Ph.D. Program in Political Systems and Institutional Change / PSIC
Ph.D. Thesis and Supervisors/Tutors:
At the end of the doctoral program, Ph.D. candidates must submit a thesis dissertation, consisting of a suitable body of original academic research. The final exam takes place in front of the Evaluation Committee, and consists of a public defense of the thesis. Having passed the final exam, students obtain the Ph.D. degree.
Following the granting of the degree, IMT sends a copy of each Ph.D. thesis to the National Libraries of Rome and Florence. Each thesis will also be disseminated on the IMT web site through an open access archive.
The Scientific Board promotes the dissemination of the results of each thesis, organizing, a public seminar where each Ph.D. graduate illustrates his or her research results to an audience of qualified peers and professionals active in the relevant field.
In addition to the Coordinator and the Scientific Board, each Ph.D. student at IMT is supported by a tutor and a supervisor.
The tutors orientate Ph.D. students throughout the first period of the doctoral program, consisting mainly of taught courses and seminars. Tutors are selected from the body of professors and researchers based at the institute, or, in exceptional circumstances, other scholars as may be appropriate.
The supervisors orientate students in the realization of their research projects and editing of the thesis. Supervisors are members of the international academic community, being resident or visiting professors at IMT, members of the Ph.D. Program Scientific Board or professors who have been appointed as lecturers within the Ph.D. program. Supervisors are generally appointed after the first year of the Ph.D. program.
The following of theses have been submitted by previous graduates of the Ph.D. program in Political Systems and Institutional Change.
Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu
European Energy Security: Turkey’s Role as a Major Conduit for the Greater Caspian Hydrocarbon Reserves [2009]
David Criekemans Klaus Dodds Indra Overland
Marc Johan Botenga
The Iranian Leviathan: State Formation, Progress and Democracy in Iran [2009]
Juan Eugenio Corradi
Simone Busetti
Soluzioni istituzionali per problemi di policy: la riorganizzazione dei trasporti a Londra e Barcellona [2009]
Organizzazione e funzioni dei Partiti Politici a Livello Europeo. Il caso del Partito della Sinistra Europea [2009]
Luciano Bardi
Fabio Calugi
Il tricolore e la bandiera rossa. Patria e interesse nazionale nel discorso pubblico del PCI togliattiano (1944-1949). [2010]
Paolo Nello
Anna Caputo
L'implementazione delle Politiche Pubbliche attraverso un nuovo modello di Multi-Level Governance in Italia: il caso del Dipartimento delle Politiche di Sviluppo e Coesione [2011]
Bruno Dente
Claudio Catalano
The role of Italy in the development of a European security and defence policy [2009]
Christopher Hill
Michela Ceccorulli
Cooperation in European defence procurement: OCCAR and the security regime [2008]
Subnational Governments in International Affairs: A Study on Theory and Practice of Paradiplomacy [2011]
Raffaele Marchetti
Jane Lezina
Transformations of Political Culture in Post-Totalitarian Societies. Post-World War II West Germany and Post-Soviet Russia in Comparative Perspective. [2010]
