3 PhD in Politics, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

Call for application A.Y. 2008-2009 – non EU citizens
http://www.sssup.it/context.jsp?ID_LINK=367&area=46

Online application
http://www.sssup.it/domandeSifur/index_perf_phd.jsp

Selection overview
The Ph.D. in Politics, human rights and sustainability is a three-
year residential program with highly interdisciplinary connotation,
where students can specialize in one of the following curricula:
- Identity, rights, conflicts in the political theory;
- Rights and social capital in the regional development policies;
- Institutions and mechanisms for protecting Human rights: outlines
of International Law;
- Agrarian Law, Environmental Law and Sustainable Development of the
land.

Admission Requirements:
- Applicants must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of
Arts (M.A.) degree or equivalent title;
- they should not be older than 35 years on October 1, 2008; older
than 35 may be exceptionally admitted by the Examination Committee;
- they must hold of  an internationally acknowledged certificate
specifying their intermediate level English knowledge (as per art. 2,
par. 3).

Positions and grants
- 3 positions with 3 fellowships (amounting to € 12.500 per year +
free meals at school’s canteen + Campus facilities).

Deadlines
- Candidates are requested to apply online at:
www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline by October 1, 2008 by 12.00 pm GMT.
In case of problems with the online application, please contact the
PhD Administration Office (tel. +39 050 883383/3335/3220, e-mail:
infophd@sssup.it).
- An hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together
with the enclosures requested, must reach by October 9, 2008:

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 PISA, Italy

“Application PhD in Politics, human rights and sustainability” must
be written on the envelopment.

Application and attachments
- Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:
a) a copy of their passport;
b) two copies of their Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum. Please, use the
EU model;
c) photocopy of Candidate’s University Master Degree (to be
translated in Italian or in English except those written in French,
German, Spanish);
d) two copies of the abstract of thir Master Degree thesis and a copy
of any other publication that they deem suitable
e) detailed list of academic courses taken (written either in English
or in Italian, French, German, Spanish). This list should contain
information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the
grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or
semester) examination was taken;
f) the certificates of knowledge of English language (as per art. 2,
par. 3);
g) two copies of a detailed Research Project, of no more than 3,000
words, which will describe the research activities that applicants
would like to perform during the PhD course. The Research Project
will include:
- a title;
- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expectations of the research;
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be
used, where required;
h) at least two Reference Letters written by Faculty Members who have
supervised the applicant’s work during his/her university studies;
i) a numbered list of documents attached

Selection of applicants
- Assessment of the Titles: assessment of all the submitted documents
and publications e submitted documents and publications, including
the CV, and the Research Project.

Beginning of the PhD Programme
The PhD Programme will start on January 21, 2009

Information
infophd@sssup.it

Attached documents:
Call for applications 2008-2009 (file pdf, 82 Kb)

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