Past PhD defences

What do ISS PhD researchers study? Current researchers describe their research on their profile pages, but what about more than 225 that have gone before them? Browse through our list of defences and download the ones you are interested in.

Successful PhD defence by Ebba Tellander
Ebba Tellander successfully defended her PhD thesis investigating the use of political space to protest in countries with violent or repressive regimes
- Thursday 22 Sep 2022
- PhD defence
Successful PhD defence by Dennis Penu
On 16 August, Dennis Penu successfully defended his PhD thesis looking at the social conflict outcomes of the 2018 regional reorganization in Ghana
- Wednesday 17 Aug 2022
- PhD defence
Successful PhD defence by Emile Smidt
Emile Smidt successfully defended his PhD thesis 'Beyond Militarized Conservation: The policy labour regime and its effects in the Kruger National Park'
- Monday 11 Jul 2022
- PhD defence