On the 17th of March 2016 the annual gathering for PhD-candidates at the Faculty of Psychology was held at Hotel Terminus. The annual gathering is organized by PsykSTIP and is an academic and social gathering for PhD-candidates.
Annual gathering for PhD-candidates
![PsykSTIP leader Kari Hagatun kicks off the gathering](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000293-300x225.jpg)
8.45: Coffee and snacks
9.00 – 9.15: Welcome / Ph.D.-committee leader Kari Hagatun
9.15 – 10.00: “The final frontier – submitting your thesis and getting ready for defense” / Associate Professor Camilla Løvvik
![Camilla Løvvik](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000294-300x225.jpg)
10.00 – 10.15: Coffee break
10.15 – 11.00: Publishing / Professor Ståle Pallesen.
![Ståle Pallesen](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000304-300x225.jpg)
11.00 -11.10: Coffee break
![The current PsykSTIP leader thanking the previous PsykSTIP leader Marte Knag Fylkesnes](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000320-300x225.jpg)
11.10 – 12.15: Research Schools
After a short introduction by the coordinator for the PhD-program, Helen Green, the research groups at the faculty will inform about their work and special areas of interest.
![Helen Green](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000325-225x300.jpg)
GHIG / Associate Professor Jørn Hetland and Senior Executive Officer Maria Luttges Mathieu
CDP / Higher Executive Officer Jeanette Lidal
IGSIN / Professor Karsten Specht
12.00-12.15: Presentation of the course University Pedagogy for Ph.D. candidates (UPED634) / Professor Åge Diseth
![Åge Diseth](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000350-300x225.jpg)
12.15 – 13.15: Lunch
13.15 – 14.00: “Meeting the expectations? The PhD candidates at UiB views of their supervisors” / Associate Professor Jan Fredrik Hovden & Associate Professor Ole Johan Mjøs
![Jan Fredrik Hovden and Ole Johan Mjøs](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000380-300x225.jpg)
14.00 – 14.15: Coffee break
14.15 – 15.00: Should I Stay or Should I Go? -Will better guidelines and assessment criteria for article-based dissertation prevent ph.d-student attrition? / Professor Rune Krumsvik
![Rune Krumsvik](http://psykstip.w.uib.no/files/2016/04/P1000390-300x225.jpg)
18.30 –>: Social gathering, food included.