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What previous participants have said about WTMC Dissertation Days:
"This gave me an enormous push with my dissertation." (Prof.. P.P Verbeek)

'I liked best the quality and usefulness of the feedback given/received'

'the senior commentators gave very good comments that were useful for all of us and not just the one person whose chapter was being discussed'

'Perfect. Good atmosphere, high quality cuisine...'

'Excellent format. Great reviewers, very useful day, Thanks!'

On 12 April 2012 WTMC will organize a D-day (Dissertation Day) for those WTMC members who are in the final phase of their PhD (in other words, who have completed all of the workshops and summer schools and are in their last two years). This is your chance, not only to receive comprehensive comments on your own work, but also to read work by your fellow PhD students. By carefully reading the work of others in order to give feedback you can learn a lot about writing. We also discuss more general issues around finishing dissertations, and what to do with them once they are done.

For those of you who have never attended a Dissertation Day, this is what happens: each participant sends in a chapter or article from his/her PhD manuscript. It must be work-in-progress (i.e. not already published). These must be sent to Marjatta (u.m.kemppainen@utwente.nl ) by 27 March 2012. She will then distribute all of the chapters/articles and send them to participants prior to the meeting so that everyone has time to read all of the chapters.

During the meeting, each participant very briefly introduces her/ his work. Two discussants then provide comments – a fellow participant and a senior scholar. The author has an opportunity to respond to these comments before the discussion is opened to everyone. Each paper is discussed for a total of 45-55 minutes. The day will be chaired by Teun Zuiderent-Jerak (zuiderent@bmg.eur.nl).

For this event, Dick Willems has kindly agreed to act as discussant. Dick Willems is professor of medical ethics at the Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre and member of WTMC. His research includes topics such as unbearable suffering in the debate over euthanasia or ehtical problems involved with chronic illness. Should there be a lot of participants, then we may as the coordinators or extra discussants to comment on your paper.

Depending on the number of participants, the Dissertation Day will last from 10 until 6, and will be followed by dinner (paid for by WTMC). Dinner is usually finished by 8.30 pm.

The D-day is an opportunity to get feedback, and that is what your text should facilitate. If your chapter isn't perfect yet, this is precisely why you want to discuss it at such a forum. Of course the draft should be fairly well developed, in order to get more specific and helpful feedback. The word limit for contributions to the D-day is 10.000 words.

Dr. Willem Halffman
Department of Philosophy and Science Studies
Institute for Science, Innovation & Society, Mailbox 77
Fac. of Science, P.O. box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Visit: Huijgens Building, Heyendaalseweg 135, room 02.822
Tel. +31(24)3652579/53201, www.halffman.net