{"id":971,"date":"2022-02-08T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/?p=971"},"modified":"2022-02-08T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:26:33","slug":"time-for-a-stay-at-another-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/2022\/02\/time-for-a-stay-at-another-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a stay at another university?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo of Toronto campus by:\u00a0Joydeep Pal<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In English further down.<\/p>\n

Dags f\u00f6r en vistelse p\u00e5 ett annat universitet?<\/h2>\n

De senaste veckorna har vardagen p\u00e5 ett v\u00e4ldigt p\u00e5tagligt s\u00e4tt k\u00e4nnetecknats av \u00e4nnu en pandemiv\u00e5g och tillh\u00f6rande isolering, men givet kylan och m\u00f6rkret utanf\u00f6r d\u00f6rren kanske det \u00e4nd\u00e5 inte har k\u00e4nts s\u00e5 betungande att arbeta hemifr\u00e5n ett litet tag till. Nu n\u00e4r v\u00e4rlden f\u00f6rhoppningsvis \u00f6ppnar upp igen blir det p\u00e5 nytt m\u00f6jligt att tr\u00e4ffa samarbetspartners i s\u00e5v\u00e4l industri som akademi p\u00e5 annat s\u00e4tt \u00e4n via Zoom och Teams. Visst g\u00e5r v\u00e4ldigt mycket att l\u00f6sa online, men en insikt \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 att det \u00e4r sv\u00e5rare att skapa helt nya samarbeten n\u00e4r man inte har m\u00f6jlighet att tr\u00e4ffas fysiskt och det inte finns m\u00f6jligheter till mer spontan interaktion. F\u00f6r oss med m\u00e5nga etablerade samarbeten \u00e4r detta kanske ett mindre problem, men det kan vara betydligt sv\u00e5rare f\u00f6r v\u00e5ra doktorander som beh\u00f6ver bygga upp sina professionella n\u00e4tverk, b\u00e5de f\u00f6r att kunna utf\u00f6ra sin forskning och f\u00f6r att skapa karri\u00e4rm\u00f6jligheter efter doktorsexamen.<\/p>\n

Tyv\u00e4rr \u00e4r det generellt sett alltf\u00f6r f\u00e5 av v\u00e5ra doktorander p\u00e5 ITM som under sin forskarutbildning tillbringar en l\u00e4ngre period vid n\u00e5got annat universitet. Situationen de senaste tv\u00e5 \u00e5ren har givetvis gjort s\u00e5dana vistelser i stort sett helt om\u00f6jliga, men f\u00f6rhoppningsvis \u00e4ndras det inom kort. F\u00f6r att f\u00e5 till st\u00e5nd en givande vistelse vid ett annat universitet kr\u00e4vs givetvis r\u00e4tt kontakter och som handledare har vi h\u00e4r ett stort ansvar att skapa r\u00e4tt m\u00f6jligheter f\u00f6r v\u00e5ra doktorander och gl\u00e4djande nog \u00e4r detta s\u00e4llan ett problem. Vad som d\u00e4remot ibland framst\u00e5r som en st\u00f6testen \u00e4r finansieringen av en l\u00e4ngre vistelse p\u00e5 annan ort. Ett s\u00e4tt att l\u00f6sa detta kan vara att s\u00f6ka ett resestipendium och just nu \u00e4r det v\u00e4ldigt aktuellt. Om du funderar p\u00e5 ett utbyte vid ett annat universitet rekommenderar jag dig att ta en titt p\u00e5 sidorna:<\/p>\n

Resestipendium fr\u00e5n Stiftelsen f\u00f6r teknisk vetenskaplig forskning och utbildning<\/a><\/p>\n

Stipendium fr\u00e5n Rudolph Carl Norberg Fond 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Fler stipendieutlysningar (kth.se)<\/a><\/p>\n

Jag skulle ocks\u00e5 vilja uppmana alla doktorander (och andra kollegor) att s\u00f6ka fler stipendier d\u00e5 det ibland faktiskt har varit sv\u00e5rt att dela ut tillr\u00e4ckligt mycket medel fr\u00e5n v\u00e5ra stipendiestiftelser. Jag vet av egen erfarenhet att l\u00e4ngre vistelser p\u00e5 andra universitet inte bara \u00e4r ett fantastiskt s\u00e4tt att f\u00e5 nya id\u00e9er och \u00f6ka produktiviteten i skrivandet utan ocks\u00e5 en k\u00e4lla till n\u00e4ra v\u00e4nner och en \u00f6kad f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r andra kulturer. Ta tillf\u00e4llet i akt och s\u00f6k ett resestipendium!<\/p>\n

\/Mats Magnusson, Forskarutbildningsansvarig p\u00e5 ITM-skolan<\/p>\n

Time for a stay at another university?<\/h2>\n

In recent weeks, everyday life has in a very tangible way been characterized by another pandemic wave and its isolation. Given the cold and darkness outside the door, it hasn\u2019t been so burdensome to work from home for a little while longer. Now that the world will open up again (crossed fingers) it will be possible to meet partners in both industry and academia in an old-fashioned way again \u2013 not via Zoom and Teams. A lot can be solved online, but one insight is that it is more difficult to create completely new collaborations when you don\u2019t have the opportunity to meet physically and where you lack spontaneous interaction. For us who already have established collaborations, this may be a minor problem. But for our doctoral students who need to build up their professional networks, both to carry out their research and create career opportunities, it can be much more difficult.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are generally too few of our doctoral students at ITM who spend a longer period at another university during their doctoral studies. The situation over the past two years has, of course, made such stays impossible, but hopefully, that will change now. To bring about a rewarding stay at another university, you need the right contacts, and as a supervisor, we have a responsibility to create the right opportunities for our doctoral students, and this is rarely a problem. What, on the other hand, sometimes appears to be an obstacle is the financing of a longer stay in another place. One way to solve this can be to apply for a travel scholarship and right now is a good time. If you are considering an exchange at another university, I recommend you take a look at the web pages:<\/p>\n

Travel scholarship from Stiftelsen f\u00f6r teknisk vetenskaplig forskning och utbildning<\/a><\/p>\n

Scholarship from Rudolph Carl Norberg Fund 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

More scholarships and grants (KTH.se)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I would also like to urge all doctoral students (and other colleagues) to apply for more scholarships as it has sometimes actually been difficult to distribute enough funds from our scholarship foundations. I know from personal experience that longer stays at other universities are not only a great way to get new ideas and increase productivity in writing, but also a way to get close friends and an increased understanding of other cultures. Take the opportunity and apply for a travel scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n

\/Mats Magnusson, Director of Third-Cycle Education at the ITM School<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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