushehab | Essays in Development Economics |
nabusheh@tcd.ie | Michael King | |
| Economics | Roland Umanan | Essays in Behavioral and Development Economics | umananr@tcd.ie | Michael King | Economics | Simone Arrigoni | Essays in International Macroeconomics and Inequality | arrigons@tcd.ie | Agustín S. Bénétrix and Davide Romelli |
| Economics | Vincent Thorne | Essays in urban and development economics | thornev@tcd.ie | Carol Newman | |
| Business | Xianwu Zhang | Management of Professional Service Firms, especially on HR Flexibility of law firms | xzhang1@tcd.ie | Na Fu | |
| Education | Xiaohui Yang | Exploring Curriculum and Pedagogical Approaches in International Schools in China in the Context of Educational Theory and Best Practice Globally | yangx5@tcd.ie | Damian Murchan |
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