PhD Program
The aim of the PhD program at EEU is to educate the candidates in environmental economics. The objective is to build sufficient capacity in developing countries to teach, do research, and give policy advice regarding environmental economics and sustainable development.
Every other year the EEU accepts five new students financed by this program. These students are trained for a future as advisors, researchers, and teachers in environmental and natural resource economics in their home countries.
The PhD program is a five year program where the first two years involve course work that provides both a full PhD curriculum in economics and a unique specialization in environmental and natural resource economics. The rest of the time is spent writing a thesis and the students are also given training in teaching/policy advice and other tasks they may face when they return home.
Funds are provided to allow students to maintain links with their home department for data collection, write a thesis on a relevant subject, and interact with their home institution.
Besides training in economics and environmental economics, the program emphasizes links with other sciences such as natural sciences and other social sciences.
Read more about the PhD program and courses in environmental economics at the EEU website
