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• Berlin Doctoral Programme

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University degree in Business Administration or Economics (Graduate Diploma or Master/Magister)

German and English

An annual intake of around ten participants from different courses of study.

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Berlin Doctoral Programme A leading player among German business school faculties

- Prof. Dr. Rolf Brühl, Scientific Director of doctoral studies, ESCP Berlin Campus

Since 2003, when it was granted the right to confer doctoral degrees, ESCP Berlin Campus has offered a European doctoral programme in International Management. The School has set itself the task of providing new generations of university graduates with high-quality postgraduate study, which includes the writing and defence of an outstanding thesis, entitling the author to the academic degree of “Doctor of Business Administration” (Dr. rer. Pol.).

An intensive supervision

An intensive supervision to each doctoral student is an integral part of the programme. The regular period of doctoral study is three years: In the first year several courses are to complete: from philosophy of science to international business. The second and third year are primarily devoted to writing the thesis. The course of study ends with the “disputation”.

The ESCP Berlin Campus has joined the “recommendations for assuring a good scientific practice“ and has decided to adopt the “Procedure in Cases of Suspected Scientific Misconduct”

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PhD regulation [DE]

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Berlin Doctoral Programe Europäisches Promotionsstudium in Internationaler Betriebswirtschaftslehre

The regular period of doctoral study is three years..

In their first year doctoral students take part in block seminars and lectures. The seminars build on the students’ university education and, in addition, coach the methodical and methodological skills needed to successfully write a thesis. The seminars are offered as block courses and have the following thematic priorities:

• International Management
• Theoretical and methodological problems of intercultural / international comparative research
• Research programs in economics
• Methods of the empirical social research
• Theorie of Science

Second and Third Year

The second and third years are primarily devoted to writing the thesis, which takes place in close coordination with the supervising professor. Parallel to this, in the framework of research colloquia, current topics of international business studies and related disciplines are taken up and discussed with regard to both contents and methods. In the colloquia, too, doctoral students regularly report on the progress of their thesis, subjecting their work to critical discussion.

Academic exchange

In order to further academic exchange at the Business School , the participants of the programme take part in workshops with doctoral students from other ESCP campuses. Visits abroad for research purposes, as well as the presentation of research results at international congresses, are encouraged, and receive financial support from the ESCP network. The course of study ends with the “disputation”, the oral defence of the thesis.

Berlin Doctoral Programme application and fees

Application process and fees.

ESCP expects from its young scientists outstanding academic work and provides an optimal supervisory relationship. Therefore, the approval process for the doctoral program is highly selective. The programme has an annual intake of around ten participants from different courses of study. About 35 doctoral students are currently being supervised at ESCP Berlin Campus.

Requirements:

University degree in business administration or economics.

University degree in Business Administration or Economics (Graduate Diploma or Master/Magister) rated good or higher; further requirements apply to graduates of other subjects as well as to applicants from other institutions of higher education. The relevant provisions can be found in our PhD regulations (paragraph 3).

High level of proficiency in English

The seminars of the doctoral programme will be offered entirely in English; proficiency in further languages if research visits abroad are planned.

Application

Step 1 contact the academic chair.

Candidates for the program contact the academic chair for the field they are interested in and ask weather a cooperation is possible. The supervision of extra-occupational promotions can be realized.

Step 2 Application Documents

If there is the opportunity to support your research project, application documents need to be submitted. Please use the application form , it includes a list with further documents which are required for a successful application.

Step 3 Admission Interview

Suitable candidates will be invited for an admission interview. Based on the interview and the submitted documents, candidates are suggested to the doctoral board for participating in the doctoral programme which decides on the admission of the candidate.

Annual Fee (3 years)

Registration fee (for admission), final exam (disputation.

In general, these costs are eliminated for research assistants of ESCP Berlin Campus.

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Dahlem Research School (DRS) is the central contact point for current and prospective doctoral researchers. DRS offers individual advice, an extensive qualification program and information on all general aspects of doctoral research. Special consideration is given to the needs of international researchers.

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Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service Freie Universität Berlin offers support for doctoral researchers who wish to gain experience in hosting scientific workshops, developed and organized with participants of other universities within the Una Europa network.

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In cooperation with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), Freie Universität Berlin offers qualified chinese young academics the opportunity for a PhD or postdoctoral scholarship.

Mobility for Doctoral Researchers: Direct Exchange

Within the so-called "Direct Exchange" doctoral researchers can apply for research stays at prestigious partner universities of Freie Universität Berlin and gain new intercultural experiences.

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Mobility: Erasmus+ Europe and Worldwide

As part of Erasmus+ enrolled doctoral researchers at Freie Universität Berlin can apply for student mobility, teaching stays and internships in Europa and beyond. Doctoral researchers with an employment contract can also participate in training stays.

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Doctoral researchers at Freie Universität Berlin can participate in the mobility program for students at German universities (PROMOS) and apply for funding to participate in individually organized academic courses (summer & winter schools) and language classes. Please note that conference travel can not be funded!

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The doctoral study programme Strategic Communication Management is an interdisciplinary study, focusing on new strategic managerial values (personal, intercultural, economic, political, cultural, artistic, religious, health-related, scientific, global, regional, national, and local), leadership competences, soft skills and communication.

Over the course of six academic quarters, the PhD programme focuses on theoretical and methodological approaches to the Humanities and a variety of social approaches to the field of communication. Moreover, strategic managerial skills and profound knowledge of communication management lies at the heart of this particular PhD programme.

Degree Doctor of Science in Communication Management

Duration of programme 6 semesters

ECTS 180 ECTS credits

Language English

Type Online, part-time

Programme start October 2021

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Nowadays, organisations of all kinds are expected to be both rhetorically and aesthetically convincing, and to formulate strategic visions and goals convincingly. Members are also supposed to be integrated with shared values and symbols of identification – often across physical and cultural distances. The aim is to be able to predict the attitudes and demands of the growing number of shareholders, and then manage the relationship across various media.

In other words, organisations are expected to be able to organise and manage messages to and from a variety of recipients across formal organisational boundaries. As a result, communication has become a strategic management concern that includes leadership and human resources as well as marketing, public relations, and advertising.

Occupational Areas

A PhD allows you to take the next step in your career. A PhD is a prerequisite for a leadership position in many areas. It also provides the opportunity to devote a lot of time to a topic and become a real expert in this field.

After successful completion of the programme, you will be able to work in the following areas and many more:

• Public relations
• Leading media, economic and political campaigns
• Managing crisis communication
• Corporate communication
• Press office – corporations and political groups
• Media relations
• Communicology research
• Political marketing
• Communicology specialists for work in institutes and higher education institutions (researchers)
• PR agencies – management
• Strategic and communication counselling
• Communication analysis of competition (benchmarking and SWOT analysis)
• Strategic communication in tourism, etc.

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Structured doctorate.

In addition to an individual doctorate, which is still the most frequent form of acquiring a PhD in Germany, the “structured doctorate” has become firmly established in recent years. The “structured” doctorate is distinguished from the “individual doctorate” by some special formal features, but it primarily strengthens the professional and social integration of the doctoral students compared to an individual doctorate. The doctorate programme covers a standard period of 3 years, including completion of the dissertation and completion of the oral doctoral examination. 180 ECTS credits must be earned.

Programme requirements

The following must be completed in the course of doctoral studies:

• At the end of the first academic year, the candidate has to submit a completed dissertation concept of about 25 pages (6 ECTS) to the examination secretariat. The dissertation concept is assessed as passed or not passed by both supervisors. Exceeding the deadline for submission will result in the loss of admission to the doctorate programme, unless the doctoral candidate is not responsible for exceeding the deadline.
• In the course of the doctorate programme, doctoral seminars and case studies are to be attended in which oral presentations are to be held

Participation in the curriculum

The choice of programme and admission to a programme usually entails a thematic focus. Doctoral students in a programme therefore not only regularly attend the specialist colloquium of their supervisor, but can also benefit from a generous range of additional courses that are specially tailored to the programme’s goals and the needs of its doctoral students. By participating in courses and workshops, both within the framework of the degree and across programmes, you will benefit from the opportunity to discuss and network.

Supervision

Supervision and mentoring in the programmes is distributed among several persons (at least two, often three) who advise on dissertations in a team. A supervision agreement signed by all supervisors, the doctoral student and the spokesperson of the programme sets minimum standards and formulates the expectations of both parties. Naturally, the aim of these agreements is not to further formalise the doctorate in legal terms, but to increase the binding nature of agreements and advisory meetings and to improve the overall supervision.

Difficulties that repeatedly arise while working on the dissertation and which easily impair progress for weeks can be discussed and solved quickly and simply with other doctoral students. And since there usually is a programme coordinator, you also have a contact person for questions and problems that are not directly related to your dissertation.

Admission requirements

• Completion of a first professional degree in a subject closely related to the curriculum offered and that corresponds to the acquisition of at least 120 ECTS credits (Diploma / Master's degree or an equivalent domestic or foreign degree).
• One of the most important admission requirements for the doctorate is the sponsorship of one of the research professors in programme, in which he or she agrees to supervise the candidate’s planned doctoral project. Applicants should therefore familiarise themselves with the research areas of the faculty members and contact potential supervisors before applying for admission. This contact and the preliminary agreement should be indicated in the research project’s description. This precondition is intended to ensure that no doctoral student is left without a supervisor after enrolling in the programme. The commitment is provisional and the supervisors of the thesis may be changed after the start of the programme if all parties involved agree. This is especially the case if the project should be redefined later on.
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We welcome research projects from all over the world. However, the Institute for Media and Communication Studies does not have a structured doctoral education. Earning a doctoral degree from the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Political and Social Sciences can be accomplished through the "apprentice model" (independent research under supervision). You must find a supervisor who is an expert on the topic of your future dissertation and willing to supervise you. Every doctoral candidate has to organize financing independently. Freie Universität Berlin provides further general information on earning a doctorate (doctoral studies portal) .

Please send your applications including your CV, degree certificates, an overview of your study accomplishments and a short exposé of your research project (ca. 5 pages) solely to [email protected] . On top of that it is extremely important that you name potential supervisor(s) , explain how your research interest is situated within the research area of the professor(s) and why you would find it important to be supervised by him/ her. If all this information is provided, your e-mail will be directed to the supervisor. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

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How to get accepted as a doctoral student at the institute for media and communication studies at freie universität berlin:.

The basic requirement for getting approved as a doctoral student by the institute is an outstanding degree in a field corresponding to your future doctoral thesis and the institute’s research areas. Applications and proposals may be submitted at any time of the year to the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, but you should keep in mind that during the periods from mid-February to mid-April and from mid-July to mid-October when courses are not in session, relevant staff will not always be available. Course sessions start in mid-October (winter term) or mid-April (summer term). You may write your thesis in English language, if your supervisor agrees. If you decide to write your dissertation in German but do not hold a German academic degree you will have to pass the DSH (Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang) or the TestDaF (Test of German as a Foreign Language).

Admission procedures in line with the doctoral regulations of the Department of Political and Social Sciences include two steps. First of all, you must find a supervisor (in German “ Doktorvater ” or “ Doktormutter ”) who is an expert on the topic of your future dissertation and willing to supervise you. After having found a supervisor you have to formally apply at the Doctoral Studies Office of the Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Step 1: How to approach the supervisor

It is not possible to apply for a doctorate without specifying your research project and stating your future supervisor. When first contacting the Institute for Media and Communication Studies via [email protected], you have to name potential supervisor(s) and provide a short exposé of your research project (ca. 5 pages) and a short review of your experience in this field including detailed information on your academic qualifications and degree. It is especially important to explain how your research interest is situated within the research area of the professor(s) and why you would find it important to be supervised by him/ her. If all this information is provided, your e-mail will be directed to the supervisor.

It can be helpful to attach a letter of recommendation by a professor you have already worked with. If your academic degree and the research proposal are regarded sufficient and the professor has agreed to become your supervisor, you may send your formal application to the Doctoral Studies Office of the Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Step 2: How to finish your PhD application at Freie Universität formally:

The application to the Doctoral Studies Office of the Department of Political and Social Sciences must include:

1. Research proposal for your doctoral thesis ("Exposé" of 7 to max. 10 pages) including a short summary of the subject in question

2. Declaration of your supervisor, that he/ she has accepted you as a doctoral student

3. Completed form “Zulassung zum Promotionsverfahren“ (Admission to doctoral studies) and "Betreuungsvereinbarung" (Supervisory Agreement).

4. A CV in German or in English language

5. Certified copies of your exam and degree certificates

6. Proof of proficiency in German (for full enrolment without further tests, TestDaF level 4/4 or an equivalent is required) or in English language

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Please send your application by mail to

Early Career Support at the Department of Political and Social Sciences Contact: https://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/nachwuchsfoerderung/ansprechpartner_innen/index.html Ihnestraße 21 - Rooms 201 and 206 14195 Berlin

You can also arrange a personal appointment with the Early Career Support or write an e-mail regarding all formal aspects of the doctoral procedure to [email protected] .

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The Berlin School of Economics unites Berlin‘s career development programs at the PhD and Postdoc levels in a single and unique structure. It combines two pre-existing, very successful career development programs: the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS) and the Berlin Economics Research Associates (BERA) program. The following major institutions active in economics research in Berlin and beyond cooperate within the Berlin School of Economics:

The Berlin School of Economics PhD Program offers doctoral programs in economics, accounting, finance and management. All tracks are very compatible with each other and allow numerous specializations. The doctoral program offers outstanding doctoral students a lively, intensely networked research community and a training structure that develops their talents in a unique combination of high-level academic and applied research.

The Berlin School of Economics Research Associates Program recruits its members from the international job market for new PhD graduates. The program provides a mentoring program and multiple support structures for research activities, travel, and skills development for its members.

Both programs are connected to all major research activities of the participating institutions. A large number of research seminars, workshop series, masterclasses and short courses provide an abundance of new inputs.

The Berlin School of Economics rests on long-running efforts of a highly collegiate work environment in Berlin’s economic research institutions. The success of Berlin School of Economics’ predecessor programs is excellently illustrated by a very strong list of placements of their alumni. The Berlin School of Economics will build on these achievements and will continue them even more successfully.

"I am part of an incredible research group and I'm able to attend all the events that are constantly happening at the universities or other institutions, while getting to travel around the world for regular conferences and workshops. Due to this wonderful mix of activities I get to grow more and more academically and personally."

/// Sofía Garzón, Colombia, Berlin Mathematical School - BMS

„Berlin offers an excellent environment for my doctoral studies in the history of ancient Israel, providing access to renowned experts in the field and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for a comprehensive exploration of the subject.“

/// Jonathan Böhm, Germany, Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies

“The foundation of my research lies in the seamless collaboration of diverse disciplines. The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies not only provides me with a comprehensive platform to embark on my PhD journey, but also offers me invaluable opportunities to foster interdisciplinary perspectives.”

/// Lu Tian, China, Berliner Antike-Kolleg

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Our programs are full-time degree programs which officially begin in August. Students are expected to complete their program in five years. Typically, the first two years are spent on coursework, at the end of which students take a field exam, and then another three years on dissertation research and writing.

The Marketing program draws on computer science, economics, behavioral science, and psychological methods to focus on marketing problems faced by the firm and its management. Through a combination of discipline- and field-based methods, the curriculum enables students to master concepts and research skills directly relevant to business problems. Candidates must come to understand the point of view of practicing managers and be able to bring theory and careful research to bear in illuminating important business problems.

The program requires a minimum of 13 semester-long doctoral courses. Students in the Marketing program are required to complete a year-long discipline sequence typically in microeconomics or psychology. They also complete courses in the areas of machine learning, computer science, statistics, research methods, academic field seminars, and two MBA elective curriculum courses. In addition to HBS courses, students often take courses at other Harvard Schools and MIT.

Research & Dissertation

Students in Marketing begin research in their first year typically by working with a faculty member. By their third and fourth years, most students are launched on a solid research and publication stream. The dissertation may take the form of three publishable papers or one longer dissertation.

Recent examples of doctoral thesis research include: The effects of brand extensions on the value of parent brands; Multi-method examination of the consumption of “knockoffs” of high status brands, and the counter-intuitive positive outcomes for consumer-brand relationships; Competitive analysis of pricing and quality decisions in industries with strictly complimentary products; The psychological effects of pricing, and how these affect consumers and firms; and "Choice amnesia," the motivated forgetting of difficult decisions.

Mengjie "Magie" Cheng

Ta-Wei "David" Huang

“ Finding an advisor who you really click with and who is willing to support your research interests is absolutely key. ”

Current HBS Faculty

• Tomomichi Amano
• Eva Ascarza
• Max H. Bazerman
• David E. Bell
• Alison Wood Brooks
• Julian De Freitas
• Rohit Deshpande
• Anita Elberse
• Sunil Gupta
• Ayelet Israeli
• Leslie K. John
• Elizabeth A. Keenan
• Edward McFowland III
• Navid Mojir
• Das Narayandas
• Michael I. Norton
• V. Kasturi Rangan
• Isamar Troncoso
• Jeremy Yang
• Shunyuan Zhang

Current Marketing Students

• Stuti Agarwal
• Mengjie (Magie) Cheng
• Jingpeng Hong
• Ta-Wei (David) Huang
• Jimin Nam
• Lucy Shen
• Sihan Zhai

Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest

Recent placement, emily prinsloo, 2023, ximena garcia-rada, 2021, serena hagerty, 2022, dafna goor, 2020, byungyeon kim, 2022, grant donnelly, 2018.

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Meet our core faculty.

In addition to our core faculty, visiting lecturers support our various programs. 

Zoltán Antal-Mokos

MCC Professor in Strategy and Director, Strategic Partnerships, ESMT Berlin

Guillermo Baquero

Professor of Management Practice and Faculty Lead of the Master in Global Management Program

Özlem Bedre-Defolie

Associate Professor of Economics

Oliver Binz

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Matthew S. Bothner

Professor of Strategy, Deutsche Telekom Chair in Leadership and HR Development

Tamer Boyaci

Professor and Michael Diekmann Chair in Management Science

Christoph Burger

Senior Lecturer and Faculty Lead of the Executive MBA Program

Gianluca Carnabuci

Professor of Organizational Behavior, Ingrid and Manfred Gentz Chair in Business and Society, and Director of Research

Linus Dahlander

Professor of Strategy and Lufthansa Group Chair in Innovation

Francis de Véricourt

Professor and Joachim Faber Chair in Business and Technology, Academic Director of the Institute for Deep Tech Innovation (DEEP)

Hans W. Friederiszick

Research Fellow, ESMT Berlin and Managing Director, E.CA Economics

Michał Grajek

Associate Professor of Economics and Faculty Lead of the Full-time MBA Program

Nora Grasselli

Lecturer in Leadership

Huseyin Gurkan

Assistant Professor of Management Science

Jan U. Hagen

Professor of Management Practice

Rajshri Jayaraman

Konstantin Korotov

Professor of Organizational Behavior

Julia Langdon

Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Ethics and Diversity in Organizations

Chengwei Liu

Associate Professor of Strategy and Behavioral Science

Jan Sebastian Nimczik

Assistant Professor of Economics

Rainer Nitsche

Dean of Faculty and Research, DHL Group Professor in Sustainable Accounting

Angeliki Papachroni

Lecturer in Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship and Faculty Lead of the Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship program, ESMT Berlin

Vlada Pleshcheva

Lecturer in Management Science, Analytics, and Operations

Olaf Plötner

Professor of Management Practice and Director of the Bringing Technology to Market Center

Matthias Qian

Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Eric Quintane

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior

Jörg Rocholl

President and Deutsche Bank Professor in Sustainable Finance

Lars-Hendrik Röller

Professor of Economics

David Ronayne

Henry Sauermann

Professor of Strategy, ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship, and Director of the Institute for Endowment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance (IFEE)

Bianca Schmitz

Martin Schweinsberg

Merih Sevilir

Professor of Finance

Assistant Professor of Strategy

Nazlı Sönmez

Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze

Professor of Management Science and Faculty Lead of the Master in Analytics and Artificial lntelligence Program

Stefan Wagner

Professor of Strategy and Director of PhD Studies

Meet our affiliate and emeriti faculty

Derek F. Abell

Professor Emeritus

Stanley Baiman

Distinguished Affiliate Professor

Francis Bidault

Joachim Gassen

Paul Heidhues

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Wulff Plinke

David T. Robinson

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Call for 10 fully-funded PhD positions at the graduate school of the 'Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data'

For detailed information please refer to:

https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/160622/?search%5Bfulltextsearch%5D=bifold&namespace=jobs_science&locale=en

The positions are part of the Graduate School. BIFOLD conducts scalable agile fundamental research in the field of Al, primarily in the areas of data management (DM) and machine learning (ML).

Based on the overarching research foci of BIFOLD, the Graduate School offers PhD projects in the areas of current challenges in Al, Data Science (DS) and distributed analysis of large amounts of data, with focus on DM, ML, and their intersection; including the development of novel theories, algorithms, and technologies, as well as prototypical systems and tools.

The topics within foundational research in DM and scalable data processing range from distributed DM to secure big data processing, knowledge and research data management, semantic technologies, data programming languages and their compilation, in particular automatic parallelization, distribution, and hardware adaptation as well as the processing of data in the Internet of Things. In this context, the focus lies in the development of novel systems and technologies. Topics within foundational research in ML include Bayesian inference, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and secure ML. Representative topics within the intersection of DM and ML include information integration, information visualization, and data cleansing, in terms of both individual steps and the holistic examination of (data) modelling in iterative and exploratory processes of Al applications in the sciences, medicine and humanities. Another relevant area is that of responsible Al, which aims to provide methods and technologies for Al applications to become understandable, reproducible, and compliant with ethical and legal frameworks.

Brief descriptions of the current research projects of each group and corresponding topics for PhD work can be found at https://www.bifold.berlin/education/thesis-opportunities . Closing date:  May 12, 2023