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Introduction
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Why a PhD
network inside CINet?
Consistent with its mission, CINet has developed a PhD network, which
promotes research collaboration among PhD students and their institutions
on topics of interest to CINet. In detail, the network objectives are
as follows:
- To promote the development of research on continuous innovation and
its applications to enhance companies' effectiveness and better use
of human resources for more sustainable organisation of work.
- To facilitate research integration and mobility on a global level.
- To enhance research quality and, in particular, to promote synergy
and collaboration on empirical research.
- To promote a better quality of PhD training and supervision.
- To promoting joint research programmes involving companies and academia
offering the prospect of rigorous training and exposure of PhD students.
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What is new
with the CINet PhD network?
The CINet is unique for its focus on innovation management as well as
for the specific vision that is shared by partner institutions concerning
the role and potential contribution to innovation and improvement of human
resources at all levels.
Characteristic for the CINet PhD network, relative to other PhD networks,
is its strong emphasis on implementation and collaboration with industrial
users. Students work in close collaboration with companies to analyse
and solve management problems. Research designs involving in-depth empirical
studies and action or clinical research are therefore encouraged. The
PhD students involved in the CINet receive an intensive training to cope
with concrete management issues. All the students who were so far rewarded
a CINet-based PhD degree easily found their way to highly valued positions
in industrial companies, in research insitutes or as consultants.
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How will the
network relate to local PhD programmes?
The network does not replace local PhD programmes but rather supports
them in all programme phases, providing opportunities for international
collaboration and synergy.
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Who can be
part of the network?
The network is primary aimed at enhancing research quality and collaboration
among the CINet partner institutions. CINet PhD students are therefore
primarily selected from within the CINet partners. However, to promote
the enlargement of the network and especially in those countries where
the network is not consolidated, applications from PhD students belonging
to other institutions are also often granted.
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How is the
network financed?
The CINet network is designed to be self-sustained. All extra costs, not
covered by local programmes, are covered by institutional funding (i.e.,
at national or European level) and company sponsorships. Sponsorship by
companies, moreover, is used to increment the number of available PhD
positions.
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How is the
network organised and managed?
The programme is a key activity within CINet. The organisation and management
of the PhD network is therefore strictly linked to that of CINet. All
CINet key partners are invited to contribute to the network as tutors,
supervisors or teachers in the training activities. Executive responsibility
for the co-ordination of the network is assigned to the PhD
Network team.
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