ERIM PhD Reference Guide

6 Important Individuals and Organisations
A PhD candidate does not work alone. Of course there is your supervisory team, with
which you do your research. But you will also regularly be in contact with various
individuals from the ERIM team and with representatives from different PhD
networks.
6.1 Your Supervisory Team
6.1.1 Supervisor (“Promotor”)
The PhD candidate is supervised and guided by the supervisor, “promotor” in Dutch.
The supervisor is always a full professor and research member/fellow of ERIM. It is
possible to have more than one supervisor.
6.1.2 Daily Supervisor
It is possible that an associate professor (‘universitair hoofddocent’, UHD) or
assistant professor (‘universitair docent’, UD) will serve as the mandated (daily)
supervisor (‘gemandateerd begeleider’). If there is no mandated supervisor, your
supervisor (‘promotor’) (or one of your supervisors) will act as your daily supervisor.
The PhD candidate can turn to the daily supervisor concerning scientific problems
and questions. It is recommended for PhD candidates to have regular meetings with
their daily supervisors (in the first year you should at least have an appointment of
approximately one hour with your daily supervisor every two weeks. In the later
years this frequency may vary, depending on the work you are doing at that time.)
6.2 Deans of the ERIM participating faculties
Prof. Dr. S.L. van de Velde (Steef)
Dean, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Prof. Dr. P.H.B.F. Franses (Philip Hans)
Dean, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
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