TWO PhD SCHOLARSHIPS - DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (CHUSS), MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH PROJECT – CERTIFICATIONS OF CITIZENSHIP IN AFRICA (CERTIZENS)
COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS - THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA & THE CENTRE OF AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
SUPPORTED BY - THE DANISH DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
With funding from the Danish Development Research Council, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Makerere University is inviting applications from well-qualified students for two interdisciplinary PhD positions as part of the Uganda country component of a cross-country collaborative research programme titled Certifications of Citizenship in Africa (CERTIZENS). This is a collaboration between the Department of Development Studies at Makerere University, the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana and the Centre of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
CERTIZENS is an interdisciplinary, multi-layered research project, which explores the complexities of regimes of citizen certification and the forms of identification these generate, circulate, manage and attempt to control, in selected African settings.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants are advised to consider the two PhD projects identified as part of the CERTIZENS programme in Uganda when making the application. Details on the projects are in the detailed advert below.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
Applications should be submitted via email to the following addresses. The Principal, College of Humanities and Social Sciences; principal@chuss.mak.ac.ug copy to ahikirejosephine@gmail.com; kikooma@gmail.com; and god.asiimwe@gmail.com.
DEADLINE
Applications should be submitted by Friday, 30th October 2020.
TIMELINE
The PhDs are fully funded for four years, starting in January 2021 and concluding in December 2024.
Details on the scholarship, specific and general requirements, eligibility, funding and contact persons in the full advert.