If you’re further along your education journey and brimming with intellectual curiosity then a PhD program might be the right option for you. While completing a PhD is no mean feat, it offers the opportunity to truly delve into a topic and become an expert in your field, while earning a salary of some sort.
It is also important to dispel the myth that a PhD degree only prepares you to succeed in academia. Since a doctoral program helps you develop a field specialty, many people use their PhD to sharpen their skills in order to then work in organizations other than research institutions.
Below you’ll find a list of graduate schools which offer PhD programs in areas ranging from development studies to environment and society:
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University of Bamberg: Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences 
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Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies 
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University of Bayreuth: Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies 
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University of Bonn: Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research 
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Doctoral Programme Environment and Society 
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Hertie School of Governance: Doctoral Programme in Governance 
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Dresden Leibniz Graduate School (DLGS): Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Cities and Regions 
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Kiel University: Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes 
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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Köln: International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy 
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences 
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Friedrich Schiller University Jena: Graduate College: The Economics of Innovative Change 
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University of Kassel: Graduate School of Socio-Ecological Research for Development (ICDD) 
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Jena Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change (GSBC) 
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PhD in International Development Studies • Ruhr-Universität Bochum • Bochum 
