European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2018 | Jean-Eric Paquet Director-General | Horizon Europe proposal | — |
| 17 Oct 2018 | Jean-Eric Paquet Director-General | Horizon Europe proposal | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Eurodoc's vision: A fair and sustainable research culture where early career researchers are treated with respect and have access to long-term and stable career pathways. Eurodoc’s mission: To advocate for positive change in the policies, culture, and environment that affect the quality of training, well-being, and employment conditions of early career researchers. Eurodoc objectives according to our Statute: - Represent doctoral candidates and junior researchers at European level in matters of their education, research and professional development. - Advance the quality of doctoral programmes and the standards of research activity in Europe. - Promote the circulation of information on issues regarding ECRs and organize events. - Participate in debates, and assist in the elaboration of policies about Higher Education and Research in Europe. - Establish and promote cooperation between national associations representing doctoral candidates and junior researchers within Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
Framework Programme 10, European Research Area Act, European Competitiveness Fund, Erasmus+
Communication Activities
- Statement on the European Research Area Act; 2026, https://zenodo.org/records/18359920 - Joint statement on the European Research Area Act. Ensuring a researcher-centred European Research Area, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18353673 - Statement by the MCAA and Eurodoc: Towards an attractive and inclusive European Research Area (ERA): Removing legal and administrative barriers for mobile researchers in Europe, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17608024 - Eurodoc Statement on Equitable Opportunities in Academia for Early Career Researchers, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16921002 - Eurodoc Annual Conference on Breaking Barriers: Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in academia, 6-7 August 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark - Eurodoc Annual Conference on Towards a United European Research Area: The Ljubljana process and beyond, 4-5 June 2024, Ljubjana, Slovenia https://eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2024 - Eurodoc Annual Conference on Sustainable Academia, 7-8 June 2023, Uppsala, Sweden https://eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2023 - Eurodoc Annual Conference on Building a Bridge Between Research and Business, 18-19 May 2022, Vilnius, Lithuania http://eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2022 - Eurodoc Annual Conference on Improving Doctoral Training in Europe, 14-15 July 2021, Prague, Czech Republic http://eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2021 - Eurodoc Annual Conference "Open up your Science", 22-23 July 2020, Warsaw, Poland http://eurodoc.net/online-conference-agm-2020 -Eurodoc Annual conference on Employability of PhDs. April 1-2, 2019, Brussels, Belgium. http://www.eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2019 -Eurodoc conference on Plan S and open access, 14 February 2019, University of Nice, France -Eurodoc workshop on doctoral training organization and doctoral policy, November 2018, University of Warsaw, Poland -Eurodoc Conference "Science with and for society", 19 October 2018 - EU parliament, Strasbourg - Eurodoc Conference "Research Career - a living dream?", 18-19 April 2018 in Tampere: http://eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2018/programme
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Member of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe http://coe-ngo.org/#/ingo/56a682bd7f63c229362a2f77 Member of CoARA - https://coara.eu/agreement/signatories/?category%5B0%5D=europe#signatories Member of ISE - https://initiative-se.eu/
Organisation Members
https://eurodoc.net/eurodoc-members
Additional Information
Income (2024-2025): €76592 Expenses (2024-2025): €89206