Candidat-e au doctorat à 75% à l’IGEDT

PhD Candidate – 75% (CANDOC)

University of Geneva – 66, boulevard Carl‑Vogt – Genève.

Application deadline: 24‑08‑2026. Start date: 01‑02‑2027.

Position Overview

Open to a PhD candidate (CANDOC) to conduct research on urban issues in Africa under the Vertical Africa project (VERTICAF), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and co‑supervised by Armelle Choplin, Didier Péclard and Jérôme Chenal in partnership with universities in Dakar, Kigali and Luanda.

Responsibilities

• Research themes: urban development, construction sector and materiality; land tenure, informality and urban sprawl; real‑estate, investment, capitalism and finance; housing, architecture and transformation of urban forms; infrastructure and urban development; governance and urban planning; ecological transition; everyday social practices, inequalities; post‑colonial and decolonial approaches; urban political ecology approaches.
• Complet...