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Stocktaking and prospects: Doctoral Training and Research

The Link between EHEA and ERA EURODOC

Annual Conference, 11-15th March 2010, Vienna, Austria

For a couple of days in March 2010, Vienna will be the centre of the debate on Doctoral Studies throughout Europe, says Zaza Nadja Lee Hansen, Board Member of Eurodoc. Every year since 2001, Eurodoc has convened an annual international conference for young researchers. This year the conference takes place in Vienna, Austria from 11th-15th of March. The aim of the Eurodoc conference is to provide a framework for young European researchers to meet with stake-holders from different fields and to engage in fruitful discussions on the construction of the European Research and Higher Education Areas (ERA and EHEA). The goal is for researchers to act rather than just complain afterwards, adds Eurodoc President Nikola Macharová, and doctoral candidates are in fact researchers at the start of their careers.

The framework topic of this year¹s conference is Stocktaking and prospects:
Doctoral Training and Research The Link between EHEA and ERA. 2010 marks ten years since the European Research Area was introduced by the European Commission and it marks five years since the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers was released. This document collects a set of principles of good practice for researchers, research funding and research performing institutions with the aim of making the European Research Area more attractive. by Eurodoc Survey Workgroup Co-oordinator Karoline Holländer emphasizes the collaborative aspect: Since more than ten years, Eurodoc has collected a lot of expertise from its 32 member organisations and its recent survey of doctoral candidates throughout Europe, and we are happy to share all this. Such an evidence-based assessment means collecting what has been achieved, but also asking what can be improved.

For further details, see:
http://eurodoc2010.doktorat.at/

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