Lieutenant General Bernard De Courrèges d'Ustou, Director of the IHEDN, awarded the IHEDN scientific prizes to the winners at an official ceremony on 19 April 2017, in the presence of Jean Belin, holder of the Defence Economics Chair and member of the jury.
The scientific prizes awarded by the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) are designed to highlight research into defence, security, international relations, foreign policy, armaments and defence economics.
They also foster links between IHEDN and the academic world.
Created in 1998, the awards are presented each year to researchers at Masters II and PhD level whose work, defended during the year, advances knowledge in the humanities and social sciences. Nominations are examined by a jury made up of academics and qualified personalities appointed by the Director of the IHEDN.
IHEDN Scientific Awards 2017:
1) Thesis prize
Third prizes ex aequo
Mrs Alice Pannier
For the third prize for his political science thesis entitled «Franco-British defence cooperation under the Lancaster House Treaties (2010): Institutionalisation meets the challenges of bilateral cooperation», defended at Sciences Po Paris, under the supervision of Professor Frédéric Ramel and Professor William Philipott.
Madam Marie des Neiges Ruffo from Calabria
For obtaining the third prize for her dissertation in philosophy entitled «Ethical problems raised by the replacement of humans by robots. The case of autonomous weapons systems», defended at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne, under the supervision of Professor Jean-Michel Besnier and Professor Dominique Lambert.
Second prize
Ms Namie Di Razza
For winning the second prize for his political science thesis entitled «La protection des civils par les opérations de maintien de la paix de l'ONU : le cas de la MONUC/MONUSCO en République démocratique du Congo (1999-2005)», defended at Sciences Po Paris, under the supervision of Professor Jacques Semelin.
First prize
Ms Amélie Zima
For winning the first prize for her dissertation in political science entitled «Penser le changement en relations internationales: le cas du premier élargissement post-guerre froide de l'OTAN (1989-1999)» (Thinking about change in international relations: the case of NATO's first post-Cold War enlargement (1989-1999)), defended at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, under the supervision of Georges Mink, Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS.
2) Master 2 research dissertation prize
Third prize
Mrs Elena Lysak
For the third prize for her Master 2 research dissertation, as part of her sociology dissertation entitled «Femme de militaire : Mère de famille ou Soldat sans contrat ?», defended at the Ecole des Hautes études en sciences sociales, under the supervision of Christelle Avril, Associate Professor.
Second prize
Lieutenant Corentin Pfortner
For the second prize in the Master 2 research dissertation category, for his history dissertation entitled «La mission diplomatique et militaire française près la Cour de Vienne lors de la Guerre de Sept Ans» (1756-1763), defended at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, under the supervision of Professor Hervé Drévillon.
First prize
Mr Alfred Amiot
For first prize in the Master 2 research dissertation category, for his history dissertation entitled «Occupation? Apartheid, Clash of Civilisations? Histories and different perceptions of the Israeli presence in the Palestinian territories in contemporary Israeli research», defended at Sciences Po Aix, under the supervision of Professor Walter Bruyère-Ostells and Cédric Parizot, Researcher at the Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman.
