The Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (part of Erasmus University Rotterdam) invites applications for three fully funded PhD positions in Development Studies commencing in September 2015. The positions will be part of the research project entitled ‘Aiding Social Protection: the political economy of externally financing social policy in developing countries (AIDSOCPRO)’, funded by the European Research Council under the Starting Grant scheme, which was awarded to Dr. Andrew Fischer in 2014 for a period of five years starting in May 2015.