This episode discusses how PhD education can help regional development and innovation through becoming more collaborative. Saeed Moghadam-Saman examines the specific role of doctoral candidates in strengthening the collaboration between academia and external stakeholders and the skills that they require to become more effective moderators in this process. Drawing on interviews from three different regions within RUNIN network – Stavanger (Norway), Linköping (Sweden) and Twente (Netherlands), he focuses on the existence of a culture for collaborative PhD programs and the complementarity of regular PhD qualifications with “generic/transferable skills”, which he discusses under three categories, i.e., interpersonal, instrumental and systemic skills. Saeed emphasizes that doctorands get more opportunity to develop those skills in a collaborative PhD program. He concludes by pointing out to the need to consider differences between academic disciplines and the active involvement of external stakeholders in the design of PhD education in line with their priorities and expectations. You can read more about Saeed’s research by following this link. https://uis.brage.unit.no/uis-xmlui/handle/11250/3041565
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