Technology, Innovation and Cohesive Societies

About this programme

The University for Continuing Education Krems is one of the first public universities in Austria to have its PhD programmes accredited according to international standards by the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation, AQ Austria for short. The PhD program " Technology, Innovation, and Cohesive Societies " spans three-years, divided into six semesters, and encompasses a total of 180 ECTS points. The coursework comprises 30 ECTS points (6 required courses and 3 optional courses); the 6 scientific colloquia 12 ECTS points, the PhD Thesis 133 ECTS points, and the oral defense (viva) 5 ECTS points. The aim of the course is, on the one hand , to create awareness about the importance of an understandable and effective writing style for internal and external scientific communication : Comprehensible technical texts facilitate communication between researchers . This is particularly important in inter - and transdisciplinary settings . In addition , they also increase acceptance and improve the reception of external science communication . On the other hand , practical writing skills should also be consolidated in this module . The aim of the course is to fundamentally introduce students to the planning and design of research projects and the individual considerations necessary for this . Students learn to critically reflect on the individual components of a research design and to integrate them into an overall concept . In doing so, existing knowledge about empirical social research is to be networked and the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches are to b