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This book provides an evaluation of changes and reforms in doctoral education since 2000. Building on perspectives from scholars and young researchers in more than 25 countries of the Global North and South, it advocates for a core value system to overcome existing inequalities in access to doctoral education and the development of responsible researchers.

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Maresi Nerad is the Founding Director of the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE), Professor Emeritus for Higher Education at the University of Washington in Seattle, and affiliate faculty at UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education. She serves on international university advisory boards and review committees, publishes with current and former students, advises and coaches on a broad range of issues in doctoral education worldwide. David Bogle is Pro-Vice-Provost of The Doctoral School (Graduate Dean) at University College London (UCL). He is also Professor of Chemical Engineering with research interests in Process Systems Engineering and Systems Biology. He chairs the Doctoral Studies Policy Group of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and sits on a number of advisory boards for doctoral education across Europe. Ulrike Kohl is Director of ErwuesseBildung Luxembourg, a non-profit association in the domain of personal and professional development and training. Before, she worked during 3 years as head of HR in one of Luxembourg´s research institutes as well as during 17 years at the Luxembourg National Research Fund where she coordinated the activities on doctoral training and research careers. She contributed to the set-up of the National Quality Framework for Doctoral Training in 2015. She is a part-time coach and research career consultant. Conor O’Carroll is an Independent Consultant on Higher Education and Research Policy at SciPol, Ireland. He is active in the development of European policy on researcher careers with a particular focus on doctoral education and training and led the development of the European Innovative Doctoral Training Principles. O’Carroll is a member of the conference steering committee. Christian Peters is a political scientist and Managing Director of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science. Besides managing a research unit with more than 70 early career researchers, he has interests in populism studies, the political impact of new media technology and the relationship of religion and politics. Beate Scholz is founder and director of Scholz CTC GmbH, an independent service for higher education institutions. As strategy consultant, trainer, coach, reviewer and researcher, she focuses on researchers’ career development with special attention to doctoral education and equal opportunity. She works internationally with individual researchers and research policy makers as well as with universities, research funders and research performing institutions. Beate was moderator for the Herrenhäuser Conference.

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