More people live and work in cities than ever before. We need to understand and analyse the newly arising challenges and issues to improve the quality of life in cities all around the globe. Focusing on urban governance and development, the IHS PhD programme addresses the social, economic and physical challenges cities face in today’s rapidly changing world.
The PhD programme consists of three different pillars (thematic areas), providing a wide variety of possibilities to conduct PhD research.



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