20 November 2025
FREE ADMISSION | Mandatory for GROW PhDs
Annual GROW Autumn event (for MSCA GROW PhD and their supervisors)
Every year the MSCA GROW project organizes a 2 day meetup in Spring and an Autumn 1 day meetup for trainings and community exchange.
In 2025 we will be welcomed by Wageningen University & Research.
The events are mandatory for all GROW PhDs (who are in the country / not on field research) and (max) 1 supervisor per PhD candidate is very welcome to join.
Three main topics are on our agenda.
Reflecting and discussion on the recently released report: “The Netherlands, Europe and the Global South in a changing world order”
Pitch training and practicing
Peer-to-peer group sessions for the PhDs
9.30h | Walk – inn with coffee / tea |
10.00h | Reflecting and discussion on the recently released report: “The Netherlands, Europe and the Global South in a changing world order” Introduced by Prof. Annelies Zoomers (Chair of the committee), Jorrit Oppewal and Susanne Kamerling from the Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV – Advisory Committee for the Dutch Government – Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
12.00h | Lunch |
13.00h | Pitch training and practicing. After instruction by Gerrit-Jan van 't Veen (We Are Changemakers) and preparing all GROW candidates will all pitch their projects in small groups of their peers and present supervisors. |
15.00h | Break |
15.30h | Peer-to-peer group sessions GROW PhDs will share – confidentially – among their peers their professional and personal experiences after ~ one year of working as PhDs in the Dutch academic settings. |
16.30h | End of the day and closing |
