Your Perspective: Ins and outs of doing a PhD

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Do you consider to pursue a career in academics and research, and are you interested to find out more about (the path to) PhD-positions? What does working in research entail? What steps can you take during your studies and immediately after graduation? And do you have what it takes to pursue a research career? Ask all your questions to PhD researchers and other experts!

Anna van Oosterzee is a PhD candidate from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and is also a representative of the Faculty of Humanities in PROUT, the university's PhD network.

Zora van Harten is research coordinator in the Department of History and Art History and is the first point of contact for all research-related questions from PhD students and other researchers. 

Aaron Roberts is a PhD candidate in the Sustainable Cooperation (SCOOP) research project. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from San Francisco and did the research master's in History at UU.

Lieke Stelling is associate professor and section head at the Department of Languages, Literature and Communication. She herself received her PhD in 2015 and is now supervisor for PhD candidates on her own research project ‘Discovering Europe in the Early Modern Period: How Literary Bestsellers Shaped a Diverse Community, 1517-1713’.