Institution/Organiser: Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

Kind of support/work: scholarships of 1200€/month for up to 36 months

Duration: Sess.EuroPhD is designed for a period of three years of study commencing on October 1, 2010.

Site: Berlin and partner universities in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Haifa, Lille, Rome, Southampton and Tampere.

Topics: The European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies is an international, interdisciplinary graduate programme cooperating with eight partner universities. After the completion of the programme, the doctoral degree Doctor Europaeus is awarded. As dissertation projects seven major areas of research, to be pursued in an interdisciplinary approach, are favoured: 1. The interrelationship between economic and social structure; 2. Processes of change in economic organisations and institutions; 3. Markets understood as social structures and networks; 4. Labour markets, employment, and conflict; 5. Welfare state analysis and social security; 6. Economic and social inequality and perceptions of social justice; 7. Social ethics of the market in face of globalization.

Eligibility: Candidates must hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in economics or the social sciences. They may be citizens of countries other than those of the partner universities. English proficiency at an academic level is assumed.

Deadline: February 15, 2010

Contact: Dr. Ulrike Tikvah Kissmann, Academic Manager Sess.EuroPhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany

E-mail: sess@europhd.org

Internet: http://www.europhd.org