The fifth Summer School on Higher Education: Theories and theoretical concepts in the higher education research process, August 13 - 14

Keynote speaker:

• Prof. Anna Kosmützky, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Evening workshop convenor:

• University lecturer Johanna Kiili (PhD), University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Welcome to the fifth Summer School on Higher Education, organised for the second time as an international summer school. The theme of this year Summer School is ”Theories and theoretical concepts in the higher education research process”. The summer school addresses the big decisions faced by all PhD students in the course of their PhD: the choice of the theories and theoretical concepts and their match to the chosen methodologies. The keynote and the evening workshop, as well as the student papers may focus on any or all of following themes:

• Relationships between theories and data in higher education (HE) research
• Theories/concepts and methodological choices
• Process of choice of relevant theories and theoretical concepts in HE research
• Development of theories through empirical research

The summer school provides PhD students an opportunity to present and get feedback on their own research as well as to meet senior researchers and other PhD students from the field of higher education research. The format of the summer school is based on students presenting their own papers, commenting on papers by other students and receiving feedback also from senior colleagues. Each paper will be commented by a student discussant and senior discussant. The senior commentators will be recruited after we will receive abstracts from participants. The language of the summer school is English.

PhD students may receive credits for presenting a paper in the summer school. However, each student must negotiate this with their supervisor in advance. Recommended credit amount for participation is 3 ECTS credits.

The Summer School is organised by Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER) and Consortium of Higher Education Researchers in Finland (CHERIF).

 Important dates:

• The deadline for the applications is 15^th April 2018
• Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 15th of May 2018
• The participants are asked to submit the full papers (3-5 pages) by 1^st of August 2018

Application form, instructions on writing an abstract and a paper as well as the updated program can be found on our web page: https://korkeakoulututkimus.fi/summerschool2018

Scientific Leader: 

Terhi Nokkala, Senior Researcher
University of Jyväskylä
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
E-mail: terhi.nokkala@jyu.fi
Tel. 040 805 4270

Further information:
Jouni Helin, Project Researcher
University of Jyväskylä
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
E-mail: jouni.helin@gmail.com
Tel. 040 805 4070