The dissertation

Research proposal

The student will prepare a research plan for the dissertation under the supervisor’s guidance. The proposal will include and comprehend all aspects that are required according to the procedures laid down by the committee for research students.

The proposal will be brought before the accompanying committee (see below). After approval by the accompanying committee, it will be submitted to the Research Students Authority for approval. After the latter’s approval, the student may register as a Stage II research student.

Accompanying committee

According to the regulations of the Research Students Authority, an accompanying committee is appointed for each student. This committee comprises, in addition to the advisor, two or more faculty members who are close to the student’s research topic. The committee’s members are proposed by the supervisor, and this is approved by the Research Students Authority, which appoints the accompanying committee. The accompanying committee follows the student’s research up to the stage of submission for evaluation.

Evaluation of the dissertation

The dissertation will be evaluated according to the rules and procedures of the university committee for research students.

Seminar for research students

The program includes two seminars for research students: one for Stage I students and one for Stage II students.

Coordinator: Prof. Mimi Eisenstadt.

Takes place twice a month.

The seminar discusses theoretical, methodological, organizational, ethical and other questions, and how to plan and conduct dissertation research.

It is compulsory to participate in the seminar for two years.

Students will register for 03098-Research Students Seminar I (in the first year) or 03099-Research Students Seminar II (in the second year) with the coordinator for research students, Ori Sagi.

 

Collection of Dissertation

A doctoral dissertation in a collection of articles in the School of Social Work will be written in accordance with the guidelines of the Research Students' Authority (see here), in addition to the following rules:

1) One article (at least) must be published or accepted for publication in a journal with scientific judgment.

Clarification regarding a chapter in a book: One of the chapters of the collection can be a chapter in an edited book, but it must be a chapter of a research nature (as opposed to a chapter that is only a review, which can not be included - just as a review article published in a journal in light of PA rules). However, a chapter in the book does not fulfill the school's requirement for an article published / accepted for publication, in the absence of peer review, and will therefore be in addition to an article published / accepted for publication in a journal with scientific judgment.

2) One article (at least) should belong to the student as a single author.

3) Article(s) in Hebrew and English may be included in the same collection, but at least one of the three articles must be written in English.

Clarification regarding language integration: When there is an intention to combine articles in two languages, the research students should be contacted and informed about it and the academic reason for this decision (such as the intention to publish one of the articles in Hebrew), in order to obtain formal approval. The introductory and discussion chapters of the collection should be written in the language in which most of the articles were written.

In special cases where difficulties arise around these rules, the doctoral committee should be contacted (maayan.davidov@mail.huji.ac.il).