Chapter A case study of the PhD defence at the University of Trieste, Italy

This volume describes, compares, and analyses the experience of ‘defending’ the doctoral dissertation in a final oral examination in universities and traditions in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and beyond. Forming the basis for a comparative study of the different traditions, 11 case stu...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1659992025-08-19T05:03:17Z Chapter A case study of the PhD defence at the University of Trieste, Italy Tsvetkova, Nikolina Ilcheva, Gergana doctoral education PhD oral examination Italy public defence comparative study thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JND Educational systems and structures::JNDH Education: examinations and assessment This volume describes, compares, and analyses the experience of ‘defending’ the doctoral dissertation in a final oral examination in universities and traditions in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and beyond. Forming the basis for a comparative study of the different traditions, 11 case study chapters include analysis of the regulatory framework; semi-structured interviews with candidates, examiners, and supervisors; and ethnographic observations of the defence. Cases are drawn from universities in Bulgaria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, the USA, and China. Further chapters analyse comparatively the findings in the case studies and explore crucial themes such as the nature and purpose of the defence, the composition of examining committees, the role of supervisors, and the idea of the defence as ritual and performance. Providing unprecedented levels of detail into a process often perceived as hidden from academic debate, this book will enrich the experience of both new and existing candidates as well as examiners and supervisors, and will be of further interest to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students working on the study of higher education, international and comparative education, and assessment in higher education. 2025-08-19T05:03:17Z 2025-08-19T05:03:17Z 2025-08-18T12:30:42Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250818T142723_9781003495000_7 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105579 9781003495000 9781032796321 9781032800134 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165999 eng Routledge Research in Higher Education open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105579/1/9781003495000_10.4324_9781003495000-18.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003495000-18 10.4324/9781003495000-18 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 The Experience of ‘Defending’ the Doctoral Dissertation 13e653f1-e915-4214-af75-c477ff5d4122 7294977f-a731-45c4-a82e-7924b8577525 9781003495000 9781032796321 9781032800134 Routledge 237 - 254 London [...] Sofia University Sofia 10.13039/100017212 open access
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Chapter A case study of the PhD defence at the University of Trieste, Italy
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