The 2019 Conference Programme

5. September 2019

OPENING SESSION
12:00

Welcome Address by Organizers

Antje Tepperwien, Head of Team ‘Persons and Structures’, Volkswagen Foundation

Maresi Nerad, Founding Director, Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE), University of Washington, Seattle

Andreas Breiter, Vice President for Research, Early Career Researchers and Transfer, University of Bremen

Sonja Drobnič, Vice Dean, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science (BIGSSS), University of Bremen

12:30

Keynote address

“The Thinking Doctorate: The PhD in a Global Culture of the ‘Mass Production’ of Higher Qualifications”

Jonathan Jansen, President, Academy of Science of South Africa

13:30

Buffet Lunch

SESSION 1: Assessment of Doctoral Reforms Since 2005
14:30

Presentation of Thematic Report, Co-Working Phase and Open Discussion

hosted by Maresi Nerad, Founding Director, Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE), University of Washington, Seattle

16:00

Coffee Break

SESSION 2: Impact of Changes in Doctoral Education: The Institutional Dimension
16:30

Presentation of Thematic Report, Co-Working Phase and Open Discussion

hosted by Ulrike Kohl, Head of People Management, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

18:00

Wrap-Up and Conclusions hosted by Maresi Nerad and Beate Scholz, Founder and CEO, CTC Scholz GmbH

19:30

Conference Dinner

6. September 2019

9:00

Welcome and Outlook

SESSION 3: The Policy Dimension - Capacity Building in the Era of Globalisation
9:30

Presentation of Thematic Report, Co-Working Phase and Open Discussion

hosted by Conor O’Carroll, Independent Consultant on Higher Education and Researcxh Policy at SciPol

11:00

Coffee Break

SESSION 4: Economic Dimensions - Global Labour Market Developments
11:30

Presentation of Thematic Report, Co-Working Phase and Open Discussion

hosted by David Bogle, Pro-Vice-Provost of the Doctoral School, University College London

13:00

Buffet Lunch

SESSION 5: The Macro Dimension – Societal, Political and Cultural Change and the Role of the Researcher
11:30

Presentation of Thematic Report, Co-Working Phase and Open Discussion

hosted by Christian Peters, Managing Director, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), University of Bremen and Beate Scholz

15:30

Coffee Break

CLOSING SESSION
16:00

Discussing Policy Recommendations, Conference Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks

hosted by Maresi Nerad, David Bogle, Andreas Breiter, Conor O’Carroll, Ulrike Kohl, Christian Peters, Beate Scholz

17:00

End of Conference