International Scholarships

The Faculty of Economics of the University of Lugano, Switzerland, opens an assistant position in Accounting & Financial Management, starting in Fall 2008. The main responsibility will be to support the teaching of accounting and valuation courses and to assist empirical research projects particularly in the field of corporate governance. It is encouraged that the … [More Info]

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the area of spatial statistical modelling applied to mapping schistosomiasis transmission in different settings of Africa. The studentship covers living cost and tuition fees and provides support for 3 years. The starting date is June 1st, 2007 or as soon as possible after that date by negotiation.Appropriate … [More Info]

A position of a Research Assistant leading to a PhD degree will be available in the area of soft condensed matter and biophysics. We shall study structural and dynamic properties of concentrated protein solutions and mixtures as well as their dominating interaction forces, aggregation phenomena and phase transitions such as liquid-liquid phase separation and crystal … [More Info]

Ente “Luigi Einaudi” for Monetary, Banking and Financial Studies (Italy) The Ente “Luigi Einaudi” invites applications for research fellowships from candidates willing to work in the field of Competition in Banking and Financial Markets and to carry out their projects at the Ente’s facilities in Rome. For the academic year 2007-2008 the Scientific Committee of … [More Info]

Economic Research Institute, University of Lugano,CH (Switzerland) Ph.D. candidate, Transport economics Economic Research Institute, University of Lugano,CH (Switzerland) The Economic Research Institute (IRE) of the University of Lugano (Switzerland) has a strong focus on regional and transport economics. The IRE opens applications for a position as a Ph. D. candidate in economics starting from the … [More Info]

Investigation of correlation between wear of components in real applications and model tests – PhD fellowship within the MC-RTN “WEMESURF” funded by the European Commission through its 6th Framework Program. The aim of this research network is characterisation of wear mechanisms and surface functionalities with regard to life time prediction and quality criteria – from … [More Info]

Postdoctoral and PhD Student Positions in Neurochoice, the University of Zurich, Switzerland SystemsX.ch, the Swiss initiative in systems biology, has initiated a new project entitled “Neurochoice: Neural Correlates of Collective Decision Making”, with principal investigators located at the Universi-ties of Zurich, Bern, and Geneva, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. One part … [More Info]