Doctoral Students’ Experiences of Being Affiliated with an Interdisciplinary Graduate School in Aging and Health

Charlotte  Löfqvist; Maria Haak; Catharina Melander; Gudrun Edgren; Søren Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen; Susanne  Iwarsson

doi:10.1080/13562517.2021.2000386

Doctoral Students’ Experiences of Being Affiliated with an Interdisciplinary Graduate School in Aging and Health

Charlotte Löfqvist
, Maria Haak
, Catharina Melander
, Gudrun Edgren
, Søren Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen
, Susanne Iwarsson

DPU - Danmarks institut for Pædagogik og Uddannelse - Generel Pædagogik og Pædagogisk Filosofi, Emdrup

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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Abstract

Little is known on how students experience navigating the field between disciplinary boundaries and interdisciplinary educational contexts. Therefore, it is of great concern to explore how this kind of interdisciplinary doctoral education is perceived and can contribute to their preparation for interdisciplinary research on ageing and health. The overall ambition with this paper is, therefore, to describe the establishment and development of one novel interdisciplinary Research School by using The Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) as case example. Moreover, to explore doctoral students' perceptions of being part of SWEAH and to provide implications and recommendations for institutions and supervisors to accomplish an interdisciplinary Graduate School aiming to prepare junior researchers for strong careers in interedisciplinary research on ageing and health.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Teaching in Higher Education
Vol/bind	29
Nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	502-517
Antal sider	16
ISSN	1356-2517
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2021.2000386
Status	Udgivet - mar. 2024

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PhD education
Doctoral programme
Higher education
Networking
Transdisciplinarity
Integrative education
Mentoring
Learning journey
Academic careers

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Doctoral Students’ Experiences of Being Affiliated with an Interdisciplinary Graduate School in Aging and Health. / Löfqvist, Charlotte ; Haak, Maria; Melander, Catharina et al.
I: Teaching in Higher Education, Bind 29, Nr. 2, 03.2024, s. 502-517.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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