وصف المنحة الدراسية
The Centre of African Studies offers one PhD scholarship to African nationals as part of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
Applications are invited for PhD studentships focused on the area of state capacities, governance and bureaucracy for development. This may include projects designed to understand public sector governance capabilities, political settlements, state business relations, the governance of state owned enterprises, the governance of development policy design and implementation, and so on. But applications must focus on the public sector/state/civil service, on governance, and on development.
معايير
The eligible PhD are only those within the following departments:
Development Studies
Law
Economics
International Relations/Politics
CISD (Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy)
DEFIMS (Department for Financial and Management Studies)
Distance Learning: Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CEFIMS), DEFIMS
Once the place is secured, the applicants can apply for the scholarship. Candidates will be assessed on academic merit by a panel consisting of SOAS academic members. The assessment of your application will be based on the information in your scholarship application.