PhD Scholarship Positions for Developing Countries

Background

ICDD's objective is to create and transfer knowledge on how to create and improve work and income opportunities in rural and urban regions of developing countries in light of globalization, climate change and urbanization.

ICDD encompasses various disciplines such as agricultural science, political science, sociology, economics, and has a network of partner universities in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

ICDD closely co-operates with International Labour Organisation and NGOs.

One of ICDD's core structures for the inter-disciplinary generation of knowledge is the Graduate School of Socio-Ecological Research for Development.

PhD projects within this school may be rooted in either the natural or social sciences and should be focused on actor and problem oriented research on sustainable human-environmental relationships and decent livelihoods.

ICDD promotes three research clusters as a common framework for the design of prospective PhD projects:

PhD applicants should be interested in analysing spatially and sectorally detailed urban-rural linkages to address the mobility of people, goods, services, money transfers, information, and associated flows of nutrients, energy and water.

PhD applicants should be interested in analysing such instruments and their effective implementation in different state contexts. A special focus should be directed towards their impact on or relevance for informal labour relations and particularly on the working conditions and lives of temporary labour migrants.

Thereby special Attention is directed towards particularly vulnerable groups, such as domestic workers.

PhD applicants should be interested in exploring possible sources and forms of organisations to foster empowerment strategies within informal labour relations.

Scholarships

PhD students of the Graduate School will be based either at the University of Kassel or at one of ICDD's international partner universities (see above), and will be enrolled in the respective university's PhD training programmes.

Please indicate in your application at which university you wish to be located.

A joint international workshop programme on subjects of the ICDD, research methods, the linkage between theory and empirical research and for the presentation of the prospective PhD projects will take place every year within the Graduate School.

Scholarships will be awarded for four years under the precondition of a successful extension after one year.

The scholarships will cover a country-specific monthly allowance according to DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) standards.

All scholarships will include travel expenses for south-north and south-south mobility if necessary and funding for field research and the participation in Graduate School and ICDD activities.

Application Requirements

Please submit your detailed curriculum vitae and scanned copies of the following documents with your application:

Officially authenticated photocopies of all documents and translations will have to be presented, if selected for admission.

Applications consisting of multiple files will not be accepted.

For more information, scholarship positions application details and application forms, see; PhD Scholarship Positions for Developing Countries

Also see: PhD and Masters by Research Scholarships

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