Scholarship: Masters & Post-Doctoral Study on Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

Scholarship: Masters & Post-Doctoral Study on Poverty, Land and Agrarian
Studies (University of the Western Cape)


Professor Ben Cousins of the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian
Studies (PLAAS) at University of the Western Cape holds the South African
Research Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (funded by the
National Research Foundation). He supports and supervises a number of
MPhil and PhD students who are undertaking field research on aspects of
agrarian change, land reform and poverty reduction in several provinces.


Applications are invited for two (2) scholarships for MPhil studies by
full thesis and one (1) post-doctoral fellowship.

A five year research programme is under way seeking to answer two
over-arching questions: what processes of socio-economic change are under
way in the South African countryside that are likely to influence the
outcomes and impacts of land and agrarian reform? what are the impacts of
land and agrarian reform policies and programmes on agricultural
productivity, agrarian structure and rural poverty?



Researchers also explore the policy implications of their research findings.

More information at
http://www.plaas.org.za/news/masters-and-post-doctoral-study-south-african-research-chair-poverty-land-and-agrarian-studies



Deadline: December 14, 2012