Academic career development: Career development support for PhD-students and post-docs Janne Tienari

Janne Tienari Professor, Organization and Management Director of Doctoral Program School of Business, Aalto University janne.tienari@aalto.fi; +358-50-3531093

This presentation Aalto BIZ doctoral program in context Career support for PhD-students and post-docs

1) Aalto BIZ doctoral program in context

Aalto University A merger of three leading Finnish higher education institutions University of Art & Design Helsinki, founded 1871 Helsinki University of Technology, founded 1849 Helsinki School of Economics, founded 1911 •

Aalto schools Art, Design & Architechture Business Chemical Technology Electrical Engineering Engineering Science

Context for doctoral education (Long) transition to a more ’Anglo-American’ model of doctoral education (and academic work) in Finland Professional PhD-work (4 years); funding model; new academic career models Synchronizing University and School level policies and guidelines at Aalto (director and coordinator groups) Admission criteria and selection process; funding model; supervision plan; advisory committees; transferable skills; placement after PhD Efficiency and cost reduction combined with higher quality

Aalto BIZ Doctoral Program Disciplines (12 in total): Organization and Management International Business Organizational communication Entrepreneurship Accounting Business Law Marketing Information Systems Science Management Science Logistics Economics Finance Approx. 200 active PhD-students; approx. 20-25 dissertations per year

Learning Services – Doctoral Program (TOKO) Staff: Coordinator (studies) Responsible for infrastructure and support for PhD-students Planning and implementation of doctoral education and administrative services Process owner (administrator) of the funding model for first and second year PhD-students Curriculum development and core courses Essential academic skills: Producing text and giving presentations Qualitative research: Principles and practices Quantitative research: Principles and practices Philosophy of Social Science Paper development workshop: Qualitative research Paper development workshop: Quantitative research Support for (1) doing research, (2) academic writing and (3) crafting article manuscripts

Points of development at Aalto BIZ Recruitment Clearer admission criteria and (more) competitive selection process New program structure and content Tripartite structure (specialization areas: business, economics, finance) under common umbrella More flexibility for departments and disciplines in terms of content and process More focus on student-supervisor relationship E.g. supervision plan; supervisor teams / committees New criteria for program quality assessment First position after PhD: top universities across the world? Common core Finance Business Economics Differences across disciplines…

2) Career support for PhD-students and post-docs

Aalto BIZ: focus on preparing PhD:s for career in academia Laitoksen nimi 11/11/2018

Elements of support Research Teaching ”Transferable skills”

Research Learning to do research Building a manuscript portfolio Theories Methodologies Empirical work Building a manuscript portfolio Several manuscripts at different stages (in progress; under review; under revision) Variety of journals targeted (”top” journals and others) Single authored (to show that you are capable of independent work) and Co-authored (to show that you can collaborate with relevant others) Specialist or generalist?

Teaching Assisting in (developing) courses Lecturing; grading Pedagogical training

”Transferable skills” (under construction) Media, communication and presentation skills Ethics- and integrity-related skills Project management skills Leadership skills Entrepreneurship (self-employment) skills

Career coaching; mentoring; wellbeing support

Support for life after graduation Help from supervisor and advisors Introduce to networks Encourage conferencing Co-authoring Advice in writing CV:s and applications Advice in preparing for job interviews

Aalto Tenure Track New career system based on US models Key objective: attracting top talent (from outside Finland) Principle of systematic evaluation: predictability, transparency and comparability

However… two ways to understand (academic) career Hybrid Hierarchical Teaching Service Research Consul-tancy Public debate

Q & A