[beasiswa] PhD positions in Social Protection Policy - Maastricht

Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Netherlands)

The PhD programme in Social Protection Policy (ESPP), is offered by the
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and is supported by the EU
Marie Curie EST Programme. The ESPP programme trains promising young
researchers in social protection and social policy from a
multidisciplinary perspective. The programme finds its strengths in
pooling the resources of eleven top research institutes and
universities

The European Graduate Programme in Social Protection Policy is a three
year programme. Participation in this programme entails: • A basic
training programme provided in Maastricht by leading scholars from the
own faculty and from the supporting institutes; • A personal training
programme; • A 6-12 months international visiting researcher position
at
one of the ESPP partner universities; • Bi-weekly research and tutorial
seminars; • Participation in summer schools, conferences and
career-oriented workshops.

The Marie Curie programme finances the participation of seven students
in the ESPP graduate programme for the 2006-2009 PhD programme. Please
refer to our website for information about scholarship eligibility.

The scholarship includes tuition payment, an employmnet contract with
the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (salary and secondary
conditions will be according to the PhD standards established by law in
the Netherlands), and administrative support from Universiteit
Maastricht and the host university during the international mobility
period.

Deadline for application: 1 March 2006

For more information visit: www.governance.unimaas.nl or send an email
to info-gov at governance.unimaas.nl