PhD Council
Introduction
Welcome to the page of the PhD Council for the Faculty of Law. On this page, you can find information about our mission and how we achieve it, what we have accomplished, information regarding support for PhD students, our members and contact information, as well as some useful links.
Mission
The mission of the PhD Council for the Faculty of Law is the following:
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Represent, promote and communicate the interests – in- and outside the Faculty – of all Law PhD students, regardless of their status (employed or scholarship).
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Foster a sense of community between the Law PhD students and assist them in their personal and professional development through the organization of activities and workshops.
How we achieve our mission
1. We represent
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At the GGSL level: the Council participates in regular meetings with the director and the coordinator of the GGSL. Additionally, two of the Council members are specifically focused on ensuring regular liaison with the GGSL. This allows us to stay on top of different issues, including on topics pertaining to the Winter School, the bursary experiment, teaching obligations, supervision in general, and the quality and content of the PhD training.
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At the University level and towards external contacts: the Council also ensures the representation of the interests of the Law PhD students towards different external contacts, such as the Dean of Graduate School, other PhD Councils, Groningen
Graduate Interest Network (GRIN), Gopher, and PNN.
2. We listen
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to the concerns of PhD students of the Faculty of Law whenever they are directly brought to our attention.
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to identify issues and concerns through our regular formal and informal exchanges with our fellow PhDs.
3. We inform
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about all events, issues and opportunities relevant to PhD students pertaining to the Faculty of Law, the University and also our external partners.
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through the events we organize, our email list, our monthly newsletter and our LinkedIn.
4. We organize
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regular social events, including monthly activities like drinks, creative events and game nights and a Christmas dinner, etc.
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workshops and lectures focused on the personal and professional development of the PhD students.
Support for PhD Students
The university offers a number of mechanisms that enable PhD students to raise issues or lodge complaints. A few important mechanisms are listed below.
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PhD Council: As the PhD Council, it is part of our function to bring systemic issues to the attention of the University, both within and, where appropriate, outside our Faculty. Should you as a PhD student have an issue or complaint that you believe may be systemic, we would like to hear about it!
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Confidential Adviser: You can approach the confidential adviser to discuss personal problems, problems in your research or about your future career choices. Jeanette Smit is the confidential adviser for the Faculty of Law.
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Ombudsperson: The purpose of this position is to identify and investigate undesirable patterns of behaviour that have a negative impact on a healthy and safe learning and working environment. If you, as a staff member, experience a problem and do not know where to turn with it, then you can contact Marianne Dijkhuizen.
Members
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Eleni Georgaki (Chair)
Criminal Law and Criminology -
Tessa van Hooren (Secretary)
Constitutional Law, Administrative Las and Public Administration -
Mohammadtaher Azampour (Social Media Coordinator)
Transboundary Legal Studies -
Asuman Ece Yildiz (Events Coordinator)
Transboundary Legal Studies -
Nora Bouzoraa (Events Coordinator)
Private Law and Notary Law -
Inma Carrillo Arroyo (University Relations)
Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Public Administration -
Rachel Cheng (University Relations)
Transboundary Legal Studies
Contact us
Feel free to contact us at phd.council.law rug.nl with any questions, comments or issues, or you may message us individually.
External Links
GOPHER, Groningen Organization for PhD Education and Recreation
GRIN, Groningen Graduate Interest Network
PNN, PhD candidates Network of the Netherlands