About the programme
The doctoral studios were founded in 2006. The joint doctoral programme is being implemented in cooperation with RISEBA University and BA School of Business and Finance, with the main strategic partners being SSE Riga and Kaiserslauterne University.
The aim of the programme is to prepare doctors of science, higher-skilled researchers and specialists, making a significant contribution to the development of entrepreneurship and enterprises in Latvia and Europe.
Established in 2006, the joint doctoral study programme Business Management is the first PhD programme in Business Management in Latvia and the country’s first joint doctoral programme. During this period, a unique experience of managing the joint programme has been accumulated in preparing the new doctors of science.
The Joint Ph. D. program Business Management is the only open-label program that attracts experts from different countries as scientific leaders and guest professors. The strengths of the programme are its compliance with the business development objectives set by the EU and Latvia, as well as the effective exchange of knowledge between higher education, the business environment and society.
The programme is implemented in both Latvian and English, which allows attracting foreign students and creating an international scientific environment for students. In addition, studies in English are organised in the form of sessions (three sessions per year), allowing foreign doctoral students to continue their professional activities in the home country, combining them with studies in Latvia. Foreign students can also take advantage of the opportunity to participate in program hearings remotely and discuss the work of the promotion at different stages of its development.
Doctoral studies are the highest possible level of education, and graduates of the programme are employed in higher level positions in public administration and entrepreneurship, and in academic environment – leading researchers, professors and experts of the Latvian Council of Science. A large proportion of graduates are employers themselves.
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The leading decision-making body of the doctoral study programme is the Joint Doctoral Programme Council, which is a collegial institution of the RISEBA University of Applied Sciences and the BA School of Business and Finance , which operates in accordance with the regulations of the Council of the Joint Doctoral Study Programme “Business Management”, the documents governing the Doctoral study programme and to the regulatory enactments of the Republic of Latvia.
The council approves the study programme and its changes, supervises the implementation of the study programme, requests and receives information about the implementation of the study programme from the universities, examines doctoral theses, directing them to be defended in the Promotion Council, discusses mutual financial settlements and their procedures, examines academic reports and decides on matriculation options for persons who wish to transfer from another doctoral study programme to the Joint doctoral study programme “Business Management”, coordinates the common marketing activities of the study programme, approves the topics and scientific supervisors of the doctoral thesis, approves the lecturers of the study courses.
The Joint Doctoral Programme Counsil consists of representatives of the RISEBA University of Applied Sciences and the BA School of Business and Finance in the following composition:
Chairman of the Council: Prof. Iveta Ludviga, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Director of Doctoral and Masters Study programme
Council members:
- Prof. Valters Kaže, RISEBA Vice Rector for Research
- Prof. Emeritus Vulfs Kozlinskis, RISEBA
- Prof. Irina Senņikova, RISEBA rector
- Prof. Līga Peiseniece, BASBF Acting Dean,
- Prof. Tatjana Volkova (deputy chairman of the council), BASBF
- Andris Nātriņš, BASBF Acting Vice Dean for Development
- Andris Fomins, BASBF Doctoral Study Programme Director
RISEBA is the only university in the Baltics that gained the status of AN EDAMBA Member in September 2018. The high school’s rector, Professor Tatjana Vasilyeva, admits: ‘being part of the association’s executive committee is a great honour, it is also a high assessment for the high school as a whole. Joining THE EDAMBA Association was and continues to be a big step in the development of RISEBA science. Doctoral students and promotions managers of the institution of higher education may significantly improve the network of researchers – partners, perform joint research work within the framework of various international projects, participate in a prestigious annual competition for promotions, etc.
EDAMBA is an international nonprofit set up in 1991 to promote closer collaboration among doctoral programs specializing in entrepreneurship, thus
- offering a platform for the exchange of scientific information,
- supporting joint scientific research,
- helping the association’s participating universities improve the quality of their PhD research, maintaining a European focus while promoting diversity.
Each year, EDAMBA also offers its members:
- EDAMBA Winter School doctoral students and promotions heads;
- THE EDAMBA summer Research Academy (since 1992),
- The EDAMBA PhD study Competition (since 2003),
- regular meetings, exchange of experience.
Currently, EDAMBA members are universities from 26 countries around the world.
More about EDAMBA- Dr.oec., Andrejs Čirjevskis Professor in RISEBA University, Lead Researcher
- Dr.sc.administr. Iveta Ludviga Professor in RISEBA University, Lead Researcher
- Dr.oec. Tatjana Volkova, Professor in BA School of Business and Finances
- Dr. oec. Arnis Sauka, Professor in Stockholm School of Economics Riga
- Dr.oec. Inna Majoor-Kozlinska Dr.oec., Associate professor in RISEBA University, Assistant Professor in University of Groningen, Lead researcher
- Dr.oec. Vulfs Kozliskis, Professor Emeritus
- Dr.oec. Irina Senņikova, Rector, Member of the Board, Professor in RISEBA University, Lead Researcher
- Dr.sc.administr. Līga Peiseniece, Professor in BA School of Business and Finances
- Dr.sc.administr. Elīna Miķelsone, Assoc. Professor in BA School of Business and Finances
- Dr.sc.administr. Artūrs Barbars, Assistant Professor in RISEBA University
- Dr.sc.administr. Jekaterina Kuzmina, Assoc. Professor in BA School of Business and Finances
- Bella Butler, PhD, Assoc.Prof. in Curtin University, Australia
- Guest Lecturers