Doctoral Training Programme

Law & Criminology

2014-2015

Prof. dr. Peggy Valcke & Prof. Dr. Stefaan PleysierCoordinators Doctoral Training

Faculty of Law & Criminology - KU Leuven

Information session; 7 October 2014

Important Websites

• PhD Portal of Faculty of Law & Criminology:

o http://www.law.kuleuven.be/faculty/phdportal/the-doctoral-training-programme

• Overview of Doctoral Seminars and Classes at Faculty:

o Outlook agenda “doctoraat” accessible via this link: https://owa.groupware.kuleuven.be/owa/calendar/doctoraat@law.kuleuven.be/Calendar/calendar.html

(or, alternatively, add the doctoraats-calender into your Outlook or OWA; for more information, see: https://support.office.com/en-US/Article/Sharing-your-calendar-in-Outlook-Web-App-7ecef8ae-139c-40d9-bae2-

a23977ee58d5?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#__toc375064923; Outlook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAxsCOH-

Z18, OWA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUfAVPEsHI)

o Registration via https://www.law.kuleuven.be/apps/activiteiten_ci/en/portaal/activiteit

• Overview of Doctoral Classes and Activities at KU Leuven:

o https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/opleidingen/cursus/index.php

o See in particular: Scientific Integrity for starting PhDs: http://www.kuleuven.be/research/integrity/culture/phd_lecture.html

Important Websites

• Skills training:

o ICTS: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/english/trainings/eng_training

o Teaching: http://www.kuleuven.be/onderwijs/professionalisering

o Methododology: http://lstat.kuleuven.be/training/index.htm

• Leuven International Doctoral School for the Humanities and Social

Sciences Initiatives:

o Information and initiatives: http://ghum.kuleuven.be/phd/

• Flames:

o Flanders Training Network for Methodology and Statistics

o Flames training: http://www.flames-statistics.eu/training

Important Documents

http://www.law.kuleuven.be/faculty/phdportal/the-doctoral-training-

programme

• I. Faculty of Law Doctoral Regulations: artt. 26-33 (available in Dutch

and English);

http://www.law.kuleuven.be/faculty/phdportal/doctoralregulations

• II. Faculty of Law Doctoral Guidelines: section 3 (available in Dutch and

English); http://www.law.kuleuven.be/faculty/phdportal/guidelines

• III. Form D002: “Doctoral Proposal” should not only contain a doctoral

thesis project, but also a proposal for a doctoral training programme (Art.

30 Doctoral Regulations)

Art. 26: Aims of the Doctoral Training

Why a Doctoral Training?

1° to train you as a researcher

2° to broaden and deepen your knowledge

3° to provide you with new skills (‘encourage developments of diverse

competences’), important for your doctoral thesis and/or your future career

Central role of your (co-)Promoter (*), Supervisory Committee and

Coordinator

• He is an active researcher and has acquired a sound reputation

• She is responsible for the quality of the doctoral research plan of the doctoral

student

• He provides intensive supervision

• She is responsible for creating a pleasant professional work environment

• He creates a research environment in which the integrity of academic practice

• She is jointly responsible for the efficient progress of the doctoral process

• He draws up jointly with the doctoral student a schedule for the doctoral training

• …

(*) Criteria for the good Promoterhttp://www.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/doctorandi/profiel.html (NL)

http://www.kuleuven.be/research/phd/profile.html (EN)

What can the Coordinator do for you?

Art. 27: Functions of the Training Coordinator

1° coordinates activities within doctoral training programme (ensures they

are spread evenly)

2° assists doctoral researchers in organisation of doctoral training

activities

3° provides information on applicable doctoral training regulations

4° informs the doctoral committee on doctoral training

5° organises doctoral classes

and approves doctoral seminars.

Art. 28: Structure of the Doctoral Training

Training consists of 2 parts:

•Truncus communis

= 6 mandatory tasks

•Additional part

= it is mandatory/obligatory to realize this, but you choose the activities

Art. 28, § 2, 1°Truncus communis :

1. One high-quality international publication or two high-quality national publications (journal article, monograph or book chapter) in the language of the discipline

= substantial and original, of which you are first (not necessarily only) author

= article in a journal or in a book, monograph or a chapter in a book

>< annotation, chronicle, newsletter, purely electronic publication

If you hesitate: ask the Coordinator !!!!!!!

Art. 28, § 2, 2° and 3°

Truncus communis :

2 & 3. Present 2 Doctoral Seminars (give lecturedealing with your doctoral research, actual topic or recent publication) + attend 4 DoctoralSeminars (of which 2 as respondent):

In consultation with, and announced timely (2 weeks in

advance), by the Coordinator

Public: doctoral students can attend free of charge

At our Faculty of Law, unless an exception is admitted in

advance by the Coordinator

Personal presentation of min. 1 hour, with Supervisor &

SC present

One of the two has to deal with (parts of) your doctoral

research; doctoral seminars normally coincide with

meetings of SC (art. 16).

Art. 28, § 2, 4°Truncus communis:

4. Oral presentation at international

congres/conference= by giving a lecture or an equivalent activity

= ask your Promoter/Supervisor for opportunities

= does not have to deal with doctoral thesis

= networking is the message!

Art. 28, § 2, 5°Truncus communis:

5. 16 hours attendance to

classes or activities organi-

sed for doctoral students

• choose Doctoral Classes out of the Program 2014-2015 (N.B. attendance to a

Doctoral Seminar of one of your colleagues can not be taken into account as a

class, unless announced otherwise)

• you are free to choose (it is in general adviseable to choose a healthy mix

between classes on ‘Methodology’ and ‘Skills’)

Exception (1): crash course = obligatory for FLOF doctoral students

Exception (2): Seminar on scientific integrity = obligatory for all starting PhDs

http://www.kuleuven.be/research/integrity/culture/phd_lecture.html)

External training activities or workshops can be valorized as doctoral class ifyou submit your substantiated demand in advance to the Coordinator.

Art. 28, § 2, 6°

Truncus communis :

6. Progress reports approved by your Supervisory Committee (art. 16)

Art. 28, § 3 Additional Part

enables the doctoral researcher to compile a portfolio demonstrating topic-

related and methodological knowledge and knowhow, skills and tools which will

support future professional career at or outside KU Leuven

may not be in contradiction with your statute, nor delay the achievement of your

Doctoral Thesis or diminish its quality

Final responsable = doctoral student

For instance: teaching, language courses, classes in European Law, summer school,

MaNaMa, more publications, organization of a workshop, co-editing of a book, …

Art. 29, §1: Request for Exemption

If reasonably not possible to achieve a task of the truncus communis:

you can ask for an EXCEPTIONAL and personal exemption

• Adress request to DC and provide motivation

- DC can impose another task instead of the task you cannot fulfil

- Exemption can never be obtained for the Doctoral Seminar

dealing with your Doctoral Research (Progress Report)

Art. 29, §2: Request for Valorization

If you have accomplished one or more tasks out of the truncus

communis before your doctoral research starts:

you can ask for a Valorization at the moment you submit your

Proposal of Doctoral Training

Via Form D002

Request to adress to DC

Describe precisely which older achievement you would like to be

taken into account as a task of your truncus communis

Automatically granted when having completed 1° research master

(counts as 10h doctoral classes); 2° Ius Commune research school

Valorization is only possible for activities during the last 5

years before your request.

Art. 31: Request for a Certificate

When you have achieved all the tasks of your doctoral training (no

min. nor max. term to complete the training, but Art. 7 and 16!):

you can demand your certificate to the DC

Via Form D005

Fill in each task with all the details (dates & places, organisator,

subject, number of pages etc.)

Do not forget as attachment: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- What is not in does not exist…!!!

- You need your certificate before you can organize your

doctoral defence!

Doctoral classes 2014-2015 => online portal

“Methods”

Crash course

4 Modules:

• Academic writing & research

• Legal Theory

• Methods of comparative research

• Methods of social science research

“Skills” – e.g.:

• ICT skills

• Databases

• Time management

Thank you for your attention!

Any suggestions about the PhD Training are welcome (now or later):

doctoraat@law.kuleuven.be

We wish you a stimulating and productive PhD career at KU Leuven!!

Prof. Dr. Bernard Tilleman (dean) & Prof. Dr. Jeroen Maesschalck (vice-dean research)

Prof. Dr. Peggy Valcke & Prof. Dr. Stefaan Pleysier (coordinators PhD Training)

Dr. An Goris (faculty research policy advisor)

Andreas Van Impe (AAP/BAP delegation)