Event

PhD Defence: Only In It for Power and Wealth? Investigating Dictators’ Motives

Matilde Tofte Thorsen will defend her PhD dissertation

Info about event

Time

Friday 27 November 2020,  at 14:15 - 16:00
[Translate to English:] Matilde Tofte Thorsen
[Translate to English:] Matilde Tofte Thorsen Foto: Aarhus BSS Kommunikation

To complete the PhD study programme in Political Science Matilde Tofte Thorsen presents her PhD dissertation, giving a public lecture followed by a defence        

The subject of the lecture is:

“Why should we care about dictators being motivated by ideology or other factors? And to what extent do ideologically motivated dictators behave differently than dictators motivated primarily by self-interest when they face serious challenges to their rule from, for example, the masses, other elites, or external actors?” 

The title of the dissertation:

 

Only In It for Power and Wealth? Investigating Dictators’ Motives

The assessment panel consists of:

Associate Professor Jakob Tolstrup, AU

Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex

 

Professor Carl-Henrik Knutsen, University of Oslo

Where and when:

Friday November 27, 2020 at 2:15-4:00 pm

Attendance at the defence:

Because of Covid 19 registration is necessary. Please sign up here:  

https://www.tilmeld.dk/forsvar