The doctoral candidate program amounts to 240 credits (equivalent to four years of full-time study). It formally ends with the doctoral candidate publicly defending his/her printed doctoral thesis.
The research will be conducted within the field of economic geography and connect to the research projects “Geography of urban infrastructure transformation – understanding the global diffusion of innovation in the sanitation sector (GEO-SAN)” and “Toward circular urban water economies - Assessing the Global Scaling Trajectories of Four Innovative Water Reuse Solutions (GLOBALWATER)”. The joint goal of these projects is to understand how innovative urban water treatment and reuse solutions are developed, scaled and diffused across different spatial contexts.
Deadline for applications is 3 April 2025. The position has a preferred start date in fall 2025.
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