Nikolaos Frantzeskakis wins the Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award

September 10, 2024

The African Politics Conference Group award committee attributed the Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award to MSU PLS alumnus Nikolaos Frantzeskakis (now Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.) for his dissertation titled "Speaking of Home: Local Representation and Re-Election in Africa."

The award committee gave an honorable mention to Matthias Kroenke (University of Reading) for his dissertation titled "Conveyor-Belts Of Information: TheRole Of Political Parties In Service Delivery In Africa" and to Xichavo Alecia Ndlovu (University of Witwatersrand) for her dissertation titled "Resource Rents And Democratization In Sub-Saharan Africa."