International Doctoral Programme "Urban Regeneration and Economic Development" (URED) PRE-Info Application URED PhD Programme

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International Doctoral Programme

"Urban Regeneration and Economic Development" (URED)

PRE-Info Application

URED PhD Programme 2015-2018

Università

of Reggio Calabria

Cultural Heritage Urban Design and Planning (PAU) Department

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Partners of the URED Programme

The call for application is about to be launched in September 2015 and the deadline for the application will be after one month following the launch.

Level of Study:PhD Programme Duration: 3 years

Funding Amount: Full course fees plus EUR 68.142,52 (3 years) see the “Funding” section

Positions: 6 studentships

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Key Studentship Information ………4

Job opportunities……….4

Placement……….4

Topics on which the competition’s will deal with……….4

PhD Programme………..5

PhD Students’ Requirements during the programme………..5

Funding………6

Eligibility……….6

Language Requirement………6

How to Apply-Application Material……….6

Selection Procedure………7

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Key Studentship Information

The URED has up to six full time PhD studentships available to start in No-vember 2015.

The studentships are not subject specific and we encourage applications from Planners, Economists, Political Scientists, Urban Designers, Civil And Trans-portation Engineers, Human Geographers and other social and environmental scientists.

Applicants are also encouraged to contact any prospective supervisors prior to making an application (URED Faculty staff).

The awards will provide funding for the three years of a PhD, and assumes that the applicant will already have had research training from an MSc degree. The awards are available for EU and non- EU citizens.

Mission and Goals

The URED has a leading position at international level, as it is based on an in-novative multidisciplinary approach allowing the integration of economic dis-ciplines with urban issues to support economic development of territories in relation to local needs.

The emphasis on the Public Private Partnerships, on the Community Led Ap-proach and the Urban-Rural connections reflects the orientation of the future Cohesion Policy to the Europe 2020 Agenda defining areas of research con-sistent with the Horizon 2020. In addition, the strong interconnection be-tween Europe and the United States represents an added value in the context of future lines of research of Horizon 2020 in which bilateral EU-US projects are widely supported.

Job opportunities

The URED is based on a strong international overture in order to intercept new trends of the labor market supply and demand. The program aims at of-fering a higher qualification to reach the following job opportunities:

• Project manager – urban regeneration initiatives • Community led initiatives facilitator

• Real estate manager

• Expert in evaluation of public investment

• Expert in built environment (from structural analysis to building quality con-trol)

• Incubator project manager.

Placement

Students on the Job Market Every year, the URED provides PhD students a personal web page and produces list of students who are preparing to enter the job market.

Topics on which the competition’s will deal with

Urban regeneration, Urban Design, Urban Systems, Development Policy, En-terprises and Local Development, Organization of Business Activities, access to credit for a new entrepreneurship’s development, Public Private Partner-ship, Community Led Approach, Financial And Economic Evaluation Of Urban Transformations Initiatives. Sustainability of interventions related to urban transformations also through the analysis of the built environment

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PhD Programme

The URED consists of three (3) years: the first and last year, students are re-quired to attend courses at the Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (IT). In the second year students are required to take courses at Northeastern University in Boston (USA).

The study program includes 12 courses during the first and second year, and a reinforcement of the Research Method in the third year.

The main courses are organized as follow:

First year location: Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Third year location: Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy Seminars, workshops and Research Dissertations presented by the PhD Stu-dents.

Start date:November 2015

PhD Students’ Requirements during the programme

First Year: at the end of the first year Candidates have to draw up a Final Re-port on the basis of a template that will be provided to them.

Second Year: each course of the second year (Notheastern University of Bos-ton) provides a final exam. Candidates that do not obtain a positive evaluation in, at least, two courses could be evaluated again depending on the Profes-sor’s approval or repeat the courses without financial contribution from the Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria.

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Main Course CFU Coordinator University Research in Urban

Regeneration and Economic Devel-opment

2 Carmelina Bevilacqua Univ. Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria (IT) Dipartiment PAU

Spatial Planning 4 Christer Bengs YTK Land Use Planning and Urban Studies Aalto University (FI)

Urban Regenera-tion/ Real Estate

12 Erik Bichard Department of Built Environ-ment Salford University Man-chester (UK)

City Planning and Community Plan-ning

20 Nico Calavita School of Public Affairs San Diego State University (US) Quantitative

Me-thods

2 Massimiliano Ferrara Universita’ Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria (IT) Economic

Develo-pment

6 Davy Norris Louisiana Tech University (US)

Economics 12 Alan Dyer Department of Economics

Northeastern University of Boston (US)

Second year location: Northeastern University of Boston, MA, USA.

Class Code Graduate Program Professor Applied

Macroeco-nomic Policy

ECON 7220 Master of Arts Program in Ap-plied Economics

Prof. Steiger Applied

Microeco-nomic Policy

ECON 7210 Master of Arts Program in Ap-plied Economics

Prof. Sum Applied

Economet-rics

ECON 5140 Master of Arts Program in Ap-plied Economics

Prof. Kim Strategizing Public

Policy

LPSC 7311 Master of Urban and regional policy

Prof. Pollack Urban Economic

Development

POLS 7315 Master of Urban and regional policy

Prof. Fitzgerald Cities,

Sustainabil-ity and Climate Change

C7312 Master of Urban and regional policy

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Funding

Studentships will cover the full cost of the candidate's tuition fees (including the tuition to Northeastern University of Boston for the second year) and pro-vide a doctoral stipend of EUR 68.142,52 for the duration of the PhD Pro-gramme (3 years) including an addition of 30% during the second year and an addition of 10% during the third year, to cover accommodation and research expenses (international and national conferences, seminars etc.) of PhD Stu-dents.

The total amount of the studentship is EUR 68.142,52 (3 years) gross of social security payable by the students, organized as follows:

First Year: EUR 16.522,55;

Second Year: EUR 29.904,25 (Include 50% of increment for the period abroad, furthermore a 30% of increment during the second year is included to cover PhD students’ research activities (national and international confer-ences, seminars, workshops)and accomodation;

Third Year: EUR 21.715,72(the addition of the 10% is included also for the third year of the programme).

Eligibility

Academic Criteria: Candidates should hold a Masters degree at the date of the application.

Citizenship: Studentships are open to all European and Non- European can-didates of any nationality without restrictions.

Language Requirement

Language: English.TOEFL, IELTS,CAE or PTE.

Proof of English proficiency for all international applicants: Proof of degree earned from a U.S. institution, or official exam scores from either the TOEFL iBT (ETS institution code is 3682), IELTS or PTE exam: 79-80 TOEFL iBT (or IELTS or PTE equivalent).The candidate who has not this certification must commit himself to acquire it within the first year of attend-ance.

How to Apply-Application Material

Applicants must complete and submit the following documentation by the deadline that will be available later.

Applications received after this specified date will not be accepted. Required Materials are:

• Covering Letter;

• At least two Reference Letters from academics with whom the candidate has already carried on research activity;

• Research Proposal – (no more than 2500 words including an abstract of no more than 150 words) – the proposal should provide details of the academic rationale for the research and the proposed research strategy. It is suggested to use the following four headings in the research proposal:

1. Aims and purpose of the research;

2. Overview of the academic literature relevant to own field; 3.Proposed Methodology;

4. Expected Results; • CV.

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The application form, covering letter, research proposal, reference letters and CV, should all be submitted as an emailed attachment to

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Selection Procedure

Selection Process

Early September2015: official open;

End September 2015: Deadline for application and references; Early October 2015: Pre-selection and Titles Evaluation;

Mid October 2015: Invitation for “face to face”interview; The Applicants resident or domiciled outside the Italian territory and to those who reside more than 700 Km, The interview may be conducted in electronic mode (video / SKYPE).The skype name account is “URED PhD Programme”

October 2015; Official Candidate Selection. Results are posted up at PAU Department and published on the official website of the Università

Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria

(http://www.unirc.it/ricerca/scuola_dottorato.php) and also on the URED website homepage (http://www.cluds-7fp.unirc.it/);

Early November 2015: Start Activities

Selection Criteria TheSelection is based on the following criteria:

1. Quality of CV;

2. the Adequateness of the targeted research area expressed by the moti-vation in the Covering letter;

3.the completeness and relevance of the two recommendation letters about the commitment and relationship of recommender with applicant, the specificity of focus or record, and traits or accomplishment;

4. the aptitude to develop research by presenting a Research Proposal; 5.Language Abilities

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Further Information

If you have any questions on the URED programme, requirements, application and selection procedures, Please Contact

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Professor Paolo Fuschi (Coordinator PhD programme) email:[email protected]

Professor Carmelina Bevilacqua,(Vice-coordinator PhD programme) email:[email protected]

Dr. Domenico Cappellano (Research Administrative Office) email: [email protected]

IMPORTANT!

by the Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy, in September 2015. The deadline will be after 1 month starting from the launch of the call. You will find the complete Call for application on the follow-ing web addresses: www.unirc.it/en http://www.cluds-7fp.unirc.it/

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