[GSDI Legal Econ] ICTs and Development PhD Fellowships at Manchester (deadline 6 May 05)

[Kate Lance]

ICTs and Development PhD Fellowships at Manchester

The University of Manchester is this year providing a
set of graduate teaching fellowships which can be used
to support PhD study in topics on ICTs/information
systems and socio- economic development.  The deadline
for PhD application to be considered for a fellowship
is May 6.

Only very high-quality candidates will be considered. 
We are typically looking for a roughly
distinction-level grade in an MSc from a Western or
Western-equivalent university in an appropriate topic
(which includes but is not limited to information
systems, management, or development); good English
skills; evidence of teaching capability; and a
relevant topic for study backed by a proposal that
demonstrates an ability to work with academic theory.

Any selected candidate will join the University's
Development Informatics Group; a fifteen-strong unit
studying various aspects of the relation between
information systems, ICTs and development.  Given the
nature of the fellowship, candidates will need to be
based full-time in Manchester.

Any topic related to development informatics will be
considered although we have particular concentrations
at present on: e-commerce and development; information
systems in small/micro-enterprise; the ICT (esp.
software) sector; theorising e-development; ICTs in
mountain regions; Internet diffusion in Africa and the
Middle East; and impact assessment of ICTs in
development.

Further details on the fellowship scheme, which is
provided by the University's School of Environment and
Development, including details on how to apply, can be
found at:
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/gtf/




		
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