Doctoral School of Political Science 2018/2019 Orientation Session

1. Welcome to the Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations Orientation session for PhD students 2018/2019

2. ADMINISTRATION SchoolDirector: AndresMoles Doctoral School Coordinators: Kriszta Zsukotynszky Eszter Fugedi

3. Departmental Coordinators SPP: Zoltan Wagner IR: Zlata Kharatinova POLS: Eva Lafferthon

4. Track Representatives IR: Thomas Fetzer PP: Cristina Corduneanu-Huci CP: Carsten Q. Schneider CP:Comparative Politics PE:Political Economy PT: Political Theory IR: International Relations PP: Public Policy PT: Nenad Dimitrijevic PE:LaszloBruszt

5. Unit Heads IR department: School of Public Policy:POLS department: Alexander Astrov Martin Kahanec Zoltan Miklosi

6. About YOU… • 15 students from 12 countries • Hungary, Tunisia, Turkey, Russian Federation, Mexico, Czech Republic • United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina • India, Romania, Jordan, Macedonia • selected out of 293applicants! • Congratulations!

7. About the School… • 5 tracks, 3 units, 1 school • 50+ Faculty • 100+ Students • PhD in Political Science • Joint core methods and prospectus course • Common rules • Uniform examination

8. Who to turn to? Administrative queries: SchoolCoordinators(Kriszta and Eszter) School Director(Andres) Academic queries: Track Representatives SchoolDirector

9. Office: Akademiastreet1, 2nd floor, room 201 • Website: http://pds.ceu.edu • Further info:ds@ceu.edu Where to find us?

10. CEU offerscommon PhD labsasstudentworkingspace in October 6. street 7: • 4th floor 419/d • 4th floor 441/b • 4th floor 441/c • And in October6. streetand 12: • 5th floor O6502 • 5th floor O6503 • 5th floor O6504 Where can you work? – PhD labs

11. Political Science PhD Lab in Nador street 11: Where can you work? – PhD labs

12. Alltrackshave3 corecourses, 4 creditseach(12 creditstotal) • Corecoursesneedto be completed in thefirstyear Curriculum: core courses

13. Commoncourses for alltracks: • Research Methods and Design (4 credits) • ProspectusSeminar (2 credits) • Mandatoryfor allstudents in thefirstyear • Departmental/ Research seminar • Organizedbydepartment, mandatory for allstudents Curriculum: mandatory courses

14. Advanced topicscourses • Must takeatleast 2 credits of advancedtopicsfromyourowntrack(canbe doneafter the 1st year) • Coursesfromothertracks • Must takeatleast 4 creditsfrom a trackotherthanyours / ormethodscourse • Coursescountingtowards a minor • Youcantakeadditionalcreditsfromothertracks. Ifyougain 8 credits overall formanothertrack, youareentitledtoget a minor fromthattrack Curriculum: elective courses

15. Methodsinstead of advancedtopics • you may ask the permission of your track representative to replace the track-specific ‘advanced topic’ course with an optional methods course • Methodsinstead of othertrackcourse • you may replace the ‘other track’ credits with optional methods courses • MA courses • Exceptionallyyou may ask the permission of the doctoral committee to take 4 credits of MA courses instead of the non-track courses Complicating the curriculum

16. Youcanget a minor in Social Science Methodologyifyoutake 8 credits of methodscourses • (Mandatorymethodscoursesdon’tcount!) 2 credits optional methods courses

17. Courses • GPA: 3.33 average for all courses • Minimum 18 creditscompleted (core+methods+prospectusseminar) • Exams • Prospectus submission • 27 May, 2019 • Comprehensive Examination • 17-20June, 2019 (TBC) • B+ or better grade for bothProspectus and Oralexamto pass Advancing to PhD candidacy

18. Temporary Supervisor • Assignedfor studentsatthebeginning of thefirstyear • Permanent Supervisor • Selectedbystudentsuntil15February, 2019 – appointed by the Doctoral Committee • Supervisory Panel • Starting in the student’s second year, meetstwice per yeartosupervisethe students’ researchprogress, toadvisehim/her and towriteprogressreports • For advice on course-choices:you can rely on your temporary supervisor and on the track representative • In designing your prospectus:you will be helped by your supervisor and the instructor of the Prospectus seminar (Gabor Toka) Supervision

19. Research Groups • Political Economy Research Group (PERG) • Political Behaviour Research Group (PolBeRG) • Public Health Research Group (PHRG) • Conflict and Security Research Group (ConSec) • HigherEducation Research Group (HERG) • Migration Research Group (MiRG) • Political Legal and Moral Theory Research Group (POLEMO) • EnergyPolicyResearch Group (EPRG) • ResearchCenters • Center for Policy Studies (CPS) • Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) • Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) • Center for European Union Research (CEUR) • YehudaElkana Center forHigherEducation Research Groups and Centers

20. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) • Departmental and Research Groups’links • Erasmus agreements (departments) • Graduate Network Conferenceswith: • European University Institute,Florence • Humboldt University – the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Berlin • Sciences Po, Paris • London School of Economics and Political Science, London • InstitutoItaliano di ScienzeUmane,Florence • UniversitatPompeuFabra, Barcelona External links

21. September 10-14: zero week, introductory classes • September 14, 3 pm: Opening Ceremony • September 17: Fall semester starts • September 28: study plan submission • December 7: Fall semester ends • January 7: Winter semester begins • February 15: choice of supervisor, submission of the title of research • March 29: Winter semester ends • April: Annual Doctoral Conference • May 27: prospectus submission • June 17-20: Comprehensive exams Academic Calendar

22. Staying sane Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) The life of a PhD is “solitary, poor, […] and short” Student’s trilemma: Studying/reading/writing Sleeping/exercising/relaxing Socializing/partying

23. Manage time well • Come to us • Seek help: CEU psychological service, Berne Weiss (weissb@ceu.edu) and Laszlo Biro (birol@ceu.edu), Psychologists Psychological Counseling

24. Readers • No hardcopies. Readings are available on CEUe-learningsitehttps://ceulearning.ceu.edu/ • Pigeonholes • Akademiastreet1 • Doctoral Regulations • On the Doctoral Schoolwebsite • It is theregulatingdocument for anyquestionconcerningthe program and yourstudies • http://pds.ceu.edu/regulations Practical information

25. Throughout your studies at CEU, you might face issues that require a decision or the approval by the Doctoral Committee (DC). • Requests to the Doctoral Committee typically include the following issues: • changing one’s student status (stop the stipend, temporary withdrawal, re-enrollment, and extension) • changing one’s supervisors • approval of certain courses or teaching experience • student employment, etc. • To obtain a Doctoral Committee approval, you are asked to contact the DC in writing, by using a Request Form. • You can find the form on the websitehttp://pds.ceu.edu/student-issues Student requests

26. Departmentalelectionsfor the CEU Student Union areorganized in everySeptember • AllCEU programscanelectstudentrepresentativestotheStudent Assembly (Parliament) • The Assembly willelecttheStudent Union Board(government) and the President in earlyOctober • Electionsfor the Doctoral Schoolwill be organized in the nextweeksbytheSchoolCoordinator • Youwillreceiveinformationabouttheelections in email • A studentrepresentativefromthe Doctoral Schoolwillbecome a member of the Doctoral Committee Student Union elections Be a candidate and run for elections!

27. Attend introductory classes of the Zero week: What next?

28. Thank you for your attention! Any questions?