3 Study Topics Our PhD Programme in Development Studies seeks to introduce the knowledge, capabilities and dispositions necessary for engaging with both the challenges and possibilities arising from our age of disruption. Research topics for the doctoral thesis and course units are grounded on a broad range of issues related to the sustainable development of contemporary societies. The first year courses explore: key concepts of development, its main critiques and changing meanings; sustainable development and transitions; issues of poverty and inequality; development economics and aid finance; development cooperation, policy and political issues; geography and urbanization; sustainable consumption, agriculture and contemporary agrarian transformation; food production and ecosystem services; mobility and migration; gender studies; security-development nexus. As a Development Studies Programme, interdisciplinary links are established between Economics, Sociology, Geography, Anthropology, Social and Economic History, Political Science and Law, and Environmental and Agrarian Studies - thus providing an integrated perspective of development and sustainability issues in contemporary societies. Special attention is paid to research methods and techniques, which are required for development studies. Successful candidates will have different disciplinary, cultural and experiential backgrounds, and this is considered a crucial part of the learning experience. We encourage dialogue and team work to maximise the benefits of diverse backgrounds and worldviews.
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