PhD position on Migration Studies available at North-Eastern Hill University in Shillong

The Department of Anthropology, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, invites applications for the post of one doctoral fellowship in the field of ”Nepalese migrants in the coal-mines of India’s Northeast: Risk, Remittances and Return to Nepal”. The project's main objective is to examine the relationship between migration and democracy-building in the context of post-conflict Nepal. The selected candidate will be a member of an international research team from Nepal, India and Denmark, involving senior researchers and other PhD scholars from Kathmandu University, Aarhus University, Copenhagen University and NEHU, and will be expected to take part in all project-related activities as and when needed. Deadline to submit applications was 7 March 2012. The shortlisted candidates will appear for a written examination followed by interview on March 14, 2012. Read the full announcement.