IMPRS-SPCE Dissertations
Dissertations by IMPRS-SPCE graduates are published in the IMPRS-SPCE Dissertation Series, Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, in print by a publisher, or as online publications or journal articles. The list below contains all the dissertations published by IMPRS-SPCE graduates.
Thesis - PhD
Having It All - or Nothing at All?: The Transnational Political Participation of Children of Turkish Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2026.
Thesis - PhD
Adapt or Perish? Understanding Transnational Environmental NGOs’ Strategies in China and Turkey. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2026.
Thesis - PhD
(Un)Covering the Rich: Invisibility, Deservingness, and Legitimation in Mediated Representations of Germany’s Wealth Elite (Cumulative Thesis). PhD Thesis, University of Cologne. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2026.
Thesis - PhD
"With Great Power There Must Also Come Great Responsibility": How the Semiconductor Industry Deals with Uncertainty in Light of Geopolitical and Supply Chain Disruptions. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2026.
Thesis - PhD
Between Legality and Illegality: How Misclassification and Partial Enforcement Transformed the Italian Labour Market. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Navigating by the Stars: The Political Economy of the "Natural Rates" in Monetary Policy. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
"Return of Dependency" or "A New Hope"? East-South Investment and Interdependent Development in Colombia. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Tightening the Geoeconomic Toolkit: Advanced Capitalism’s Response to the Rise of China. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Stabilizing the Coordinated Market Economy? Germany’s Government, Corporate, and Household Sectors in the Face of the Polycrisis (Cumulative Thesis). PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg 2025.
Book
The Game: The Economy of Undocumented Migration from Afghanistan to Europe. Oxford Studies in Migration and Citizenship. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Interest Groups and Macroeconomic Policy in the Export-Led German Growth Model: Business Associations, Trade Unions, and the Reproduction of the Undervaluation Regime. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Schule und Schulleitung in der Migrationsgesellschaft: Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie zum schulischen Umgang mit migrationsbedingter Diversität. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Work, Compare, Repeat: Social Comparisons as a Determinant of Working Hours in Germany. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen. Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE, Cologne 2025.
Thesis - PhD
Rentiers and Their Frontiers: The Power Struggles Surrounding Land as an Asset (Cumulative Thesis). PhD Thesis, University of Cologne, Cologne 2024.
Thesis - PhD
Out of Balance, Out of Sight? How the Epistemic Community of Government Finance Statisticians Shapes European Debt Calculations. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne, Cologne 2024.