Open call for 5 PhD positions in the Wageningen Graduate School of Social Sciences

Wageningen Graduate School for the Social Sciences has published an Open Call for excellent Master students who want to pursue a PhD in Social Sciences. Interested? Check the ECS website for current research and project descriptions at www.ecs.wur.nl; Contact us via martin.mulder@wur.nl

Criteria

  • Criteria scientific quality and feasibility:
    • Quality of proposal: scientific excellence (projects should be state-of-the-art and cutting edge and must position Wageningen UR at the foreground of the scientific research area)
    • Quality of PhD candidate: based on Master programme grades, additional extracurricular scientific activities and references
    • Feasibility of project: degree of ambition versus realism (the project should substantially further the knowledge, but should, at the same time, include endeavours which are achievable within a realistic time frame)
  • Eligibility criteria:
    • Only new projects will be eligible
    • Only projects developed by the master student her/himself are eligible
    • Research focus should fit in WASS themes

The abovementioned criteria will not be weighted; projects should score as high as possible on all criteria.

Timetable 2013

February                              Call Open Round

1st July                                   Deadline submission proposals

July                                        Pre-selection

September                         1st Round: first selection

October                               2nd Round: selection of proposals plus possibly
telephone conversation;

November                          3rd Round: Presentations/interviews of candidates;
advice on ranking of proposals and relevant chair
group for supervision

December                           Decision on allocation and decision on supervising chair group(s) by Director WASS