<p>Establishment of a Structured PhD programmme in European studies</p><p>(Conference Agenda)</p><p>PANNEL SESSION ONE </p><p>12:00 – 13:30 </p><p>12:00 –12:15 Opening session/ Welcome and introductions</p><p>12:15-12:30 Diarmuid Rossa Phelan (Trinity College Dublin)</p><p>Structure - Point; Metrics – Quality;</p><p>12:30-12:45 Nevenka Maher (University of Ljubliana)</p><p>Quality of an interdisciplinary doctor programme in European Studies</p><p>12:45- 13:00 Matteo Fumagalli (Central European University)</p><p>Pitfalls, hard choices, and lessons learnt in the making and remaking of doctoral studies. Supporting young scholars-in-the-making: From coursework to submission</p><p>13:00 – 13:30 Q&A session /Review/Sharing concepts and reflections</p><p>13:30– 14:30 Lunch Break</p><p>PANNEL SESSION TWO</p><p>14:30 – 16:30 </p><p>14:30 – 14:45 Tamar (Tata) Vepkhvadze Head of TSU Quality Assurance Service </p><p>Review of program accreditation standards and procedures within the Georgian legal framework </p><p>1</p><p>This Project Is funded by the European Union 14:45 – 15:00 Natia Lapiashvili (Tbilisi State University)</p><p>Swiss Experience on Quality Assurance in Doctoral Studies Programs</p><p>15:00- 15:15 Azad Garibov - Khazar University, Department of Political Science and International Relations </p><p>Structured PhD compared to non-structured PhD</p><p>15:15- 15:45 Marat Akopian (Institute for European Studies/TSU)</p><p>Structuring a PhD Program in European Studies</p><p>15:45:16:00 Lika Glonti - TEMPUS National Coordinator </p><p>Joint study programmes in Georgia: problems and perspectives</p><p>16:00- 16:30 Summaries and Comparative Discussion</p><p>16:30 -16:45 Coffee Break </p><p>PANNEL SESSION THREE</p><p>16:45 – 18:00 </p><p>16:45 – 17:00 Madalina Dobrescu (London School of Economics)</p><p>Understanding integration and fragmentation in Europe. The doctoral programme in European Studies at the London School of Economics</p><p>17:00 -17:15 Ashot Aleksanyan – Yerevan State University, Center of European Studies, Department of Political Science, Faculty of International Relations</p><p>The key role of the Center for European Studies in the educational system of Yerevan State University</p><p>17:15-17:30 Benedikt Harzl (University of Graz); Lorin-Johannes Wagner (University of Graz)</p><p>Outline on doctoral studies at the law faculty of the University of Graz </p><p>17:30 – 17:45 Eka Basialia, TSU International Relations Department </p><p>Review of TSU internationalization strategy</p><p>2</p><p>This Project Is funded by the European Union 17:45 – 18:00 Closing session/evaluation/feedback</p><p>19:00 - Dinner at Restaurant “Puris Sakhli” / “Bread House”. Address: Gorgasali 7, Tbilisi, Georgia</p><p>3</p><p>This Project Is funded by the European Union</p>