POLISS Summer School 19 – 30 June 2023 in Valencia

The POLISS summer school in Valencia, Spain, held from June 19th to 30th, 2023, offered ESRs a platform to showcase their work and gather insights. With engaging talks from external experts, the program aimed to equip ESRs for their future careers post-PhD. Additionally, immersive field trips to the port of Valencia and agri-food research centers underscored the dynamic interplay between traditional economic sectors and cutting-edge technology.

Knowledge & Research

  • Research presentations (ESRs)
  • Organizing role of communities in the local economy
  • Regional innovation policies (examples from the Valencia region)
  • Career opportunities after the PhD (careers in academia, policy and the private sector)
  • Advanced qualitative methodologies
  • Machine learning for the social sciences

Transferable Skills

  • Presentation Skills (in practice, research presentations)
  • CV and social media profiles designs
  • Public speaking
  • Writing research grants (focus on grants from the European Research Council and Marie Curie Individual Fellowships)
  • Navigating hybrid careers (e.g. academia and policy)
  • Using skills and competencies acquired during the PhD in different contexts

Meet the Stakeholders

  • OECD
  • Competence Centre on Foresight at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
  • Technopolis Group
  • EURASHE (the European association of applied higher education institutions)
  • Complexity Science Hub Vienna
  • Port Authority of Valencia (ES)
  • Mercadona (ES)
  • AINIA (ES)

Group Dynamics

  • Group Work
  • Networking
  • Providing and gaining feedback on research projects

Please find the full handbook of the training week here.