DAAD Doctoral scholarship for international students

The Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS) at the University of Cologne in conjunction with the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is offering two promising international doctoral candidates the opportunity to pursue a doctorate as a part of an existing coordinated research program, including the CRC 228 “Future Rural Africa”. The doctoral candidates will be supervised by two Human Geographers from the University of Cologne, Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, and Dr. Peter Dannenberg. The deadline for applications is 3 January 2022. Further information is available here.

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