Successful PhD defence by Francesco Colin

With his thesis on the right to petition in Moroccan municipalities
Successful PhD defence by Francesco Colin

On 30 September, Francesco Colin successfully defended this PhD thesis on Articulating spaces for citizenship: Performing the right to petition Moroccan municipalities.

He argued that creating new ways for citizens to engage their governments can incentivise participation, but participatory innovations may also reinforce uneven power balances and ‘channel’ citizens’ grievances into manageable spaces. 

His PhD research examined the space created by the right to petition and the way in which citizens actually seize it. It focused on citizens’ capacity to navigate the formal boundaries of the right to petition in order to claim their rights.

Francesco Colin with Dr Kees Biekart - PhD defence

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PhD defence Francesco Colin - introduction

PhD defence Francesco Colin - introduction

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