The EUPeace University Alliance invites all interested doctoral candidates who are enrolled and/or employed at one of the EUPeace member institutions to participate in the EUPeace Doctoral Network.

The EUPeace Doctoral Network offers structured support to doctoral candidates on the basis of regularly updated course and training offers:

1. Virtual trainings and courses organised by EUPeace Graduate Schools on general topics (e.g. “time and project management”, “academic writing”)
2. Virtual and in-person exchange and training formats with members of the EUPeace Research Hubs (e.g. invitation to conferences, seminar and doctoral trainings)
3. Spaces for self-organised exchange formats on thematic focal points set by Doctoral Network members

Key Information on the EUPeace Doctoral Network:

• The EUPeace University Alliance invites all interested doctoral candidates who are enrolled and/or employed at one of the EUPeace member institutions to participate in the EUPeace Doctoral Network.
• The EUPeace Doctoral Network offers structured support to doctoral candidates on the basis of regularly updated course and training offers:
  1. Virtual trainings and courses organised by EUPeace Graduate Schools on general topics (e.g. “time and project management”, “academic writing”)
  2. Virtual and in-person exchange and training formats with members of the EUPeace Research Hubs (e.g. invitation to conferences, seminar and doctoral trainings)
  3. Spaces for self-organised exchange formats on thematic focal points set by Doctoral Network members
• The following members of the EUPeace Alliance participate in the EUPeace Doctoral Network: Germany: Marburg University (UMR), Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU); France: University of Limoges (UNILIM); Italy: University of Calabria (UNICAL); Spain: Comillas Pontifical University (COMILLAS); Czechia: University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (UWB); Bosnia and Herzegovina: University of Mostar (SUM), University of Sarajevo (UNSA); Türkiye: Çukurova University (CU).
• The EUPeace Doctoral Network is organised in the framework of the EUPeace Research Hubs (see information below) which provide international networking opportunities between doctoral candidates and researchers within the Alliance.
• The EUPeace Doctoral Network is linked to further activities and formats within the EUPeace Alliance, such as the Doctoral Mobility Grants, EUPeace mentoring structures and the EUPeace Conference.
• There will be a yearly kick-off meeting for the new cohort of Doctoral Network members, it is however possible to join the network anytime.
• The Doctoral Network will elect a speaker and a co-speaker on an annual basis.
• EUPeace Alliance provides Doctoral Network members the opportunity to do a Cotutelle within the member institutions. They will be supervised bi- or multi-nationally and do their doctorate within the framework of Cotutelle procedures.

About EUPeace:

The European University for Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Societies, EUPeace, evolves out of nine core member universities that have committed their strategic international outlook in teaching, research and administration in higher education to foster a peaceful, just, and inclusive European landscape, at various levels. For this, we explicitly address all sciences and research fields, from the humanities and social sciences to the natural and life sciences as well as engineering.

About the EUPeace Doctoral Network and the Doctoral Groups of the Research Hubs:

The EUPeace Doctoral Network is organised in the framework of the EUPeace Research Hubs. This means that all members of the EUPeace Doctoral Network are integrated in a) a joint network for doctoral candidates within the EUPeace Alliance (see visualisation below). Simultaneously, all Doctoral Network members join b) a Doctoral Group of one of the four EUPeace Research Hubs:

1. Security and Conflict Transformation
2. Climate Science and Just Transition
3. Migration and Human Rights
4. Inclusive Health and Well-Being

The Research Hubs mobilise existing academic strengths of the EUPeace Alliance and foster collaboration in all subject areas in order to create excellent inter- and transdisciplinary research and academic capacity for curriculum development and academic advancement in peace, justice, and inclusive societies. This also includes the natural sciences as well as engineering. The Research Hub members come from all Alliance member sites and from various research disciplines. The Research Hubs’ profiles and member lists can be accessed by clicking on the links to their respective websites.

Graduate schools of the Alliance members:

Graduate schools will support the Doctoral Network by providing both general soft skills courses (e.g., academic writing, project management, etc.) as well as thematic courses based on the current offering within the Alliance institutions. Their activities will be carried out mostly virtually.

Main benefits:

• Structured doctoral training within the support network of the EUPeace Alliance
• International networking opportunities with other doctoral candidates within an interdisciplinary network with a high degree of diversity
• Access to courses and events provided by Graduate schools of the Alliance members
• Enhancement of both general soft skills and thematic skills
• Collaboration with Research Hubs and participation in research-based teaching activities
• Thematic support from Research Hubs in the form of regular conferences, seminars and thematic courses
• Yearly participation in additional activities and in-person events
• Information on and support for doing a Cotutelle within the Alliance institutions.

Who can register:

The EUPeace Doctoral Network is open to all doctoral candidates who are enrolled and/or employed at one of the EUPeace Alliance member sites.

How to register:

To join the EUPeace Doctoral Network, please select your thematic focus from one of the four existing EUPeace Research Hubs:

1. Security and Conflict Transformation
2. Climate Science and Just Transition
3. Migration and Human Rights
4. Inclusive Health and Well-Being

You can enter your personal information as well as your Research Hub selection in the registration form on the EUPeace Doctoral Network website.

Selection process:

There is no selection process for joining the Doctoral Network.

Please note that all EUPeace Doctoral Mobility Grant recipients are also members of the Doctoral Network.

Expiration of membership:

The membership in the Doctoral Network ends when members actively decide to leave the network, or finish their PhD.

Contact:

For further information regarding the EUPeace Doctoral Network, please contact the EUPeace Work Package 6 team, eupeace-doctoral-network@uni-marburg.de.