EUA Council for Doctoral Education

The Doctoral Debate

“The Doctoral Debate” is an online platform featuring original articles with commentary and analysis on doctoral education in Europe. Articles focus on trending topics in doctoral education and state-of-the-art policies and practices. The Debate showcases voices and views from EUA-CDE members and partners.

All views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of EUA Council for Doctoral Education. If you would like to respond to this article by writing your own piece, please see The Doctoral Debate style guidelines and contact the CDE team to pitch your idea.

• 21 Sep. 2021
  Researchers should assert their intellectual rights | Johan Rooryck, cOAlition S The Rights Retention Strategy developed by cOAlition S can be used by researchers to affirm their rights to their own work and deposit an Open Access copy of their paper in a repository. It allows researchers to reuse and share their work as they see fit, making it immediately accessible to the widest possible audience. Read more
• 22 Jan. 2020
  Empowering doctoral candidates in shaping institutional Open Science policy | Roberta Moscon, University of Trento Online courses in Open Science are ready and available for free and anytime, many upon the initiative of doctoral candidates who are engaged in advocacy and dissemination events. As Roberta Moscon from the University of Trento explains, empowering doctoral candidates in shaping Open Science policy and making them ambassadors in the design and delivery of courses, as well as in coordinating and integrating institutional services is crucial to innovative doctoral training and research. Read more