• The PhD programme enables first and foremost, to develop students detailed knowledge of one specific field of knowledge, and through students original research to contribute to this field. But it also gives sudents training in a broad variety of academic skills, engagement through seminars with scholars and practitioners working in a wide variety of other fields, opportunities to be involved in lecturing and teaching, and preparation for the job market.
  • Many of the PhD students also engage through the university in training in learning new languages or developing existing non-native language skills, presenting their work to non-academic audiences such as policy-makers, NGOs or commercial organisations; and writing for and editing POLIS’s series of publications.