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Anthony Tutugoro will defend his thesis entitled Analysis of strategies for the reconquest of sovereignty by the independence movement in New Caledonia, with a view to obtaining the degree of doctor in political science, on Tuesday, March 12 at 8 a.m. in the Guy Agniel lecture hall on the UNC Nouville campus. Abstract The acts of taking possession of New Caledonia ratified between 1853 and 1855 proclaim French sovereignty over this archipelago in the South Pacific. This thesis proposes to analyze the strategies deployed by the independence movement of the archipelago with a view to reconquering this sovereignty. It is based on a corpus of 34 semi-directed interviews and additional interviews conducted with leaders and executives of political and trade union organizations engaged in the reconquest of sovereignty, as well as ecclesiastical and civil society actors. This database is supplemented by observations of meetings and political gatherings carried out during the campaigns conducted during the consultations for the archipelago's accession to full sovereignty from 2018-2020-2021, congresses of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front, and public demonstrations between the years 2017-2023. The cross-referencing of this empirical data with existing secondary sources puts into perspective the subjectivity of these different actors as well as the motivations and logics that drive their political action. This thesis identifies the variables that lead this movement to be part of a long-term process and to reinvent itself according to the different socio-political contexts it crosses. It explores certain levers at its disposal within French sovereignty, such as political negotiation, the economy, or diplomacy. Finally, this thesis reports on its representations of a new State in the event of a restitution of its sovereignty to the archipelago. Jury composition Sémir Al Wardi, professor of political science, University of French Polynesia Sylvain Brouard, research director in political science, Sciences Po Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology, INALCO Mathias Chauchat, professor of public law, University of New Caledonia Fred Constant, professor of political science, University of the Antilles Carine David, professor of public law, University of Aix-Marseille Stéphanie Guyon, HDR lecturer in political science, University of Picardy Scientific direction Thesis directors: Sémir Al Wardi and Carine David Funder Exceptional research assistance from the Northern Province