The Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University extends its innovative approach to the field of development studies with its newly approved Ph.D. program.
Welcoming its first cohort in 2018, the PhD in Global Development Studies will prepare students to apply advanced development research within a rapidly changing global policy context.
Global Development Studies at Queen’s enjoys well-established pedagogical profile at the graduate level that gives us a clear identity within the Canadian and international context.
The foundations of our innovative and quality doctoral program are grounded in four core research and pedagogical themes: the political economy of development; the cultural politics of development; indigenous studies; and development and sustainability. Students receive teaching, training, supervision and research support across these themes.
The advanced interdisciplinary research and teaching skills that the program provides are in strong demand among employers that include national and international development agencies, university research and teaching, the public sector, non-governmental organisations, the business sector and the media.