Team-based PhDs would address the isolation caused by current doctoral programmes and improve the efficiency, quality and impact of research — Impact of Social Sciences

Most PhD students think of their doctorate as a lone undertaking. This may be why a high proportion leave graduate school without finishing, and has also been identified as a contributing factor to the mental health problems experienced by many PhD students. Julian Kirchherr argues that tackling the PhD as a team project would be…

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