BUP PhD Students Training

23 05 2025

This autumn, we at The Baltic University Programme (BUP) are hosting the BUP PhD Students Training on-site in Uppsala. The theme is ‘Strengthening the Security and Resilience of the Baltic Sea Region – Environmental, Political, Social, and Economic Shocks and Crises’. The event will be held in connection with the BUP Symposium, and will take place between 24-28 November 2025. The deadline to apply is fast approaching. I hope this event will be of interest to the doctoral students at your university. If so, please feel free to share more information about the event with them. Below is an introduction to the event:

BUP PhD Students Training 2025

This training aims to provide knowledge, skills, and network opportunities to PhD students focusing on security and resilience in the Baltic Sea Region. Accepted students will receive mentoring and feedback on their thesis from an expert in the field, as well as participate in a research event – the BUP Symposium.

The PhD Students Training takes place on-site in Uppsala, Sweden, between 24-28 November 2025. The theme is ‘Strengthening the Security and Resilience of the Baltic Sea Region – Environmental, Political, Social, and Economic Shocks and Crises’. We will welcome a total of 30 PhD students from BUP participating universities.

During the training days at Uppsala University, the PhD students will give and receive feedback on their own work, as well as input from senior experts in their field. The training will also include sessions of scientific presentations and parallel workshops. One workshop is entitled ‘Sharing and Reflecting on Sustainable Futures’ with Dr. Oleksandra Khalaim (Uppsala University), Liisi Pajula (University of Tartu), and Prof. Tatjana Tambovceva (Riga Technical University), another workshop is ‘Calculating the carbon footprint’ with Dr. Aleksandra Ziemińska-Stolarska (Lodz University of Technology), and a third workshop is ‘Planetary Plate Puzzle: A serious game for deliberating sufficient future diets’ with Dr. Rachel Mazac (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University).

At the BUP Symposium, there will be five parallel sessions to choose from, and PhD participants are welcome to hold poster presentations.

There is no participation fee for the training, and the BUP will provide all meals. However, the students are expected to cover their travel and accommodation. To cover the expenses, the PhD candidates can apply for Erasmus+ grants. Ukrainian students who can’t travel will have the possibility to join some parts of the PhD Students Training online through Zoom.

The application deadline is 30 May 2025, 23:59 (CEST).