On 18 January 2024, Yazid Zahda will defend his PhD research examining the emergence of the Palestinian National Development Plans (NDPs) from 1994 to 2023 to understand neoliberalism in the unique context of Palestine.
- PhD student
- Date
- Thursday 18 Jan 2024, 16:00 - 18:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B and livestream
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
He offers a critical and comprehensive analysis of neoliberalism in Palestine using three lenses:
- the variegated neoliberalization thesis (VNLT) (Brenner, Peck et al. 2010)
- Critical Realism (CR) (Bhaskar 1979)
- the Morphogenetic Approach (MA) (Archer 1995)
He argues that the NDPs represent the tip of the iceberg of the neoliberalization processes that started with the Oslo Accords and subsequent neoliberal interventions of international and local actors.
Watch Yazid's defence live
Download the abstracts
Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisor
Professor Karin Arts
Dr Karim Kniou
Full Doctoral Committee
- Dr Elizabeth Bishop, Texas State University
- Professor Douglas Porpora, Drexel University
- Dr Rima Hammami, Birzeit University
- Professor Dina Mattar, SOAS University of London
- Dr Jeff Handmaker, ISS
- More information
The ceremony will begin promptly at 16:00 hrs in the ISS auditorium (Aula B) of the ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague. The doors will be closed after the start of the Public Defence, but will be briefly opened after the candidate’s introduction to allow latecomers to enter.
Children under 7 years old are not allowed in the Aula 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
