Crisis Mitigation

The program and the University of Graz are prepared to confront the future of the ongoing crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on research. This means first and foremost a strong relationship with the doctoral candidates and with all international and national institutions involved in the education program and at the institutional, faculty, or discipline-specific level. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the doctoral school has responded proactively: it has adapted its way of working and developed strategies to cope with the long-term impact of the pandemic. Managing the current situation and preparing for the future, we will focus on the cluster topics’ online assessment and doctoral dissertation defense, online skills training, supporting doctoral candidates’ mental health and well-being, and managing the effect on collaborations and funding of doctoral education.