Are you writing your Master’s thesis on an issue pertaining to human rights? Do you have concerns about any problems you may face? Have you wondered how others have overcome challenges in writing their thesis?
Join us for the third session of the Thesis Talk Series co-organised by the Student Advisory Board for the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
In this series Hertie School alumni who excelled in their theses, discuss their experiences in writing theses related to human rights. The aim of the talk is to provide current students the opportunity to exchange ideas with Hertie alumni about their theses and their experiences with writing it. By engaging with alumni, who have focused on a wide variety of human rights issues across geographies and using different methodologies, we hope to inspire current students to engage with human rights issues.
In this session we are delighted to welcome Claire Heydacker (MIA 2023), the recipient of the 2023 Human Rights Master's Thesis Award, and Homyra Rahnoma (MIA 2023), whose master thesis received an Honorable Mention. The presentation will be followed by an open informal discussion.
The event will be co-moderated by Diana Bernadini, Student Advisory Board 2023/2024, and Silvia Steininger, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
Speakers
Claire Heydacker holds a Master of International Affairs with a specialisation in global governance and human rights from the Hertie School (MIA, 2023) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with a concentration in contemporary cultures and societies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Claire interned with the Futures Project, the Founder Institute and the OHCHR during her studies. She is particularly interested in the intersection of human rights and climate change. She is the recipient of the Hertie School's 2023 Human Rights Master's Thesis Award, granted to her for the thesis "“The Melting Point of Ice - the Paris Agreement’s Human Rights Obligation and its Subsequent Implementation in the Nationally Determined Contributions of Arctic Actor States. An Observation of Arctic Actors NDC’s and their Efforts in Incorporating Human Rights in Support of their Arctic Communities”.
Homyra Rahnoma holds a Master of International Affairs from the Hertie School (MIA, 2023) and has a background in linguistics, South Asian studies, and political science. She is passionate about researching and critically analysing the impact of government effectiveness and legitimacy on human rights and migration decisions. She currently works for the Coordination Office for the Federal Admissions Program for Afghanistan. Homyra has recieved an Honorable Mention for her master's thesis “Does Government Ineffectiveness and Illegitimacy Lead to Migration?”.
