On March 18, 2013, Sara Svensson successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Social Capital and Governance in European Borderlands - A Comparative Study of Euroregions as Policy Actors" in a well-attended public defense.
The committee, chaired by Marie-Pierre Granger (track representative, CEU) and composed of Harlan Koff (external, University of Luxembourg), Tamas Meszerics (internal, CEU), and Andrew Cartwright (supervisor, CEU), awarded Sara a Magna Cum Laude grade for her thesis.