Doctoral training programme 2023 Agenda
| Theoretical courses
| Methodological courses
IDHEAP’s doctoral programme is coordinated outside the University Conference of Western Switzerland and is offered jointly by the universities of Lausanne, Bern and Lugano. The programme enables doctoral students to interact with leaders in the field of public administration research, thus providing them with the opportunity to familiarise themselves with key methodologies and the most influential publications. The doctoral school’s goal is to accompany students throughout their PhD process. In addition to attending courses, doctoral students receive the necessary support with which to move forward in their research activities, and they are regularly encouraged to share their progress.
IDHEAP’s doctoral students must attend a doctoral school (either IDHEAP’s doctoral school or one recognised as equivalent and approved by the student’s supervisor) before their private thesis defence conference. A total of 15 ECTS are necessary for the obtention of the doctorate, including 9 credits for following courses on theory and 6 credits for courses on methodology. Three of these courses are mandatory: “Public Administration: History and Evolution” (theory, 1.5 credits), “Comparative Public Administration” (theory, 2 credits) and “Methodology and Research Design” (methodology, 1.5 credits). Unless stated otherwise, doctoral school courses are given in English. We strongly urge all potential doctoral students to remember that these mandatory courses only take place every two years.
Doctoral students from outside IDHEAP (i.e. those who do not have a contract with IDHEAP) may attend its courses, workshops and seminars as long as they are enrolled at a Swiss university and that the subject of their thesis is in some way linked to public administration or governance. For more information about its courses, doctoral students from outside IDHEAP should contact the doctoral school’s representative. External doctoral students will be given certificates for course participation.
For more information about the doctoral school, please refer to IDHEAP’s current regulations :
Lectures | Dates & Place |
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Public Administration: History and Evolution by Prof. Geert Bouckaert | 1.5 ECTS (compulsory course) | 16&17.03.2023 | IDHEAP |
Policy implementation as a political process by Prof. Ioannis Papadopoulos | 1 ECTS | 04.04.2023 | IDHEAP |
Current research on place branding and place marketing by Prof. Christophe Alaux, Prof. Vincent Mabillard, Prof. Martial Pasquier | 1.5 ECTS | 01&02.06.2023 | TBC |
Swiss Asian Summer School (SASS) | 2 ECTS | 26&30.06.2023 | IDHEAP |
Lectures | Dates & Place |
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Survey Methodology & Data Cleansing by Prof. Boris Wernli & Max Felder (e.g., on Qualtrics) | 1 ECTS | 27.04 and 04.05.2023 (half days) | IDHEAP |
Structural Equation Modelling by Prof. Jéssica Braojos | 1,5 ECTS | 28&29.09.2023 |
Methodology and Research Design by Prof. Rihoux | 1,5 ECTS | 30.11.2023-01.12.2023 | Anthropôle 2102 |
Vice-Director Doctorate and Research
Prof. Tobias Mettler
+41 21 692 69 50
Tobias.Mettler@unil.ch
Information and registration
christian.chassot@unil.ch