PhD Workshop

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Objective

The CINet PhD workshop offers PhD students a unique possibility to present and discuss, receive feedback, and exchange comments and views on their research in an inspiring academic community of fellow PhD students and experienced researchers active in the CINet community.

The PhD workshop starts  the Friday (8 September 2006) before  the 7th International CINet Conference in Lucca, Italy, and ends at the afternoon of the last conference day (12 September 2006), while there are also meetings during the conference.

Structure

The CINet PhD workshop offers three classes of attendance, depending on the experience of the PhD student. Note that this classification relates to full time students; for part time students longer time periods might be more relevant.

1. In the first year’s class, participants present their research design and preliminary results. This class is aimed at students who are in the first or early second year of their PhD research.
2. Students who took part in the first class will be invited to join the second class, the following year. In that workshop, the discussion focuses on results and preliminary conclusions (contribution to the theory and/or practice of continuous innovation).
3. Third/fourth year's PhD students are also strongly encouraged to join (by invitation) the PhD workshop and present parts of their PhD thesis. The interaction between students in the final stages of their research and the first and second year's students has been a feature of previous CINet Doctoral Workshops, and appeared to provide valuable networking and learning opportunities for all research students involved.

At least one ‘young doctor' will be invited to present her/his recently completed PhD project.
All PhD students working on topics related to continuous innovation are also strongly encouraged to attend the annual CINet PhD Seminar on Research in Continuous Innovation.

The PhD workshop during the CINet conference
In addition to attending the Friday and Saturday sessions, the participants will receive a specific task, namely to review and discuss conference papers within a small group facilitated by the junior faculty involved. This will provide students with an opportunity to learn how to review papers, critically to assess the research methodology and results presented, and how to write a conference paper. At the end of the CINet conference, an evaluation session with all the participating students and the workshop faculty will provide a forum for reflecting on and discussing the learning moments, and exchanging ideas and views with other researchers in the CINet community.

Work mode: presentation, discussion and reflection

• First year's participants to the CINet PhD workshop must provide a written project description as part of their application for the PhD workshop. Each student will be given a slot of one hour – 30 minutes for presentation, followed by 30 minutes discussion.
• Second year's participants must submit a working paper covering their initial findings and conclusions. Also these students get one hour to present (30 minutes) and discuss (30 minutes) their research.