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