New opportunity: PhD in sport for development field
Dr. Per G. Svensson at Louisiana State University in the United States is currently recruiting applications for a funded PhD position for someone primarily interested in researching sport for development and peace organizations.
Dr. Svensson is currently the Co-Editor for the Journal of Sport for Development and the Chair of the Laureus USA Sport for Good Research Council. His expertise is focused on organizational capacity and innovation.
Dr. Svensson is specifically looking to recruit doctoral students interested in examining one or more of the following (or related) topics:
- How innovative organizations access resources and mobilize the necessary capital to achieve intended development outcomes, the formative stages of organizations
- Organizational hybridity
- Multi-stakeholder collaborations
- Organizational failures
- Decision-making in sport for development and peace.
Dr. Svensson is looking for 1-2 PhD students, with a program start date in August 2022. Those with prior work experiences in the sport for social change space are preferred.
This is a 100% in-person program on Louisiana State University’s campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The final deadline to apply to the program is in early March, but candidates should apply by 15 January 2022 for full consideration for funded positions.
For more information, please contact Dr. Svensson at [email protected].
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