LYHTY – Bridging PhD Education to Careers in Natural  Resources and Environment 

🎯 Purpose of the Event:
To foster interaction between doctoral researchers and non-academic organisations, including companies and stakeholders. The aim is to build bridges between academia and working life, and to support researchers in exploring career opportunities beyond the university.

📌 Event Structure:
The day is divided into two sessions, and doctoral researchers are welcome to attend both:

• Morning session: Focused on presenting and discussing PhD research plans
• Afternoon session (LYHTY): Dedicated to exploring the working life relevance of doctoral training, including skills, expectations, and career pathways outside academia

👥 Who Should Attend:
All doctoral researchers and their supervisors are welcome, especially those working in the fields of natural resources and environmental sciences, to whom the event is particularly targeted. NOTE! The Morning Session is optional and especially for those who need to complete the research plan seminar course. The actual work-life relevance part and bridge plan exercises are in the afternoon session (LYHTY WORKSHOP). Everyone is welcome, regardless of the stage of the dissertation! Doctoral researchers involved in Kvantum Institute projects – your participation in both sessions is warmly encouraged!

​​PROGRAMME

I (OPTIONAL) Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Programme (TNS DP) Research Plan Seminar​

​​08:00 – 08:30 Round Table & Coffee: Introductions​

08:30 – 10:30 Research Plan Seminar featuring up to 6 presentations, each moderated by opponents, with 20-minute talks followed by 5-minute discussions (PhD researchers and their supervisors, Professor Seppo Vainio & Research Coordinator Jouko Inkeröinen)​

​​10:30 – 11:30 Lunch for all registered participants

​​II LYHTY WORKSHOP Working Life Relevance of PhD Education​

11:30 – 12:00 Annu Perttunen (Director, UniOGS): "Fostering Working Life Skills in Doctoral Training for Broader Career Opportunities"​

12:00 – 12:30 Anne Tolvanen (Professor, LUKE): “Research Institute’s Doctoral Programmes”​

12:30 – 13:00 Sepideh Kiani (Boliden Kevitsa): “Bridging Doctoral Research and Working Life – A Practical Case Story”​

13:00 – 13:30 Discussion

​​13:30 – 14:00 Coffee Break​

​​14:00 – 14:15 Iina Tolonen (Solution Designer, Career Centre): "Career Outlooks Beyond the PhD"​

14:15 – 15:45 Group Work: Exit/Bridge Plan for Post-Dissertation (Facilitated Session, Career Centre)​

​​15:45 – 16:00 Summary and Closing Remarks

Registration (by November 19):

• Research plan seminar (morning session, or both sessions): https://link.webropol.com/s/tnsdp-rps20252

• LYHTY working life relevance workshop (afternoon session - if you skip the morning session, please register here): https://link.webropol.com/s/lyhty25