1. Rapport om PhD-programmet
Tim Brennen
Til fakultetsstyret, 8. desember 2016

2. 1 PhD program, 7 tracks
Technology, innovation and culture Sociology Human geography Psychology Economics Social anthropology Political science

3. Stipendiater (May 2016)
Disputaser (2015)
TIK 28 3
Sociology 53 7
Human Geography 20
Psychology
128 26
Economics 46 12
Social anthropology 27
Political science 59 10

4. Mandate
“The primary task of the external evaluation committee is to evaluate the scientific quality of the program specializations in light of international standards. This includes an evaluation of the program structure, courses offered, supervision, research environment, administrative support, internationalization, the structure and scientific merit of doctoral dissertations, the attractiveness of the program for new applicants, and the attractiveness of candidates for academic and non-academic positions.”

5. The panel Jens Jungblut, Kassel, Germany, Political Science
Ingrid Lunt, Oxford, Education, Psychology
Jon Mitchell, Sussex, Anthropology
Jakob Munch, Copenhagen, Economics
Geraldine Pratt, British Columbia, Geography
Nina Køpke Vøllestad, UiO, Medicine
Vøllestad has agreed to lead the panel

6. Preparatory information
Internal evaluation, Thune (2015)
A self-evaluation from each track
A few theses
All evaluation reports from PhD committees
Article-based & monographs
Journals where PhD work is published

7. Site visit
September

8. Report received
November

9. Ros
“In general, we find that all tracks are well functioning, of good quality and show high levels of self-reflection and awareness of existing challenges.”
keep the structure with 7 tracks
“As far as could be judged from the thesis abstracts, and the evaluation reports the quality of PhD research is comparable to other research intensive universities internationally.”
“the assessment and examination process is robust throughout”.

10. Utfordringer «What is the PhD for?»
Generiske ferdigheter for stipendiater
PhD plan
Opplæring og utvikling hos veiledere
Informasjonsflyt
Opplæringsdel

11. Prosess videre Leder i SV-nytt Stipendiater
PhD administrativt nettverk
PhD programråd
Instituttledere
Dekanat
Diskusjon i fakultetsstyret i neste møte, vedtakssak i juni?