Network members shall have the opportunity through bimonthly informal face-to-face meetings to present the latest progress in their doctoral research and open their work up to discussion. The network shall help the students make their research intentions more concrete and gain advice on the completeness of their achieved work. Presenting their own work to a peer group also constitutes a good opportunity for them to practise the defence of their dissertation.

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