- PhD student
- Date
- Friday 10 Mar 2023, 16:00 - 18:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B and livestream
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
On 10 March 2023, Yukari Sekine will defend her thesis investigating the dynamics of climate change mitigation politics and how the global rise in authoritarianism and populist politics has shaped how stuggles over land and resources are framed and fought.
Her research investigates the political economic, ecological, political regime and social movement conditions in Burma/Myanmar, historically and up to the period of liberalization under President Thein Sein and the NLD party (2011-2020).
She finds that contemporary struggles over land cannot overlook the environmental climate crises and struggle over other resources, the wider political economy and shaping the state.
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Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisors
Professor Jun Borras
Professor Murat Arsel
Dr Julien-François Gerber
Full Doctoral Committee
Professor Jesse Ribot, American University
Dr Carol Hunsberger, Western University
Professor Anja Nygren, University of Helsinki
Dr Nwet Kay Khine, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Professor Nikita Sud, Oxford University
Dr Roy Huijsmans, ISS
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- More information
The ceremony will begin promptly at 16:00 hrs in the Aula 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.
Professors are invited to join the academic procession.
- Related links
- ISS PhD programme