MGMT PhD courses

The Department of Management (MGMT) offers 4 PhD courses on an annual basis:

  1. Qualitative Research Methods (5-10 ECTS)
  2. The Research Process and the Role of Theory in Business Research (5 ECTS)
  3. Applied Quantitative Methods for Management Research (5 ECTS)
  4. Publish or Perish: Preparing, Writing and Reviewing Journal Articles in Marketing and Management (5 ECTS) 

As part of their PhD course work requirements, MGMT PhD students have to successfully complete the first 3 courses (in course 1 min. 5 ECTS: module A (2.5 ECTS) + B, C or D (2.5 ECTS each)), preferably within the first year of their PhD enrolment. All courses are by default open to external PhD students; however, MGMT and BSS PhD students will be granted preferred access in case of overbooking. 

Below, you can see the schedule for current and upcoming PhD courses:


PhD Courses 2024 - Preliminary dates!


Qualitative Research Methods - 2024

ECTS: 5 (basic module A: Introduction & Research Design: 2.5 ECTS + one of the three supplementary modules (B, C or D): 2.5 ECTS)

Module A - Introduction & Research Design: 11-13 March 2024 (course coordinator: Helle Neergaard)
Application deadline: 7 February 2024

Module B - Collecting Qualitative Data: 24-26 April 2024 (course coordinator: Jakob Lauring)
Application deadline: 18 March 2024

Module C - Analysing Qualitative Data: 30 April –2 May 2024 (course coordinator: Birte Asmuß)
Application deadline: 21 March 2024

Module D - Mixing Methods: 27-28 and 31 May 2024 (course coordinator: Alice Grønhøj)
Application deadline: 22 April 2024

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The Research Process and the Role of Theory in Business Research - 2024

ECTS: 5

Part One: 10-12 June 2024 and Part Two: 11-13 September 2024

Course coordinators: 
Part One: Associate Professor Peter Kesting
Part Two: Professor Lars Frederiksen

Application deadline: 1 May 2024

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Applied Quantitative Methods for Management Research - 2024

ECTS: 5

8 lecture days, 9:00-15:00: 3, 4, 10, 24, 31 October, and 7, 14, 21 November 2024

Course coordinator: Assistant Professor Tünde Cserpes

Application deadline: 4 September 2024

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Publish or Perish: Preparing, Writing and Reviewing Journal Articles in Marketing and Management – 2024

ECTS: 5

Module 1: 24-25 January 2024; Module 2: 14 May 2024; Module 3: 23 August 2024

Course coordinators: Professor Liisa Lähteenmäki and Professor John Thøgersen

Application deadline: 15 December 2023

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