上海大学经济学院

海外学者论坛第138期，总第333期

讲座题目：How to conduct a doctoral research? – Global views on the process

主讲人：Prof. Maria Elo, University of Turku, and ÅboAkademi University, Finland

讲座时间：2018年11月8日下午1点30分

讲座地点：经济学院567会议室

讲座内容：

Writing a thesis is a challenge for master students and doctoral students alike. Moreover, the process of starting and planning a doctoral research is often complicated and unclear. This discussion is designed to thesis writers of all kinds but specifically to doctoral student candidates or those interested in doctoral studies. The purpose is to provide perspectives from different countries how doctoral studies are organised and structured and how students need to develop their overall plan and strategy to cope with the research and publication challenges. There are multiple ways of achieving this goal and these can be very context-dependent. Thus, it is important for students to clarify their personal intentions and plans in the research word and find the right setting to realize their research process. Today, this setting is often getting more international and research work more co-created than ever before. Students have advanced possibilities due to technologies and global cooperation. The presentation starts from getting a doctoral study position and setting research questions to ways of publishing and reporting findings and making an impact. Finally, the aspect of making an impact or difference is discussed to avoid the researcher’s nightmare, the "so-what"-question.

主讲人简介：

Maria Elo holds a PhD in Economics from ÅboAkademi University, Finland. She is a Distinguished Professor in International Business and Entrepreneurship at the School of Economics, Shanghai University. She has worked as a consultant for various institutions and businesses, and as a visiting professors and research fellows in international business at Universities in USA, Finland, Portugal, etc. Maria has lectured in the USA, China, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Germany and Kazakhstan.

She is also an active reviewer and guest editor, an editorial board member of International Journal of Business and Globalisation and an editorial review board member of European Journal of International Management. Her research focuses on international business, internationalization processes, business networks, migration, diaspora networks, diaspora entrepreneurship, transnational entrepreneurship, intercultural competences, and transfer of values and knowledge. She has published in conferences and books, such as, Diaspora Business co-edited with Liesl Riddle, Global Mobility of Highly Skilled People co-edited with DrissHabti, and Diaspora Networks in International Business, co-edited with Indiana Minto-Coy, as well as in journals, such as Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Diaspora Studies, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, and Journal of International Management.