[STS-Africa] 8 DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - “Urban Infrastructures in Transition: The Case of African Cities”

[Luisa Reis de Castro]

ANNOUNCING 8 DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS



*“Urban Infrastructures in Transition: The Case of African Cities”*



The Graduate School for Urban Studies (URBANgrad) from Darmstadt University
of Technology announces eight doctoral fellowships, beginning October 1,
2014. We welcome applications from students with a master’s degree
interested in joining a new graduate program on urban and infrastructural
change in East Africa. This interdisciplinary program is funded by the Hans
Böckler Foundation and includes the following academic subjects: Spatial
and Infrastructure Planning, Urban Development and Design, History of
Technology, and Economic Geography and Global Studies.



The program “Urban Infrastructures in Transition” focuses on developments
in the East-African cities of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. In particular, it
highlights the history of and the current challenges posed by urban
infrastructures—the supply and use of water, energy, sewerage, and
telecommunication services. Within its framework, researchers critically
investigate the tensions between, on the one hand, internationally
circulating technological ideals and models in the planning, design and
construction of cities (especially those of the* networked city*) and, on
the other hand, local processes of appropriation and modification. Studies
on the Tanzanian and Kenyan cities are carried out with these overall
perspectives in mind:

·      The cultural history of urban technologies

·      Formal and informal ways of producing urban space

·      Socio-technical assemblages and the planning process

·      Geographies of marketization, technopolitics and infrastructure



We invite applications from candidates with excellent academic records, a
burning interest for African cities, and who are socially and politically
engaged (e.g., in NGOs, unions, student bodies, political parties, or
churches). Fellowships are granted for a maximum of 3 years in accordance
with the rules of the Hans Böckler Foundation and the German Federal
Ministry of Education and Research. Monthly stipends are € 1,150,- (parents
receive additional child allowances). There are no tax reductions and
tuition fees. However, fellows have to finance their own health insurance.
For more information, please refer to:
http://www.stadtforschung.tu-darmstadt.de/afrika/index.en.jsp, or contact
the program director Jochen Monstadt (j.monstadt at iwar.tu-darmstadt.de;
+49-6151 16 2248) or one of the other professors.



Interested candidates are asked to send their application (in English or
German) as an email attachment directly to the following address:
afrika at stadtforschung.tu-darmstadt.de. Please include (1) a CV, (2) copies
of academic diplomas, (3) information on your activities in NGOs etc. (4) a
5-page first sketch describing your planned PhD project and how it might
contribute to our general research program (please merge the documents into
one single pdf-file, max. 6 MB). Deadline is *February 28, 2014*.


 We look forward to receiving your application!
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