The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) conducts empirical, theory-driven and application-oriented research, facilitates transregional knowledge cooperation and training, and provides evidence-based policy advice for shaping a cooperative multipolar world for sustainable futures.
An important element of IDOS's support for young scientists is the institute's dual and semi-structured doctoral programme. It aims to further qualify young scientists in research and policy advice. It also offers doctoral students integration into an expanded programme for promoting young talent. This consists of a) group mentoring and training activities, b) self-organised peer mentoring, and c) individual supervision by doctoral supervisors and mentors at IDOS. The programme draws on contributions from all areas of the institute. In addition, doctoral students contribute to the design of the programme with their own initiatives.
Doctoral students at IDOS are integrated into the institute's research and knowledge cooperation projects and are supervised either directly by IDOS staff or jointly with colleagues from other partner institutes and universities. Admission to the IDOS doctoral programme is based on regular job advertisements. The possibility of pursuing a doctorate is specified in the advertisement for suitable positions.
IDOS works closely with structured doctoral programmes in the Bonn academic community and cooperates with other universities to provide its doctoral students with extended peer mentoring and joint learning in cohorts. Specifically, there are close collaborations with the Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) and with the Bonn Graduate School of Economics at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Bonn. In addition, IDOS maintains further collaborations with universities in various parts of Germany and Europe, as well as with selected partner universities in Asia and Africa.