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    From PhD Fellow to President: (of Colpensiones, Colombia’s public pension and social security administrator) – Juan Villa
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    by Ruby Richardson November 2018

    Four years ago, in 2014, Juan Villa spent three months at UNU-WIDER in our PhD Fellowship Programme. I spoke to him on a sunny September afternoon...

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    I was a visiting PhD fellow at UNU-WIDER — this is my experience
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    by Virgi Sari October 2021

    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...

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    The UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship – in my experience
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    by Shiqi Guo March 2022

    I now work as an assistant professor at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. I visited UNU-WIDER in 2017...

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    Opportunities beyond lecture rooms – widening my career perspectives as a UNU-WIDER PhD fellow
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    by Nyemwererai Matshaka September 2022

    It was surreal to take a springtime walk along the harbor in Helsinki on my way to UNU-WIDER’s headquarter offices for the first time. My initial...

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    • Capacity building
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    Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz: Shreya Bhattacharya - 2018 PhD Fellow
    by UNU-WIDER, Shreya Bhattacharya March 2019

    In the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme . The students, from Ghana...

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    • Ethnic inequality
    • Caste
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    Progressive research with amazing people in a beautiful sauna-crazy country: Pui Yi Wong - 2018 PhD Fellow
    by UNU-WIDER, Pui Yi Wong March 2019

    In the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme . The students, from Ghana...

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    Solving the PhD puzzle: My experience as a visiting PhD Fellow
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    by Weiwei Chen March 2020

    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...

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    Building connections that matter: UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD and Scholar programmes
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    by Leeni Varis March 2023

    Every year about 20 visitors come to Helsinki to find a new home at UNU-WIDER in our Visiting Scholars and PhD Fellowship programmes. Although their...

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    Building skills to influence policy at home and abroad: Learning and growing with UNU-WIDER
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    by Pouirkèta Rita Nikiema January 2020

    UNU-WIDER has featured prominently in my research career to date. It began during my PhD when I visited the Helsinki office as a Visiting PhD Fellow...

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    The new normal: My experience in an online cohort of visiting PhD Fellows
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    by Martina Querejeta January 2022

    Everyone that has been engaged in a PhD experience agrees that the whole process is a tough and sometimes lonely challenge. However, the visiting PhD...

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    Along the PhD path: A change in environment for a new perspective
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    by Mark Akrofi March 2023

    After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, I was thrilled to receive an acceptance letter to UNU-WIDER's Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme. Until this...

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