Gra­dua­te School

Ni­ne Uni­ver­si­ties - Four Con­ti­nents - One Gra­dua­te School

ICDD’s core programme for knowledge generation and dissemination is its Graduate School of Socio-Ecological Research for Development. In the period from 2010 to 2019, it offered a multidisciplinary research and education environment for more than 80 PhD and postdoc researchers, with PhD and postdoc projects being either rooted in the social or agricultural sciences.

Main Fea­tures

Graduate School fellows are based at one of the ICDD’s partner universities in Africa, Asia, Latin America or Europe.

Apart from providing a common core curriculum and international co-supervision, it enables vibrant collaboration in the fields of fellow exchange, joint research projects, and knowledge transfer.

What we achie­ved

In the period from 2010 to 2019, it offered a multidisciplinary research and education environment for more than 80 PhD and postdoc researchers, with PhD and postdoc projects being either rooted in the social or agricultural sciences.

Ex­plo­re mo­re

Net­work

The ICDD is not accepting new applications for PhD positions with scholarship at the moment. However, it is possible to apply for an Associate PhD fellowship, including doctoral supervision and institutional affiliation with the ICDD and its Graduate School, but it does not offer a scholarship.

Cur­ri­cu­lum

  • ICDD PhD Toolbox
  • Seminars and workshops on theory, methods, decent work, and development
  • GLU Online courses
  • Workshops on practical problems of the PhD process
  • Weekly meetings for presenting and discussing research-in-progress
  • Financial and organizational support for self-organized workshops / conferences
  • Funding for fieldwork of PhD students and conference / workshop participation
  • Grants for publication of PhD theses
  • Support for publications

Mem­bers

  • Amount to more than 70 PhD and 13 postdoc fellows (since 2009)
  • Come from more than 20 countries and all continents
  • Constitute a nearly gender-balanced group
  • Work mostly in academia, but also in policy research, inter- / national (N)GOs and consultancy after finishing the program

Hitherto no less than 37 candidates have acquired their PhD.

Post-Doc­to­ral Scho­lar­ships

In line with the recommendations of the mid-term evaluation, the ICDD has started to broaden its networking activities and action arenas by granting postdoctoral fellowships to selected former alumni and external applicants.

Con­tact

Email: ICDD Graduate School (graduateschool[at]icdd.uni-kassel[dot]de)

Phone number: +49(0) 561 804-7395