After almost 36 months, the DocEnhance project is coming to an end. After working hard on developing an open-access platform with transferable skills courses for doctoral education, as well as a career-tracking survey for doctoral graduates, DocEnhance partners look forward to presenting the project’s results in a final event.
Improving Transferable Skills in Doctoral Education
Date: 13. December 2022
Time: 9:30 – 19:00 WET, UTC±00:00
NOVA University of Lisbon and online
Presentations and panel sessions will be streamed online, accessible to registered participants.
Registrations to physical participation are now closed. You may still register to the online streaming.
For any question related to registration, please contact us at docenhance[at]uit.no
The event is widely open to all representatives of Higher Education Institutions and networks, Doctoral schools, students, early-career researchers, policymakers, as well as employers from outside academia intent on improving doctoral graduates’ transition to the labour market.
Draft Programme
9:30-10:00 Registration/Coffee
10:00-10:05 Welcome message
Maria Nyang-Jørgensen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
10:05-10:15 Opening: Strengthening research careers through skills
Dario Capezzuto, Policy Officer, DG for Research and Innovation
10:15-10:30 Introduction to the DocEnhance project
Hanne Risan Johnsen, DocEnhance coordinator
10:30-11:30 Broadening PhD expertise through transferable skills: outputs from DocEnhance
– The DocEnhance Platform
Federica Bartolozzi, European University Foundation
– Course in Data Stewardship
Leif Longva, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
– Course in Career Management and Entrepreneurship
Marco Masia, University of Vienna
– Course in PhD Supervision
Pirjo Nikander, Tampere University
– The DocEnhance Career-tracking Survey
Julia Boman, European Science Foundation
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:00 Keynote 1: “Challenges in doctoral education:
Doing the right things, doing things right?”
Lucas Zinner, Chair of Board of PRIDE Network
12:00-13:00 Panel 1: How can transferable skills courses improve doctoral education?
Feedback from DocEnhance pilot course participants
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- Georgia Koutentaki (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague)
- Martin Schatz (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague)
- Iulian Otel (NOVA University)
- Mariska Roelofs (Tampere University)
- Irene Heredero (University of Alcala)
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Moderated by Pirjo Nikander, Tampere University
13:00-15:00 Lunch and networking
Poster contributions
15:00-15:15 Keynote 2: The Future of Work
Shareena Hatta, Adecco Group
15:15-15:30 Keynote 3: Employment strategy and heterogeneity – one size does not fit all
Professor Isabel Rocha, Vice-Rector at NOVA University Lisbon
15:30-16:30 Panel 2: Bridging the gap between doctoral education and the labour market
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- Andrés Gómez Funes, Vice Rector of International Affairs of ESIC University
- Shareena Hatta, Adecco Group
- Professor Isabel Rocha, Vice-Rector at NOVA University Lisbon
- Tona Rubio, Fundación Universidad-Empresa, Spain
- Eva Hnatkova, EURODOC
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Moderated by Michaela Aschan, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
16:30-16:40 Wrap up
Elina Halttunen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
16:40-16:55 Looking forward – DocTalent4EU (Horizon Europe)
João Pedro Pego, University of Porto
16:55-17:00 Closure
Maria Nyang-Jørgensen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
17:00-19:00 Reception
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