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The European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) was founded in 1998 with the purpose of providing inspiration, collaboration and academic leadership in nursing through a scientific community for nurses in Europe. EANS is a network composed of individual members qualified at a Doctoral level and provides a forum for nurse researchers on all levels, including professors, early career researchers and PhD students. The latter attend three consecutive summer schools and receive advanced research training (EANS, 2016). The summer school in 2016 was held at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Halle, Germany. The EANS Summer Conference 2016 took place at the same time, providing the opportunity for all attendants to participate in the EANS debate which, in keeping with tradition, was prepared by the Doctoral students (Taylor and Olsen, 2016).