New in academia: Doctoral Studies at the Faculty

About the course

Autumn Term 2025

Important dates and deadlines

Course period: 15 September - 26 September 2025
Application deadline: 15  August 2025

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Overview

The course has three aims: 

• to provide an advanced introduction to the social sciences as an academic field
• to present and discuss selected areas of scholarly practice
• to introduce different issues related to information management.

In relation to the first aim, the course presents several different aspects of Swedish academia as a workplace. for instance historical background, power structures, socio-psychological dimensions and microcultures.

When it comes to scholarly practice, the course will discuss different areas that are important in the life of academics today. Some examples are outreach practices, international mobility and publication strategies.

Finally, in terms of the process of information management, the course introduces data management in relation to FAIR data principles and the open science field. Open access to publications as well as to research data will be introduced and discussed, in a workshop setting. The course also introduces tools for evaluation of publication outlets (such as academic journals) and discusses how to use these to make strategic choices. 

An added value is that participants become aware of PhD students and dissertation projects from other departments than their own. The teachers come from different departments as well as from the Social Sciences Faculty Library. The course is meant to be taken early in the program of doctoral studies, preferably no later than the first year.