Application Form
Third Summer School in Lausanne (September 5-10, 2016)
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1. Please share some personal details with us:First name(s) and family name(s):
Birth date: / (please enter as DD/MM/YYYY)
Nationality/ nationalities:
Gender:
Current address/ residence:
Email address:
Telephone number: / (please enter as + Country/ Prefix/ Number)
When did you start your PhD? / (please enter year)
Would you need a visa to attend the summer school in Lausanne, Switzerland? / ⃝ Yes ⃝ No
2. Please indicate, whether you are applying as a PhD candidate who has been selected by an official ECADOC project partner or on your own:
⃝ / I have been selected for application by a partner of theECADOC project. I would be representing (please name the relevant partner organisation).[Go to question 4]
⃝ / I am applying as one of the doctoral researchers, who will be selected centrally (up to 9 from Horizon 2020 countries[1], up to 2 from other countries of the world).
I am currently registered as a PhD student/ doctoral researcher at:
(please name the university and faculty) in
(please name the country, where your university is based).
[Go to question 3]
3. If you are applying on your own for central selection:
A) Would you like to apply for a scholarship in order to attend the summer school?
B) Would you be able to cover your own costs for participation in the summer school?
You can choose more than one option:
⃝ / I would like to apply for the World Scholarship.(Value 1.800 Euros, only available for non-European PhD students)
⃝ / I would like to apply for one of the 6 European Scholarships. (Value 900 Euros, only available for doctoral researchers enrolled in a Horizon 2020 country. For details, please consult the Call for Applications)
⃝ / I would be able to cover my own costs for participation / my university / my employer would be willing to cover my costs for participation.(5 participants will be selected based on their ability to cover their own costs)
4. Please provide us with some background information on your PhD studies. Please tickall the relevant boxes which apply (several if applicable):
⃝ / I am a full-time PhD researcher
⃝ / I am a part-time PhD researcher
⃝ / I am participating in a structured PhD programme
⃝ / I am an individual PhD researcher (no structured programme)
⃝ / I am doing a PhD as an employee of a higher education institution
⃝ / I am doing a PhD as an employee of a research institution
⃝ / I have a scholarship which finances a large part of my PhD research
⃝ / I finance my PhD studies autonomously (or through family support)
⃝ / Other (please specify):
5. How far have you progressed in your PhD project until now? (tick several, if applicable)
⃝ / I am in the process of defining the goals and the approach of my PhD research
⃝ / My research plan is complete and I have begun my investigation
⃝ / I have already completed more than half of my analysis
⃝ / I have already published first articles on the theme of my research
⃝ / I am close to finalizing the final manuscript of my PhD thesis (less than 1 year until final examination)
6. Please indicate your first (1), second (2) and third (3) preferences for the qualitative workshops offered at the summer school (1 = highest priority):
This information will help us in putting groups together and in selecting appropriate rooms.
⃝ / Consensual Qualitative Research in Vocational Psychology (Prof Dr Jonas Masdonati and Ariane Froidevaux, University of Lausanne)
⃝ / What is Interpretive and Biographical Research and How do we Assure Quality? (Prof Dr Hazel Reid, Canterbury Christ Church University)
⃝ / How can we use Sociological Theories for Qualitative Research? (Dr Anna Bilon, Dr Joanna Minta, Dr Michał Mielczarek, University of Lower Silesia, Poland)
⃝ / Participatory Approaches to Research: Research Circles and Practice Portrait Methodologies (Prof Dr Rie Thomsen, University of Southern Denmark)
7. Please indicate your first (1), second (2) and third (3) preferences for the quantitative workshops offered at the summer school (1 = highest priority):
This information will help us in putting groups together and in selecting appropriate rooms.
⃝ / Ensuring Quality in Survey Research (Prof Dr C Roberts, University of Lausanne)
⃝ / Challenges to Causal Inference in Longitudinal Surveys (Dr G Bolmann, NCCR-LIVES, University of Lausanne)
⃝ / Cross-Cultural Assessment in Career Guidance and Counselling (Prof Dr Sif Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland)
8. (only if you have participated at a prior ECADOC Summer School)
Would you be interested in presenting a joint, international research project in Lausanne?
This information will help us in identifying teams to present joint research projects, as for the summer school in Paris (we can have 2-3 presentations)
⃝ / Yes, I have been working / have finalised a joint project together with… on the topic of … (please complete this information)
⃝ / No
Signature
I, the undersigned, realise that my application can only be processed, if I have:
Offered sufficient proof that I am currently undertaking doctoral research(attach an actual certificate of enrolment or other relevant document)
Demonstrated the relevance of my research project for the broad field of career guidance and counselling (attach a 1-page description of your doctoral research project, illustrating its relevance)
Filled out the complete application form (as appropriate)
Attached my CV in English
Submitted a letter of support from my doctoral supervisor in order to apply for the World Scholarship (please attach, if applicable)
Submitted my application by March 31, 2016 to (who will confirm the receipt of the application)
I hereby confirm that I have filled out this application form truthfully and that I should be able to participate at the summer school from September 5-10, 2016, provided that I receive a scholarship (if I have indicated the need).
In the event that I would not be able to attend the summer school, I will inform the selection committee as soon as possible.
I allow for the scientific committee and the selection committee to process all of the information I have submitted as part of my application (including all attachments) for the purpose of selecting participants for the summer school.
I grant permission for the scientific committee to produce anonymous statistical data from the information I have provided for analyses and publications related to the European Doctoral Programme in Career Guidance and Counselling.
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Please submit a scanned copy of this document or a signed pdf version of this document electronically. No printed copies are needed for the application.
European Doctoral Programme in Career Guidance and Counselling (2016)1
[1] Please read section 3 of the Call for Applications (revised version from January 8) for reference. The earlier version made an ambiguous reference to “European countries”, which we needed to replace by a clear indication.