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Ph.d.-kurs

We offer five ph.d.-courses. See overview

Network and Mobility

We know how important a solid professional network is for good research. We also know how difficult it can be for new researchers to build such a network! In NORWEL, you participate in several activities that help you build solid and lasting professional networks for your career.

Research/Internship Stays

All students at NORWEL are encouraged to undertake a research stay at an institution abroad, either through NORWEL’s partners or other arrangements. We can also facilitate research stays within Norway at UiT and NTNU or internships with our partners in the public sector.

Collaboration with FORSA

NORWEL collaborates with FORSA. It is possible to participate in the annual conferences and writing workshops. At FORSA conferences, a dedicated pre- or post-conference day will be organized for NORWEL members. During writing workshops, we arrange a session exclusively reserved for NORWEL members.

Opportunity to Apply for Funding

As a student at NORWEL, you can also apply for up to NOK 40,000 from NORWEL to cover a research stay abroad.

For FORSA conferences or writing workshops, it is possible to apply for travel support of up to NOK 25,000.

Colloquium group

As a student in NORWEL, you become part of an online colloquium group where you get to know other PhD students from different parts of the country and in different phases of their PhD courses. How often and with what agenda you meet is up to the participants. Each group is also assigned a senior researcher who is available when the group needs it.

General Assembly/ “Allmøter”

General Assembly are a place for members of NORWEL and other interested parties to meet between symposia and across the colloquium groups. General meetings are fixed meeting points held on the first Monday of June and November. They have a two-part agenda: a presentation on a predetermined topic followed by a discussion, and an open session where participants are free to raise questions, ideas, and other matters related to the research school.

Symposia

NORWEL symposia are our arena of collaboration between PhD students, frontline workers and leaders in the social services, senior researchers and representatives from user organizations.

NORWEL Symposia serve two purposes. Day one has a guiding topic relevant for our PhD-students and others with an interest in researcher education in social work and child welfare. On day one, leading researchers, representatives from different practice fields, user organizations and PhD students will present lectures, with ample opportunity for discussions.

Day two is workshop based. Workshops are organized according to the projects of our PhD-students, and with an invitation to everybody interested in contributing to help our students in tailoring their studies with the needs of the practice fields in mind.

Symposia are arranged in connection with one of the five PhD courses to reduce the need for flights and thus, the burden on the environment. Travel costs for participation in courses and symposia are covered by the school.