Docent or Readership Course
The Swedish title docent more or less corresponds to a British reader or an American associate professor, and is a well known denomination also for most English speaking academics.
To avoid confusion, we have therefore chosen to use just that title when speaking of this particular course. The Docent course is a course in preparation for appointment as a docent at LTH, as well as a qualifying course in teaching and learning in higher education. The course addresses topics of relevance for a future docent at LTH, such as research supervision, third cycle studies (doctoral education), academic conduct, and assessment of PhD candidates.
The aim of the course is thus to prepare a future docent for the functions of a research supervisor and a faculty examiner/member of examining committees.
Course structure
The course consists of lectures, group discussions and written assignments reported individually and in groups. It includes components on the formal aspects of research supervision, the processes of research supervision, development of third cycle studies, academic conduct, development of research teams and assessment at dissertations.
Admission
To be admitted to the course, participants must have a PhD degree. In order to benefit as much as possible from the course, participants are recommended to have some postdoctoral experience of supervision and research.
Scope
The course corresponds to 3 weeks of full-time work.
Syllabus
Course leaders
Öivind Andersson
Professor at CEE/LTH
oivind [dot] andersson [at] energy [dot] lth [dot] se (oivind[dot]andersson[at]energy[dot]lth[dot]se)
Michael Cimbritz
Senior lecturer at CEE/LTH
michael [dot] cimbritz [at] chemeng [dot] lth [dot] se (michael[dot]cimbritz[at]chemeng[dot]lth[dot]se)
Registration
Next course starts in August 2026.
Scheduled meetings
- 24 August 10:15-12
- 27 August 9:15-12 + 13:15-15
- 28 August 9:15-12 + 13:15-15
- 1 September 13:15-17
- 16 September 13:15-15
- 23 September 13:15-16
- 12 October 13:15-16
- 22 October 9:15-13 (including lunch)
All meetings take place on site, at LTH.
Course resources
Previous project reports on Open Journals at Lund University
Information
Information about the course is given by the course leaders.
For questions about course registration, confirmation or other administrative matters – please contact Åsa Ahnfelt, asa [dot] ahnfelt [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (asa[dot]ahnfelt[at]lth[dot]lu[dot]se).