Opening Event of the PhD Supervisors’ Academy

You are warmly invited to the opening event of the PhD Supervisors' Academy on Thursday, 11 December 2025 at Tellus Stage! The Academy offers online training, networking, and peer mentoring to PhD supervisors. The event consists of two parts: a session open to all and a workshop for pre-registered participants. The event will be held in English, and refreshments and light snacks will be served.

Open Program 12–13

• Introducing the PhD Supervisors' Academy, Director of the Graduate School Annu Perttunen
• The Role and Significance of PhD Supervision at the University of Oulu, Vice Rector for Education Mirja Illikainen
• How Research on Doctoral Education Can Inform Supervisory Practices, Professor Kirsi Pyhältö, University of Helsinki

Everyone is welcome - no registration required.

Workshop 13–16

• Theme: How to Cultivate a Collegial Turn in Doctoral Supervision: Current Trends and Dialogical Tools
• The workshop will be led by Associate Professor Mette Krogh Christensen (University of Aarhus), an expert in PhD supervision

Register for the workshop by 27 November 2025.