Two of our 2020 TAM graduates have received thesis prizes from the University of Gothenburg!
Edgar “Gray” Kinnier has received the Rutger Lindahl thesis award 2020. Kinnier was our first Excel @ Carolina students to complete the 5-year BA-MA program. He is a graduate of TAM’s European Governance Track with the Double Degree MAs from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Gothenburg University. The title of his Master thesis was “A transnational cleavage across the Bosporus? The Role of Globalizing Forces in Turkish Politics.” On the UNC side, his thesis director was Professor Gary Marks.
The Henrik and Karolina von Mentzer’s thesis awards 2020 has been awarded to Kajsa Blomqvist.
Blomqvist is a graduate of TAM’s European Governance Track with the Double Degree MAs from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Gothenburg University. The title of her Master thesis was “From traditionalism and morality to defenders and antagonists of gender equality: The Framing of Gender over time by the Sweden Democrats.” She worked with Professor Milada Vachudova on the UNC side.