IAPLL Doctoral School

1. General information:

•  Time: December 5-7th, 2025
•   Place: Graz, Austria (University of Graz)
•  Application Deadline: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 12:00 CET
• Application Results: Monday, July 2nd, 2025
•  Registration Deadline: Monday, September 1st, 2025

2. About

The IAPLL Doctoral School 2025 in Graz, organized by the University of Graz with the support of IAPLL, is aimed at PhD candidates who do research in the field of psychology of language learning and teaching. It offers PhD candidates the opportunity to present their PhD research progress among PLLT students and researchers and receive valuable feedback from peers and experts in the field. The Doctoral School will enable participants to network with other doctoral students, post-docs, and researchers and further develop their research skills by participating in workshops focusing on research methods and career progression in academia. Participants will also be offered the chance to engage in one-to-one consultancy sessions with experienced researchers from the field to receive more individually tailored feedback on their doctoral research.

The plenary speakers are Kata Csizér (Eötvös Loránd University), Ulla Fürstenberg (University of Graz), and Nathan Thomas (University College London). Additionally, workshops will be conducted by Elouise Botes (University of Luxemburg), Pia Resnik (University of Vienna), Sarah Mercer, Hassan Khajavy, and Dávid Smid (University of Graz) and one-to-one consultancy sessions will be offered by all invited experts.

In addition to the academic activities, social events such as attending Christmas markets and a drinks reception are planned. 

There is no fee for participating in the IAPLL Doctoral School 2025. However, costs such as travel expenses, accommodation, etc. must be covered by participants themselves. Food during coffee breaks and lunch will be provided free of charge. For more information regarding participation, application, and registration see sections 3 and 4 below.

3. Participation 

• Participants must be members of IAPLL at the time of application, and their thesis must be concerned with a topic in the area of PLLT. 
• At the Doctoral School, participants will have to give oral presentations (no posters allowed) on their current state of research (20 minutes for the presentation / 10 minutes for questions).
• If more participants apply than can attend, there will be a peer-review process.
• The number of participants will be limited to a maximum of 20. (If a minimum number of participants is not reached, the doctoral school will not take place.)
• Given the intimate character of the Doctoral School, participants who have registered are expected to make their best efforts to attend. You will be taking the place of somebody else who could have attended instead of you. Please take seriously your commitment to the Doctoral School when you agree to participate.

4. Application & Registration

•  Participants are asked to submit 

○       an abstract (max. 200 words) of their presentation, 

○       a letter of motivation (max. 350 words), 

○       a CV,

○       evidence that they are enrolled in a doctoral programme.

• Please submit your application including all required documents to iaplldoctoralschool@gmail.com before Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 12:00 CET.
• Application Results will be announced by Monday, July 2nd, 2025.
• In case of acceptance, you will have to register for the Doctoral School on the IAPLL website by Monday, September 1st, 2025.
• Upon registration, participants may be asked to provide further information regarding themselves and their research.