CERDI 2022-2025 PhD Scholarships for International Students

The CERDI (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International) offers several three-year scholarships for a PhD thesis in economics. Interested candidates are invited to submit their thesis proposal in a four-page document, which should describe the topic and the methodology that will be deployed.

• Table of Content
• About Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI)
• CERDI PhD Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of CERDI PhD Scholarships
• Requirements for CERDI PhD Scholarships Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI)

The CERDI is a research centre on international development established in 1976. At that time, it was the first joint-unit between the CNRS - National Center for Scientific Research - and a French university dedicated to development economics. The CERDI gathers around 35 scholars from the CNRS, the IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) and faculties from the Université Clermont Auvergne. Our economists are working on the macroeconomic and microeconomic aspects of economic development.... continue reading

CERDI PhD Scholarships

Application Deadline	15 May 2022
Country to study	France
Type	PhD
Sponsor	Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of CERDI PhD Scholarships

The scholarship will begin in October 2022. The selected candidates will be affiliated to the CERDI and to the Ecole Doctorale SEJPG (Sciences Economiques, Juridiques, Politiques et de Gestion).

Requirements for CERDI PhD Scholarships Qualification

The CERDI thesis proposal should be related to development economics, the domain of the CERDI. The department encourages proposals related to the following themes, which are ranked according to the priorities set by the department for this year and are associated to the list of potential supervisors:

1. Development microeconomics (poverty, inequality, gender economics, economics of education, health economics).
2. Development microeconomics (public finance, monetary economics, exchange rate policies, customs administration).
3. Environmental and ecological economics (deforestation, agricultural economics and adaptation to climate change, circular economy).
4. International economics (trade, foreign direct investments and international migration flows).

Thesis proposals that will also address the interplay between one of the four topics and natural disasters will be particularly appreciated (see the Scientific Challenge 4 of the CAP 2025 project).

Documents Required for Application

The application must include:

• Grade transcripts (undergraduate and graduate level).
• Curriculum vitae
• A letter of motivation
• Two references (to be included in the CV)
• A detailed research project of up to 4 pages; this project should demonstrate the ability of the candidate to address the proposed research questions
• (Optional): Second-year master thesis.

Application Deadline

May 15, 2022

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) on docs.google.com to apply

For more details, visit CERDI website.