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Student Advising:

Information for Prospective Graduate & High Research Degree Students:

 

I am Director of the PhD program on Global Human Development at the UCD. I am looking for PhD and High Research Degree students who are interested to work on several exciting quantitative research projects on economics & politics of development aid, Foreign Direct Investments, international financial institutions, natural resources, and development politics in India. I am particularly open to supervising students who are interested in applying new computational approaches by utilizing micro-level, geo-referenced data regarding the study of these topics. If my work is of interest to you, please send me an email with your CV and some information about your previous studies and research ideas.

 

 

PhD supervisions:

Principal Supervisor: Yuanxin Li (2015-2019) Socioeconomic and Political effects of Chinese Financial Flows (Belt Road Initiative, AIIB, FDI, and Development Aid) at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), Ireland [Graduated].

 

Principal Supervisor: Tianyang Song (2017-2020) Constituent Agency and Sub-National Aid Allocation by World Bank in India at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), Ireland [Graduated].

Principal Supervisor: Carl Smith (2019 - ) Impact of Belt Road Initiative of China and US response at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), Ireland.

 

Principal Supervisor: Neha Parekh (2023 - ) The Economics & Politics of “Missing Middle” in India’s Healthcare System at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), Ireland.

 

Principal Supervisor: Jambo Ramadhani (2023 - ) Developing a  Decentralized Framework on Climate Financing: The case of Tanzania at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), Ireland.

 

Co-supervisor: Kevin McParland (2018 - ) Industrial Relations and FDI in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Two Port Towns at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), Ireland.

Co-supervisor: Marcin Tomaszewski (2020 -) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), part-time PhD at the University of Warsaw, Poland. 

 

Graduate & Undergraduate Students Advising:

 

Supervised over 60 undergraduate and 30 graduate theses at NTNU and UCD since 2013.

 

Publication of students’ BA, MA, PhD research theses in peer reviewed journals:

 

  • Journal of Development Studies (Tianyang Song, UCD)

  • Journal of Peace Research, (Gina Maria G Østmoe, NTNU)

  • Review of International Organizations, (Trude M. Midtgård, NTNU)

  • World Development, (Øyvind I. Berntsen)

  • International Area Studies Review, (Anders Gaarder, NTNU, Jarand Hantos, NTNU)

  • International Area Studies Review, (Megan McNulty, UCD)

 

Research Assistants | Associates:

 

  • Marius Wishman (NTNU, 2014-2016)

  • Marte Gjerde (NTNU, 2014-2015)

  • Annika Jeppestøl (NTNU, 2014-2015)

  • Sonia Hotak (NTNU, 2015)

  • Magnar Aaberg (NTNU, 2014-2015)

  • Roger Tosbotn (NTNU, 2015)

  • Anders Garder (NTNU, 2016)

  • Jarand Aarhus (NTNU, 2016)

  • Sarah El Said (UCD 2016-2017)

  • Grace Kelly (UCD 2017-2018)

  • Owen Cuskelly (UCD 2017-2018)

  • Yuanxin Li (UCD 2016-2019)

  • Terence Song (2018-2019)

  • Carl Smith (UCD 2019-2022)

  • Aubrey Saunders (UCD 2020) 

  • Ewan Ramsay (UCD 2021-22)

  • Neha Parekh (UCD 2023)

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