Report from EUA-CDE workshop: Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programmes

The 2013 thematic workshop of the EUA Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE) focused on interdisciplinary doctoral programmes, outlining the possibilities and challenges interdisciplinary perspectives present for doctoral education. The workshop, which took place from 17 to 18 January 2013, was hosted by the Politecnico di Torino in Italy and attracted more than 90 participants from over 20 countries. At the workshop, members of EUA-CDE presented case studies of how and why universities engage in interdisciplinary training of doctoral candidates. Staff from Technische Universität München and Newcastle University introduced two major case studies from the point of view of university management, researchers and doctoral candidates in order to show the different motivations and perspectives from the parties involved in such programmes. Ten other case studies were presented in parallel sessions over the two days of the workshop. More information about the EUA-CDE is available here.