PhD courses
Compulsory and optional courses in Business administration and research policy
Our intensive courses offer a combination of lectures, seminars, and workshops for students to learn and receive guided feedback on their PhD projects from leading scholars.
Compulsory courses | Business administration
| SPRING 2019 | AUTUMN 2019 |
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Qualitative Methods | 7.5 credits Philosophy of Science | 7.5 credits |
Introduction to Business Research Methods | 15 credits Theory in Business Administration | 7.5 credits |
Quantitative Methods | 7.5 credits – this compulsory course has earlier been running during autumn. From 2020 it will be given in spring instead, preliminary Jan–March. Course leader: Prof Johan Anselmsson
► Course syllabus
Compulsory courses | Research Policy
| SPRING 2019 | AUTUMN 2019 |
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Research Policy | 7.5 credits |
Innovation Studies | 7.5 credits |
Optional courses
| SPRING 2019 | AUTUMN 2019 |
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Critical Perspectives on Leadership | 7.5 credits Critical Management Studies | Reflexive and Creative Methodology | 7.5 credits |
Qualitative data analysis and theorization | 7.5 credits Action Research | 7.5 credits Commercialize your research | |
Corporate Social Responsibility | 7.5 credits – this course will be given in autumn 2020 (prel.). Course leader: Associate Prof Susanne Arvidsson.
► Course syllabus
Seminar participation
PhD students at the department have the possibility to earn up to 7.5 credits by participating in research seminars.
► Seminar card
External courses
Courses taken at other departments at Lund University or other higher education institutions (including institutions abroad) may also, if approved by the Director of PhD studies, be included in the PhD programme.
Teacher training courses
During your PhD studies you have the opportunity to take teacher training courses in order to be qualified to teach in higher education after your studies. Division for Higher Education Development (AHU) at Lund University offers cross-disciplinary courses.
Courses at other universities
As a PhD student at the Department of Business Administration at Lund University, you do not need to pay a course fee to attend PhD courses given at the Business Administration departments within the U6 network:
- University of Gothenburg
- Linköping University
- Stockholm University
- Umeå University
- Uppsala University
Our department also has an agreement with the Doctoral School of Organization and Management Studies (OMS) at Copenhagen Business School allowing PhD students from our department to attend their PhD courses free of charge.