Beginning this autumn semester the Graduate Institute now offers a master and PhD in Anthropology and Sociology of Development as well as a PhD in Development Economics.
The Institute has also introduced two other important features to its study programmes this year. Now students can pursue a minor in any of the PhD programmes. Those who wish to carry out a master and PhD can take advantage of the recently created fast track that allows students to pursue the two degrees in five years instead of six.
“Our Anthropology and Sociology of Development department’s programmes are ideal for students interested in non-state actors and social movements, in conflict and power, in transnationalism and migration, in post-colonial theory, in identity – to name but a few themes”, said the interim Head of the department, Professor Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff. The two programmes focus on the comparative study of global issues from below, from the margins, and across borders and explore development in a critical and forward-looking manner as pertaining to all regions in the world including the Global South.
“The PhD programme in Development Economics is extremely selective; we admit a low number of students in order to provide better supervision and make it easier to secure funding for them. In addition, the Institute if one of very few places in the world that currently offers a PhD in Development Economics”, said Jean Louis Arcand, Institute Professor and Head of the new Development Economics Programme. The PhD in Development Economics provides state-of-the-art training in macro, micro and econometrics. It also encourages students to take a minor, at the PhD level, in another discipline, so as to be equipped to deal with complex issues from at least two academic standpoints. In addition, students have the opportunity of carrying out fieldwork in the context of projects being supervised by faculty members in developing countries.
More information on the Institute’s full range of study programmes is available through the links below:
Interdisciplinary Masters in
Development Studies
International Affairs
Masters and PhDs in
Anthropology and Sociology of Development
Development Economics (only PhD)
International Economics
International History
International Law
International Relations/Political Science
The admissions process for the 2012-2013 academic year opened on 1 October and applications will be accepted until 15 January.
On Thursday 3 November the Institute will host an Admissions Fair of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) where representatives from the Institute will be on hand to provide more information about the Institute and its study programmes.