On 2 October 2025, Kim Chi Tran will defend her PhD thesis investigating how the convergence of pastoralism, schooling and digital ICT development shapes the education and future aspirations of Mongolian herders’ children.
- PhD student
- Date
- Thursday 2 Oct 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
Kim Chi Tran argues that Mongolian herders' children become educational nomads by straddling their rural herder existence with their urban educational practice. They are thus able to combine urban professional aspirations whilst navigating Mongolia's rural-urban context.
She developed a youth-centred methodology for her research to investigate how rural Mongolian youths' mobilities, learnings and digital practices inform their future life trajectories and aspirations.
Download the abstracts
Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisors
Full Doctoral Committee
- Professor Caroline Dyer, University of Leeds
- Professor Peter Kraftl, University of Birmingham
- Dr Ariell Ahearn, University of Oxford
- Professor Inge Hutter, ISS
- Professor Andrew Fischer, ISS
- More information
The Public Defence will take place on Thursday, 2 October 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
