Beatrice Gibertini (ESR 2) has successfully defended her PhD thesis titled "Large-scale Mining and Development in Africa: Essays on Migration, Political Participation and Women's Livelihoods" on 17 January, 2026, at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Beatrice was jointly supervised by Prof. Rémi Bazillier (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) and Prof. Marjo de Theije (Vrije Universiteit Amstedam).



