Our ‘Alumni Watch’ series tracks the working lives of our graduates, including a wide range of former PhD fellows around the world. Many continue working in academia or serve in national governments or international organisations. NB: the next application deadline for our full-time PhD programme is February 2019.
Alumni Watch
PhD alumnus appointed Force Commander of UN Mission in Mali
04 October 2018
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Lieutenant General Dennis Gyllensporre of Sweden as Force Commander of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Lieutenant General Gyllensporre holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Maastricht Un...
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Turning research ideas into full proposals — Dr. Oxana Slobozhan
09 January 2018
As coordinators of the Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM) programme our job is to look after our participants, not only when they are physically in Maastricht but also when they join us online. We assign course tutors, individual research tutors, and modular coordinators – ...
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‘We need to think about redistribution, globally’ — Dr. Andrés Mideros Mora
08 December 2017
For this edition of Alumni Watch, we caught up with Dr. Andres Mideros Mora of Ecuador, who graduated from our PhD programme in December 2017. He defended his thesis, ‘Essays on the Economic Effects of Non-contributory Social Protection’, while taking a short break from his role as Mi...
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Working for the youth of Colombia: Dr. Andrea Franco-Correa
18 September 2017
We recently caught up with Dr. Andrea Franco-Correa of Colombia, who graduated from our PhD programme in January 2017. She defended her thesis ‘On the measurement of multidimensional poverty as a policy tool: The case of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru’ — and has since started work ...
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Tweeting with UNICEF: Dr. Keetie Roelen
27 April 2016
Ahead of a recent UNICEF 'Tweetchat' on child social protection, Dr. Mindel van de Laar caught up with alumna Dr. Keetie Roelen, who now works for the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex in the UK. Here's what they had to say about the past, present and ...
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New work, new life, new trees: Dr. Judit Vall Castello
26 October 2015
Judit Vall Castello was one of the first PhD fellows at the School of Governance: she joined our Marie Curie European Social Protection PhD programme in 2006, before graduating in 2010 with a dissertation on ‘Business Cycle and Policy Effects on Labour Market Transitions of Olde...
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From Maastricht to Canberra: Dr. Jinjing Li
21 September 2015
In early September, Dr. Jinjing Li, a graduate of our PhD programme in 2011, returned to his alma mater. He was accompanying his wife, Jasmin Kientzel, who was here to (successfully) defend her PhD thesis. This smart couple now lives in Canberra, Australia, so it’s a rare honour...
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From Bishkek to Washington: Dr. Aziz Atamanov
14 April 2015
Dr. Aziz Atamanov graduated September 2011 from the PhD programme in Public Policy and Policy Analysis here at the School of Governance. He soon joined the World Bank, first as a consultant on the Central Asian region and, since 2012, on data management, poverty and shared prosperity ...
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Lifting the embargo on the children of Iran: Dr. Sepideh Yousefzadeh
23 November 2013
I started my PhD in 2008 as a mid-career professional, having already worked for several years in Iran and a few years in Afghanistan. Due to my previous experience, I realized that I wanted to continue working with children. I also wanted to work on Iran as I thought my local knowled...
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