Joint German-Arab Research Programme (PhD)

From Responsibility to Protect to Responsibility to Assist:

Conflict, Reconstruction, and Sustainable Development in the Middle East
German-Arab Joint Research, Training, and Networking Programme

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
FOR PHD POSITIONS
The “German-Arab Joint Research, Training and Networking
Programme” sets out to explore the extendibility of the Responsibility to Protect mandate towards a concept of
‘Responsibility to Assist’. Within this overall conceptual framework, the programme aims at
initiating joint research projects that investigate the varied economic, social, political and
other challenges that the countries of the region find themselves confronted with and which
are expected to seriously impair their chances for a peaceful, inclusive and sustainable
development in the future.
The doctoral research projects to be selected as part of the programme shall be related to
the overall topic of Conflict, Reconstruction, and Sustainable Development in the Middle
East.

Programme Structure and Funding
Three-year-programme
12 months staying in Germany
Programme starts in September 2015 at Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) (http://www.development research.org/index.php/study-programmes/phd-ids.html).
PhD students from Arab countries will receive German language training while the German students are expected to attend Arabic language courses
Two interdisciplinary summer schools hosted by the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut, Lebanon and by the University of Jordan (JU) in Amman, Jordan
PhD candidates will take part in the annual PhD Conference on International Development
For their study periods in Germany, there are scholarships avaiable for the PhD candidates from Arab countries

Supervision

All PhD candidates will be co-supervised by professorial members of both the PhD in
International Development Studies (PhD IDS) at the Institute of Development Research and
Development Policy (IEE) / Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) and the programme partners
including
The University of Jordan, Amman [http://www.ju.edu.jo/home.aspx]
Lebanese American University, Beirut [http://www.lau.edu.lb/].
In addition, the Carnegie Middle East Center Beirut [http://carnegie -mec.org/] will be
involved in the programme and its activities.

Prospective Candidates and Eligibility Criteria
Candidates with an above-average advanced degree (Master or equivalent) in Law, Social or Political Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, Economic or Social Geography, Economics, Agricultural Economics or Sociology, and Environmental and Resource Economics or related subjects from Germany, the partner countries (Jordan and Lebanon), and, if applicable, students coming from the countries / territories afflicted by the regional conflicts (most importantly Syria and Iraq)
English language proficiency attested by English language proficiency certificate (IELTS Band 6 or TOEFL 550 paper based / 213 computer based / 80 internet based) or by a document attesting that English has been the language of instruction in previous studies
Strong interest and capability to work in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural frameworks
Qualified female candidates are expressly encouraged to apply

The candidates will be nominated and selected jointly by the programme partners at a
preparatory meeting in June/July 2015 and will be informed via email about the admission
no later than end of July 2015.

The application form, guidelines and templates are available for download here:
http://www.development-research.org/index.php/study-programmes/phd-ids/germanarab-programme.html

Submission via Email or Postal Services
All files, including letters of recommendation, may be sent in either PDF format to ieephd(at)rub.de or paper format to the postal address mentioned below. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Postal Address:
Institute of Development Research and Development Policy
Dr. Anja Zorob
Building GB, Room 1/161
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum – Germany

The deadline for application is April 30th, 2015

For further Information about the programme, the criteria of admission and the required documents, please visit the link

http://www.development-research.org/index.php/study-programmes/phd-ids/german-arab-programme.html