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Academic and Professional Development

The Academic Service provides courses, training sessions and activities for Ph.D. researchers geared towards their academic and professional development. Some courses may be helpful throughout the Ph.D. programme whereas others aim to support research, help develop scholarly practices, build a portfolio of transferable skills and smoothen the transition to the job market.

These activities complement the support provided by the Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages (CALL), the Library and the Departments.

The following workshops are organised on a regular basis:

Online personal coaching sessions with the teaching and learning officer Carol Kiriakos

Coaching issues include especially the writing process, from the practical, psychological and interpersonal perspective to help researchers make progress with their writing and get things done: procrastination, beginning writing, getting unblocked, difficult emotions related to writing, setting goals, supervisory relationship, giving and receiving feedback, and co-authoring.

In addition, support is offered with more general issues of academic work, such as time management, work identity, and career planning.

To book an appointment, send an email to [email protected] with the subject ‘personal coaching’. Describe briefly the issue (the content of the coaching is confidential). The first session is 60 minutes, follow-up sessions 45 minutes

The Research Skills seminars organised by the Library (Library information literacy sessions) may be found here.

The following workshops and courses are organised on a regular basis:

Teaching Placements are offered in universitites in Italy and abroad.

The Research Skills seminars organised by the Library (Library information literacy sessions) may be found here.

The following workshops and information sessions are organised on a regular basis:

Mock interviews for academic positions can be organised on demand. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

EPSO (European Personnel Selection Office) Competition Preparation

The Academic Service offers financial support to PhD researchers who prepare EPSO competitions. Information may be found here [EUI Login required].

Academic and non-academic job portals

Please note that your department might offer a regular newsletter with job offers in your discipline. In case you do not receive this newsletter or would like to receive the newsletter of another department, please contact the administrative coordinator of the respective department.

You also might want to consider to subscribe to mailing lists or twitter accounts of disciplinary organisations (e.g. European Consortium for Political Research, American Historical Association).

Academic Job Portals

Non-Academic Job Portals

International Research Funding opportunities

A list of International Research Funding opportunities.

Academic Careers Observatory

The Academic Careers Observatory (ACO), run by the Max Weber Programme, is an online resource for Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral fellows and early career scholars providing information on academic careers by country, discipline and theme, and links to research opportunities in Europe, job platforms and a list of funding opportunities (Applying for a Post-doc and Applying to the ERC Starting Grant).

The Observatory is not an academic career advice service but helps you clarify your ideas about different career options.

Information on Social Networks

You might want to consider to request membership of the LinkedIn group H2020 MARIE CURIE Actions" Fellowship & Research Grants, PhD Careers and R&D Jobs providing information on fellowships and research grants within the EU’s Horizon 2020 (you need to have a LinkedIn profile to join).

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Upcoming events at a glance

To register, please use the My EUI Portal if not otherwise specified for each session.

EUI membership with Advance HE

Further researcher support is offered by Advance HE, a member-led charity of and for the higher education sector the EUI is an institutional member of.
The membership allows EUI academic and administrative staff members free access to teaching, learning, and governance resources associated with Advance HE.

Member Benefit Global Themes which includes resources under identified themes and challenges for HE, including:

  • Governing and leading transformation
  • Securing student outcomes
  • Designing education for the future
  • Protecting inclusion in times of change.

Reports, publications and resources – the Advance HE Knowledge Hub brings together an extensive portfolio of reports, publications, podcasts, webinars and resources covering a wide range of topics and themes all in one place.

Advance HE Connect is an online collaboration platform dedicated to HE that connects colleagues globally, with specialist areas for colleagues at Advance HE member institutions

Additionally, the Programmes and Events portfolio section offers training for those working in HE at a discounted cost for Advance HE members.

Certain areas of the website require a login but are easily accessed by signing up with your EUI email address and selecting EUI from the list of member institutions.

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Page last updated on 21/05/2025