Development Research Division | South African‐German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice

The PhD in International Development Studies is a combination of working on individual PhD research projects as well as participating in selected teaching modules.

Teaching modules deal with developmental issues from a multidisciplinary perspective.These seminars are complemented by courses on research methods and statistical analysis.Regular presentation and discussion of individual research projects form part of the semi-annual „Research Colloquium" in which all PhD candidates as well as supervisors take part.

A field research phase in the fourth semester forms an integral part of the PhD-program.Courses on "Generic Skills" include seminars on Scientific Writing, Scientific Presentation and Professional (Scientific) Communication.

They aim at the training of key competences and are offered in cooperation with the Ruhr-University Bochum Research School. For more information please see http://www.research-school.rub.de/cms/generic_skills0.html.

An outline of the program schedule is available for download here.