1. International PhD School DDSS in Architecture and Urban Planning www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Bauke de Vries www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Bauke de Vries

2. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Objectives Establish scientific research network Establish educational network on Msc/PhD level Consortium for (EU) research projects Strengthen scarce research resources in DDSS Improve scientific quality assurance

3. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Organization Local coordinator per partner Governing board: Local coordinator of each partner Scientific Director: Harry Timmermans Educational programme committee Administrative office: TU/e PhD’s at the local institute

4. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Responsibilities Each institute is responsible for its own PhD research The DDSS PhD school manages/supports –Definition of research proposal –Recruitment of researcher –Research progress and output

5. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Inter University collaboration Student and Lecturer exchange Scientific committees Shared hard/software platforms International en national R&D projects DDSS workshop & conference

6. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Instruments Publication list Portfolio management Advertisements Research assessment report PhD/Master courses list

7. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Partners Eindhoven University of Technology University of Strathclyde Bauhaus University Weimar University of Lund School of Architecture of Nancy University of Liege University of Gent Limburgs Universitair Centrum Technical University of Vienna

8. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Research Programmes (under discussion) Design and Planning Methods and Techniques Developing Integrated Design and Decision Support Systems Virtual Environments Plausibility in Planning and Building Information Systems for Building and User Activity Design

9. www.ddss.arch.tue.nl Planning New partners Definition Research Programmes Adding PhD’s to Publication system Recognition by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) DDSS conference 2004 Marie Curie Research Training Network EU FP6 calls ?