PLPR PhD student network

 

The PLPR PhD Student Network offers a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment for doctoral researchers working on property, land, and planning research. It is designed to foster engagement with cutting-edge scholarship, encourage collaboration across institutions, and provide meaningful opportunities for academic and professional development.

At the heart of the network is its main annual activity: the PhD workshop, which typically takes place during the first days of the PLPR annual conference. This dedicated workshop provides a focused setting for doctoral researchers to present their work, receive in-depth feedback, and engage directly with peers and senior scholars in the field. It serves as a key platform for early-stage discussion, reflection, and refinement of research.

Through its broader set of activities, PhD students are able to engage closely with mainstream research while building lasting academic connections. The network fosters the exchange of ideas and mutual learning on methods, tools, and research challenges. It also offers opportunities to receive guidance from experienced researchers and to gain constructive appraisal of ongoing work. In addition, the network provides a collegial space to discuss the wider experience of doctoral research, including academic life and publishing.

The network was established in 2010 as part of the PLPR community. Since then, activities for early-career researchers have become a regular feature of the annual conference, with the introduction of the first full-day PhD workshop in 2016 marking an important step in its development.

Details of current and upcoming PhD network activities can be found here.