The causes and consequences of regional disparities are subject to a lively debate both in academia and in public. Started in October 2019, the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Technical University Dortmund run the joint graduate program “Regional Disparities and Economic Policy”, funded by the German Research Foundation.

They offer at least 4 fully-funded doctoral research positions (75%, TV-L E13, 3 years with the possibility of continuation funding) for the cohort of students to enter in October 2022.

Application deadline is the 31 March 2022. Please find more details here.