On 16 September 2025, Anne-Marie Brinkman will defend her PhD thesis on 'Libyan Civic Contributions to Development During Conflict: Dynamics of actors, ambitions and approaches'.
- PhD student
- Date
- Tuesday 16 Sep 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
Anne-Marie Brinkman examines the case of Libyan people engaging in dialogue and action, in and beyond community
borders, to advance the rule of law and development.
She argues that the efforts of these people and their bottom-up approach demonstrate the importance of asking development ethics questions in order for development interventions to be successful: who needs to be included, what ambitions matter and which approaches are used?
Download the abstracts
Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisors
- Professor Thea Hilhorst
- Dr Sylvia Bergh
- Dr Eamon Aloyo, Leiden University
Full Doctoral Committee
- Dr Suliman Ibrahim, University of Benghazi
- Dr Andrea Teti, University of Salerno
- Professor Nina Caspersen, University of York
- Professor Sarah Wolff, Leiden University
- Professor Dirk Jan Koch, ISS
- Dr Kees Biekart, ISS
- More information
The Public Defence will take place on Tuesday, 16 September 2025 in the ISS auditorium (Aula B) and the ceremony will begin promptly at 16:00 hrs. The doors will be closed at the start of the Public Defence.
Children below the age of 7 are not allowed in the auditorium 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
