Dr/THS

Do you want to invest your free time and energies to learn soft skills and improve your CV? Do you want to expand your network? Do you want to be the organizer of interesting and/or fun events for all the 2074 PhD students at KTH? If life for you is not just about studying for your PhD, then come and join our team as the new PhD Chapter Event Manager!

Send the application to board [at] phd.ths.kth.se specifying: name, contact information (email and phone), school and department information, which position you apply for (in this case “Event Manager”), a short summary of why you would like to join such position (50-100 words) and include a list of previous experiences if available.

Note that this position is not time-compensated from KTH because it doesn’t include student representation tasks. It is also OK to apply for it if you are not (yet?) a PhD student at KTH.

Update: Check the status of nominations on our Elections page!

Do you want to get paid time during PhD to work with career events, educational projects and policy? Do you want to get involved in the decision-making process and represent PhD student rights at KTH? Are you ready to meet new friends and be inspired besides your own research? Then we want you for the PhD Chapter board. Applications are open until June 5th. Please send an email to board [at] phd.ths.kth.se with your

1) Name

2) Contact information (email and phone)

3) School and department information

4) Short summary of why you would like to join the board (50-100 words).

5) Specify if you would like to become Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer or simply a Board Member.

6) List previous experiences with PhD representation work (i.e. PAD representative, local school PhD board member, etc.).

Once you have submitted your application we will contact you for interviews. The next board is elected at the summer meeting on June 8th and followed by a delicious barbeque.

For more information: board [at] phd.ths.kth.se

Update: Check the status of nominations on our Elections page!

KTH Campi published an article (in Swedish) about a sustainable future for the PhD studies in Sweden. It features a research from Erik Joelsson (University of Gothenburg) and contains a contribute from the PhD Chapter.

Read it here: https://campi.kth.se/nyheter/den-perfekta-doktoranden-1.724877

17-30 April it is time to vote!

How to vote:

Enter THS website and press ”Already a member”. When logged in you press “VOTE” and scroll down and there you find the candidates. You can vote on max one candidate. To vote you have to be a member of the Student Union.

There are two competitions to win!

In the first one the object is to have the highest participation count of all the chapters and in the other one we need to get a higher participation count than last year!

Enter and vote now!

More info here