Career development for doctoral students

Regardless of whether you have just started your research studies, are preparing to publicly defend your thesis or find yourself somewhere in between, there is every reason for you to think about your (future) career. After the public defence of your doctoral thesis, your career could lead you into academia or outside it, in Sweden or abroad.

Your career development

Your career is a consequence of choices you make. In order to make it easier for doctoral students to make informed decisions about their careers, we have gathered seminars, workshops and courses that are relevant to career development in one way or another under our career concept for doctoral students. You can choose to take part in one activity or in all of them.

How it works

With a few exceptions, all activities are offered in English and are free of charge both to the participating individual and to their department/equiv. All activities are adapted to doctoral students and all activities will contribute in one way or another to your career development. The activities do not give you any credits and do not entitle you to an extension of your appointment.

Many of the activities are available in Kompetensportalen (professional development portal), where you can also sign up for them.

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Frequently asked questions, and answers, about career development for doctoral students.

Activities

• Take Charge of your Career - online (pilot) workshop on career planning –16-17 September, 2 half-days
• Course (at a subsidised cost): Written English for Scholarly Publication. Several course dates in October and November – deadline for registration 10 September.
• Finish on Time Workshop: Academic productivity and stress management – the road to effectiveness – 26 August, 22 October. 
• A logical start of an academic career: Getting that external funding – where, when, how? – 29 October
• Writing in Academia: Tools and Techniques to Master the Process – 23 August, 27 September, 18 November.
• Career Beyond Academia – seminar series on transferable skills and the art of transition – October-November 2021. 
• 5-day course: Science communication and its role in society Course dates: 23-24 Nov; 1-2 Dec and 6 Dec.
• How to write a successful grant application - online pilot workshop focusing on applications for Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) – 2-3 December, 2 half-days.
• Get published, get reviewed and get your research out there! The publication process, the peer-review process, Open Access and a dash of LUCRIS – Autumn 2021. 
• Courses on teaching and learning in higher education (more relevant information in the right-hand margin).
• How to take your research results and turn them into a career outside academia   
• International mobility – why is this important for your career and how do you go about it?   
• Career Control for Researchers. Online career programme for doctoral students, free of charge. PhD students in all disciplines are welcome to participate in a training course on how to create an individual career plan and concrete tools on how to put it into action.    
• Swedish for University Staff – Several course dates. 
• To deliver a print ready thesis as 'PDF' – Several course dates.
• Ethics vs Metrics – why you should think twice before co-publishing – 2021. 
• Euraxess is not only an EU-initiative to promote international research mobility, it has also focused on developing online tools to help you take those next career steps. Explore their "No limits' career development toolkit for researchers".

More information

In the right-hand column you can see whether your faculty also offers activities relevant to your career, as well as find recommended reading on the theme of career development for academic staff.