PhD Supervisors
In the past years, the following people have supervised PhD students. View their profile below. Please note that the ICDD has no possibilities for PhD supervision anymore.
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General Expectations
Students must be self motivated and disciplined.
Area of Interest
Plant breeding and genetics
Medicinal plants
Socio-economic Policy
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General Expectations
Good academic background with prior research experience
Area of Interest
Rural livelihood
Agriculture and decent work
Impact assessment
Specific Requirements
A brief research proposal, having researchable issue, proposed methodology and impact of research
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General Expectations
Students derive their research problems from existing literature and have control over the theoretical field of their research, with strong grades in research methods
Area of Interest
Gender
Work
Informality
Social reproduction
Trade union organising
Specific Requirements
A research proposal with a study background, problem statement, and objectives
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A good enthusiastic and proactive student having or showing great excitement and interest toward the proposed research on any areas of Livestock Production Animal Sciences
Area of Interest
Livestock/Dairy Production Systems, Integrated Animal Agriculture, Dairy Feeding and nutrition, Animal Science, Dairy and Meat Value Chain, Range/Extensive Livestock Production, Resource use efficiency/Sustainable Dairy Production
Specific Requirements
A brief on the proposed idea of about 2-3 pages with clear objectives, and then a complete proposal consisting of 10 -12 pages with clear achievable objectives
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General Expectations
Students should have a good knowlegde on theory in supply chain management and sustainable development, can be both on the environmental or social side as well as a good knowledge of emprical research methods
Area of Interest
Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, SCM in Emerging Economies, Circular Supply Chains
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General Expectations
Students with a keen interest in doing research that can be socialized and useful to improve the livelihoods of the populations
Area of Interest
Industrial Relations, Trade Unionism and Labor Movement, Social Movements and Collective Action; Welfare State and Social Policy
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General Expectations
Students should have academic curiousity and have done prior empirical work
Area of Interest
Natural Resources and Development, Just Transition, Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Inequalities, Education
Specific Requirements
A research proposal of approximately 5 - 8 pages, including research question, state of the art, theory, and methods
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General Expectations
Students should have done research on Rural Development, Sustainable Development and Development Theory, with an interest in rural sector and Biocultural heritage.
Area of Interest
Development Theory. Interest in rural sector and Biocultural heritage
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General Expectations
Students are well grounded in empirical research and demonstrate depth of understanding in the subject of research interest
Area of Interest
Institutional theory, Informal Economy and COVID-19 Crisis, inclusive waste management and circular economy
Specific Requirements
A well thought (proposal) structure comprising introduction/background that clearly communicates the problem statement, conceptual/theoretical basis of the research, the methodology for the research and a workplan
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General Expectations
Students have a willingness to question their own assumptions
Area of Interest
Post-Development Postcolonial/Decolonial perspectives on development policy/IR/politics World Bank Inspection Panel/accountability mechanisms in dev aid Development-induced displacement Protest movements against 'development'/globalization Critical perspectives on German development policy
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General Expectations
Students have the ability to do independent work, are self-organised, accurate, and honest
Area of Interest
livestock nutrition, pastoral systems, livestock-based farming systems, dairy production systems, livestock-mediated nutrient cycling, livestock-related GHG emissions, LCA
Specific Requirements
A very solid academic background in animal sciences, as well as a proposal of at most 4 pages, that is innovative and thought-through, well elaborated, and not plagiarised
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General Expectations
Students with an in-depth knowledge in the field of (supply chain) management and sustainability, CSR and initial experience in doing research
Area of Interest
Modern slavery, (supply chain) management and sustainability, CSR
Specific Requirements
A research proposal that contains the academic literature streams the PhD builds on and aims at contributing to, research question(s) and research design. Should not exceed 2 pages
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General Expectations
Students must be able to interrogate theoretical, methodological and empirical debates in the area of study. By so doing, they will be able to contribute to knowledge
Area of Interest
Development Studies
Specific Requirements
A research proposal of maximum 20 pages, double spaced.
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General Expectations
A student that is hard working, willing to learn and be guided on the subject matter. A student must be able to respond to corrections within a reasonable time.
Area of Interest
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness (with a focus on Africa)
Specific Requirements
A research proposal with a maximum of 30 pages excluding references and appendices. It must include - Chapter one: introduction, statement of the problem, objectives, hypotheses/research questions, justification, scope. Chaper two: Literature review, theoretical and conceptual framework. Chapter three: Research methodology: study area, research design, sampling procedure, analytical methods - empirical models
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General Expectations
Students should be hard-working, curious, and open, have a theoretical interest, and be reliable, with a documented ability to write well in English, and is a team player
Area of Interest
Agri-environmental governance such as in the context of water, soil and biodiversity governance, climate change adaptation, Water Energy Food Nexus, Alternative Food Networks, Polycentric governance in Social-Ecological Systems and its change
Specific Requirements
Students with a focus on North Africa, Middle East, Europe, Ethiopia and Tanzania, and a research proposal of 2 pages including topic, aim, research questions, where to do research and how to do the research and how to finance it
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General Expectations
Students have theis subject linked to labor market, informality, economic development, precarious work, industria 4.0 and labor
Area of Interest
Labor market, informality, economic development, precarious work, industria 4.0 and labor, labor cost, labor and wages, underdevolpment and international assimetry and labor
Specific Requirements
A base proposal consisting of personal information, university, and course