international doctoral program | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans

2011-2012 International Doctoral Program in Economics, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy

The School reserves the possibility of accepting up to a maximum of 2 further students without grant or other forms of financial support.
The aim of the program, in line with the standards of excellence pursued by the School, is to provide a training path oriented both at research activities and at professional careers in the private and public sectors, involving structured courses and supervised research yielding an original dissertation to be discussed in a public examination.

Scholarship Application Deadline:20 April 2011

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Berlin Graduate School International Doctoral Program in Social Sciences 2011

Research proposals should relate to the comparative analysis of the following research areas and topics. A combination of the following areas and topics is welcome:

Inclusion
-social inequality and well-being
-social protest and social conflict
-migration and cultural diversity
-the clash and the management of collective identities

Democracy
-performance of mature and young democracies
-processes of democratization, and the resilience of autocracy
-multilevel and multinational policy
-political institutions, political conflict, and the welfare state

Knowledge
-scientific knowledge in processes of policy-making
-the impact of science and religion on processes of inclusion and democratization
-communicating knowledge in public spheres
-the governance of science

Admission is based on academic excellence and is open to students with a Master’s degree or equivalent in the social sciences (sociology, political science and neighbouring disciplines). We expect a high-level knowledge of current theoretical debates in the social sciences and in-depth knowledge of either quantitative or qualitative techniques of social research as well as a commitment to empirical research. English proficiency at an academic level is assumed.

Doctoral researchers are awarded scholarships of up to 1200€/month for a maximum of 36 months, contingent on the successful completion of each year. Applicants with alternative funding are welcome; we provide incentives for applications for external funding.

Scholarship Application Deadline: January 3 to February 16, 2011.

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