Archive IMISCOE PHD Conferences
- First PHD Conference, 2-3 July 2006, the IMISCOE Training Committee and IMISCOE partner Migrinter (Poitiers) organised a conference especially for PhD students in our network. The purpose of this conference was to engage in discussions of their research with fellow PhD students from partnering institutes. The participants were invited to present papers on issues related to their own PhD projects. Seventeen students presented their PhD-projects, each followed by a discussion. During the two-day conference three additional lectures were given by invited experts. The PhD conference was followed by the 20th Anniversary Migrinter Conference.
- The Second IMISCOE PhD Conference was organised by IMES in collaboration with the TIES (The Integration of The European Second Generation) team in June 2007. Although only one email announcement was circulated among IMISCOE PhD students, more than 70 individuals applied. The maximum number of participants, however, was capped at 50, for logistical reasons. The PhD conference had several tracks: i) a 12-day track for PhD students from the TIES network, ii) a 3-day track for students interested in exploring the policy-research nexus, publication plans and labour market careers, iii) a track for PhD candidates who wanted to get feedback on their research proposals, and iv) a track sponsored by Cluster B6 for those who wanted to improve their presentation techniques. Furthermore, there were keynote presentations by Susanne Wessendorf (an advanced PhD candidate herself, from Oxford University) and Levent Soysal (from Kadir Has University, Istanbul). Most students responded enthusiastically.
- The Third PhD Conference was organized by the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) on February 6-8, 2008. 25 PhD students participated in this conference. In eight thematic sessions they gave presentations about their own work, and received feedback from fellow PhD students as well as senior staff. Most students evaluated this training opportunity as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. They were especially appreciative of the feedback that they received. There were also sessions on ‘managing a PhD’ and ‘applying for funding’, but these were less appreciated.
