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Individual Study Plan is a formal agreement between you as a PhD student and the IIIEE, where discussion and agreement with your supervisors and departmental representative(s) regarding the progress and the plan of completing your PhD study is documented. This is also where we officially document your involvement in so-called departmental duties. At the IIIEE, we request all the PhD students to up
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/while-you-are-doing-your-phd/isp - 2025-12-11
Excellence and Renewal in Interdisciplinary Research At the IIIEE we conduct interdisciplinary and collaborative research focused on advancing sustainable solutions. In this section you will find information related to planning and conducting research at the Insitute, as well as support for your research. Contact Luis MundacaProfessor, Research Coordinator+46 46 222 02 57luis [dot] mundaca [at
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/research - 2025-12-11
Due to IIIEE’s diverse research areas as well as its interdisciplinary nature and project-based financing, the type of courses suitable for each PhD student varies. We therefore only have limited number of mandatory courses. The rest of the courses should be selected in consultation with your supervisors.We have a few PhD courses provided at the IIIEE, and there are courses provided by other depar
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/while-you-are-doing-your-phd/courses - 2025-12-11
As of spring 2020, the following four courses are mandatory for the IIIEE PhD students – check when it became mandatory. Introductory Workshop for Newly Admitted PhD Students at LTH held by LTH (mandatory for all the IIIEE PhD students starting their study after 1 January 2019). Interdisciplinary Research Incubator held by IIIEE – the course, run by Prof. Jenny Palm, help all the IIIEE PhD student
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/while-you-are-doing-your-phd/courses/mandatory-courses - 2025-12-11
PhD students, in consultation with their supervisors, choose and take courses other than mandatory courses based on their research needs. Below you find some tips as to where to find these courses. At the IIIEE we offer a course on environmental policy evaluation (link to “Course syllabus EPE general”) roughly every other year, depending on the interests of students. The LTH offers a number of PhD
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/while-you-are-doing-your-phd/courses/other-courses - 2025-12-11
Decision regarding taking courses (and in the case of reading courses or internal IIIEE courses, developing courses), as well as registration of courses and course credits you have taken and received, requires involvement of different people and procedures. An overview of the procedure for four types of PhD courses you may take can be found in the document "Administrative procedure for different P
Currently, the prevailing form of PhD theses at the IIIEE is collection of academic articles supplemented by a “kappa”. It would be very good to think about and discuss with your supervisors how different elements of your PhD research could be translated into academic articles, which constitutes a coherent element of your overall PhD thesis. You can find a guide for developing a thesis here (requi
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To ensure sound progress and enhance the quality of research, all PhD students have two opportunities to receive feedback on the thesis part of their PhD work. One is mid-way review, (a former version of which was called mid-term seminar at the IIIEE), which should take place around half way through the PhD journey, and the second (and the last) one is final seminar, which should take approximatel
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/while-you-are-doing-your-phd/midway-and-final-seminar - 2025-12-11
During your PhD studies you have possibility of being engaged in departmental duties up to 20% of your work time in total. Departmental duties consist mainly of two kinds – those in relation to teaching (e.g. assist running a course in the first or second cycle education the IIIEE provides, provide components of a course such as lectures, seminars, assignments, supervision) and other (mainly) admi
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It would be good to start planning the finalisation of your PhD studies approximately one year before you complete your thesis work and defend it. There are things you should do prior to the making various arrangements needed for your thesis defence, as well as those that must be done in preparation for your defence. Then you will defend, and there are some follow ups afterwards. Many of these req
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/finalising-your-phd - 2025-12-11
The IIIEE is governed by a Board appointed jointly by Lund University and the Government of Sweden. Since 1 February 2022, the IIIEE is directed by Professor Jenny Palm. IIIEE Board The IIIEE is governed by a Board appointed jointly by Lund University and the Government of Sweden. The board consists of 7 members and representatives from staff and students at the IIIEE. Fredrik Andersson, Professor
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Most likely by this time you have thought through the content quite well and discussed with your supervisors/received inputs from external discussants. Below you find some requirements regarding the formalities. Template There are two templates that you need to use. Template for the main text: Since 2015 we have been utilising the PhD template available at MediaTryck, the official printing house
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/finalising-your-phd/phd-thesis - 2025-12-11
The PhD defence goes through many formal processes, which must be followed. In line with the quality assurance agreement between the IIIEE and LTH, we follow the overall procedure used at LTH (the link provides a very good overview of who should do what, and we follow it until otherwise specified in this section). There are some elements specific at IIIEE. Useful information about publishing and r
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This is the very first and indispensable of formal steps for the PhD defence, and should be done by the PhD student. Although the clear deadline is unclear at the moment, most likely it should be a month or more prior to the registration of the defence – meaning that, it should most likely be done 4 months or more before your PhD defence from autumn 2020 onwards. Do check the guidelines available
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/finalising-your-phd/procedure-phd-defence/registration-defence-date - 2025-12-11
While the PhD student prepares for the defence, the PhD administrator makes various logistical arrangement to ensure the smooth defence process.The chairperson should make sure to obtain from the PhD administrator, the document to be filled in by the three examination committee members after the defence. The document is sent from the LTH faculty office about one week before the defence.Supervisors
Once all the process is completed, the PhD student should complete the final ISP. It is then time to apply for the official degree certificate. The PhD student should send in an application – see the guidance here. Before sending in the application, make sure to check with the PhD administrator whether all the courses, as well as the credits for the final PhD thesis, are correctly registered in LA
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As means to discuss various issues related to the IIIEE PhD programme, we have several venues for common meetings. They are:IIIEE PhD Education Council IIIEE PhD supervisor’s meeting As part of the quality assurance agreement between the IIIEE and LTH, we also participate in activities related to PhD education organised at the LTH. Examples of such activities include:Meetings organised for the di
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/meeting-notes-and-other-documents-related-iiiee-phd-programme - 2025-12-11
In addition to meeting your peers, the following people could especially help you initiate a smooth start of your PhD work:Supervisors Personnel administrator Director of PhD studies Director of studies
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/starting-your-phd/who-contact - 2025-12-11
Your supervisors will be the primary advisor of your PhD studies. You are entitled to have at least two supervisors – the main supervisor and an assistant supervisor. You may have more than one assistant supervisor. Please make sure to have a good introductory talk with your supervisors regarding the direction of your study, how you organise the next four years of your PhD studies, which courses t
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/internal/phd-studies/starting-your-phd/who-contact/contact-your-supervisors - 2025-12-11
There are various practicalities you need to fix, such as access to the building, to your office, to IT equipment and the like.The Personnel administrator of the IIIEE will help you with various aspects of these, as well as with fixing employment related contracts.(S)he will provide you with a tour of the house where you get to see who is sitting where, location of emergency exits etc. HR administ
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