The three-year English-taught Joint PhD Programme in Diversity Management and Governance offers specialized interdisciplinary and comparative academic training in the study of various forms of diversity, be it ethnic, cultural, linguistic, regional, religious, social or sexual, and its management.

Conflict prevention and management theories, reconstruction and reconciliation of divided societies after violent conflicts and political tensions, integration policies and the establishment of good governance throughout Europe are in focus in this Joint PhD Programme.

Target group

Highly motivated international students with a strong record of academic success. Graduates of master studies or equivalent from the fields of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and Humanities can be admitted to the programme. Graduates from other fields of studies can be admitted only in case the completed programme is judged to be suitable content-wise by the university for which the student applies.

Partner Universities

University of Graz (Austria)
University of Primorska (Slovenia)
New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)
University of Bologna (Italy)
Mobility
Students have to spend at least one academic year at one of the partner universities

Degree

Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be awarded a jointly conferred PhD degree automatically recognized in the countries of all consortium partners.

Deadline for application

30 June 2010. Applications are to be sent by e-mail to the following e-Mail address: elisabeth.mueller@uni-graz.at.

Further information and application form available at: www.jointdegree.eu/phd or by contacting Ms Elisabeth Müller at elisabeth.mueller@uni-graz.at.

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