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Introductory meeting and inaugural seminar

Introductory meeting

Once you have been accepted on the PhD Program, you will be contacted by the PhD adviser at the Department, who will propose a date for a meeting where you will go through formal papers and will be introduced to the Faculty of Humanities and the Department of Media and Communication.

During this introductory conversation, the candidate will learn more about the plans for the education and how it is structured, the ongoing activities, and the department in general. There will also be an opportunity to discuss supervision and potential supervisors. The main supervisor is normally a member of the Department's academic staff, while a co-supervisor can be employed at other institution, and at a later stage. For PhD fellows employed in external financed project, it will normally be one of the senior researchers on the project team who will be appointed the candidate's main supervisor. For externally financed PhD fellows employed at another higher education institution or a research institute, a co-supervisor is normally provided at their workplace.  

PhD candidates are expected to keep up-to-date about future relevant courses and activities. Some of this information is presented in regular newsletters sent to the PhD emailing list, but the candidates are also encouraged to actively look for external courses and/or activities which are relevant to their thesis. 

Inaugural seminar 

The inaugural seminar will normally have the following components:

  • Welcome by the Head of PhD Research 
  • Presentation of the project and status so far by the candidate (approx 15-20 minutes). This is expected to be a further development of the project from the project outline.
  • Comments by peers (two PhD fellows at the Department).
  • Discussion between the discussants and the candidate

The seminar is credited with 1 ECTS and is a part of the Department's obligatory educational component. The seminar's duration is normally 1-1,5 hours.

The inaugurual seminar is normally held during the first semester. 

Practicalities

The date for the seminar is determined individually. The candidate sends an updated project description to the commentators and the PhD leader, cc PhD adviser, 7-10 days in advance. The candidate's supervisor(s) are encouraged to attend the seminar.

IMK has defined the structure in the candidate's presentation and commentators' feedback in the document "Preparing for your Inaugural Seminar". Contact the PhD adviser to receive the document. 

Published Mar. 9, 2021 8:33 AM - Last modified Jan. 12, 2024 3:14 PM