Preparing for your PhD viva - UPDATED START TIME

Are you nearing the end of your PhD? Want to know more about the viva voce? 

Join the Postgraduate Network for an informative discussion on the PhD viva. Aimed at later-stage PGRs, we will talk about how to effectively prepare for and what to expect from the viva process.

We will cover the typical structure of a viva, approaches to revisiting the thesis before the examination, common types of questions, and ways of explaining and defending key methodological or conceptual choices. 

Speakers

• Dr. Sören Keil has been Academic Advisor at the Chair of International Politics at the University of Passau since October 2024. Previously, he held academic positions in Switzerland and the UK. With over 15 years of teaching experience, his expertise includes European politics, conflict resolution, foreign policy, federalism and decentralisation. He is a Fellow of the Bavarian Research Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research and a Senior Fellow at the University of Kent’s Centre for Federal Studies.
• Dr. Claudia Hillebrand is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University and School Director of Postgraduate Research. Her research expertise is in the field of intelligence accountability. In order to examine tensions between secrecy and transparency with regards to the work of intelligence agencies and other intelligence actors, she focuses on contemporary aspects of intelligence performance and their scrutiny. Her recent work has focused on parliamentary inquiries into intelligence in Germany. Her work has been funded by, for example, the GW4 Community, the European Commission, the Economic and Social Research Council and HEFCW's Welsh Crucible programme.
• Dr. Rosa Maryon is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at UWE where she has taught since 2018. Her area of academic interest is the Politics and International Relations of Maghreb. She specialises in post colonial and critical approaches to security studies and IPE with an empirical focus on the MENA. She has presented her work at a variety of different academic conferences and co-organised a EWIS workshop in June 2023. She has published text books chapters with publishers such as Bloomsbury and journal articles in journals such as Critical Studies on Terrorism and the Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics. She has spoken on national radio several times about issues pertaining to security, economy and the Middle East.

Registration will close two hours before the event begins.