Mentor Club

Mentor Club

The  was approved by the PhD School Board in 2020, to be in line with the policies of the “HR Excellence in Research” programme and to offer guidance to PhD candidates as to how they can best define their own path and enhance their specific skills. The passage from a PhD journey to a career outside or within the university system is a delicate one. Therefore, a well-structured mentoring programme can be of great help to support the students in understanding their potential and aspirations and in developing positive and effective employability skills.

Although a PhD is an essential prerequisite for academic careers in most disciplines, it also gives a significant advantage in job applications outside higher education.

Following the reform of doctoral education (Ministerial Decree 45/2013), the core components of PhD programmes are interdisciplinary training and innovative approaches to research. Within the European Research Area framework, international mobility and the opportunity to develop applied research skills in a real-world context – in collaboration with companies, institutions, associations, and professionals from a range of backgrounds – also provide PhD students with valuable transferable skills.

The University of Macerata Mentoring Scheme is designed to offer PhD students/early postdocs support and guidance in a variety of ways ranging from research training to career advice and planning. PhD students have the opportunity to:

• participate in seminars, conferences, and workshops organised in collaboration with partner companies or other national and international organisations;
• take a series of courses aimed at promoting entrepreneurial and leadership skills, e.g. Laboratorio Umanistico per la Creatività e l'Innovazione (LUCI);
• take part in FindYourDoctraining events, which allow PhD students and postdocs to better understand career paths, to evaluate and make the most of their skills and academic network:

• take a series of training and career development courses (“La formazione umanistica in ambito aziendale”), in collaboration with Istituto Adriano Olivetti (ISTAO), to learn from experts, managers, and professionals about the best strategies to successfully develop a career plan.

Members of the Mentor club

Law and Innovation

Pamela Lattanzi (pamela.lattanzi@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/pamela.lattanzi)

Francesca Spigarelli (francesca.spigarelli@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/francesca.spigarelli)

Education, Cultural Heritage and Territories

Anna Ascenzi (anna.ascenzi@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/anna.ascenzi)

Alessio Cavicchi (alessio.cavicchi@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/alessio.cavicchi)

Global Studies. Justice, Rights, Politics

Benedetta Barbisan (benedetta.barbisan@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/benedetta.barbisan)

Natascia Mattucci (natascia.mattucci@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/natascia.mattucci)

Quantitative Methods for Policy Evaluation

Luca De Benedictis (luca.debenedictis@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/luca.debenedictis)

Humanism and Technologies

Roberto Lambertini (roberto.lambertini@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/roberto.lambertini)

Silvia Fiaschi (silvia.fiaschi@unimc.it; http://docenti.unimc.it/silvia.fiaschi)

More information:

Scientific Research and PhD Office       

@ scuola.dottorato@unimc.it

T I 0733.2582870 – 2880 – 2718

https://www.unimc.it/it/dottorato-di-ricerca

Industrial Liaison and Placement Office             

@ ricerca.ilo@unimc.it

T I 0733.2582480

https://www.unimc.it/it/lavoro-territorio