The Department “Political and Cultural Change” offers a Doctoral scholarship “Historical relations between demography and land use in West Africa”

Expectation:
The candidate will be expected to participate in the interdisciplinary and disciplinary courses of the ZEF Doctoral Studies Program from 1st October 2011 - February 2012. He/she will develop an individual research proposal until February 2012. For data collection, 10-12 months of field research in West Africa will be required. During the writing-up period of the dissertation, the candidate will be based at ZEF in Bonn.

Duration of the doctoral studies:
Three years starting from August 2011 under conditional acceptance of the confirmation by the funding agency. A scholarship awarded will cover living, research as well as travel cost.

Requirements for the applicants:

• very good degree (Diploma, Master or Magister) in social anthropology, social geography, political sciences or development sociology
• very good writing skills in English are required for the dissertation
• very good knowledge of French are required for research in a francophone country
• good knowledge of field research methods is required
• experience in research is of advantage
• work experience in West Africa is of advantage

African candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Application:
The eligible candidates are invited to send their application including

• a letter of motivation
• a concept note that addresses the research topic, problem statement, research objectives and question, suggested methodology (2-3 pages)
• Curriculum Vitae
• copies of academic certificates
• a letter of reference.

Please, send the hard copy of the application to:

Center for Development Research,
Dr. Irit Eguavoen (ZEFa),
Walter-Flex-Str. 3, D- 53113
Bonn, Germany

Closing date for the application is the 20th June 2011.
Short–listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

The Center for Development Research is an international, English-speaking research institute of the University of Bonn / Germany which hosts the ZEF Doctoral Studies Program. For more information, please see www.zef.de.

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