The Graduate school, URBAN-Grad, at the Technical University Darmstadt offers ten fully funded PhD-scholarships on "International and Comparative Urban Research". 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 ?Urban Research?, aiming at investigating the intrinsic logic of cities and focussing on comparative research designs ( for detailed information see: 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 Universitat Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. H. Berking
Institut fur Soziologie
Residenzschloss
D-64283 Darmstadt
Deadline: September 1st, 2008
