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From PhD Fellow to President: (of Colpensiones, Colombia’s public pension and social security administrator) – Juan Villa
Four years ago, in 2014, Juan Villa spent three months at UNU-WIDER in our PhD Fellowship Programme...
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I was a visiting PhD fellow at UNU-WIDER — this is my experience
Virgi Agita Sari joined UNU-WIDER as a visiting PhD fellow in the summer of 2017. Coming from Indonesia, Virgi joined five other fellows from across the globe...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Capacity development Capacity buildingBlog
Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz: Shreya Bhattacharya - 2018 PhD FellowIn the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme ...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Ethnic inequality CasteBlog
Progressive research with amazing people in a beautiful sauna-crazy country: Pui Yi Wong - 2018 PhD FellowIn the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme ...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship WIDER Seminar Series CultureBlog
Solving the PhD puzzle: My experience as a visiting PhD Fellow
I am now in my fourth year as a PhD student in development studies at SOAS, University of London, working on my thesis, ‘The Dynamics of Chinese Private Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: A Comparison of Light Manufacturing Industry...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Capacity buildingBlog
Building skills to influence policy at home and abroad: Learning and growing with UNU-WIDER
UNU-WIDER has featured prominently in my research career to date...
UNU-WIDER Summer School Capacity buildingBlog
The new normal: My experience in an online cohort of visiting PhD Fellows
Everyone that has been engaged in a PhD experience agrees that the whole process is a tough and sometimes lonely challenge...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Capacity building