Sess.EuroPhD invites applications to the Doctoral Programme 2011 commencing on October 1 as part of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
The European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies is an international, interdisciplinary graduate programme cooperating with nine partner universities. The doctoral degree Doctor Europaeus is awarded upon completion of the programme.
Sess.EuroPhD is a three year doctoral programme. An essential part of the curriculum is the experience gained through the study at partner universities. PhD candidates are required to spend at least one semester as well as a shorter research stay of 4–6 weeks abroad.
The doctoral candidates have the opportunity to draw from the teaching, supervision, and knowledge of more than 40 academic instructors at the nine partner universities in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Haifa, Lille, Rome, Southampton, and Tampere.
Dissertation projects from the following seven major areas of interdisciplinary research are welcomed:
1. The interrelationship between economic and social structure
2. Processes of change in economic organizations and institutions
3. Markets as social structures and networks
4. Labor 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
The European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies
