Doctoral Consortium
Monday, June 29th
15:00
The Doctoral Consortium shall provide PhD students with the opportunity to present their ongoing research, receive feedback from established scholars, and engage in academic discussion with peers and senior researchers within the scope of CYPSY29. It shall serve to promote scholarly exchange, mentoring, and collaboration among early-stage researchers whose work falls within the conference themes, including CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy, Social Networking, behavioural science, ethical technology, and human well-being.
In alignment with the conference theme, Human 5.0: Behaviour, Well-being and Ethical Tech, the Doctoral Consortium shall encourage critical and interdisciplinary reflection on the relationship between human behaviour and digital technologies, with particular regard to ethical, human-centred, and evidence-based approaches.
Duration
A dedicated Doctoral Consortium session will be included in the conference programme, organized as a full afternoon session. The session will include a coffee break and will allow sufficient time for presentations, discussion, and interaction among participants.
Format and Discussion Structure
The Doctoral Consortium will be organised in a round-table format to promote open, constructive, and participatory academic exchange. It will not follow a traditional presentation-to-panel structure. Instead, it will encourage direct interaction between doctoral students and senior researchers in a setting designed to support discussion, reflection, and interdisciplinary dialogue.
The Doctoral Consortium is conceived as a supportive academic forum aimed at strengthening participants’ research projects through constructive feedback and scholarly discussion. It is not intended as an evaluative or judgmental exercise.
Submission Guidelines
Applicants should submit a non-anonymised paper of 2 to 4 pages, excluding references, presenting a structured overview of their doctoral research. Submissions should clearly demonstrate relevance to the scientific themes and topics of the conference.
The paper should:
- Define the research problem;
- Outline the research objectives;
- Present the relevant state of the art;
- Describe the methodological approach;
- Highlight preliminary findings, where applicable;
- Indicate the expected trajectory for completion of the dissertation;
- Clarify the relevance of the work to the conference themes.
In addition, applicants should submit:
- a Curriculum Vitae;
- a brief statement explaining how participation in the Doctoral Consortium would benefit their research development and identifying specific questions or issues they wish to discuss.
All submission materials should be combined into a single PDF file.
Review
All submissions will be reviewed and assessed on the basis of relevance to the conference themes, originality, clarity, and technical quality.
Presentation and Participation
The Doctoral Consortium session will be conducted in a round-table setting rather than in an auditorium format, in order to support direct interaction between senior researchers and PhD students and to encourage active participation.
Each accepted participant will be invited to:
- Introduce themselves and their PhD project during the opening session using one slide, with a maximum duration of 60 seconds;
- Deliver a 10 minute presentation of their research, followed by a discussion session.