European Union Research and Application Center (EKOAB) is organizing a seminar on “The Visa Problematique in Turkey-EU Relations” to be delivered by Ms. Zeynep Özler from the Economic Development Foundation on February 17, Wednesday, at 14:00 hours in room C406.
78 students of the History of the European Union (EU 101) class instructed by Asst. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Kentmen are going to take part in ‘Southeast Europe: People and Culture Photo Competition’. Photos taken by ourstudents will be exhibited at the Izmir University of Economics between 14-26 December 2009.
The University of Bologna together with the University of Graz, The New Bulgarian University of Sofia and the University of Primorska are launching a new International PhD Programme in “Diversity Management and Governance” leading to a Joint Degree.
The three-year English-taught Programme 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 orientation, 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.
To ensure the students’ highest mobility the Programme requires that PhD Candidates spend at least two semesters in one of the partner universities. Please click to see the details.
IMT (Institutions Markets Technologies) Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies
Call for Ph.D. in Political Systems and Institutional Change
The Program is a multidisciplinary course analysing, in a comparative perspective, institutions in their historical, political, sociological, economic and legal features. Special attention will be devoted to processes of institutional change. The PhD aims at forming political analysts able to: plan and manage collaborative and integrated processes at the international level; analyse and assess policies and institutional settings at a supranational, national and regional level; confront the specific problems of countries in transition towards democracy and a market economy.
12 Ph.D. Positions & Scholarships
• 12 students: no tuition fees + free access to IMT Canteen
• 6 students: full grants (±13.630 € gross/year)
• up to 3 INPDAP additional grants
• 6 students: free accommodations
Candidates can apply if they obtain their degree NOT later than December 24, 2009
Deadline: December 4, 2009
phdapplications@imtlucca.it http://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/political_systems/index.php