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 expired, the application period for the Intake 2024 will start on 15 November 2023. The application deadline is 31 March 2024.
Applications have to be submitted via the online application platform (which is only open from 15th November 2023 on):
https://public.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ps/iee
News & Announcements:
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- 19-09-2023
Congratulations Dr. Bablu Chakma!
After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Friday, 15th September 2023, Bablu Chakma has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).
Foto: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz, Dr. Bablu Chakma,
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
His thesis with the title “Community, Market Intermediaries, and the State. Survival-cum-Upward Mobility Strategies of Indigenous Villagers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh” was supervised by Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz and Prof. Dr. Shapan Adnan. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, speaker of the PhD Programme in International Development Studies chaired the oral exam.
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- 05-04-2023
Congratulations Dr. Biswaranjan Tripura!
After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Wednesday, 5th April 2023, Biswaranjan Tripura has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).
Foto: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz, Dr. Biswaranjan Tripura,
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
His thesis with the title “Indigenous Peoples Negotiations, Everyday State and Development Experiences in Contemporary Tripura, Northeast India” was supervised by Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz and Prof. Dr. Bodhi S R. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, speaker of the PhD Programme in International Development Studies chaired the oral exam.
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- 04-04-2023
Congratulations Dr. Hari Purna Tripura!
After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Tuesday, 4th April 2023, Hari Purna Tripura has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).
Foto: Prof. Dr. Shelley Feldman, Dr. Hari Purna Tripura,
Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
His thesis with the title “The Emergence of Indigenous Activists: The Indigeneity Questions of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz and Prof. Dr. Shelley Feldman. 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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