Criteria for supervision of PhD students
The PhD students propose a topic for a thesis at the end of the 1st semester. Although some students are already working together with some supervisors in their research institutions, companies or organisations, the Programme coordinator can suggest supervisors. These supervisors will be approved by the programme's Scientific Board and will integrate the Thesis Steering Committee (CAT) of each student. It is recommended that one supervisor is an expert in the adressed technology, and the other a technology assessment (TA) expert. Usually, one supervisor belongs to UNL and the other is external.
The CAT also plays a role in the supervision of the research work, while members must intervene in the annual reporting and make suggestions along the research period. One important moment for supervision is the Winter School (Project III) in the mid of the third semester. After the PhD student presents the thesis plan by the end of second semester (Project II). The presentation hapens during a public workshop that usually takes place in December (http://eventos.fct.unl.pt/winterschool-ta/). The students must also organise the workshop to develop their competences on the organisation of scientific events and scientific networking.
After the discussion during the Winter School, the students must write a working paper and publish it(see http://ideas.repec.org/s/ieu/wpaper.html) after a reviewing process. In the end of the fourth semester (Project IV) students must present a paper at the Doctoral Conference (http://eventos.fct.unl.pt/phdconference-ta/).
After this presentation, students must prepare a journal article (usually in English) to be published in high standard journals (the IET journal publishes them since 2011: http://ideas.repec.org/s/ieu/journl.html).
Until now, after four editions of the PhD programme on Technology Assessment one may say that the quality of supervision is excellent. An investigator can become a supervisor of a PhD student if he/she holds a doctorate degree, a with a very high standard curriculum. All have a high number of international publications and are experienced with students supervision. Each supervisor has an excellent scientific productivity (adjusted to the scientific areas, as engineering, natural and social sciences), are experienced with managing and participating in funded projects, previous and have pre- and post-graduate experience, as teachers or researchers. Usually that have a major experience on participation in initiatives of advanced training, and recognised professional expertise.
Supervisors and members of CAT are aproved by the scientific board of the programme. Younger investigators can become PhD supervisors after also being accepted by the PhD programme' scientific board, and by the faculty department (Applied Social Sciences-DCSA).
Criteria for supervision of PhD students
The PhD students propose a topic for a thesis at the end of the 1st semester. Although some students are already working together with some supervisors in their research institutions, companies or organisations, the Programme coordinator can suggest supervisors. These supervisors will be approved by the programme's Scientific Board and will integrate the Thesis Steering Committee (CAT) of each student. It is recommended that one supervisor is an expert in the adressed technology, and the other a technology assessment (TA) expert. Usually, one supervisor belongs to UNL and the other is external.
The CAT also plays a role in the supervision of the research work, while members must intervene in the annual reporting and make suggestions along the research period. One important moment for supervision is the Winter School (Project III) in the mid of the third semester. After the PhD student presents the thesis plan by the end of second semester (Project II). The presentation hapens during a public workshop that usually takes place in December (http://eventos.fct.unl.pt/winterschool-ta/). The students must also organise the workshop to develop their competences on the organisation of scientific events and scientific networking.
After the discussion during the Winter School, the students must write a working paper and publish it(see http://ideas.repec.org/s/ieu/wpaper.html) after a reviewing process. In the end of the fourth semester (Project IV) students must present a paper at the Doctoral Conference (http://eventos.fct.unl.pt/phdconference-ta/).
After this presentation, students must prepare a journal article (usually in English) to be published in high standard journals (the IET journal publishes them since 2011: http://ideas.repec.org/s/ieu/journl.html).
Until now, after four editions of the PhD programme on Technology Assessment one may say that the quality of supervision is excellent. An investigator can become a supervisor of a PhD student if he/she holds a doctorate degree, a with a very high standard curriculum. All have a high number of international publications and are experienced with students supervision. Each supervisor has an excellent scientific productivity (adjusted to the scientific areas, as engineering, natural and social sciences), are experienced with managing and participating in funded projects, previous and have pre- and post-graduate experience, as teachers or researchers. Usually that have a major experience on participation in initiatives of advanced training, and recognised professional expertise.
Supervisors and members of CAT are aproved by the scientific board of the programme. Younger investigators can become PhD supervisors after also being accepted by the PhD programme' scientific board, and by the faculty department (Applied Social Sciences-DCSA).