CWTS researchers Inge van der Weijden and Josephine Bergmans explored informal caregiving responsibilities among doctoral candidates and examined how being an informal caregiver influenced doctoral candidates’ mental health, doctoral progress, and intentions to quit.

For details of the research, please consult:   PhD candidates and informal care

Slaven Mihaljević, Managing and Leading Change in Higher Education Institutions: The Example of Doctoral Education. Zagreb University, 2019, doctoral thesis.

The aim of the research

Investigating the process of changes in doctoral education at selected European universities and identifying the main factors influencing the results. Multiple case studies  as regards the modernization of doctoral education have been conducted  at four public universities, in Slovenia, Austria, Portugal and Montenegro. The external environment, and the internal organizational culture and structure had a profound impact on the scope, goals, duration and effectiveness of methods used during the process of modernizing doctoral education.

KEYWORDS: Doctoral education; change; change agents; Burke–Litwin model; change management.

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Voorzitster van het bestuur  (vanaf Maart 2020)

• Inge van der Weiden. Senior researcher, lecturer and PhD coordinator Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), University of Leiden.

Leden van het bestuur (vanaf Maart 2020)

• Gab van Winkel. Researcher and adviser on doctoral education. Division: Corporate Strategy & Accounts, Subdivision Dean of Research Office. Wageningen University.
• Linda Martens. Policy officer research. Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University.
• Hannerieke van der Boom. FHML Policy Advisor PhD Affairs, PhD TRACK coordinator & CAPHRI PhD coordinator. Maastricht University.
• Paul van Dijk. Director Twente Graduate School. University of Twente.
• Hans Sonneveld. Advisor and researcher with regard to doctoral programs. Former president of the board.