Overview
About the programme
The Research Training Group The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy is a joint doctoral programme of the Hertie School Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
DYNAMICS studies how demographic changes transform democratic processes, how policy decisions are made to address demographic challenges and how public policies influence demographic developments.
Programme Structure
Dissertation projects should fall into at least one of the three Research Pillars of the Research Training Group:- Demography and democratic processes
- Demography and public policy
- Public policy and its effect on demographic behaviour
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
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Disciplines
Public Policy Political ScienceAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
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
Tuition Fee
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EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Berlin
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