Doktorat'at Austrian doctoral candidates and young researchers

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Doktorat.atAustrian doctoral candidates and
young researchers

• http//www.doktorat.at Mag. Helga Kahofer, Mag.
  Michael Wissgott

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About doktorat.at

• In close cooperation with the the ÖH (Austrian
  National Student's Union) as stakeholder for
  16.000 Austrian doctoral candidates
• open platform for doctoral candidates, (PhD
  equivalent) and junior researchers, research and
  education policy makers and media

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Doktorat.at

• Information
• Networking
• Representing the interests of
• young researchers
• by doctoral candidates for doctoral candidates

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Objectives Integration into Scientific Community

• Promoting the scientific communication and
  exchange between young researchers
• Interdisciplinary and inter-university dialogue
• Structures / hierarchy team-oriented setting
• Support of initiatives and development of
  concepts to overcome traditional, isolated,
  apprenticeship-like relations and institutional
  dependencies

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Objectives Labour Conditions

• Social security for doctoral candidates and young
  researchers
• Medical coverage
• Pension insurance
• Payment and legal protection in case of
  pregnancy Maternity and parental leave
• Gender equality
• Should be available for early-stage researchers

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Aims of Doktorat.at

• Introducing the interests of doctoral candidates
  in national and european research and education
  policy. Pointing the attention to problems, to
  issues concerning doctoral candidates, suggesting
  solutions.
• Providing information for doctoral candidates in
  fields like mobility, financing, ...
• Facilitating the communication and networking
  between the doctoral candidates representatives
  who are acting locally at the Austrian
  universities.

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Doktorat.at - Current Activities

• Application for and administration of
• 2 EU-Projects, together with the Slovak PhD
  students association
• Aktion Austria-Slovakia Training for first-time
  University teachers
• Interreg III Network of Austrian and Slovak PhD
  students

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The European Higher Education Area

• 45 countries participating in the Bologna Process
• Doctoral training as the third cycle of higher
  education
• Doctoral level as the first stage of a research
  career in the common European Research Area
• European Charter for Researchers (Code of
  Conduct) issued by the European Commission in
  2005

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EURODOC - The European Council of Doctoral
Candidates and Junior Researchers26 members
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EURODOC

• Federation of national
• associations of Ph.D.
• candidates and young researchers.
• Doktorat.at - ÖH Doktorat is member of EURODOC
• http//www.eurodoc.net/

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EURODOC - objectives

• Representation of doctoral candidates and junior
  researchers at the European level in matters of
  education, research, and professional development
  of their careers.
• Advance the quality of doctoral programmes and
  the standards of research activity in Europe.
• Promote the circulation of information on issues
  regarding young researchers organize events,
  take part in debates and assist in the
  elaboration of policies about Higher Education
  and Research in Europe.
• Establish and promote co-operation between
  national associations representing doctoral
  candidates and junior researchers within Europe.

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Activities

• Working Groups
• Labour conditions
• Professional future
• Gender equality
• Mobility
• PhD supervision training
• PhD Survey -gt Implementation in Austria and in
• membership countries
• Annual Conference, Recommendations, Expertise,

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Mobility Research in Austria

• Researcher's Mobility Portal Austria
  (www.researchinaustria.info) contains
  information on subjects like fellowships, grants,
  practical information like visa and working
  regulations, child care, accommodation etc and
  links to the Mobility Centers (eg.
  www.oead.ac.at) who offer customised assistance.
• In general, there is a very flexible system of
  doctoral postgraduate education in Austria. The
  first step is to find a subject and a supervisor.
  For this purpose, browse through the homepages of
  the departments, institutes and research units
  and simply contact scientists working in a
  research field that interests you.