PhD Summer School focuses on development of key competences required for achieving best results in successful defense of the doctoral dissertation and identifying further research directions.  Therefore topics of our PhD Summer Schools include: management of scientific research data, writing of scientific articles, project management, research integrity and ethics, intellectual property and patent system, communication skills development, etc.

PhD Summer School provides the opportunity for intellectually curious doctoral students to explore new knowledge, to expand cultural awareness and to exchange experience.

PhD Summer School 2026 will:

• equip participants with essential skills that are necessary in all fields of science
• provide participants valuable networking opportunity with participants from other countries
• create and share friendly social environment

PhD Summer School programme:

Communicating your (scientific) ideas – Meeting with the editor
Frank Witlox

Governance and assessment of AI systems
Juan Carlos Nieves

How to deal with stress during your PhD and use it as a positive power?
Ewa Pluciennicka

Clear and Confident Speaking: Master Your Message
Inge Schouten

Target group: 40 doctoral students

Prerequisites: the PhD Summer School is held in English. In order to participate, doctoral students should have sufficient language skills.