PhD Conference

Chair: Dr Seda Erdem

The panel discussion will cover various topics related to progressing during PhD, how to have a successful completion, and career development after PhD. This is a Q&A based session and open to all level PhDs and colleagues.

Professor Iain Docherty

Iain Docherty is Dean for the Institute for Advanced Studies at Stirling University. His research interests focus on the interconnecting issues of public policy, institutional change and city and regional competitiveness, especially the role of transport in promoting economic development and environmental sustainability.

Iain has worked with and advised a range of private sector, governmental and other organisations including governments and public agencies in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, The Netherlands and Sweden, and the OECD.

Find out more about Professor Docherty.

Dr Aliya Kenjegalieva

Lecturer at Bath University and a Doctoral alumnus of Stirling University with several years teaching experience in Economics.

Her research interest include financial frictions, human capital, wage and wealth inequality, monetary policies and macro finance.

Find out more about Dr Kenjegalieva.

Emily Sandwell

Emily has considerable experience in the field of graduate recruitment, careers information, advice, and guidance. She has a keen interest in people development and works on a regular basis with students, graduates, employers and universities She joined the University of Stirling in January 2010 as a Careers and Employability Consultant She works with students and staff to enhance their career management skills and employability through a range of comprehensive careers education activities.

She is responsible for providing individual careers advice and guidance to students, graduates and postgraduates through one to one guidance and group work She is currently the main Careers and Employability Consultant for the Stirling Management School contributing to the design and delivery of careers education in the curriculum She is a member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services and is CIPD qualified.

Find out more about Emily Sandwell.

Dr Seda Erdem is an associate professor in applied economics and the Postgraduate Research Director of Stirling Management School. She is a member of Stirling Behavioural Science Centre and Applied Choice Research Group and is an expert member of the Social Science Research Committee of the UK's Food Standards Agency, a non ministerial government department of the UK to support decisions about public health at policy level.

Her academic studies include an MSc in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts and a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on eliciting individual's preferences and choices, perceptions, and decision making in various contexts in the fields of food, health, and marketing.