Information Science Regensburg regularly makes innovative contributions to the state of the art and its expansion. An important pillar of research at the Chair is doctoral theses, in which a complex current issue is investigated and categorised in the context of the subject area.
As everywhere, there are many more open research questions at our department than we can deal with. We are therefore always looking for people with a Master's degree in information science or related subjects (e.g. computer science, media informatics, digital humanities) who would like to gain further academic qualifications through a doctorate.
A doctorate can be carried out at the chair. In this case, the doctoral candidate is employed at the chair and either works on a research project or participates in the organisation of courses to the extent of 5 SWS. In both cases, there is sufficient space to familiarise oneself with a scientific question that is currently being investigated at the chair and to contribute new results in one's own academic work, i.e. the doctoral thesis.
A doctorate can also be carried out externally. In this case, there is no employment relationship at the chair. Instead, doctoral candidates often work full-time in a company or another organisation. In order to ensure that doctoral candidates have sufficient contact with research in such a situation, a special supervision agreement is required before accepting external candidates, the formulation of which usually also involves the employer in the form of a cooperation agreement between the company and the University of Regensburg. The supervision agreement regulates
- that the topic of the doctorate fits in with the main areas of work at the chair, so that staff at the chair can supervise the doctorate and maintain a close professional dialogue with the external doctoral candidates,
- that the employer supports the content of the doctorate and provides the necessary resources (e.g. data, rights of use, equipment, facilities),
- that the employer allows doctoral candidates to spend an average of one working day per working week at the chair discussing current professional issues with staff and working out solutions to them,
- that the employer allows doctoral candidates to publish the results of their research work in the relevant journals and at relevant conferences and makes an appropriate contribution to the costs incurred (in particular conference fees and travelling expenses).
If you are interested in doing a doctorate in information science, please contact our chair Prof Dr Udo Kruschwitz (opens your email program).
