Past members

This page lists all the past PhD Representatives and Working Group members, who contributed to the growth of the PhD Network and made it thrive since its inception.

 

Past PhD Representatives (by academic year) Academic year
Yowali Kabamba 2025 - present
Billie Martiniello 2023 - 2025
Maria Shaidrova 2021 - 2023
Isabella Trombetta 2019 - 2020
Giulia Mezzetti 2018 - 2019
Cathrine Talleraas 2017 - 2018
Carmen C Draghici 2016 - 2017
JuanFra Alvarado Valenzuela 2015 - 2016

 

Past Working group members (by alphabetical order) Academic year/s
Abdullah Khoso 2018 - 2019
Agnese Pacciardi 2023 - 2025
Alice Fill 2023 - 2025
Amanda Da Silva 2017 - 2019
Byeongsun Ahn 2017 - 2018
Carmen C Draghici 2016 - 2018
Carolin Schütze  (Working Group coordinator) 2017 - 2019
Cathrine Talleraas 2017 - 2019
Chiara Cancellario 2015 - 2017
Clara Rubio 2015 - 2016
Diego Castillo Goncalves 2018 - 2019
Diletta Marcucci 2023 - 2026
Domiziana Turcatti 2019 - 2021
Dorina Dedgjoni  (Working Group coordinator) 2017 - 2020
Eddy Bruno Esien 2017 - 2018
Elida Cena 2015 - 2016
Elina Jonitz 2023 - 2025
Elisa Alves  (Working Group coordinator) 2016 - 2019
Eva Zschirnt  (Working Group coordinator) 2016 - 2018
Fabiana Pineda 2024 - 2025
Floris Peters 2015 - 2017
Fortunat Miarintsoa Andrianimanana 2018 - 2019
Francis Dusabe 2018 - 2019
Gabriela Petre 2017 - 2019
Giulia Mezzetti 2017-2019
Giulia Raimondo 2015 - 2016
Gunika Rishi 2023 - 2026
HASRET SAYGI 2018 - 2019
Ilona van Breugel 2015 - 2018
Isabella Trombetta 2018 - 2020
Jasmine Trang Ha 2016 - 2017
Jolien Klok  (Working group coordinator) 2017 - 2019
JuanFra Alvarado Valenzuela 2015 - 2017
Kristyna Peychlova 2015 - 2016
Leydi Johana Breuls 2015 - 2016
Liudmila Kopecka 2016 - 2017
Luděk Jirka 2016 - 2019
Lucy Potter  - 2025
Lyndsey Kramer 2018 - 2019
Maria Grazia Montella 2015 - 2017
Maria Shaidrova 2018 - 2020
Marina Lazëri (Working group coordinator) 2020 - 2022
MARIANA ROSCA 2018 - 2020
Marie Kranendonk 2015 - 2016
Marion Fischer-Neumann 2015 - 2016
Mark van Ostaijen 2015 - 2018
Martha Ecker 2016 - 2017
Melanie Smith 2018 - 2019
Merve Erdilmen 2018 - 2019
Nare Galstyan 2016 - 2017
Olav Nygård 2018 - 2020
Raktim Ray 2017 - 2018
Reka Szaniszlo 2018 - 2019
Roohi Hussain 2018 - 2019
Sabrina Colombo 2018 - 2020
Samuel Schimd 2015 - 2018
Sandra Morgenstern 2018 - 2020
Sandra Muller 2017 - 2019
Selin Sivis  (Working Group coordinator) 2017 - 2019
Sherene Ozyurek 2017 - 2019
Silvia Silva 2015 - 2017
Sophie Hinger 2015 - 2017
Stephan Simon 2016 - 2018
Stephen Asafo Agyei 2018 - 2019
Sue Coccaro 2017 - 2018
Teresa Pallarés Ramos 2024 - 2026
Ugur Yildiz 2017 - 2018
Victor Ombugadu 2025 - 2026
Vitor Lopes Andrade 2018 - 2020
Yana Yovcheva 2016 - 2017
Yvonne Siemann 2015 - 2017

 

Experts mentioned

Domiziana Turcatti

University of Oxford , United Kingdom

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