GRADUATION CEREMONY

PhD and Disciplinary Masters

Friday 11 September 2026, 9h15 - 11h50 
Doors Open at 8h30
 

Welcome
 

  • Marie-Laure Salles, Director
  • Paola Gaeta, Director of Studies
  • Dan Graham, Master of Ceremony, Head of Communications 

Presentation of PhD Diplomas

Presentation of prizes
 

Pierre du Bois Prize

  • Awarded for the best PhD Thesis in International History
  • Presented by Cyrus Schayegh, Professor of International History and Politics

 

Leonid Hurwicz Prize

  • Awarded for the best PhD Thesis in International Economics or Development Economics
  • Presented by Ugo Panizza, Professor of International Economics

 

Ladislas Mysyrowicz Prize

  • Awarded for a Doctoral or Master Thesis of High Quality Dedicated to Refugee Issues
  • Presented by Vincent Chetail, Professor of International Law

 

Arditi Prize in International Relations

  • Awarded for the best Master Thesis in International Studies or Affairs
  • Presented by Achim Wennmann, Writer, President of the Arditi Foundation

Musical Medley by gisa music collective


Presentation of disciplinary masters diplomas and prizes

 

Anthropology and Sociology Department

  • Presentation of Diplomas
  • Department Prize awarded for the best Master Thesis in Anthropology and Sociology

International Law Department

  • Presentation of Diplomas
  • Mariano García Rubio Prize awarded for the best Master Thesis in International Law

International Economics Department

  • Presentation of Diplomas
  • Rudi Dornbusch Prize awarded for the best Master Thesis in International Economics 

International History and Politics Department

  • Presentation of Diplomas
  • Department Prize awarded for the best Master Thesis in International History and Politics

International Relations/Political Science Department

  • Presentation of Diplomas
  • Department Prize awarded for the best Master Thesis in International Relations/Political Science

Global Migration Award

  • Awarded for an exceptional thesis addressing issues such as mobility, forced or voluntary migration, displacement, citizenship, and diaspora.
  • Presented by Vincent Chétail, Director of the Global Migration Centre

Presentation of the Alumni Association Prize

  • Awarded for an exceptional Doctoral Thesis
  • Presented by Cyrus Schayegh, Department of International History and Politics

Students Speech   

 

  • Paulo Glowacki
  • Saswot Shrestha
     

 

 

COMMENCEMENT SPEECH 

 

Laura Thompson, Assistant Director General, External and Corporate Relations (ILO)

Introduced by Marie-Laures Salles, Director

Closing Message

 

Dan Graham, Head of Communications

The ceremony will be followed by cocktail receptions for students and their attending guests.

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