! Intersectorial!PhD! 00!yet!another!eﬀort!for!making!! PhD0candidates!a8rac9ve?! ! Dr.!Anne!Beate!Maurseth! Senior!adviser! Research!Division! University!of!Bergen! Intersectorial!PhD! Industrial! Public! Academic! Current!situa9on!! •  The!PhD!country! •  10!000!have!taken!a!PhD! over!the!last!decade!=! silent!revolu9on! •  More!PhDs!than!farmers! •  26!HEI0ins9tu9ons!eligble! to!award!PHD!degrees! •  No!tui9on0fees! •  PhD!candidates!are! employees,!star9ng!salary! EUR!53!000/year! Morgenbladet!June!20th!2014! Salzburg!II! IX:!! Increasing!mobility:!Doctoral! programmes!should!seek!to! oﬀer!geographical!as!well!as! interdisciplinary!and! intersectorial!mobility!and! interna9onal!collabora9on! within!an!integrated! framework!of!coopera9on! between!universi9es!and! other!partners.! ! Innova9ve! Academia!! research!! Industry! Challenge! Next! genera9on! of!scholars! Open!up! for!demand! for!PhDs! outside!HE! Increasing!number! of!PhD! Intersectorial!PhDs! •  Marie!Sklodovska!Curie!Ac9on,!H2020! •  Ini9al!training!networks,!european!industrial! doctorate,!european!joint!doctorate! •  Mandatory:!training!at!universi9es!in! collabora9on!with!industry! MSCA0ITN! Scope! •  In!order!to!increase!the!employability!of!the! researchers,!the!research!training!should!be! complemented!by!the!meaningful!exposure(of(each( researcher(to(the(non/academic(sector(and!by! substan9al!training!modules!addressing!key! transferable!skills!common!to!all!ﬁelds!(e.g.! entrepreneurship,!management!and!ﬁnancing!of! research!ac9vi9es!and!programmes,!management!of! intellectual!property!rights,!other!exploita9on!methods! of!research!results,!ethical!aspects,!communica9on,! standardisa9on!and!societal!outreach).!The!training! follows!the!EU!Principles!for!Innova9ve!Doctoral! Training.! Success! •  The!doctoral!research!will!form!the!core!of!the!doctoral! programme!and!will!provide!trainees!with!a!cu`ng0edge! background!in!the!science!of!neurodevelopmental!disorders,!as! only!through!conduc9ng!original!research,!the!major!outcomes!of!a! doctoral!educa9on!–!such!as!crea9ve!thinking,!a!ﬂexible!mind,! scien9ﬁc!autonomy,!innova9on0mindedness!and!exper9se!in!a! certain!ﬁeld!–!can!be!reached.!On!top!of!this,!it!is!XXX’s!explicit!goal( to(provide(ESRs(with(an(interna8onal(mindset,(ease(in( intersectoral(and(interdisciplinary(communica8on,(and( transferable(skills(that(will(promote(their(career.(Taken(together,( the(XXX(training(programme(will(allow(them(to(foster( collabora8ons(by(bridging(the(gaps(between(basic(research,( clinical(studies(and(commercial(enterprises,(maximizing(their( future(employability(in(academic(as(well(as(private(sectors.(( •  Training!in!academic!and!private!sector!=! crucial!for!the!future!career!of!the!PhD0 holders! –  Research!training!courses! –  Complementary!skill!courses! –  Sod!skill!courses! From!2014!ITN!evalua9ons! •  •  Co#supervision,and,mentoring,by, partners,are,not,iden4ﬁed,in,detail, for,each,ESR,project,,in,par4cular, concerning,the,supervision,to,be, provided,by,the,non#academic, partners, The,program,overall,is,of,high, scien4ﬁc,quality,and,consists,of,high, calibre,scien4sts.,Therefore,,it,is, expected,that,it,would,have,a,posi4ve, impact,on,producing,a,new, genera4on,of,mul4#disciplinary, scien4sts,in,the,EU.,However," industrial"par-cipa-on"is"low"and" not"integral"to"the"project,,which,will, have,a,nega4ve,impact,on,inter# sectorial,objec4ves,and,thus, cons4tutes,a,major,weakness,of,the, proposal.! •  Secondments,in,non#academic, ins4tu4ons,are,only,broadly, described,as,“private,sector,training”,, liIle,project,rela4onship,is,evident., •  The,proposed,plan,for,consor4um, interac4on,is,good,although,lacking, details,,while,the,training,programme, will,be,sub#op4mal,due,to,the,low, level,of,industrial"par-cipa-on"in" supervision" " •  Co#supervision,and,mentoring,by, partners,are,not,iden4ﬁed,in,detail, for,each,ESR,project,,in,par4cular, concerning,the,supervision,to,be, provided,by,the,non#academic, partners.! Examples!from!Norway! •  Industrial!PhDs! –  Ini9a9ve!from!NRC! •  Give!companies!a!boost! •  Funding!for!industry0oriented! doctoral!research!fellowships! established!to!facilitate!the! recruitment!of!researchers!to! Norwegian!industry! •  Supervisors!from!both! academia!and!industry! •  Help!companies!to!step!up! their!research!eﬀorts.!! •  Industrial!PhD!has!the!same! level!of!scien9ﬁc!merit!as!the! general!doctoral!degree! educa9on.! Example!from!UiB! •  New!strategy!from!2015! •  Cross0disciplinary!and!– sectorial!research!and! educa9on!! •  Future!innova9on!and!break0 through!research!requires!a! cross0disciplinary!approach.!! •  Therefore!we!need!to!partner! up!with,!and!involve,! innova9ve!industries!and! other!public!ins9tu9ons!in! clusters.!! •  Students!and!PhDs!need!to!be! trained!in!working!as!experts! in!cross0disciplinary!teams.!! Future!employability! Public! Academic! Industry! Research! Innova9on! Thank!you!for!your!a8en9on!!