Lappeenranta 2023

The emma Doctoral Summer School 2023 was hosted by LUT Business School in Lappeenranta, Finland, on August 14-18.

The Doctoral Summer School covered the following themes:

• Thesis/research feedback: doctoral students and early-stage post-docs (1-2 years from the defense) presented their research and receive feedback from senior faculty and peers.
• Early career development: e.g., building portfolio, networking in the academic community, writing for an academic journal
• Methodological advancements: new emerging research methods and approaches
• Making impact: Meeting with media practitioners and scholars to discuss the current topics.

The participants of the Summer School received a certificate for either 4 or 6 ECTS. The workload for the program itself was 4 ECTS, which included participation in the sessions for the full week, a presentation on own research, and reading and discussing theses (or research plans) of other participants. If the participant wished to complete an additional assignment after the intensive week, the total credits in the certificate were 6 ECTS. The additional work is an analysis of a chosen topic related to the summer school and one’s own research.

About LUT University and LUT Business School

LUT University is a vibrant, modern, international, and top-ranked academic community emphasizing sustainable development in all its activities. LUT Business School was among the top 150 business schools in the last Times Higher Education World University Ranking in the area of business and economics (out of 870 business schools). LUT Business School values company collaboration and impactful research, and it has built large and active networks with business stakeholders from different industries. During the past years, media has become one of the growing strategic research fields with many research projects carried out in collaboration with the media industry based on a multidisciplinary approach (e.g., strategic management, organizational behavior, marketing, data- analytics, sustainable business models, platform economics, responsibility and, CSR).

Participation Costs and Schedule

The Summer School started at 9 am on Monday 14th August and ended on Friday 18th August at noon.

The Summer School’s registration fee was 130e per person for emma members and 180e per person for non-members. This covered: the summer school, 5 lunches, 2 coffee breaks per day, and participation in free time events.

The registration fee did not cover travel to and from Lappeenranta, or accommodation. Each participant will be responsible for organizing their own arrangements. We will provide information about the accommodation possibilities (hotels and prices) later.