PhD in Management

Our programme invites young scholars to explore, learn, and grow in a vibrant environment. Students benefit from two diverse universities, inspiring collaborations, and exciting networking opportunities.

As a PhD student in our programme, you will have access to a broad spectrum of professors, seminars, and workshops that will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in your field of study. Our joint faculty brings together experts from various disciplines, providing a unique and comprehensive approach to management studies.

Moreover, being a part of our community means connecting with a strong alumni network that offers support, guidance, and a lot of opportunities for professional development.

How do you benefit from our joint PhD programme?
The specific feature of this programme is that you will have two tutors/supervisors: one from Bozen-Bolzano and one from Trento.
This is beneficial in terms of:

• Scope of expertise, i.e. exposure to a wider range of knowledge and perspectives,
• Networking opportunities, as you will be part of two different professional networks,
• support and guidance, through access to different perspectives, which will allow you to consider alternative viewpoints and refine your work,
• opportunities for collaboration, as co-supervision can lead to increased interaction between your two supervisors, which may ultimately lead to joint publications.

The joint programme is inspired by the principles of responsible management education and research. It aims at the development of theoretical and applied research in business and management sciences through the acquisition of specialised skills and competencies. The main research themes focus on behaviors and decision-making in various kinds of organizations (e.g., start-ups, SMEs, family businesses, corporations), especially entrepreneurship, innovation management, organization design and HRM, strategy and knowledge management, accounting and accountability. The program proposes and stimulates the adoption and application of advanced theoretical and methodological approaches.

The three-year full-time doctoral programme combines core seminars in quantitative and qualitative methods, relevant organisational and management theories and research strategies with additional individual training. Depending on the specific research interests and career ideas goals of the doctoral student, the content and learning methods research topics, the theoretical and methodological approach as well as the target journals and conferences are determined with the two supervisors.

This topic-specific individual support and mentoring, the promotion of interdisciplinary approaches and critical thinking, as well as financial support for research stays at renowned universities and a generous scholarship are features that set our programme apart from comparable programmes.

Doctoral students will be introduced to specific research areas of both faculties and will have the opportunity to participate in innovative research projects. They will benefit from a powerful combined set of resources (e.g. libraries, datasets, laboratories, facilities) to conduct relevant, international research. The international academic staff of both partner universities offer a wide range of research opportunities.

Applicants for a PhD position can should use the overview of current research interests of potential supervisors as an orientation and contact the respective Collegio members directly to see if their own research ideas are of interest and/or can be supported

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Università di Trento