PhD research in progress
IHS hosts the following PhDs jointly with a number of collaborating universities:
Title | Name | Country | Affiliation | |
"Urbanization, health and inequality in the developing world". | E. van der Poel | The Netherlands | Health policy and Management at Erasmus University | Completed |
“Building a case for partnerships in Inner City Regeneration: Risk and Trust in Effective Coalitions” | C. Pennink, senior IHS staff | The Netherlands | PhD at Erasmus University | On-going |
“Partnerships and participation in solid waste management in India” | M. Huysman, senior IHS staff | The Netherland | University of Amsterdam | On-going |
“The role of micro-finance in poverty alleviation in Ethiopia. Building viable institutions to ensure outreach” | Degefe Duressa | Ethiopia | PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam | Completed |
J. Fransen, | The Netherlands | PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam | On-going | |
“Longitudinal term impacts of slum upgrading” | C. Acioly, UN Habitat | Kenya | PhD at Delft University | On-going |
“Financial transactions with urban land and buildings in ‘Havana City: the market without market. Analysis of financial, functional and social impacts” | R. Nunez | Cuba | PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen | Completed |
“The Addis Ababa real estate market: managing the transition and implications for reform” | F. Mengistu | Ethiopia | On-going | |
“The architecture of fiscal relationships in Ethiopia: The equalization paradox” | Aloysius Bongwa, senior IHS-staff | The Netherlands | On-going | |
“Urban Informal Sector Development. Cost-benefit Analysis and graduation to the mainstream economy under institutional frameworks: The case study of Addis Ababa city” | Belay File | Ethiopia | On-going | |
“Relevance of metropolitan government in Latin American cities: Inter-institutional coordination in Caracas, Venezuela and Monterrey, Mexico” | A. Paiva | Venezuela | Completed | |
“Multi-sectoral partnerships for low income land development in Brazil” | M. Correa de Oliviera | Brazil | Completed | |
“Central – local relations in urban water supply and sanitation” | George Laryea | Ghana | PhD at EUR | Completed |
“Measuring urban sustainability in China” | M. Zhang Mingshun | China | Completed | |
“Institutional dimensions of program planning and implementation: three cases of slum upgrading programs in Mumbai, India” | P. Desai | India | Completed |
