Seminar on Exciting Writing
October 15, 2008 at 10:01 am | Posted in Seminars | Leave a commentTags: exciting writing, november, seminar
An essential part of being a researcher is not only to generate knowledge but also to communicate your work appropriately. With papers being the prevalent form of communication in academia, writing skills are crucial for any researcher. A specific challenge in academic writing is that it precisely documents your work and is at the same time interesting to read. After all, who likes boring papers?
Considering the importance of writing, the PhD Committee of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration therefore would like to invite you the
“PhD Seminar on Exciting Writing“, held on 7 November from 13-17h at the Karl-Dittrichzaal, UM Visitor Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2.
Two distinguished guest speakers, Carla Denly and Stafford Wadsworth – both with a professional background in journalism, will talk about how they attract the attention of their audiences and how to produce exciting written work.
Carla Denly is an award-winning news and documentary producer from Los Angeles, USA. She has worked for ABC News in various roles and produced documentaries for PBS. More recently, she has been producing profiles of outstanding scientists for PBS and is therefore well acquainted with the problem to convey the work of researchers to a wider audience.
Stafford Wadsworth was born in Lincoln, UK. He is founder member of and taught at the State School of Interpreting and Translation in Maastricht from 1981 to 1993. Mr Wadsworth also taught legal English to graduate classes at the universities of Maastricht and Amsterdam and has written a number of scholarly papers on phonetics and legal translation. Since 1983, Stafford Wadsworth has also been active as a journalist. He was editor-in-chief of Limburg International Magazine, from 1989 to 1999, writing extensively on business, the arts and tourism and producing some 600 stories and a further 3000 short notices on business in Limburg and the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.
The participating FEBA PhD students are encouraged to submit introductions to their current papers, research proposals, or other written motivations for their research in advance. The speakers will analyze the submitted documents and will subsequently address (part of) them in anonymized form during the seminar to point out stylistically good parts and areas for improvement. Please note that the submission deadline for your introductions is 17 October 3pm. Please submit your documents (2-page maximum) to one of the PhD Committee members in pdf-format. All participants that submitted an introduction and take part in the seminar also have the chance to win a book on writing well.
Please note that only a limited number of places is available, which will be given out on a first come first serve basis. While this seminar is primarily targeted at FEBA PhD students, other faculty as well as PhD students from MERIT and School of Governance are welcome to join in. To subscribe you have to sign up in person before 17 October 3pm for FEBA members (27 October for non-FEBA) with one of the PhD Committee members, who you can find at the following locations:
- Erik Pot, Quantitative Economics, A 4.16
- Daniela Osterrieder, Finance, F 3.20
- Stefan Kühn, Economics, A 4.09
- Daniela Kirchberg, Organization & Strategy, B 2.10
- Nina Bisping, Marketing, F 1.03
- Julius André, Accounting, B 2.24
For further inquiries about the seminar contact Julius.
Looking forward to seeing you on the 7th!
Your PhD Committee
Welcome (Back) Barbecue
September 9, 2008 at 2:38 pm | Posted in Social event | Leave a commentTags: barbecue, FEBA, Maastricht, PhD, social activity, UM
Dear PhD students,
The start of the academic year 2008/09 is nigh and most of you are back after one or the other day of vacation. The PhD Committee would like to take this opportunity to invite you and your old and new fellow doctoral students at FEBA and School of Governance for the annual
Welcome (Back) Barbecue at the Kruithuis on the faculty’s premises on 9 September at 6pm.
The barbecue is kindly paid for by your host institute, i.e. METEOR or School of Governance. There will also be the opportunity to buy a variety of drinks.
Please respond to this mail before 1 September 3pm since we need to order sufficient supplies from the catering service. If desired, please also indicate if you prefer a vegetarian dish.
Hope to see you all on the 9th!
Your PhD Committee
Daniela Osterrieder, Daniela Kirchberg, Nina Bisping, Stefan Kuehn, Erik Pot, Julius André
PhD Social Spring pictures
June 10, 2008 at 2:06 pm | Posted in Social event | Leave a commentTags: Maastricht, PhD, pictures, social activity
Career Afternoon
January 25, 2008 at 10:12 am | Posted in Seminars | Leave a commentTags: FEBA, Maastricht, PhD, seminar, UM
Dear all,
please let me remind you of the upcoming PhD career afternoon for all FEBA PhDs on 25 January 2008 from 1430pm to 1700pm. Please note that due to the large number of subscriptions received already we relocated now to C-1.05. In case you have not yet done so: Please let us know if you are able to come or not by responding to this mail so we can make appropriate reservations for drinks.
As already indicated in a previous mail, several speakers will provide information during this afternoon on PhD careers in both academia and practice during a presentation and a following panel discussion. Question that will be addressed during this discussion include:
– When should I start applying for academic positions? Are there differences between Europe and the US? What should be mentioned in an academic CV?
– How do I learn about job openings at other institutes and universities? How do application procedures look like?
– How is a PhD title perceived when applying for non-academic positions?
The following speakers will be present during the afternoon:
Andy Rohm, PhD
– Assistant Professor in Marketing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
– before joining Northeastern University, Andy Rohm worked for Reebok International as Director of Marketing and has held various other positions in the private sector
Frank Moers, PhD
– Professor of Management Accounting & Control, Maastricht University
– Frank Moers is the Chair of the Department of Accounting and Information Management and has been a visiting professor at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Annelies Hogenbirk, PhD
– Head of Macro Economic Research, Rabobank, The Netherlands
– Annelies Hogenbirk received her PhD in 2002 for her dissertation titled “Determinants of Inward Foreign Direct Investment: the case of the Netherlands” under the supervision of John Hagedoorn
Additionally, representatives of the UM career centre and the loopbaancentrum will talk about what services they offer for PhDs.We would like to welcome you to a drink at the Preuverij afterwards, with the first rounds kindly offered by METEOR.
We are looking forward to seeing you on 25 January and remain with best wishes,
Your PhD Committee
Daniela Kirchberg, Nina Bisping, Stephan Kühn, Daniela Osterrieder, Erik Pot, Julius André
PS. Should you have questions or comments on this afternoon, do not hesitate to contact your next PhD Committee member.
In order to book for the correct amount of people we need to be certain of the number of participants. Therefore, if you can participate, there are only three things to do:
1) Please accept this invitation electronically or let us know by other means of communication.
2) Tickets for this trip cost you a mere 5 Euros, thanks to university subsidisation. There are no further hidden costs. We consider this a very fair amount, bearing in mind that this covers the trip as well as snacks and drinks! We would like to ask you to pay this amount to one of the PhD committee members next to your office before Wednesday, 23 May.
3) Lastly, please show up on time, since the boat will depart at 6pm sharp.
Please also inform us if you cannot make it, which we would certainly regret! Also, do not hesitate to contact one of us in case of questions.
Best regards and looking forward to seeing you soon on the Maas,
Your PhD committee
Daniela Osterrieder, Daniela Kirchberg, Jacqueline van Beuningen, Caroline Berden, Stefan Kuehn, Erik Pot, Nils Kok, Julius André
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