Engage in impactful research and transform your organisation or practice with evidence-based business and management insights.
Organisations are increasingly aware that conducting research into their key organisational processes, and their effects on employees, industries and even markets, is an important function of every organisation’s self-assessment. Research produces new knowledge, which needs to be integrated into the heart of the organisational processes, and serve as a basis for objective decision-making for bringing valuable innovation and change.
The Part-time PhD programme supports business leaders and professionals in conducting original scientific research on a business or management subject of their own choice, for instance related to their own practice. During the 4-year rigorous training trajectory, participants acquire the theoretical knowledge and methodological skills needed to conduct independent research, and to develop 4+ academic papers, which will together form the body of their PhD dissertation.
What does this PhD programme encompass?
The Part-time PhD programme supports participants in:
- Learning to conduct high-quality research
- Publishing research in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Leveraging practical knowledge and expertise for the creation of innovative, evidence-based business concepts
- Leveraging existing research findings into new integrated knowledge
- Becoming a valuable member of - and a contributor to - a vibrant academic community
The PhD programme in Business at a glance:
- Start date: January 2027
- Duration: 4+ years (3-7 years, depending on individuals' progress)
- Time investment: at least 16 hours a week for research and course work
- Tuition fees: between € 30.000 and € 39.000, based on a 4-year trajectory
- Training modules take place at the campus of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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