Fully Funded PhD Scholarship on Female Entrepreneurship in Asia at Dublin City University 2025

Overview

The School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU), in collaboration with the DCU Ireland India Institute, is providing a completely funded four-year PhD scholarship. The venture will focus on feminine entrepreneurship and the function of the state in a number of of the next nations:

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Nepal

This alternative is open to students with a powerful curiosity in gender, growth, political economic system, and entrepreneurship inside Asian contexts.

Supervision and Institutional Support

• Supervisors: Prof. Abel Polese & Prof. Jivanta Schottli
• Host: DCU School of Law and Government
• Partner Institute: DCU Ireland India Institute
• Funding Includes:
  • Full tuition waiver
  • Annual stipend (aligned with Irish Government PhD funding)
  • Fieldwork assist
  • Conference journey funding

Research Scope and Rationale

Despite rising financial roles, girls in Asia stay underrepresented in entrepreneurial management. The proposed analysis will study how feminine entrepreneurship serves as a type of emancipation and empowerment, and the way state buildings allow or inhibit these processes.

Key themes could embody:

• Entrepreneurship and casual economies
• Gender and state coverage interactions
• Political participation and management
• Entrepreneurial ecosystems and socio-institutional contexts

Candidates are inspired to discover intersections with informality concept (e.g., “the art of bypassing the state”) and undertake multi-scalar approaches: from micro-business actors to institutional dynamics.

Research ought to draw on interdisciplinary frameworks together with political economic system, sociology, anthropology, enterprise research, and space research, with a transparent geographical focus on a number of of the eligible nations.

Academic Context

The venture aligns with the fourth wave of analysis on feminine entrepreneurship, focusing on institutional, cultural, and political ecosystems that form entrepreneurial exercise (McAdam & Cunningham, 2021). It will contribute to refining understandings of ladies’s entrepreneurship in Asia by embracing its variety and complexity.

About Dublin City University (DCU)

Dublin City University (DCU) is a top-ranked Irish college identified for its innovation, analysis excellence, and world outlook. The School of Law and Government at DCU is internationally acknowledged for its experience in politics, worldwide growth, and social justice. In collaboration with the Ireland India Institute, it offers a powerful educational surroundings for interdisciplinary analysis—making it a perfect host for this PhD on feminine entrepreneurship in Asia.

Application Requirements

Interested candidates ought to ship a single PDF file containing:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter (max 2 pages) highlighting related expertise
• Research Proposal (max 2,000 phrases)
• Master’s Degree Transcripts (or anticipated completion affirmation)
• Two Academic Referee Contacts
  (Referees will solely be contacted for shortlisted candidates)

Submit functions to:
benjamin_bisimwa.cisagara@lu.lv
CC: abel.polese@dcu.ie and jivanta.schottli@dcu.ie

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Have Questions?

Before reaching out, please check the main points above and conduct a fast internet search. If your question stays unresolved, contact:
 abel.polese@dcu.ie

This is a uncommon alternative to conduct vital, field-based doctoral analysis on gender, growth, and entrepreneurship in Asia, underneath knowledgeable supervision at certainly one of Ireland’s main universities.

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