Ayana Dootalieva joined the MA program in Fall 2019. Her research interests include EU-US relations, rule of law, EU identity, federalism, EU foreign affairs, EU law, international trade, and democratization.
Ayana was elected by her classmates to be their Department Representative in the Arts & Sciences Graduate Council for Academic Year 2019-2020.
Ayana graduated in October 2020 and is currently a legal researcher at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) (Brussels, Belgium).
MA Thesis
On European Identity: Values, Citizenship, and the Idea of Europe
Advisor: Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti
Education
- MA in European History, Politics, and Society - Columbia University, 2020
- Master of Laws - Ghent University
- Bachelor of Laws - Ghent University
Awards & Fellowships
- 2020 - MA Student Service Distinction, European Institute
- 2020 - Thesis Fieldwork Grant, European Institute
