Full Description
With the view of improving doctoral education, contributors from diverse cultural, political and disciplinary contexts critically analyse challenges and opportunities that impact on the experience of researchers and university staff. Readers are invited to consider their own circumstances and how the presented policies, procedures, values and practices, both common and unique, might either detract from or enhance their performance and well-being. Reflection on lessons learned through the pandemic are incorporated, reinforcing the value of collaboration and mutual respect between researchers and their supporters at all levels, for both the conduct of good science and a fulfilled work life.
Contributors are: Britt-Marie Apelgren, Diogo Casanova, Pam Denicolo, Shane Dowle, Dawn Duke, Fabiane Garcia, Martin Gough, Erika Hansson, Gill Houston, Isabel Huet, Sverker Lindblad, Bing Lu, Alistair McCulloch, Marie-Louise Österlind, Julie Reeves, Manuela Schmidt, Matthew Sillence and Gun-Britt Wärvik.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Prologue
Marie-Louise Österlind, Pam Denicolo and Britt-Marie Apelgren
PART 1: Challenges and Opportunities for the Key Participants in Doctoral Education
2 Alienation and the Problem of Work in Doctoral Education
Alistair McCulloch
3 Restructuring Doctoral Education in Sweden
Britt-Marie Apelgren, Sverker Lindblad and Gun-Britt Wärvik
4 Challenging Policy Barriers to Doctoral Supervision: Qualifying as a Supervisor and Recruiting Students in Chinese Research Universities
Bing Lu
5 Doctoral Final Examinations: (Ir)Relevance to New Skills and Future Challenges
Pam Denicolo, Dawn Duke and Julie Reeves
PART 2: Challenges and Opportunities for the Staff Supporting Doctoral Researchers
6 Re-framing Supervisor Development for Internationalisation and Professionalisation
Pam Denicolo, Julie Reeves, and Dawn Duke
7 The Professional Development of Doctoral Supervisors through an International Lens
Isabel Huet, Diogo Casanova and Fabiane Garcia
8 Towards a Person-Centred Discourse in Doctoral Supervisor Development
Matthew Sillence
9 The Role of Supervisors in Preparing Doctoral Researchers for the Final Examination
Gillian Houston
10 New Beginnings or Same Old Ending for Researcher Development?
Julie Reeves
PART 3: Challenges and Opportunities for Doctoral Researchers' Wellbeing
11 Dimensions of Wellbeing in the Doctoral Research Environment: Implications for Quality
Martin Gough
12 Sustainability of Doctoral Education: A Well-Being Perspective
Manuela Schmidt and Erika Hansson
13 The Role of Liminality and Reflexivity in Transformative Doctoral Learning
Shane Dowle
14 This Could Be Heaven, or This Could Be Hell: Exploring the Complexity Experienced by Swedish Doctoral Researchers from a Workplace Perspective
Marie-Louise Österlind
15 Epilogue: Continuing to Focus on the People Involved in Doctoral Education
Pam Denicolo, Marie-Louise Österlind and Britt-Marie Apelgren
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