Mobility @ IOB

The Mobility @ IOB programmes covers 2 aspects:

• Community-based monitoring in Tanzania
• Dissertation mobility

The Mobility Window offers you the chance to participate in a research stay within an existing project at one of IOB’s partner universities in the Global South.

🌏 This unique opportunity allows you to:
✅ Apply your knowledge of research methods in real-world settings.
✅ Develop valuable intercultural skills.
✅ Gain hands-on field research experience outside Belgium.

The research stay, which takes place during the Research Methods II course, lasts 5–6 weeks, from mid-May until June, and can be combined with dissertation fieldwork.

The current South partners for Mobility window are:

• Mzumbe University Tanzania
• Uganda Christian University
• Université Catholique de Bukavu, DR Congo

Community-Based Monitoring programme in Tanzania!

As part of the Local Institutions and Poverty Reduction course, IOB offers a 6-week CBM subunit at Mzumbe University, Tanzania.
You will:

• Learn through theoretical courses, skills labs, and action labs.
• Work with Tanzanian and Ugandan peers in a collaborative environment.
• Build research and presentation skills in a global context.

This program runs from late April to early May and is open to students who apply and are selected.

Embark on this unforgettable educational journey in Tanzania! 🌍

The dissertation mobility frames within Module IV dissertation and enables students to do fieldwork for their dissertation. Module IV runs from mid-June to the end of August but the fieldwork is limited to 6 weeks starting from mid-June.

Students can either fully choose their local partner (if any) or apply to be involved in an existing research project at one of IOB’s partners in the South:

• De la Salle University, Philippines
• Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador
• Mzumbe University, Tanzania
• Uganda Christian University 
• Centre d’Expertise en Gestion Minière, DR Congo