PhD IDS

PhD IDS

PhD in International Development Studies

phdSince 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 for the Intake 2024 started on 15 November 2023. The application deadline is 31 March 2024.
Applications have to be submitted via the online application platform:
https://public.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ps/iee



News & Announcements:

Congratulations Dr. Fiza Lee Malhotra

After successful defence of her PhD Thesis on Tuesday, 6th February 2024,
Fiza Lee Malhotra has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

Feeza Lee
Foto: Prof. Dr. Löwenstein, Prof. Dr. Heintze, Dr. Fiza Lee Malhotra, Prof. Dr. Thielbörger


Her thesis with the title “A Practical approach to Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia” 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.

Congratulations Dr. Sidy Ouattara!

After successful defence of his PhD Thesis on Thursday, 14th December 2023, Sidy Ouattara has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

Sidy Disputation
Foto: Prof. Dr. em. Werner Voss, Dr. Sidy Ouattara, 
Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse

His thesis with the title “Revisiting the Enclave Thesis: The Case of the Malian Mining Sector” was supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse and Prof. Dr. em. Werner Voss. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein, speaker of the PhD Programme in International Development Studies chaired the oral exam.

1st UNITAR Conference at the UN in Bonn

Our PhD IDS Student Emmanuel Monyei was a panelist at the 1st International United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Conference which held at the United Nations, Bonn on the 23rd and 24th, November 2023.

1st Unitar Conference Emmanuel Monyei

He presented a paper at one of the break-out sessions during the conference. In his presentation titled, ‘Neither nameless nor faceless: Climate change and the human security of SIDS’ citizens’, he discussed the limitations of the extant international legal order and Human Rights Based Approaches (HRBAs) in protecting climate refugees from Small Island Developing States (SIDS). He re-iterated the limitations of utilizing the language of climate ‘change’ for the most affected people who see such changes as an actual ‘crisis’, as it affects their nationality and core national identity. He proffered alternative approaches to protect SIDS’ citizens in the context of climate induced displacements, through Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), and under Human Security Based Approaches (HSBAs).

PhD IDS: Contact

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Dipl.-Ök. Britta Niklas
Coordinator PhD-IDS

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