Quality assurance in research education
At Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM)
The doctoral programmes at LUSEM are regularly evaluated and developed so that the quality of the programmes can be maintained. Peer review is a crucial part of this quality assurance process, and an external peer review committee is appointed for every evaluation.
The quality assurance process
The process starts with a self-evaluation made by the department responsible for the doctoral programme. This self-evaluation is summarized in a self-assessment report. The doctoral student union gets the opportunity to submit a special report to the peer-review committee. Based on the self-assessment report, the doctoral student union’s report, and interviews with representatives from the department management, supervisors and doctoral students, the task of the peer-review committee is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the programme and make recommendations.
More information can be found in the document below.
- Guidelines for quality assurance of research education at LUSEM
(PDF, in Swedish, 221 kB)
Quality assurance evaluations at LUSEM
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Economics 2023
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 221 kB)
- The department’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 257 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 263 kB)
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Research Policy 2022
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 189 kB)
- The department’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 223 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 174 kB)
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Business Administration 2021/22
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 198 kB)
- The department's response to the evaluation (pdf, 436 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 373 kB)
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Business Law 2020
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 204 kB)
- The department’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 317 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 136 kB)
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Informatics 2020
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 107 kB)
- The department’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 278 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 112 kB)
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Statistics 2020
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 45 kB)
- The department’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 124 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation 210216 (pdf, 48 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation 210419 (pdf, 188 kB)
Evaluation of the PhD programme in Economic History 2019
- Report from the external evaluation group (pdf, 126 kB)
- The department’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 130 kB)
- LUSEM’s response to the evaluation (pdf, 188 kB)
Accreditations
In LUSEM’s quality and development work, we focus a lot on accreditation, which is basically about ensuring the quality of our education, our research and how we interact with the surrounding society. The whole process calls for continuous development and internationalisation of our activities and helps us to maintain a strategic focus and to continue to develop in line with the demands and changes of the world around us.