PhD Courses 2025

Many PhD candidates in criminology work on the edges of different disciplines: social sciences, humanities, and even natural sciences. Across different institutions they have common needs and interests. By joining forces, we will broaden their educational opportunities. Therefore, from 2024 onwards, the criminology departments of Leiden University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Erasmus University, Utrecht University and the NSCR will organize tailormade PhD courses for future criminologists. Our additional goal is to strengthen the community of PhD candidates.

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In 2025, we will offer the following courses:

Publishing Landscape in Criminology

Professional Development Workshop

Jean McGloin
Professor, University of Maryland
Former Editor at Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

This workshop will focus on critical aspects of peer review publishing [1], hoping to reduce the vagueness, mystery, and rumors that often plague this process. Importantly, this will be a confidential space where students should feel comfortable asking direct questions, with the expectation that Professor McGloin will offer her honest opinions and experiences both as an author and editor.

The workshop will contain 2 meetings (of 2-3 hours) in April 2025. The sessions will be informal and aim to support discussion that is directly relevant to PhD students. No preparation is needed.

Session Topics:

1. Benefits of Peer Review Publishing, Publishing Philosophies, Preparing Manuscripts; Becoming an Effective Reviewer
2. How to Handle and Respond to Rejections and Revise & Resubmits

When?

• Tue April 8^th 2025 – 14:00-17:00
• Tue April 15^th 2025 – 14:30-16:30 with drinks afterward

Where?

The workshops will be held at NSCR (VU campus Amsterdam, Initium building).

These sessions are designed to be in-person to facilitate interaction and engagement. However, if attending in person is absolutely not possible for you, online participation may be considered in exceptional cases. Please contact the organizers at phdcouncil@nscr.nl to discuss your situation.

For whom?

• PhD students conducting research on criminology-related topics
• If spots remain available, junior researchers and Master’s-level interns may also be considered. If you are interested, please reach out to the organizers at jjonkers@nscr.nl
• Maximum of 28 participants

ECT

One ECT can be granted for attending the full workshop (both sessions).

Registration

You can register by filling out this form: Registration Publishing Landscape in Criminology

[1] This workshop will have a different set-up and contents than the workshop taught last year by Wim Bernasco. So even if you have attended Wim’s workshop, we made sure that this workshop has something new to offer.