The doctoral candidate will be part of the project’s core team and will contribute to its main objectives together with the team. The candidate will be included in the project’s Work Package “WP3 The Millennum Case”, devoted to develop a regional synthesis of changes to learning networks and local engagement with the mineral world in central and southern Africa in the period 500–1500 CE.
The candidate should apply with their own project proposal and, while open for the successful candidate to define, the proposed research project must correspond with the overall framework of ARCREATE.
The person appointed will be affiliated with the Faculty’s organized research training. The academic work is to result in a doctoral thesis that will be defended at the Faculty with a view to obtaining the degree of PhD. The successful candidate is expected to join the existing research milieu or network and contribute to its development. Read more about the doctoral degree.
The appointment is for a duration of 3 years. All PhD Candidates who submit their doctoral dissertation for assessment with a written recommendation from their supervisor within 3 years or 3 ½ years after the start of their PhD position, will be offered, respectively, a 12 or 6 month Completion Grant.
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