Training Activities
1. Participation in Research Seminars or Doctoral Conferences specific to the Programme.
During the course of their research project, doctoral students must make public presentations of the results of their work. The Doctoral Programme will facilitate the periodic holding of doctoral seminars by speciality in which these results are discussed. These are scientific meetings specifically aimed at our doctoral researchers, held annually.
Part-time doctoral students will have the option of holding the seminar annually or biannually. This seminar helps to create synergies between students from different areas and with different interests. It promotes the attainment of the basic and specific competences of the programme.
Nature of the training activity: Compulsory.
Type of training: transversal, applied.
Language(s): English and/or Spanish may be used.
Timeframe for completion by students: attendance is compulsory for full-time and part-time students.
A certificate of attendance and participation will be issued and included in the Doctoral Student Activity Document.
2. Introduction to bibliographic searches and general information resources.
Transversal activity with a duration of 10 hours. The bibliographic search is a fundamental aspect of the training of any researcher and a regulated learning is always more efficient than a self-taught learning, as it usually happens.
This activity is taught in Spanish.
Nature of the training activity: Recommended.
Type of training: Transversal.
Language(s): Spanish will be used as the language of instruction.
Timing: It is recommended for full-time and part-time students in the first year.
This course will be given by the PDI Training Service or the User Services of the University Library of the University of Malaga, which will be responsible for issuing a report for each student.
3. Evaluation of scientific production: quality indicators and impact factor.
Transversal activity lasting 15 hours. The aim of this practical course is to explain what citation indexes and the impact factor are and how to use them in order to be able to use impact references when carrying out research work. It is recommended to be taken in the first year.
Nature of the training activity: Compulsory.
Type of training: Cross-disciplinary.
Language(s): Spanish will be used as the language of instruction.
Timing: It is recommended for full-time and part-time students to take the course in the first year.
This course will be given by the PDI Training Service or the User Services of the University Library of the University of Malaga, which will be responsible for issuing a report for each student.
4. International Databases: Web of Science, Scopus, Academic Search; Open Science.
Transversal activity with a duration of 25 hours. This practical course covers the 3 main international bibliographic databases essential for research, as well as the relevance of Open Science today.
Nature of the training activity: Recommended.
Type of training: Transversal.
Language(s): Spanish will be used as the language of instruction.
Timing: It is recommended to be taken in the first year or at the beginning of the second year for full-time students and in the first three years for part-time students.
This course will be given by the PDI Training Service or the University Library User Services of the University of Malaga, who will be responsible for issuing a report for each student.
5. How to publish in English in quality journals
Transversal activity with a duration of 20 hours. This practical course aims to train researchers to improve their academic writing skills in English.
Nature of the training activity: Recommended.
Type of training: Transversal.
Language(s): Spanish will be used as the language of instruction.
Timing: It is recommended to be taken in the second year for full-time students and in the second or third year for part-time students.
This course will be given by the PDI Training Service or the University Library User Services of the University of Malaga, who will be responsible for issuing a report for each student.
6. How to implement a gender perspective in your thesis project. For an integral, inclusive and quality research.
A 25-hour course of basic and methodological training with the following objectives: to acquire the ability to include the gender perspective in all phases of research and to present a research project without sexist bias, both in doctoral theses and in scientific articles that may result from research.
Nature of the training activity: Compulsory.
Type of training: theoretical and scientific training, methodological training.
Language(s): Spanish will be used as the language of instruction.
Timeframe for completion by students: It is recommended for full-time and part-time students in the first year.
A certificate of attendance and participation will be issued and included in the Doctoral Student Activity Document.
7. Attendance at Conferences, Conferences or Workshops
This is a specific activity of 50 hours. Attendance and presentation at scientific forums becomes a very important element in the doctoral student's training. Here they can test the quality and shortcomings of their work, continuously update their knowledge and establish professional contacts with specialists in their field of study.
Doctoral students must attend or actively participate by presenting papers at national and international conferences, workshops or seminars in the areas of their interest.
Nature of the training activity: Compulsory.
Type of training: theoretical and scientific training, methodological training, applied training.
Language(s): English and/or Spanish or any other language used in the field of gender studies may be used.
Timeframe for its completion by students: It is recommended for full-time and part-time students to carry it out every year of the PhD.
Accreditation of the communication presented or attendance is required, which will be included in the Doctoral Student Activity Document.
For the financing of this activity, funding will be obtained from the project funds of the research teams of the Doctoral Programme, the calls for FPI and FPU contracts, those of the Andalusian Regional Government or those of the University of Malaga itself, as set out in its Research Plan.
8. Lecture Seminar
Activity of 10 hours that will be developed in all the courses and will be constituted by different conferences that are organised within the Master related to the Doctoral Programme, the IGIUMA and by the invited lecturers and collaborators of this Doctoral Programme.
within the Master related to the Doctoral Programme, the IGIUMA and by guest lecturers and collaborators of this Doctoral Programme; the number of hours outlined refers to an approximation of the lectures of interest for each doctoral student. The aim of this activity is to keep students up to date with the latest developments in equality and gender studies.
Nature of the training activity: Recommended.
Type of training: Theoretical and scientific training, methodological training, applied training.
Language(s): English and/or Spanish or any other language used in the field of gender studies may be used.
9. Research stay
This is an essential component in the training of doctoral students. We recommend that all doctoral students undertake at least one research stay in centres in other countries. They fulfil several functions: documentary consultation in libraries and archives; the collection of specialised information; the establishment of contacts, the basis of international cooperation relations; knowledge of other research institutions (academic organisation, equipment, working methods), etc.Nature of the training activity: Recommended.Type of training: theoretical and scientific training, methodological training, applied training.Number of hours: 140-300 hours. Less than four weeks (research visits); from four weeks (research visits).Language(s): English and/or Spanish or any other language used in the field of gender studies may be used.Timeframe for completion by students: It is recommended for full-time students in the first year of the doctoral programme and for part-time students in the second year.A list of institutions in which students can carry out the stays will be kept updated on the programme's website.
Timing: It is recommended for full-time and part-time students to take the seminar every year of the PhD programme.
It will be evaluated according to the type of seminar.
9. Research stay
This is an essential component in the training of doctoral students. We recommend that all doctoral students undertake at least one research stay in centres in other countries. They fulfil several functions: documentary consultation in libraries and archives; the collection of specialised information; the establishment of contacts, the basis of international cooperation relations; knowledge of other research institutions (academic organisation, equipment, working methods), etc.
Nature of the training activity: Recommended.
Type of training: theoretical and scientific training, methodological training, applied training.
Number of hours: 140-300 hours. Less than four weeks (research visits); from four weeks (research visits).
Language(s): English and/or Spanish or any other language used in the field of gender studies may be used.
Timeframe for completion by students: It is recommended for full-time students in the first year of the doctoral programme and for part-time students in the second year.
A list of institutions in which students can carry out the stays will be kept updated on the programme's website.
The Academic and Quality Committee will study the proposals made by the students and their thesis supervisors for the placements.
Institutions that have teaching staff and departments related to the programme. The procedures and requirements can be found on the information pages of these institutions:
University of California, Berkeley, EEUU.
The City University of New York, EEUU.
Universidad de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
EHESS de París, Francia.
Université de Lorraine, Francia.
Université de Caen Normandie, Francia.
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.
La Sapienza, Roma, Italia.
Universitá di Bologna, Italia.
University of Leeds, Gran Bretaña.
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal.
University of Bergen, Noruega.
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina.
Universidad de Rosario, Argentina.
After receiving a copy of the certificate of the stay at the research centre and the report of the stay, the Academic and Quality Committee of the programme will confirm its recognition in the Doctoral Student Activity Document (DAD).
For funding, doctoral students may use the competitive calls of the National I+D+i Plan (stays associated with FPU and FPI contracts), the Andalusian Research Plan and the University of Malaga Research Plan; as well as the Doctoral School grants for stays leading to an international mention and cotutelle. These grants are also available for part-time doctoral students.
