Programme Doctoral Education Day
Join us for a day of interactive lectures, debates and showcases of activities! We invite you as a PhD student, supervisor, postdoc and junior/senior faculty.
What skills researchers need and why
Come and learn how to be an effective and professional researcher - whether you are a PhD student, supervisor, postdoc or junior/senior faculty.
Focus during this day will be on skill sets that will be useful throughout your career: time management, rigor and reproducibility, mindfulness and career preparation. Take part in a debate about the relative merits of preclinical and clinical research. There will be something for everyone during this day when we celebrate the research and doctoral education we offer at KI!
Venue
Aula Medica, Solna (Nobels väg 6). Save the date in your calendar.
Programme
09:00 Opening and overview of KFU
Erika Franzén - Prof of Physiotherapy and currently Vice Dean of Doctoral Education at KI (Dean from 1 July 2026).
09:15 Implementing R3 and open science
Gundula Bosch (Johns Hopkins University, USA) - PhD, MS, scientist and educator leading global education reform through training programs in critical, broad, and interdisciplinary scientific thinking.
10:05 Coffee
10:35 How to be an effective time manager
Åsa Burman - PhD. Åsa is the founder of Finish On Time and author of the book "The Doctoral Student Handbook" (Natur & Kultur 2017).
She is Reader (Docent) in practical philosophy at Stockholm University.
11:25 Panel debate
12:10 Lunch
13:30 Why we do/don’t need preclinical/clinical research
Debate.
14:15 A step towards a career
The KI internship program’ careers service.
14.30 Coffee
15:00 Where and how a PhD can take you in your career
Elena Hoffer - Graduated from Karolinska Institutet in late 2023 and started my career as an entrepreneur. My company, Alma.me, is focused on supporting PhDs in their transitions into non-academic careers.
Maria-Alexandra Toma - International PhD graduate from Karolinska Institutet. After completing my doctoral studies in April 2022, I transitioned into Medical Affairs at Amgen Sweden later that year, starting as a Medical Science Liaison and now working as a Medical Advisor.
Asraa Ziadi, European Patent Attorney. Received my PhD in Spain in 2014 and continued as a post-doctoral researcher in Japan. I wanted to stay in academia but outside traditional research, and became a Scientific Communicator in Japan in 2016. After returning to Sweden, I explored roles such as scientific journalism and laboratory work, but felt that something was missing - until I discovered my current profession through a blog.
16:00 The state of academia - then and now
Bob Harris - Prof of Immunotherapy in Neurological Diseases and currently the Dean of Doctoral Education at KI.
16:30 Summary of day
Exhibitions stalls
Exhibitions stalls showcasing KI thematic doctoral programmes, clinical research schools, courses regarding intellectual property rights, medical innovation, open science, Career Service, University Library, Doctoral Students’ Association, Student and doctoral student ombudspersons.
Contact
Contact us with questions: PhDday2026@akademikonferens.se.
Doctoral Education Day is organised by the KI Committee for Doctoral Education.