[URBANTH-L] FUNDING: PHD Funding for Urban Studies at Darmstadtg Univ of Technology

[jancius at ohio.edu]

The Graduate School of Urban Studies (URBAN-Grad) at Darmstadt University of
Technology (Germany, near Frankfurt) offers 10 fully-funded PhD-scholarships
on "International and Comparative Urban Research". The successful applicants
should have a master or diploma degree in social sciences, economics, or
humanities, science, applied sciences, architecture or urban planning.

The PhD-projects should focus on the following topics:

Theories and methods of comparative urban research,
The intrinsic logic of cities,
Urban environments and sustainability, and/or
Local knowledge and urban planning

The Graduate School of Urban Studies is part of the Darmstadt research unit
"Urban Research", aiming at investigating the intrinsic logic of cities and
focusing on comparative research designs (for detailed information visit:
www.raumsoziologie.de). Dissertations can be in English or German; working
language will be German.

Please send applications (CV, degrees received, outline of Phd-project) to:

URBAN-Grad
Graduate School of Urban Studies
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. H. Berking
Institut für Soziologie
Residenzschloss
D-64283 Darmstadt

Deadline: September 1st., 2008



About the URBAN-Grad Program:


URBAN-Grad
Graduate School of Urban Studies
Technical University Darmstadt

The Graduate school, URBAN-Grad, at the Technical University Darmstadt
offers ten PhD-scholarships on ³International and Comparative Urban
Research². The successful applicants should hold a diploma or master degree
in the fields of social sciences, economics, or humanities, science, or
applied sciences, architecture or urban planning. It is sought after Phd
projects related to the following topics.
-      Theories and Methods of comparative urban research
-      The Intrinsic Logic of Cities
-      Urban Environments and Sustainability
-      Local Knowledge and Urban Planning

The Graduate School of Urban Studies is part of the Darmstadt research unit
³Urban Research², aiming at investigating the intrinsic logic of cities and
focussing on comparative research designs (for detailed information see:
http://www.raumsoziologie.de/). Disserations can be in English or German;
working language will be German.

Please send applications (CV, degrees received, outline of Phd-project) to:

URBAN-Grad
Graduate School of Urban Studies
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. H. Berking
Institut für Soziologie
Residenzschloss
D-64283 Darmstadt

Deadline: September 1st,  2008

http://www.raumsoziologie.de


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