PhD IDS
PhD in International Development Studies
Since winter 2007, the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy has been offering an international English-language PhD programme in International Development Studies. It is implemented by the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy on behalf of the Faculties of Geography, Law, Social Science, and Economics. Up to 10 PhD candidates are accepted to the programme annually. The programme builds on three fundamental pillars: It is a structured PhD programme with a strong interdisciplinary and international focus.
The application period for the PhD IDS Intake 2023 will start on 3 November 2022. The application deadline is 31 March 2023.
Applications have to be submitted via the online application platform:
https://public.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ps/iee
News & Announcements:
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- 20-12-2022
Congratulations Dr. Ali Zaidi!
After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Monday, 19 December 2022 Muhammad Ali Zaidi has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).
His thesis with the title " Brokering ʻdevelopmentʼ and representing the ʻpoorʼ: An anthropological understanding of NGOs in southern Pakistan " was supervised by Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz and Prof. Dr. Rixta Wundrak. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, speaker of the PhD Programme in International Development Studies chaired the oral exam.
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- 17-02-2023
Congratulations Dr. Adil!
After the successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Thursday, 9 February 2023 Abdullah Adil has been awarded the degree of a Doctor in Management and Economics. He was enrolled as a doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Management and Economics and was an associate member of the PhD IDS-programme at IEE.
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein and Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer supervised Mr. Adil’s theses on "The impact of higher education on the employment status and on earnings in the labor market of Afghanistan", Jun. Prof. Dr. Sanne Kruse-Becher chaired the oral exam.
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- 07-12-2022
Congratulations Dr. Wright!
After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Tuesday 6 December 2022 Will Wright has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).
Foto: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze, Dr. Will Wright, Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger
His thesis with the title " Norm Clusters of Non-State Armed Groups: Mapping and Understanding the Limits of Warfare as Understood by Non-State Armed Groups " was supervised by Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze and Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, speaker of the PhD Programme in International Development Studies chaired the oral exam.
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PhD IDS: Contact
Dipl.-Ök. Britta Niklas
Coordinator PhD-IDS
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