Blog
Opportunities beyond lecture rooms – widening my career perspectives as a UNU-WIDER PhD fellow
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...
Blog
The UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship – in my experience
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...
Blog
I was a visiting PhD fellow at UNU-WIDER — this is my experience
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...
Blog
The new normal: My experience in an online cohort of visiting PhD Fellows
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...
Blog
From PhD Fellow to President: (of Colpensiones, Colombia’s public pension and social security administrator) – Juan Villa
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...
Blog
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...
Blog
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...
News
Online PhD Fellowship launching in April 2021
In 2021 the UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme will be delivered online. Applications will open on 1 April 2021 and close on 30 April. Details here. The programme gives registered doctoral students the opportunity to utilize the resources...
Blog
Solving the PhD puzzle: My experience as a visiting PhD Fellow
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...
Learning
Rama Ngenzebuke: the three most productive months of my PhD research
We asked our February-June 2016 PhD interns to share their experiences at UNU-WIDER.
Learning
Kacana Sipangule: what I learned during my time at UNU-WIDER
We asked our February-June 2016 PhD interns to share their experiences at UNU-WIDER.
Learning
Supawan Saelim: it was so great to have time to write my thesis in a supportive environment
We asked our February-June 2016 PhD interns to share their experiences at UNU-WIDER.
Learning
Gunja Baranwal: a very productive internship
We asked our February-June 2016 PhD interns to share their experiences at UNU-WIDER.