Request for apreliminary review of a doctoral thesis
To be filled in by the doctoral student:
Information about the doctoral student
Name:
Personal identity number:
Information about the thesis
Third cycle subject:
Faculty:
Type of thesis (compilation/monograph):
Thesis title:
Name of principal supervisor:
Name/s of other supervisor/s:
Information about the public defence
Planned date and time:
Venue (preliminary booking with Maria):
Date of the electronic notification of the date of the public defence:
Date of the results of the preliminary review (3 months prior to the public defence):
Included articles
State the title, author/s in the correct order, journal, year, volume, page numbers.
Also state to the best of your ability your personal contribution in each article in terms of planning, conducting of experiments, writing of article, etc.
Article 1:
Personal contribution:
Article 2:
Personal contribution:
etc.
Signature doctoral studentDate
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To be filled in by the supervisor:
Suggestion for external reviewer (CVattached)
Name and title:
Email:
Link to website:
Address:
Suggestion for examining committee (CVs attached)
Name and title:
Email:
Link to website:
Address:
Name and title:
Email:
Link to website:
Address:
Name and title:
Email:
Link to website:
Address:
Suggestion forsubstitute on the examining committee (CVattach)
Name and title:
Email:
Link to website:
Address:
Suggestion for Chair at the public defence
Name and title:
Email:
Address:
Signature principal supervisorDate
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To be filled in by the principal supervisor and the doctoral student:
The objectivity and impartiality of the external reviewer and the examining committee
The supervisors and doctoral student hereby declare that no ties or conflicts of interest (collaborations, joint publications during the past five years, applications, doctoral students, former supervision assignments, grants or other connections) exist with regard to the proposed external reviewer and members of the examining committee:
Signature and date, principal supervisor:
Signature and date, doctoral student:
Signature and date, supervisor:
Signature and date, supervisor:
What is a conflict of interest?
According to the Swedish Administrative Procedure Act, a conflict of interest, or “disqualification”, exists when surrounding circumstances are likely to undermine confidence in the impartiality of the person in charge of processing a matter. The Act also states that “Anyone who knows of any circumstance that could constitute his disqualification is obliged to disclose it on his own motion”. The members of the examining committee and the external reviewer shall therefore not have any ties to the doctoral student, supervisor or project.
For examples of rules regarding conflicts of interest, see the Swedish Research Council:
•A research collaboration and co-production occurred within the past five years is considered a conflict of interest. A joint article is enough for it to be considered a co-production.
•Collaborations that took place more than five years ago may still be considered a conflict of interest.
•Doctoral student-supervisor relationships are considered to be a conflict of interest, regardless of how long ago it took place.
Application for preliminaryreview, CAS, approved, 10 November2015