How to network in international doctoral programs -similarities and differences in doctoral programs Professor, Dr. Ekon Odd Jarl Borch Bodo Graduate School of Business Bodo, Norway

The doctoral program of Bodo Graduate School of Business The doctoral program consists of: – Completion of an independent piece of research in active collaboration with the academic advisor and other researchers –An approved set of doctoral courses (40 ECTS) –Participation in active research environments, both national and international –Research dissemination that is closely linked to the dissertation in progress Formal contract with guarantee that the student participates actively in a research environment

Doctoral courses in the Bodo- program Quantitative methodology course Qualitative methodology course Broad entrepreneurship course Academic writing course Specialized entrepreneurship course. f. ex. Community entrepreneurship

The PhD-research process in Bodo Supervising committee with external professors Informal paper writing courses every semester with external professors Frequent feedback from main supervisor in the first phase At least one of the PhD-courses outside the institution preferably abroad Participations in 2-3 international conferences a-year Writing papers with international colleagues Taking part in joint research projects with external participants International publishing Participating in arranging research conferences

Fields of international networking and cooperation within the PhD-programs 1.Exchange of professors Create an entrepreneurship faculty pool with professors willing to contribute to programs in other institutions Student Advisory committees with professors from other countries Informal paper writing workshops with international faculty PhD-courses with broad participation from other institutions and with international faculty 2.Create broad packages of doctoral courses with participation from several countries 3.Create PhD-student network with social exchange at the most visited conferences Stimulate writing papers with colleagues from other countries Facilitate publication in journals 4.International joint research projects Students taking part in international research projects Joint financing for example within EU 5.International joint PhD-programs