Davies, Julie; Vieker, Karol; (2023) Building diverse and inclusive doctoral ecosystems. [Magazine_article]. Global Focus , 17 (2) pp. 35-40.

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Doctoral candidates may be some of the most vulnerable students in business schools. They can be at the mercy of supervisory relationships, isolated, and anxious about completion deadlines, finances, and their next career steps. On the one hand, doctoral students are the lifeblood for the academic faculty talent pipeline. In countries like Sweden, doctoral students are salaried employees who work on an equal basis with other staff. On the other hand, in business schools there are large numbers of undergraduates and more profitable sources of tuition fee income. Doctoral education can seem like a Cinderella activity – marginalised and overlooked. Moreover, the cost-of-living crisis means that minimum stipends need to be raised for PhD candidates to cope with rising inflation as we have seen at the University of Chicago.

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