Introductory Doctoral Supervision course 20-23 April2026.

The course covers: rules and organization of doctoral education at KI; legal aspects of doctoral education; outcome-based doctoral education; communication; relationship supervisor/doctoral candidate; research ethics and plagiarism; equal opportunities; cross-cultural communication; recruitment. The course is equal to one week of study. Intended learning outcomes describe and apply laws, ordinances and regulations governing doctoral education including KI's regulations regarding the recruitment of doctoral students describe the doctoral education and supervision process at KI and the roles of supervisors and students during doctoral education; organize the students' education to promote their development into independent researchers; reflect upon the importance of the outcomes for doctoral education, and how the outcomes can be achieved, followed-up and assessed; build and nurture a constructive supervisor-student relationship during the doctoral education process and to prevent, and if necessary manage, conflicts; assess and reflect upon factors that affect the supervisor role in a culturally diverse research environment and how gender plays a part in relation to the supervisor role;.to analyze and refer to principles of research ethics, reflect upon ethical judgements and prevent/discover fraudulent practice.