EUSA ID - University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town/School of Economics

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
UCT aspires to become a premier academic meeting point between South Africa, the rest of Africa and the world. Taking advantage of expanding global networks and our distinct vantage point in Africa, we are committed, through innovative research and scholarship, to grapple with the key issues of our natural and social worlds. UCT will promote diversity and transformation within our institution and beyond, including growing the next generation of academics.

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SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM) is a research and policy 'unit' located in the School of Economics and is affiliated to the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR). PRISM provides a lens to focus research and policy work on issues of globalization and industrialization in Sub Saharan Africa. The CSSR provides management, administrative and financial services, as well as assisting in realising its wide research remit - to interface between economics and other relevant disciplines. The broad focus of the research activities undertaken are all concerned with issues of globalization, global value chains, industrialization paths, the role of knowledge intensive services, international competitiveness. PRISM is managed by a Steering Committee consisting of Prof Mike Morris (Director), Prof David Kaplan and Prof Anthony Black.

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STUDY PROGRAMMES
PhD in Economic Development
The PhD option has no coursework content attached, as it is a PhD by thesis.
Any student can do any of the "Master in Economic Development" core courses (or electives) as a preparatory foundation for the PhD (see below).

Master in Economic Development

This programme is primarily designed for economics students and young professionals pursuing, or intending to embark on, careers in government, educational and professional institutions, private corporations, consultancy enterprises, or non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Their professional work will therefore be concerned with analyzing and addressing concrete economic problems. Graduates can also pursue a PhD in economic development.
Graduates will gain an understanding and appreciation of how the concepts of economics, political economy, and quantitative tools they have acquired can be applied to the analysis and policy solution of major economic and institutional problems.
Students will take three core courses, plus one elective, and complete a substantial 50% programme credit research based thesis.

CONTACT PERSON
MorrisMike
Prof Mike Morris

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Lara Dunwell
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Selection Results

EUSA-ID selected 8 Master and PhD applicants for the 3rd Wave of the 3rd Cohort and several staff applicants. For details please have a look at the news part of our website.


EUSA_ID selected 28 applicants for a scholarship for the 1nd and 2nd Wave of the 3rd Cohort 2015/2016! For details have a look at the news part of our website.

EUSA_ID selected 18 applicants for a scholarship for the 2nd cohort 2015! For details please have a look at the news part of our website.

EUSA_ID selected 29 applicants for a scholarship for the 1st cohort in 2014. For details please have a look at the news part of our website
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Online Application

The 3rd call for applications will be open end of June 2015. In order to get more information about the application procedure, please refer to the "How to apply section".

News

22.-25.04.2015
Mid-term meeting of EUSA_ID as well as the meeting of the selection committee took place at the Ruhr-University Bochum.

31.07.-01.08.2014
Pre departure event took place in Cape Town, at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).

08.05. 2014
The Meeting of the Selection Committee took place in Cape Town/ South Africa.

10.10.–11.10. 2013

The EUSA_ID kick off meeting took place in Bordeaux. All 13 university partners and 3 associated partners were represented.

01.10.–02.10. 2013

Dr. Gabriele Bäcker (RUB) and Prof. Julian May (UWC) took part in the Erasmus Mundus Coordinators' Conference in Brussels.

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