Doctoral School

As a one-stop agency, the Doctoral School offers doctoral students and researchers a central platform for developing research skills and building professional networks. It fosters a high-quality, interdisciplinary environment for the advancement of research and academic competences.

Objectives

To create a one-stop agency to exchange information about ways to develop various competences;
To provide consultations on research design, data processing and interpretation, writing, publishing strategies and project preparation;
To organise seminars, workshops and various activities for the development of research competences;
To foster networking for doctoral candidates and researchers.

Project preparation

Time	Topic	Contact, registration	Location
By appointment	Preparation of project and grant applications (FLPP, VPP, RSU grants)	Silva Vītola, silva[pnkts]vitolarsu[pnkts]lv	16 Dzirciema iela, C-204
By appointment	Preparation of project and grant applications (international projects)	Ingrīda Kalviņa (ingrida[pnkts]kalvinarsu[pnkts]lv)	16 Dzirciema iela, K-203, K-220

Data processing and interpretation (consultations)

Consultations

Time	Topic	Contact, registration	Location
By appointment	Consultations on research data management	Research Data Management, datukuratorirsu[pnkts]lv	Online (Zoom)
By appointment	Bioinformatics analyses of multi-omics data and integration with clinical, life-style/environmental information	Baiba Vilne, baiba[pnkts]vilnersu[pnkts]lv	Online (Zoom)
By appointment	Quantitative data processing using R	Andris Avotiņš, Eva Petrošina (statistikarsu[pnkts]lv)	Online (Zoom)
By appointment	Quantitative data processing using MS Excel	Olga Rajevska, Madara Miķelsone (statistikarsu[pnkts]lv)	Online (Zoom)
Fridays 13:00–17:00, by appointment	Statistical processing of quantitative data	Andrejs Ivanovs, Šimons Svirskis, Eva Petrošina, Maksims Mukāns (statistikarsu[pnkts]lv)	Online (Zoom)
By appointment	Peer review of statistical reporting in scientific articles	Šimons Svirskis, Andris Avotiņš (statistikarsu[pnkts]lv)	Online (Zoom)
By appointment	Quantitative data processing using NVivo	Diāna Kalniņa (statistikarsu[pnkts]lv)	23 Kapseļu Iela, Statistics Unit
Weekdays 8:30–17:15 (Fridays until 16:00)	Processing personal data and related matters	Marina Siņkovska (personu[pnkts]datirsu[pnkts]lv)	16 Dzirciema Iela, D-100

English language in research (consultations)

Time	Topic	Contact, registration	Location
Fridays 10:00–11:00, by appointment	Editing scientific articles in English	valodasrsu[pnkts]lv	16 Dzirciema iela, B-407
By appointment	English language in research	Guntars Dreijers, dreijersggmail[pnkts]com	Zoom

Publication and databases (consultations)

Consultations

Time	Topic	Contact, registration	Location
Thursdays 10:00–12:00, by appointment	Intellectual property protection	Linda Gabrusenoka (linda[pnkts]gabrusenokarsu[pnkts]lv)	12 Vīlipa Iela, Room 8
By appointment	Expert advice on the quality of article manuscript content	Scientists registered in LZP expert database (dana[pnkts]briedersu[pnkts]lv)	The experts' respective offices
Wednesdays 16:00–17:00, by appointment	Database searches	Signe Riekstiņa-Pāla (signe[pnkts]riekstina-palarsu[pnkts]lv, bibliotekarsu[pnkts]lv)	16 Dzirciema Iela, G-204.c
Wednesdays 16:00–17:00, by appointment	Consultations on the methodological guidelines of collaboration journals of RSU (e.g. Medicine, Acta Chirurgica Latviensis)	Signe Riekstiņa-Pāla, signe[pnkts]riekstina-palarsu[pnkts]lv (bibliotekarsu[pnkts]lv)	16 Dzirciema Iela, G-204.c
Mondays 16:00–17:00 Fridays 14:00–15:00	Using EndNote	Inga Znotiņa (inga[pnkts]znotinarsu[pnkts]lv, bibliotekarsu[pnkts]lv)	16 Dzirciema Iela, G-204.c
Tuesdays, Thursdays 16:00–17:00	Patent information searches	Signe Riekstiņa-Pāla (signe[pnkts]riekstina-palarsu[pnkts]lv, bibliotekarsu[pnkts]lv)	16 Dzirciema Iela, G-204.c

Networking Events

Event	Date	Topic	Language
Networking event	19 Feb 2026	Scientific Journal Club	English
Networking event	11 Dec 2025	Scientific Journal Club	English
Networking event	13 Nov 2025	Scientific Journal Club	English
Discussion	13 Mar 2025	Advancing Single-Cell Proteomics: Novel Image Processing Tools for High-Resolution Analysis	English
Networking event	13 Feb 2025	Exploring Population Research in Oral Health. Discussion with Tenured Professor Shaju Jacob Pulikkotil	English
Networking event	23 Jan 2025	Scientific Journal Club	English
Seminar	5 Dec 2024	Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora	English
Seminar	17 Oct 2024	The Culture Industry, Right-Wing Populism and Conspiratorial Discourse: a case study of Russell Brand	English
Discussion	6 Jun 2024	Concepts of host-pathogen interactions	English