Doctoral Studies
Guide for Applicants
Thank you for showing interest in pursuing doctoral study under the supervision of Professor Rahul Mukherji at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. You may submit the following documents to our doctoral studies coordinator, Dr. Seyed Hossein Zarhani (zarhani@uni-heidelberg.de) by 15th March and 15th September:
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Your research proposal
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Your expression of research interest ( in 1500 words)
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CV
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Your latest mark sheet (BA, MA, and M.phil)
- Letter of funding support, in case, you have already secured funding
Please note that this does not give any guarantee of admission. The selection criteria for securing an admission in this department is competitive.
Current Doctoral Candidates with Professor Mukherji
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Name |
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Dissertation |
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Farhan Zaheer |
fa198@uni-heidelberg.de |
Exploring State Capacity in Pakistan: The Case of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor |
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Matias Lennart Castren |
matias.castren@uni-heidelberg.de |
The Political Economy of Indian Strategic Culture |
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Jai Shankar Prasad |
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Revisiting the State: Politics, Development, and Tribal Welfare in Jharkhand, India |
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Mostafizur Rahman, A.S.M. |
mostafiz@uni-heidelberg.de |
The Role of State and Non-State Actors in Development: Bangladesh State and South Asia |
Completed Doctorates
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Name |
Dissertation |
Year |
| Heinkel, Jamison C. | heinkel@stud.uni-heidelberg.de |
The Baloch Conflict: The Political Dynamics of Secession and Reconciliation |
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V Deshpande, Tanvi |
India and the Politics of Climate Change: policy paradigms and the local city state | 2022 |
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Beitelmair-Berini, Bernhard |
Competing Concepts: Indian Strategic Culture(s). Delineating the Contemporary Schools of Thought on India's Grand Strategy |
2018 |
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Carciumaru, Radu |
Negotiating conflict in deeply divided societies. The merits of complex and hybrid consociational power sharing systems based on case studies from South Asia and Eastern Europe |
2018 |
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Waha, La Toya |
Religion and State-Formation in Transitional Societies - Sri Lanka in a Comparative Perspective
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2018 |
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Kluge, Anja |
Gesundheitspolitik in Indien: Auswirkungen auf politische Legitimität und Staatsbürgerschaft
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2015 |
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Fischer, Alexander |
The Judicialisation of Politics in India. Origins and Consequences of the Power of the Indian Supreme Court
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2015 |
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Zarhani, Seyed Hossein |
Dynamics of Governance and Development in India.A Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after 1990 |
2015 |
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Rahman, Muhammad Sayadur |
Politics-Bureaucracy Relations, Governance and Development in Bangladesh: The Case of Local Government |
2015 |
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Paukert, Matthias |
Bridging troubled waters: Water sharing and the challenge of hydro-solidarity in Pakistan |
2015 |
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Pauli, Markus |
The Credibility of Microfinance Institutions. Clients´ Perception and Empowerment in Andhra Pradesh
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2015 |
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Diederich, Stefan |
Land und Industrialisierung in Indien – Langlebigkeit und Wandel des Land Acquisition Act (1894) |
2015 |
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Siefert, Silvan |
Social Security in India and China - Reforms and Determinants of Social Security Provision in India and China (2004-2009) |
2015 |
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Fürstenberg, Kai |
Panchayati Raj in India. The Evolution between 1947 and 1992 |
2015 |
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Lu, Yang |
Dynamics of National Interest and National Identity. A Constructivist Approach to the India-China Relations (2003-2012) |
2014 |
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König, Lion |
Cultural Citizenship and the Politics of Censorship in Post-Colonial India: Media, Power, and the Making of the Citizen |
2013 |
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Abdelhalim, Julten |
Spaces for Jihād: Indian Muslims and Conceptions of Citizenship |
2013 |
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Chaudhuri , Bidisha |
Hybridising (E-) Governance in India: The Interplay of Politics, Technology and Culture |
2012 |
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Hussain, Ejaz |
Military Agency, Politics and the State: The Case of Pakistan |
2010 |
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Pehl, Malte |
Regionalization and Institutionalization: Dimensions of Multi-level Party System Change in India |
2010 |
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Sommer, Verena |
Bedingungen der Kooperation zwischen NGOs und der Regierung im gegenwärtigen Indien |
2010 |
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Bauer, Thomas |
Perspektiven der indischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik im asiatischen Raum im 21. Jahrhundert |
2009 |
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Schöttli, Jivanta |
Strategy and Vision in Politics. Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy choices and the designing of political institutions |
2009 |
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Mahiuddin, Khan Mohammad |
The Parliamentary Committee System in Bangladesh. An Analysis of its Functioning |
2009 |
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Noor, Muhammad Tahir |
Institutional Dynamics of Governance and Corruption in Developing World: The Case of Pakistan |
2009 |
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Wolf, Siegfried O. |
Die Konstruktion einer kollektiven Identität in Indien: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar und sein Hindutva-Konzept |
2009 |
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Engelmeier, Tobias |
Nation-building and foreign policy in India: an identity-strategy conflict |
2007 |
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Islam, Kazi Maruful |
The Impact of Health Reform on State and Society in Bangladesh, 1995-2005 |
2007 |
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Bigdon, Christine |
Good Governance and Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka |
2006 |
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Frey, Karsten |
Elite Perception and Biased Strategic Policy Making: The Case of India's Nuclear Build-up |
2004 |
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Spieß, Clemens |
One-party-dominance in Changing Societies |
2004 |
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Lehr, Peter |
Region Indischer Ozean: Illusion oder Realität? |
2004 |
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Enskat, Mike |
Indiens wirtschaftspolitische Reformen nach 1991: eine Fallstudie des Stromsektors |
2001 |
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Hust, Evelin |
Political Representation and Empowerment: Women in the institutions of local government in Orissa after the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution |
2001 |
