Doctoral studies as a precarious identity process: deviance and the rational ideal of the doctoral process
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DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2024.2420205
Abstract: ABSTRACT Based on narrative interviews with late-phase doctoral candidates and early postdoctoral researchers, complemented by an autoethnographic diary, this study analyses the experiences of junior academics. A rational ideal of the doctoral process is identified,… read more here.
Keywords: process; doctoral process; identity; doctoral studies ... See more keywords
Doctoral studies as an initiatory trial: expected and taken-for-granted practices that impede PhD students’ progress
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DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2018.1449742
Abstract: ABSTRACT Intellectual abilities alone are not sufficient to successfully progress through doctoral studies. Research indicates that modes of training and the context and conditions in which doctoral studies take place also have a significant impact… read more here.
Keywords: taken granted; studies initiatory; doctoral studies; initiatory trial ... See more keywords
Internationalisation of social work doctoral studies: experiences and perspectives in the changing context of European higher education
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DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2016.1185705
Abstract: ABSTRACT The internationalisation of doctoral education in social work has become a newly developing area particularly in Europe during the last two decades. It has been promoted by two factors: (1) the reform of higher… read more here.
Keywords: doctoral studies; internationalisation; social work; higher education ... See more keywords