Germany: PhD Scholarships in the field of Economics of Innovative Change

3 janvier 2012 admin Scholarship / Bourses

The DFG Research Training Group 1411 The Economics of Innovative Change is an outstanding international research programme, jointly hosted by the Friedrich Schiller University and the Max Planck Institute of Economics, both in Jena, Germany. The Research Training Group is funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and is integrated in an environment of related graduate programmes in social sciences. It currently hosts about 40 exceptional PhD candidates, 6 post-doctoral researchers, and 10 senior faculty members.

The mission of the Research Training Group is to provide an internationally competitive research training for young economists. The official language is English. Allowing for a broad concept of innovation we address a wide range of topics: industrial dynamics; entrepreneurship; innovation decisions and behaviour; competition, cooperation and strategic interaction in innovation; innovation in the development of consumption and consumer behaviour; human capital, skills and employment; innovation and regional development; innovation and economic dynamics of developing countries; energy, environment and innovation; innovation policy, and innovation management. The analytical approaches we pursue range from theoretical and empirical modeling, game theory, simulation analysis to experimental economics.
The scholarship positions require a permanent and active participation in the study and the research programme of the Research Training Group. Therefore all scholarship holders are expected to choose Jena as their place of residence.

The program starts in May 2012 for a duration of 36 months. The working language is  English

Requirements for Applicant

Subject Requirements (Qualification)
We search for candidates with excellent past performance in economics and business administration, or closely related fields. The candidates should have interest in pursuing research in at least one of the above- mentioned fields. They should have completed a Master’s degree or equivalent (e.g. Diplom).

Compulsory Attachments

• Curriculum vitae
• Copy of university degree
• High school diploma
• Reports, certificates
• Letter of motivation
• Exposé of doctoral project
• application form (see our homepage)
• two reference letters from academic teachers

 

Host institution:

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
07743 Jena

Graduate College « The Economics of Innovative Change »
Jena
http:///gk.wiwi.uni-jena.de

Supervisor of the Doctoral Thesis
Herr Dr. Uwe Cantner

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