« La colonisation n’est pas la cause du malheur de l’Afrique d’aujourd’hui »: Volker SEITZ, ancien Ambassadeur d’Allemagne au Bénin et au Cameroun
Ces propos dans son livre publié en 2011 paraîtraient à première vue provocateurs ou révisionnistes dans la mesure où de nombreuses recherches scientifiques ont mis en lumière l’impact néfaste de la colonisation occidentale sur la situation actuelle de notre continent. À notre connaissance, l’un des travaux les plus pertinents sur ce sujet est un livre […]
Joint international PhD program in Economic Sociology and Political Economy at the University of Cologne (Germany)
Germany’s first graduate program in economic sociology and political economy, the IMPRS-SPCE welcomes outstanding doctoral students of political science, sociology, and organization studies from Germany and abroad. Its research explores the social and political foundations of modern economies and it examines the interrelation between economic and social action. The School combines approaches from economic sociology, […]
«Lorsque Mami et Papi partent se chercher à Mbeng» : L’émigration des personnes âgées: un sujet tabou?
Même si les migrations de retraite qui ne sont pas des migrations de retour restent très nationales dans presque tous les pays du monde, on note cependant un mouvement de personnes d´un certain âge[1] en direction des pays industrialisés où vivent dans la plupart des cas un membre de leur famille. Contrairement aux «migrations du […]
9 PhD Scholarships in Linguistics: International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain (IDEALAB)
The programme starts in October 2012 for a duration of 3 years. The Erasmus Mundus PhD Program ´International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain´ (IDEALAB) offers an outstanding interdisciplinary 3-year doctoral training to its candidates to study structure, processing and foundations of human language integrating interdisciplinary approaches. For this purpose, four European universities […]
Two doctoral Scholarship in Natural Potentials of Agricultural Production (Germany)
IAMO is seeking candidates for two doctoral student positions within the multidisciplinary project Economic and natural potentials of agricultural production and carbon trade-offs in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia (EPIKUR). EPIKUR aims to estimate agricultural production potentials by combing spatially explicit crop growth models, land use allocation models, and farm-level efficiency analyses. EPIKUR is strongly connected to […]
8 PhD Scholarships in Social Science at the University of Postdam (Germany)
DFG Research Training Group on Wicked Problems, Contested Administrations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy (WIPCAD) The programme starts in October 2012 for a duration of 3 years. The Research Training Group studies the interrelationships between ‘wicked’ policy problems and the development of administrative organizations, including inter-organizational settings. The research program is based on systematic interdisciplinary cooperation between […]
15 PhD Positions in Social Sciences: The BIGSSS Ph.D. Program
The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Ph.D. program. The program will commence on September 1st, 2012. Successful applicants for the Ph.D. and Post-doc fellowships will pursue a topic in one of BIGSSS’ three Thematic Fields. The Three Thematic Fields: The integration of most major social-science disciplines into one […]