Alumni 2004-now


Honours List: Best Results
2004 - 2005   Ilgaz Ergen
2005 - 2006 Maria Basilico
2006 - 2007 Evert Faber van der Meulen
2007 - 2008 Antonet Abbink
Sasha Faradsch
 
JW Beyen Prize for Best Thesis (completed within one academic year)
2004 - 2005: Ida Petter, Opinions on European Integration in the Netherlands: the constitutional treaty and media framing
2005 - 2006: Not awarded
2006 - 2007: Maria Ilies, A Comparative Perspective of National Approaches to Irregular Economic Migrants. A case study on Italy and the Netherlands
2007 - 2008: Michael Coles,Biometric Security within the European Union: Balancing individual liberties with collective security
2008 – 2009: to be announced
List of Alumni
Abbink, Antonet  2007-2008
BSc Psychology, Utrecht University
BA Italian Language and Culture, Utrecht University
Thesis Title: The Food Chain dimension in  EU Rural Development Policy. Issues of governance in the global agro-food economy

Abdulkadir, Mehmet 2004-2005
BA Political Science and International Relations (Marmara University)
MA European Studies (Bogazici University)
Thesis Title: The Europeanisation of Turkish foreign policy towards Cyprus: Analyses of Turkish Foreign Policy in the EU-Turkey Perspective 1986-2004

Achterberg, Joeri 2006-2007
BA History (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: Innovation Guidance: the Elixir of Growth? EU and Dutch policies for innovation in ICT services

Akatekin, Yasemin 2008-2009
BA International Relations ( Ankara University)
Thesis Title: The Transformation of Turkish Civil Society and NGOs in EU-Turkey Relations: The case of Youth Organizations

Artan, Selen 2004-2005
BA Sociology, Political Science (Bogazici Univrersity)
Thesis Title: Fighting against Illegal Migration: Can Poland be a Model for Turkey? 

Arts, Hans 2006-2007
BA Law (Leiden University)
MA History, (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: “If you cannot join them, beat them”. How national parliaments can help to legitimize the European Union

Atay, Ilkay 2005-2006
BA Sociology (Middle East Technical University)
BA Political Science and Public Administration (Middle East Technical University)
Thesis Title: National Parliaments in the Course of European Integration (with a case study of Dutch scrutiny of European affairs)

Atilgan, Sahika Gulizar 2005-2006
BA International Relations (Ankara University)
Thesis Title: Implementation of the Direct Support System of the European Union: The case of Turkey 

Baroni, Laura Andrea 2008-2009
BA Political Science (University of Bucharest)
Thesis Title: The Drive to Conclude Early. New Insights into European Union Fast-track Legislation (with B van Bokhoven and P.P.L Groenendijk)

Basilico, Maria 2005-2006
MA International Relations and negotiations (FLASCO Universidad de Barcelono)
Thesis Title: EU-Russian Relations. Bridging or widening the gap? 

Bosma, Femke 2007-2008
BA, European Studies (University of Maastricht)
Thesis Title: Facilitating Croatia's Return to Europe? The EU's Stabilisation and Association Process in Institution Building in Croatia

Bots, Sophie Anne Sarah 2007-2008
BA International Organisations, International Relations (Groningen University)
Thesis Title: Ageing Europe  

De Bruin, Caroline 2008-2009
BA Liberal Arts (social science) (University College, Utrecht)
Thesis Title: The European Union Model of Regional Integration: Relevance for deepening integration in the Southern African Development Community

Catir, Gul 2005-2006
BA Political Science and IR (Bogazici University)
Thesis Title: The Asylum and Refugee Policies of the European Union within the Context of Enlargement: Turkey as a case study for cost benefit analysis

Charalambous, Marios 2006-2007
BA Balkan Studies (University of Western Macedonia, Greece)
Thesis Title: Transposing European legislation in Cyprus. A case study on the implementation of directives before and after accession

Ciupariu Roxana-Maria 2008-2009
BA Political Science (University of Bucharest) 
Thesis Title: Bilateral and International Aid: policies and choice of channels at the level of the European Union

Coles, Michael Drew 2007-2008
BA Political Science and History, (Longwood University Fl.)
Thesis Title: Biometric Security within the European Union: Balancing individual liberties with collective security

Cristea, Valerica 2007-2008
BA Romanian Language and Theology, (University of Galati, Romania)
Thesis Title: The Romanian Agriculture in the EU

Cunningham, Ian Douwe 2007-2008
BA European Studies, German and Russian (University of Bath)
Thesis Title: How Surrounding States deal with their Enclaves: The Case of  the EU and Kaliningrad

Dekker, Anna Dorothy 2008-2009
BA European Studies (University of Canterbury, NZ)
Thesis Title: Culture and the European Union: the case for cultural diplomacy as a dimension of EU foreign policy

Diavolitsi, Vasiliki  2007-2008
BA Maritime Studies (University Piraeus) Diploma (National School for Public Admin)
Thesis Title: Planning the Trans-European Transport Networks. A communicative solution for a legitimacy conundrum.

Dumbrava, Costica  2007-2008
BA Political Science (University of Iasi)
MA Nationalism Studies (CEU Budapest)
Thesis Title: EU-sponsored international cooperation on migration. Normative connotations

Ecevit, Yuksel Alper 2004-2005
BA Political Science and International Relations (Marmara Univ)
Thesis Title: Turkeyand Europe. What Are the Potentials of Turkey for a Secure Europe?

Efimov, Evgeny 2006-2007
BA History, International Studies (University of Richmond, USA)
Thesis Title: The Role of the European Farmer in Agro-Environmental Governance

Eker, Zahide 2005-2006
BA Political Science and Public Administration (Middle East Technical University)
Thesis Title: Economic Development of Rural Regions: Assessment on Black Sea and North East Anatolia Regions 

Ergen, Ilgaz 2004-2005
BSc Management (Technical University, Istanbul)
MA (Social Sciences, Political Science and International Relations) (Bosphorous University)
Thesis Title: Rural development policy of the European Union and Alternatives for Turkey: A four region study  

Eyseren van, Frances 2007-2008
BA European Studies (University of Maastricht)
Thesis Title: The Road from the Constitutional Treaty towards the Treaty of Lisbon in the Netherlands. The rise and fall of popular referenda in the Netherlands concerning European treaties  

Al Fahim, Mutaz 2004-6 BA Politics and International relations (London Guildhall University) Thesis Title: Assessing the EU Relations with the Gulf (the GCC, Iran and Iraq)   

Faradsch, Sascha Frank 2007-2008
BSc Environmental and Resource Management (Brandenburg University of Technology)
Thesis Title: EU Energy Security and the South Caucasus

Faber van der Meulen, Evert 2006-2007
BA History (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: The EU-Russian Gas Relations. Embedded liberalism versus suboptimal state control

Fortuin, Julia 2006-2007
BA Communication and Information Sciences (Utrecht University)
MA New Media and Digital Culture (Utrecht University,)
Thesis Title: Temporary or Permanent Euroscepticism? A discourse analysis of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Franke, Jan 2008-2009
BA Sociology (University of Amsterdam)
MA American Studies (University of Amsterdam)
Thesis Topic: Israeland the EU: perception and Reality   

Geerlof, Marleen 2008-2009
BA English (EUStudies minor) (Leiden University)
Thesis Topic: The EU and MERCASOR (the case of Argentinean petrochemicals and intellectual property rights)

Geest, van der Karla Elyse 2005-2006
BA Political Science (University British Colombia)
Thesis Title: Whose Security? When Human Trafficking and Policy-Makers Collide – A look inside European Union policy towards the trade in human beings 

Geneste, Matthijs 2007-2008
BA History, Leiden University (Leiden University)
LLM, Public International Law (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: Airline Alliances and EU Competition Law & Policy in the Open Skies Agreement between the EU & US. Blue Skies or Dark Clouds?

Georgigva, Iliana 2008-2009
BA Political Science and European Studies (American University of Bulgaria)
Thesis Title: The Significance of the Choice of a Rural Development Paradigm – a case-study on Bulgaria

Groot, Sijmen 2008-2009
MA International and European Law (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: The Interests of the Netherlands in Natural Gas versus a Strong EU Energy Policy in the Future

Guleran, Ruxandra Oana 2005-2006
BA Political Science, (Western University, Timisoara)
MA Nationalism Studies (CEU, Hungary)
Thesis Title: Myth and Reality of the Copenhagen Criteria: EU Enlargement towards Romania 

Hadjithoma, Angeliki 2006-2007
BA Business Administration (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Thesis Title: Sustainability of EU Pension Systems in the EU. The case of Cyprus in Comparison with the Netherlands

Henne, Merethe Hansen 2008-2009
BA European Studies (University of Bergen)
Thesis Title: A Small State in Big Trouble: Iceland, the Financial crisis and European Integration

Ilies, Maria 2006-2007
BA Marketing (Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca)
Thesis Title: A Comparative Perspective of National Approaches to Irregular Economic Migrants. A case study on Italy and the Netherlands

Is, Galena 2005-2006
BSc International Relations (Middle East Technical University)
Thesis Title: EU Sugar reform and Preference Receiving Countries

Ismani, Arbenita 2006-2007
BA Law (South-East European University, Macedonia)
Thesis Title: Small states during the EU accession process. A case study on Macedonia

Jellema, Esther Ilse 2008-2009
BA International Relations and IO (University of Groningen)
Thesis Title: Small State Influence in the EU: the case of the EEA states

Juhandi, Katrin 2008-2009
BA Government and Politics (University of Tartu)
Thesis Title: The Transposition of the European Union Racial Equality Directive in New Member States: the case of Estonia

Keskiner, Elif 2004-2005
BA Political Science and International Relations (Bogazici University)
Thesis Title: Local understandings of the concept of integration. A case study of socio-economically advanced second generation Turkish Immigrants in the Netherlands

Kieft, Robert 2008-2009 BA History (minor EU Studies) (Leiden University) Thesis Title: Feeding Public Euroscepticism in Ireland

Kok, de Kevin 2004-2005
MA History (minor EU Studies) (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: The Working Parties of the European Council of ministers: cooperation with the European Parliament

Kok, Virginia Maria 2007-2008
BA Political Science and Geography, University College, Utrecht
MSc International Development Studies, Utrecht
Thesis Title Differences in Terrorist Threat Perceptions in the EU. Comparing the Netherlands with Spain

Kouwenhoven, Kees, 2007-2008
MA History (University Leiden)
Thesis Title: The European Perspective. The role of the European Union in the Kosovo Status Process  

Kovacheva Aneta 2008-2009 MSc Economics and Agrarian Economics (University of National and World Economy, Sofia) MA Political Institutions and Technology (Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’) Thesis Title: The European Union’s Response to terrorism after 11th September 2001. Is there a need for a new balance between human rights and national security?

Ku, Hsiao-Hsuan  2007-2008
BA Chinese (English Minor) Tamkang University
Thesis Title: EU-China Trade Dispute on Imported Car parts. Origin, Development and Future Challenge 

Kuijpers, Dieuwertje 2008-2009
BA Italian Language and Culture (University Leiden)
Thesis Title: NATO & ESDP : Effectiveness on paper and in practice; the case of the Yugoslav Wars

Le Lardic, Maelle 2007-2008
Diplôme ESCE Paris
Thesis Title: The Influence of the EU on the environmental policy of its neighbour. Case studies: Poland and Ukraine

Lynch, Dianna 2008-2009
BA History (University of British Columbia)
Thesis Title: Does Integration Solve Border Conflict? The European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations: A case study of EU and ASEAN impact on Thailand’s border disputes and conflict zones

Macalikova, Iva  2007-2008
BA International Relations and European Studies (Univ. Sussex)
Thesis Title: The Transposition of the EU Equality Directives into Czech Law

Man, Wan Loi 2008-2009
BA International Studies (Open University UK)
MA European Law and Policy (Haagse Hogeschool and University of Portsmouth)
Thesis Title: EU Food Safety Regulation: The BSE case

Metinulu, Sedat  2006-2007
BA International Relations (Fatih University, Turkey)
Thesis Title: Counter-terrorism Policy of the European Union: the September 11,Madrid and London attacks as ‘windows of opportunity’

Moraru, Anamaria  2008-2009
BA European Studies (University of ‘Babes-Bolyai’ din Cluj-Napoca)
Thesis Title: The Implementation of Council Directive 96/26/EC in Romania. The activity of national veto players  

Noeninckx, Maarten 2008-2009
MA History (University of Antwerp) MA IR and Diplomacy (University of Antwerp)
Thesis Title: Liquid Natural gas: Is it the solution for the European Union’s security of supply problem?

Orman, Setenay 2005-2006
BA Political Science and IR (Bogazici University)
Thesis Title: Turkeyas a Transit Country. Implementation of the border controls aquis and implications of a possible membership (with a comparison with Poland)

Ortiz, Sophia 2008-2009
BA International Relations and Latin American Studies, Tufts University
Thesis Title: Trans-Atlantic Trade Relations: the beef-hormone dispute and the future of EU-US trade conflict resolution     

Palmero, Elisabeth 2008-2009
BA Germanic Languages (minor EU Studies) (University Louvain)
Thesis Title: Geert Wilders and the PVV – an example of radical right populism in Europe.  

Pegan, Andreja 2008-2009
BA Political Science, I/R (University of Ljublijana) 
Thesis Title: International Peace Mediation by the European union in the cases of South Ossetia and Aceh 
Peneva, Boryana Tihomirova 2008-2009
BA Political Science and European Studies, American University in Bulgaria
Thesis Title: Coordination Capacities and the Implementation of EC Directives in Bulgaria: An issue of political salience?

Petter, Ida 2004-2005
MA History (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: Opinions on European Integration in the Netherlands: the constitutional treaty and media framing

Rijadi, Annisa  2006-2007
BA Communication Science (University of Indonesia)
Thesis Title: Communicating Europe: EU communication policy on a national level: a case study of the Netherlands

Rogelj, Darja 2008-2009
BA Political Science, I/R (University of Ljublijana)
Thesis Title: Small States in the European Presidency: Finland and Slovenia

Sabuncu, Tanyeli Behic 2006-2007
BA International Relations (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Thesis Title: EU Climate Change Policy and the European Energy Generation Industry: A case study on the UK

Sale, Samuel Lewis 2007-2008
BA German and History (University of Virginia)
Thesis Title: Electricity in the United States and the European Union: different influences on the same product 

Van de Sande, Nick 2008-2009
BSc(Econ) Accountancy (Avans Hogeschool, Breda)
Diploma EU Studies (PraktijkStudies) (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: Population Ageing and the Sustainability of Generational Rick-sharing within the Dutch Pension System. Towards a redistribution of risks and securities among pension participants? 

Sargin, Derya 2004-2005
BA Political Science and International Relations (Bogazici University)
Thesis Title: The Open Method of Coordination and national Change: The case of Dutch Employment Policy

Slaman, Pieter Johan 2008-2009
MA History (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: Cleaning up the River Rhine. The role of the International Rhine Commission and the European Communities

Smid, Marleen 2006-2007
MA English Language and Culture (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: The Effectiveness of a Transalpine Transport Policy on the EU level 

Stomphorst, Yannick 2008-2009
MSc Business Studies (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
Thesis Title: Merger Control and the Shadow of the Past. Can national authorities leave their past behind?
Struwe, Christian Scheel 2007-2008
BA Public Administration (Roskilde University)
Thesis Title: Europeanization of Renewable Energy Policies - a comparative study of Belgium and Denmark

Sutherland, Catriona 2007-2008
MA European History (University of Aberdeen)
Thesis Title: The Europeanization of the Scottish National Party, 2007-2008

Szytniewski, Bianca Barbara 2008-2009
BA History (Utrecht Universiteit)
MA International relations in Historical perspective (Utrecht Universiteit)
Thesis Topic: Europeanization in the EU and Beyond: The Western Balkans

Tang, Hong 2004-2005
BA Journalism (Sichuan University)
Thesis Title: The Development of Sino-EU Relations: Challenges and Opportunities with China's WTO Accession 

Tamura, Rika 2008-2009
BA Political Science (I/R) (Thiel College, Greenville, USA)
Thesis Title: Trouble for America: Why Europe could not have one voice over the Iraq War.

Tarjan, Veronika 2008-2009
BA Media Practices (University of Bedfordshire, UK)
Thesis Title: Practical Implementation of EU Directives in Post-Communist Member-States. The case of the Hungarian Equal Treatment Authority

Trifu, Daniela 2008-2009
BA Political Science (University of Bucharest )
Thesis Title: Fighting Discrimination in Romania. On-ground results of implementing the EU’s Equality Directives

Tsarvouli, Anna-Vasiliki 2005-2006
BSc Balkan Studies (University of Western Macedonia)
Thesis Title: The Transposition of the Anti-Discrimination Directives into Greek NationalLegislation

Türkoglu, Elif Berrak 2005-2006
BSc International Relations (Middle-East Technical University)
Thesis Title: Turkey’s Compliance to EU State Aid Regime 

Verkade, Leen 2008-2009
Bachelor Business Administration (HES Rotterdam)
Diploma EU Studies (PraktijkStudies) (Leiden University) 
Thesis Title: Economic and Monetary Integration in ASEAN and the EU. What steps should ASEAN take towards a single currency, and how can it learn from the European experience?

Vodiškar, Mateja 2008-2009
BA Sociology (University of Ljublijana)  
Thesis Title: Erasure – A Problem to Transposition of Anti-Discriminative Directives in Slovenia?

Wang, Xin  2006-2007
BA Biology (Shandong University)
Thesis Title: Trade Defence Instruments and EU-China trade relationship. Case study on EU-China textile and shoe conflicts

Westing, van Mieke 2006-2007
BA History (Leiden University)
Thesis Title: Business Lobbying vs. Democratic Legitimacy. A theoretical and conceptual assessment on the European Transparency Iniative

Wolters, Elwin 2008-2009
BA History (minor EU Studies) (Leiden University) 
Thesis Title: Social Security and Pension Obstacles for Migrant Workers: solutions on a European level 

Yamamoto, Yuko 2008-2009
BA Foreign Studies (Sophia University, Japan) 
Thesis Title: EU and US policy towards agricultural trade in the WTO – an analysis of the EU agricultural sector

Yang, Hope 2005-2006
BA Political Science (California State University, Fullerton, USA)
Thesis Title: Future Prospects and Present Analysis of Europe’s Energy Security

Yetkin, Bala 2004-2005
BA Economics (Bilkent University)
Thesis Title: Problems of the Stability and Growth Pact. Recent reform efforts and future prospects for the fiscal framework

Yilmaz, Burcu Gökge 2004-2005
BSc Business Administration (Middle Eastern University)
Thesis Title: Could Turkey's Membership be a Remedy for the Ageing Europe: an analysis of the migration projections for possible Turkish migration

Yücel, Bora 2007-2008
BA, Political Science and Economics (Roosevelt Academy)
Thesis Title: What are the General and Industry-Specific Economic Patters for Turkey and its Industries?

Zakourkina, Victoria 2005-2006
BA Political Science and European Studies (UWA Australia)
Thesis Title: VAT after the Sixth Directive: development of anti-avoidance rules and the doctrine of abuse of rights in the process of VAT harmonisation in the EU 

Zhu, Bo 2007-2008
BA Economics (Shandong University)
Thesis Title: Competition Policy in the EU and China: Comparison and Cooperation

Zou, Wen 2007-2008
BA Economics (Shandong University)
Thesis Title: Intra-industry Trade between China and the European Union: 1999-2006   Zubaca, Anete 2008-2009
BSc Political Science (Riga Stiadins University)
Thesis Title: Transposition of Anti-discrimination Directives in Latvia: “Clash between European Norms and Domestic Beliefs”