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 2012; deadline dates
vary but many require application before end January
2012.
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.cdi.manchester.ac.uk).
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; ICT-based offshoring; ICT4D innovation;
and "development 2.0".
Richard
Heeks & Brian Nicholson
Directors
Centre
for Development Informatics
University
of Manchester, UK
http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk