[afren] Fwd: PhD/DBA in Development Informatics (inc. Scholarship Info.) at Univ. Manchester

[Boubakar Barry]

Hello All,

Happy New Year. You may know in your entourage somebody who may be
interested in this.

B.

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From: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Subject: PhD/DBA in Development Informatics (inc. Scholarship Info.) at
Univ. Manchester
To: Richard Heeks <mzdssrbh at manchester.ac.uk>



The Centre for Development Informatics at the University of Manchester is
seeking high-quality PhD and DBA candidates to research topics on
ICTs/information systems and socio-economic development.  Some scholarships
are available for those starting in September 2010; deadline dates vary but
many require application before end February or end March 2010.

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

Candidates may choose to study a PhD, for which they will typically be based
in Manchester during much of their study, other than a period of fieldwork
in a developing country.  Those already in employment may choose the DBA
route, taken over a four-or-five-year period and requiring roughly two
two-week periods of intensive study/supervision per year in Manchester.
 (Scholarships are not available for DBA study.)

Selected candidates will join the Centre for Development Informatics, the
largest academic group working on issues of ICTs in developing countries (
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi).  CDI will consider any topic related to
development informatics although we have particular priorities at present
for work on: m-finance; ICTs and small/micro-enterprise; gender implications
of ICTs; IS methodologies in developing countries; e-government; ICTs and
civil society organisations; ICT policy; and ICT-based offshoring.

Further details about application and scholarships can be found at:
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/cdi/postgraduate/

Richard Heeks & Brian Nicholson
Directors
Centre for Development Informatics
University of Manchester, UK
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi
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