The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy Hertie School Berlin

General requirements

• We are inviting applications by highly qualified graduates from the fields of Political Science, Sociology, Demography, Public Policy or other related Social Sciences who already have a high level of quantitative methods training.
• Candidates must hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion.

Application materials:

• Letter of motivation (maximum 1 page)
• 10-page dissertation proposal 
• Certificates and transcripts of grades from each academic programme attended so far. MA degree (or equivalent) has to be completed before 31 August.
• Statement of methods skills (maximum 1 page)
• CV
• Two letters of recommendation (must be sent separately as PDF files to dynamics.admissions@hu-berlin.de by the referees)
• Two writing samples 
• The names of two potential advisors from the ranks of Principle Investigators at DYNAMICS