On May 14, 2026, from 10:00 to 11:00 (CET), Idea Puzzle will join the first ever European Doctoral Day by hosting the one-hour free webinar 'Doctoral research design with Idea Puzzle' for PhD candidates, doctoral supervisors, and lecturers of research methods/skills in any field of knowledge.
Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z_c4Yxm5TKKvioYnv0ueNg to receive access to the webinar and a free trial of the Idea Puzzle software.
Webinar description
The future of Europe depends on creative, original, and rigorous thinkers. PhD candidates are a unique source of cognitive abilities such as abstract, critical, systemic, integrative, and subtractive thinking. This webinar explores the role of such abilities in the design of a doctoral research project to ensure its academic as well as public and commercial interest. The webinar also highlights the importance of first-hand experience to ensure personally relevant research.
Lecturer
Ricardo Morais, married and father of three daughters, is Professor of Management at Católica Porto Business School, Director of Idea Puzzle, and Keynote Speaker on Philosophy of Science, Strategic Management, and Design Thinking. Since 2002, he has published more than 40 articles, chapters, and papers about these topics and lectured in 116 universities from 28 countries. From 2013 to 2025, he coordinated the seminar 'How to design your PhD' at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) in Brussels. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, having graduated in Management from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto. He is also an alumnus of HPI School of Design Thinking in Germany. Since 1996, he has co-founded John Crane Safematic in Brazil, Revenio Group in Finland, and Idea Puzzle in Portugal.
More information
· Webinar details: https://www.ideapuzzle.com/en/free-webinar_251.html
· Map of European Doctoral Day events: Eurodocday.org
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Ricardo Morais
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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