The Leverhulme Center for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH) is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary platform for integrating research in agriculture and health, with a focus on international development through "AgriHealth."
LCIRAH announces a doctoral studentship at SOAS (University of London) for a qualified individual from South Asia for 3 years starting in October 2013.
The Leverhulme Center for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH) is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary platform for integrating research in agriculture and health, with a focus on international development through "AgriHealth."
LCIRAH announces a doctoral studentship at SOAS (University of London) for a qualified individual from South Asia for 3 years starting in October 2013.
The PhD research project will attempt to use econometic methods to explore key relationships among regional and temporal variation in government expenditures, nutrition outcomes, and other variables in one of the countries in South Asia. Collating and merging various pieces of secondary data (eg. district-level public expenditures, income and poverty, nutrition outcomes data, etc.) will be a key part of the project.
The lead supervisor will be Professor Bhavani Shankar, Centre for Development, Environment, and Policy (CeDEP), SOAS. For more information on this topic, please contact Prof Shankar at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SOAS provides more details about the studentship. The application deadline is 02 April 2013.