4 PhD scholarships: Political Science and Sociology 831 views

Scuola Normale Superiore invites applications for PhD course in Political Science and Sociology for Academic Year 2018-2019.

Duration: 04 years

Research areas:

• Democracy and social movements
• Comparative/global public policy and international governance
• Comparative politics and society

Scholarship value:

• 17,000.00 euros gross per year
• Lodging allowance
• Full coverage of all research expenses (including visiting research periods, conferences, and summer schools)
• Maximum of 1,000.00 euros travel expenses for non-EU students

Requirements:

• Applications are open to all irrespective of their citizenship
• Applicant must have an Italian laurea magistrale or an equivalent degree from a non-Italian university, or who expect to have obtained the degree required for admission by October 31, 2018.
• Applicant must be born after October 31, 1988;
• Applicant must not have past criminal charges against them resulting in a prison term of more than three years;
• Applicant must not have been subjected to the disciplinary measure of “expulsion” as specified in the didactic and internal regulations of the SNS;
• Applicant must not possess a research doctorate issued by an Italian university, and in any case have never benefitted from a scholarship to attend a research doctorate course in Italy.

Required documents:

• Names and email addresses of at least two academics for reference letter
• Application must be attached with the following documents in PDF format:
• a valid copy of identity card
• CV
• Master’s thesis (MA/MS degree) or overseas equivalent, accompanied by an abstract in English language; candidates who do not submit their degree certificate by the application deadline for admission are required to present an extended abstract in Italian or in English (of not more than around 25,000 characters spaces included); the extended abstract is also compulsory when the thesis is printed in a language other than Italian or English.
• A diploma supplement or equivalent document issued by the university: the list of the exams with the relative marks, the final grade of the MA/MS degree and the date it was attained;
• Candidates who have obtained an equivalent degree outside Italy in a country not belonging to the European Union must enclose a certificate of attainment of the degree translated into English if the original is in another language;
• Copy of publications if any;
• Research proposal