The research group where the doctoral student is integrated

Number of hours: 480

Description:

Stays of a minimum of 480 hours (12 weeks) will be encouraged. Doctoral candidates will be encouraged to undertake research stays; whenever possible, during the time required to obtain the European Mention. Doctoral candidates, under the advice and coordination of their tutor or supervisor, may arrange a research stay with an external academic center, national or international, supervised by a professor or researcher from said center, in order to develop instrumental or specific aspects of their thesis, such as learning specific techniques, designing measurement or analysis instruments, critical review and design of specific sections of their research, etc. The host centers will be determined based on existing agreements or based on specific contacts with the tutor or supervisor. If the doctoral candidate has external co-supervisors, the stay may take place at the center and under the supervision of that co-supervisor. In cases where the thesis supervisor deems it appropriate, various short stays of four weeks each will be offered to learn methods and techniques useful for the development of the research being carried out by the doctoral student, as well as to collaborate in research activities with research groups of interest to the student.

Learning Outcomes (Competencies that are promoted):
This activity will help doctoral students consolidate competencies CB11, CB12, CB13, CB14, CB15, and CA01 to CA06. This activity will particularly help them gain a deeper understanding of scientific research methodologies in the social sciences and current issues in the field of Regional Development, guiding them toward specific applications in the various lines of research within the program. It will also serve to establish contacts with certain international specialists and establish initial relationships with researchers from other networks.
that offer special interest, consolidate these if they have already been started, etc.
This activity is recommended starting in the second year for full-time doctoral students and starting in the third year for part-time students. In any case, the stay is recommended after the first year, for both full-time and part-time students.

Teaching Languages: Spanish and English.

Monitoring Procedure: Each stay will generate an attendance check and an evaluation (positive or negative) by the doctor supervising the doctoral student at the host center in the event of a positive evaluation. The corresponding stay certificate will be included by the doctoral student in their respective "Activity Document." These recorded activities will be evaluated favorably or unfavorably by the tutor and/or thesis director before the evaluation by the Academic Committee responsible for the program. Both full-time and part-time students may participate in all the training activities described. All these checks will be included in the doctoral student's activity document (DAD), which will be regularly reviewed by the tutor and thesis director and evaluated by the Academic Committee responsible for the program.

Mobility Activities: The mobility activity program for part-time students is similar to that for this type of student, with the only difference being that those enrolled in this second category have two additional years to complete it. Funding for this type of activity will be obtained through public and/or private grants:

FPU/FPI programs

Erasmus Programme

Ministry grants support for student mobility in programs with a Mention towards Excellence

European, national, regional and ULL calls for short research stays