German Scholarships: Doctoral Scholarships for the New PhD Program "The Economics of Innovative Change"

Doctoral Scholarships for the New PhD Program "The Economics of
Innovative Change"

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany)

The new research training group / Graduiertenkolleg 1411 “The Economics
of Innovative Change” (Die Ökonomik des innovativen Wandels) started on
October 1st, 2006 at the Department of Economics of the
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena in cooperation with the Max Planck
Institute of Economics, Jena. The program is funded by the German
Science Foundation. It offers top level graduated students the
opportunity to achieve a doctoral degree (PhD) in economics. Continuous
enrollment in the program is possible.

The Research Training Group offers several scholarships for doctoral
students (duration of 2+1 years) with a background in economics and
business administration.

The Research Training Group “The Economics of Innovative Change“ will
address unresolved questions and problems concerning the economic
dynamics of firms, markets, sectors and regions with an analytical
focus
on the endogenous driving forces mainly understood as the activities of
invention and innovation. The variety of topics that is dealt with
covers the foundations of individual behaviour and the economic and
institutional environment, the generation of innovations together with
the organizational forms of activities of invention and innovations,
the
change of the sectoral structures caused by innovations, the role of
the
demand side in this context, as well as the political management of
change.

The scholarship positions require a permanent and active participation
in the study and the research program of the research training group.
Therefore all scholarship holders are expected to choose Jena as their
place of residence.

Applications are expected to include

• CV, copy of diploma, BA, MA certificate, copy of diploma or master
thesis, writing sample (about 10 pages), 2 reference letters from
academic teachers, 1 page statement on the expected benefit from
participating in the program;
• the application form: visit our homepage
http://www.wiwi.uni-jena.de/eic/gk-eic.html, download, fill in and
return to us;

and be mailed to the spokesman of the Research Training Group,
preferably by December 31, 2006:

Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena,
Department of Economics, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, D-07743 Jena, e-mail:
uwe.cantner @ wiwi.uni-jena.de

Application is possible on a continuous basis. Please do not send any
originals because materials submitted cannot be returned to the
applicant.

For more information on the structure, teaching staff and objectives of
the Research Training Group please visit:

http://www.wiwi.uni-jena.de/eic/gk-eic.html


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