Doctoral studies in social sciences

Program Overview

This interdisciplinary doctoral program in communication studies and administrative sciences prepares students for research, leadership, and expert roles in the public and private sectors. It emphasizes critical thinking, ethical research, and socially impactful work in areas such as public management, governance, and communication. The program offers a nationally and internationally networked curriculum with a focus on regional development, public ethics, and social and health services.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Overview:
The program produces Doctors of Administrative Sciences (D.Sc. (Admin.)) and Doctors of Philosophy (PhD) in communication studies for demanding research, expert, education, development, and foreperson roles, particularly in the public sector but also in the private sector and for other societal actors.
• Objectives:
• Enhance profound understanding of social phenomena
• Develop critical thinking skills
• Provide ethically lasting research frameworks
• Emphasize socially impactful research
• Program Description:
• Interdisciplinary education
• Focus on public management and ethics, governance, social and health services, and communication studies
• Main subjects: regional studies, public management, public law, social and health management, and communication studies
• Focus areas:
• Regional development and economy
• Public management and ethics
• Changing governance and basic rights
• Social and health services
• Sociocultural phenomena of media and communication
• Doctoral studies components:
• General scientific studies (philosophy of science, research ethics, etc.)
• Method studies
• Field of study-related studies
• Academic and other working life skills
• Nationally and internationally networked program
• Researchers organize seminars and actively participate in international seminars and public discussions