During the past two decades, PhD graduate numbers have increased dramatically with
graduates viewed by governments as a means to advance the knowledge economy and …

Writing is one of the main challenges doctoral students face in their process of becoming
researchers. Nonetheless, institutional initiatives to support writing processes are relatively …

Writing is challenging for international students, who often possess inadequate writing skills
and are required to adapt to the new learning environment. Students' approaches to …

This study analyses early career researchers' identity positions from a dialogical-self
perspective and their experiences when facing significant research events over their career …

The present study used a longitudinal mixed-method design to investigate the relationship
between post-PhD researchers' writing conceptions and their experiences, scholarly …

Social support is important for the successful completion of doctoral studies. The aim of this
study was to explore how individual differences in supervisory and research community …

The chapter starts by framing research writing as a dialogic, collaborative and hybrid activity
and discussing the main implications of this conceptualization. Then, based on three …

Purpose This paper aims to show how an Academic Literacies lens can contribute to a
deeper understanding of writing for a professional doctorate (PD) by focusing both on the …

Doctoral education can be seen as a conclusion of postgraduate Education and the highest
achieving degree, remaining in the higher education area domain, or moves further towards …

This dissertation explores doctoral education as a form of social action. The qualitative mode
of inquiry guiding both the theoretical and methodological choices of this work is nexus …