PhD in Applied Economics

Academic year 2024-25

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Interdisciplinary and specific educational activities

Cross-cutting training programme for PhD students at the University of the Balearic Islands

The cross-cutting training activities proposed will have specific assessment procedures based on objective tests. As a general rule, the supervisor or tutor shall be responsible for including the assessment or successful completion in the PhD activities document.

Cross-Training Activities

Communication skills inEnglish: Written and Oral expression (Module I).
Objective
Acquire advanced knowledge of English language
Hours
30
Requirements
--
Mode
Intensive and cross training activities. Optional.
Temporality
1st semester of each academic year?
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
Activities in which students can practice writing in English to develop skills for a C1 level context.
Mobility
Not applicable
Language
English
Finding, Using and Communicating Scientific Information
Objective
Develop skills to search for bibliographic references related to a specific research topic in different public and private bibliographic databases.
Hours
30
Requirements
 --
Mode
Cross training activities. Optional.
Temporality
1st semester of each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
 
Mobility
Not applicable
Language
Spanish and Catalan
Communication skills in English: Written and Oral expression (Module II)
Objective
Acquire advanced knowledge of English language (written and oral communication).
Hours
30
Requirements
--
Mode
Intensive and cross training activities. Optional.
Temporality
2nd half of each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
Activities in which students can practice writing in English to develop skills for a C2 level context.
Mobility
Not applicable
Language
English
Ethics and integrity of scientific research.
Objective
Understand the aims and purposes of scientific research on any area.
Hours
30
Requirements
--
Mode
Cross training activities. Optional.
Temporality
2nd half of each academic year?
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
 
Mobility
Not applicable
Language
Spanish

Specific-Training Activities

Research Seminars.
Objective
Attend seminars given by both researchers belonging to the program faculty and national or international renowned researchers invited by the faculty (preferably from international research centers). The seminars will be taught in Spanish or English depending on the presenter's choice.
Hours
10
Requirements
 --
Mode
Specific training activities. Compulsory.
Temporality
Each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
In general, doctoral students must attend a minimum of 10 seminars over the three years.
Mobility
Yes
Seminars taught by doctoral students.
Objective
Receive guidance and support to summarize the findings of a research work, identify and highlight the main arguments supporting these findings, and discuss the different methodological options and their limitations. The seminars will be taught in Spanish or English depending on the presenter's choice.
Hours
30
Requirements
 --
Mode
Specific trainig activities. Compulsory.
Temporality
Each academic year from the second year
Year
Second year
Control Procedure
Public defense of at least two research works.
Mobility
Yes
Preparation of scientific reports
Objective
Carry out a communication or scientific article related to the topic of the PhD thesis, which will be directed by the thesis supervisor. Communications and articles will be written in Spanish or English depending on the national or international nature of the congress or magazine.
Hours
30
Requirements
 --
Mode
Specific trainig activities. Compulsory.
Temporality
 
Year
Second and third year
Control Procedure
Dissemination through publication in national and international top journals.
Mobility
Yes
Research stay at another center
Objective
Promoting research stays abroad to develop one or more topics of the doctoral thesis in collaboration with a foreign research team. The stay will take place in Spanish and / or English depending on the national or international nature of the destination center and the language of the contact professor / researcher.
Hours
160
Requirements
 --
Mode
Optional specific training activities
Temporality
 
Year
Junior or senior year
Control Procedure
Invitation letter and stay accreditation
Mobility
Yes