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The University of Trento is now inviting applications from qualified candidates for 23 PhD Scholarships in its three PhD programmes:
The programme provides state-of-the-art research training and teaches advanced professional skills in sociology and social research. Besides providing a solid foundation in the disciplines, including a broad range of quantitative and qualitative methods, the Programme places strong emphasis on theoretically driven empirical sociology.
The PhD Programme in Sociology and Social Research is open to proposals on all kinds of topics related to Sociological research. Particular attention will be paid to proposals fitting in the following research areas highlighted in the description of the PhD programme, among them:
· social inequality studies and stratification research (class, education, cohort, gender);
· economic sociology, labour market and organizational studies;
· study of social and demographic change;
· comparative sociology; welfare and social policies;
· migration studies;
· political sociology (political participation, social movements, public opinion research);
· digital sociology, communication and culture, cognitive sociology
· social inequality studies and stratification research (class, education, cohort, gender);
· economic sociology, labour market and organizational studies;
· study of social and demographic change;
· comparative sociology; welfare and social policies;
· migration studies;
· political sociology (political participation, social movements, public opinion research);
· digital sociology, communication and culture, cognitive sociology
The programme focuses on the fields of decision sciences, organization, human and natural resource management with special attention to methodologies used in a behavioural approach to economic studies. Such an approach is increasingly adopted to generate predictions about market dynamics, particularly in the fields of finance, natural resources and tourism, and consumption, as well as to design organizations and institutions. Particular emphasis will be given to research proposals on the following subjects:
• Causal inference with Machine learning
• Does scarcity matter in consumer decision making?
• Effects of temporal frames on decisions under risk
• Financial Networks: estimation and reconstruction approaches to prevent systemic crises
• Industrial dynamics and firms' heterogeneity
• Machine Learning Tools for Financial Portfolio Selection
• Modern Surplus Approach. Rethinking Economics: money, credit, time, distribution and productivity
• New forms of organizing in the platform economy: gigers, riders, crowd workers in the unstructured organization
• The emergence of disruptive technological innovation in the financial sector: Impact on bank business models and the regulatory framework.
• Causal inference with Machine learning
• Does scarcity matter in consumer decision making?
• Effects of temporal frames on decisions under risk
• Financial Networks: estimation and reconstruction approaches to prevent systemic crises
• Industrial dynamics and firms' heterogeneity
• Machine Learning Tools for Financial Portfolio Selection
• Modern Surplus Approach. Rethinking Economics: money, credit, time, distribution and productivity
• New forms of organizing in the platform economy: gigers, riders, crowd workers in the unstructured organization
• The emergence of disruptive technological innovation in the financial sector: Impact on bank business models and the regulatory framework.
1 scholarship is sponsored by Camera di Commercio di Bolzano on Policy analysis and evaluation of local public policies and their impact on enterprises.
Further information is available on https://www.unitn.it/drss/em/697/project-specific-scholarship-and-research-proposals-35th-cycle
The PhD Programme aims to develop the following knowledge and skills:
• Research and training activities in applied economics both in academics and at firms level, systems of firms, public and private research centers, and international, national and non – governmental organizations
• Impact analysis of policies and evaluation/management of programmes and projects
• Research and training activities in applied economics both in academics and at firms level, systems of firms, public and private research centers, and international, national and non – governmental organizations
• Impact analysis of policies and evaluation/management of programmes and projects
The PhD Programme is organized in two curricula:
• Development Economics
• Economics of Local Systems
Both curricula need a good knowledge of the economic and behavioural dynamics both in developed and developing economies.
• Development Economics
• Economics of Local Systems
Both curricula need a good knowledge of the economic and behavioural dynamics both in developed and developing economies.
Application Deadline: May 22, 2019 - 4 p.m. (Italian time)
All programmes are full time and will be taught in English by members of the university’s multi-national faculty. No tuition fees are charged and the scholarships are adequate to cover living expenses in Trento.
For the online application see https://webapps.unitn.it/Apply/en/Web/Home/dott