ENGAGE.EU Early-Stage Researcher Online Workshop Hosted by NHH Bergen
Are you a PhD/doctoral candidate or a researcher navigating the first four years of your career?
Join us for a dynamic two-morning online workshop hosted by NHH Norwegian School of Economics as part of the ENGAGE.EU Alliance’s Research initiatives.
The workshop will help you recognise and communicate your strengths, explore career opportunities, and build practical skills for your next career step through interactive workshops, discussions, case studies and international breakout sessions.
The workshop
Tuesday 6 October | Career Exploration and Transferable Skills
Tuesday focuses on understanding your skills, exploring your options, and thinking strategically about your early career.
- Skills Mapping Workshop – Identify your transferable skills and learn how to communicate their value beyond your research.
- Career Journeys: From PhD to Professional Practice – Academia ↔ Industry Transitions – Hear different perspectives on career paths and transitions between academia and professional practice.
- Career Path Case Study Discussion – Apply your thinking to realistic career scenarios and explore different strategies for navigating your early career.
Wednesday 7 October | Intercultural Communication and Interview Skills
Wednesday focuses on communicating your value and navigating recruitment with confidence in an international context.
- Intercultural Communication and Interview Skills – Explore how cultural expectations shape communication, recruitment and interviews, and develop practical strategies for different contexts.
- Country-Based Breakout Sessions – Choose the ENGAGE.EU country you are most interested in and learn about its recruitment practices, expectations and professional context.
- Recruitment Scenarios: What Would You Do? – Work through realistic recruitment situations and consider how to respond to common challenges.
Registration
Whether you are considering academia, industry, the public sector, or another career path, this workshop will give you practical tools and new perspectives for your next step.
Register here! Registration closes Sunday, October 4 at 11:59 PM.
Calendar of Events
Tuesday 6 October 2026
09.00–12.00
Career Exploration and Transferable Skills
| 09.00–09.15 | Welcome and Introduction Elisa Casi-Eberhard, NHH Academic Director for Learning at ENGAGE.EU (Associate Professor, Department of Business and Management Science, NHH) |
| 09.15–10.15 | Skills Mapping Workshop Hannah Bäcklin (Career Counsellor, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg) |
| 10.15–10.20 | Transition Break |
| 10.20–11.20 | Career Journeys: From PhD to Professional Practice Roundtable. Academia ↔ Industry Transitions. Lars Sørgard (Professor & Head of Department, Department of Economics, NHH) |
| 11.20–11.25 | Transition Break |
| 11.25–12.00 | Career Path Case Study Discussion 11.25–11.30 Introduction to the case studies (plenary) 11.30–11.50 Small-group discussions (breakout rooms) 11.50–12.00 Group reporting and discussion (plenary) |
Wednesday 7 October 2026
09.00–12.00
Intercultural Communication and Interview Skills
| 09.00–09.15 | Welcome and Introduction Steffen Juranek, NHH Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (Professor, Department of Business and Management Science, NHH) |
| 09.15–10.15 | Intercultural Communication and Interview Skills (academic and non-academic jobs) 09.15–10.15 Plenary 10.15–11.15 Country-Based Breakout Sessions |
| 11.15–11.20 | Transition Break |
| 11.20–11.50 | Recruitment Scenarios. What Would You Do? 11.20–11.25 Scenario introduction and instructions (plenary) 11.25–11.40 Small-group scenario discussions (breakout rooms) 11.40–11.50 Group reporting and discussion (plenary) |
| 11.50–12.00 | Closing Remarks Heather Arghandeh Paudler (Advisor, Office of Research Support) |