Six (6) PhD Scholarships, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2015)

The University of Pretoria’s Human Economy Research Programme has funds for six doctoral scholarships for research on topics relevant to the following themes:
- Money in the Making of World Society
- Building a Human Economy in southern and central Africa

The scholarships will be tenable for three years. Successful applicants will be assigned to doctoral supervisors in appropriate disciplines in the Faculty of Humanities or other faculties in the University of Pretoria, and will be required to participate fully in all Human Economy Research Programme seminars, workshops and conferences.

Applications for the Human Economy Doctoral Scholarships are invited from suitably-qualified candidates.

Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in a discipline that provides appropriate preparation for research on the above themes. Such disciplines include, but are not restricted to, Anthropology, Development Studies, Economics, History, Geography, and Sociology. Applications from African, and particularly black South African, candidates are encouraged.

The amount of the scholarships is R 160 000 per annum, and successful applicants will have access to additional funding for their doctoral research.

Further details:
http://www.up.ac.za