Location: Centre for Humanitarian Action, University College Dublin, Ireland
The Centre for Humanitarian Action at the University College Dublin is one of the most important institutions that aspire to foster innovative approaches and cooperation in the field of humanitarian aid and action. The structured doctoral program in Humanitarian Studies invites researchers from a variety of relevant disciplines to join the research center and contribute to knowledge creation in these still largely under-researched fields. The overarching mission is educating new generations of humanitarians who will make significant improvements in humanitarian aid systems both as practitioners and academics. Staff members of the research center, together with Ph.D. candidates, work together on a series of funded projects relating to humanitarian studies, including preparedness and resilience to address urban vulnerability and the impact of NGO intervention on the18 level of poverty in Ethiopia.
The application process is simplified and it consists of sending a draft proposal and a resume via email to the relevant authority. Interested candidates are also requested to elaborate on their funding status at the time of their application while a number of funding opportunities are available at the University for postgraduate research studies. In general, prospective Ph.D. students at the University College Dublin are asked to also prepare a personal statement and forward their academic transcripts and references as a part of the admissions process. At this time, the structured Ph.D. at University College Dublin usually takes 4 years to complete with a combination of taught courses and original research and dissertation writing spread throughout the course. More information is available here.
Considering that this a rather new research program still at a developing stage, it is advisable to contact one of the researchers working on different projects within the center in order to get more information about the structure of this concrete Ph.D.