Call for Applications - PhD position

Job Description

Title: Call for Applications - PhD position

Company Name: BRAC University

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Context:
∎ Locations: There is vacant PhD position available at a Danish University under a large-scale research project titled "Climate change and global value chains in Bangladesh" funded by Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). This joint PhD scholarship is reserved for a Bangladeshi national and is offered by Copenhagen Business School/Roskilde University Denmark and BRAC University, Bangladesh, as part of the Danida-sponsored project to develop knowledge capacity of Bangladeshi scholars on climate change in global value chains in the garment and textile industry. During the PhD study, the PhD student will be required to stay in Bangladesh (app. 60% of the time) and Denmark (40% of the time). As a minimum, the PhD student must take an equivalent of 30 ECTS of PhD courses/academic dissemination that can be accredited by the Danish university. Some of these will be obligatory courses in their Danish university. While in Bangladesh, the PhD student will be based at Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, BRAC University, and take some PhD courses at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka. Assuming that the PhD student completes all of the requirements of the PhD program and successfully defends his/her PhD thesis, the student will be awarded a PhD degree from either Roskilde University or Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
∎ Expected Start Date: 1 December 2022
∎ Duration: 3 Years
∎ Applications Due: 5 October 2022 at midnight CET (see details of application process at bottom of document)
∎ Stipend/Funding Package: The PhD student selected will receive a Bangladeshi stipend for 3 years during their employment at the Center for Entrepreneurship Development, BRAC University, Bangladesh. An additional DFC-Standard (Danida Fellowship Center) stipend will be given to the PhD student for the time spent at one of the universities in Denmark (Copenhagen Business School or Roskilde University).

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2022

Company Information:
∎ 1 Sep 2022
∎ BRAC University
∎ Business : University

Category: Education/Training