The Right Livelihood College (RLC) at the
Center for Development Research (ZEF),
University of Bonn, Germany, offers a DAAD-
funded PhD research scholarship on: “Oil
dependency and bioeconomic transformation
in Nigeria”
Background
The Right Livelihood College (RLC) is a
global transdisciplinary education and
research initiative of universities and the
“Alternative Nobel Prize”, the Right
Livelihood Award (RLA). There are currently
RLC Campuses at eight universities
worldwide, among others at ZEF, University
of Bonn, Germany, and at the University of
Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
As part of this network, the RLC Campus
Bonn and the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD), in cooperation with the
“Alternative Nobel Prize” Laureate Nnimmo
Bassey and the STRIVE [Sustainable TRade
and InnoVation transfer in the bioEconomy:
from national strategies to global sustainable
development goals] project, offer a 3-year
PhD scholarship for candidates from sub-
Saharan Africa to carry out a PhD research
project related to the potential role of the
bioeconomy in reducing the Nigerian
economy’s reliance on fossil fuel resources.
Research context
Nigeria’s economy is highly dependent on
fossil fuel exports and thus exposed to a
volatile global market environment. Bio-
based economic transformation is often
proposed as a promising strategy to reduce
fossil resource dependency and achieve
sustainable development goals. However, the
nature and outcomes of potential
bioeconomic transformation pathways will
depend on a complex interplay of factors,
such as prices for oil and other Nigerian
export products including from agriculture,
access to bio-based knowledge and
technology, and economic as well as
environmental policies.
The PhD research project is expected to
adopt a regional or macro-perspective to
analyze the role of these factors and the
economic mechanisms through which they
affect sustainability outcomes of alternative
development pathways for the Nigerian
economy. The research will be based on
field and secondary data collection in
Nigeria.
Applicants are requested to develop their
own PhD research proposal to contextualize
and concretize the envisaged research
project.
The PhD scholarships
Qualified applicants should be citizens and
residents of a sub-Saharan African state.
They should hold an excellent master’s or
equivalent degree in agricultural or natural
resource economics, economics or related
disciplines, and have experience in the use
of computable general equilibrium models,
partial equilibrium models, or input- output
models. Experience in interdisciplinary and
international research teams is an asset.
Fluency in English is mandatory. The age
limit is 32 years.
The scholarship is funded by the DAAD for
3 years starting from August 1, 2017. It
covers a Junior Researcher position at ZEF
and all respective costs for travel and
research. In the first year, the candidate will
participate in the international ZEF Doctoral
Program in Bonn, followed by time for
empirical field research in Nigeria. Oil
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