Mid-term seminar in Social Science

Arrangements for the mid-term seminar

• The PhD candidate must, together with the main supervisor, take initiative to arrange a mid-term seminar when the scholarship period approaches the halfway point.
• The main supervisor contacts a possible opponent.
• Opponents should preferably be from the local area as the program does not cover travel expenses.
• Note that the midway opponent cannot participate in the final commission for the candidate.
• Opponents outside OsloMet are remunerated with NOK 4 000 for the assignment, for opponents within OsloMet an internal invoice must be used.
• Once the opponent has been determined, the candidate and/or supervisor sends a notice in the Outlook calendar with room booking, that is suitable for those involved, with a copy to the PhD administration. 
• The PhD administration ensures that the mid-term seminar is registered in the Teamsroom for the PhD program.

The deadline for submitting a text / presentation script to the opponent is three weeks in advance of the set seminar date. The candidate submits a maximum of 40 pages of selected text, either articles or chapters in progress, including a preliminary outline for the dissertation. The text is sent to the opponent, with a copy to the supervisors.

The individual candidate can specify what it is most important to get feedback on, but the opponent is otherwise free to comment on what he / she finds significant and necessary.

It is important that the opponent can be critical but constructive, the purpose of the seminar is to motivate completion.

For each research fellow / candidate

1. The candidate presents his / her dissertation (problem, theory / method, preliminary findings), duration: 30 minutes.
2. The opponent then asks questions and invites to a conversation, duration approx. 45 minutes.
3. Finally, it will be possible to make comments and questions from the audience.

Total duration in total 1.5 hours.