Dr Conor O’Carroll

Dr. Conor O’Carroll is founder and director of SciPol Services Ltd. As an independent consultant on Research and Higher Education policy and funding, he focuses on researchers’ career development with special attention to doctoral education and career assessment. He has led European policy initiatives on Open Science and doctoral training (he led the development of the European Innovative Doctoral Training Principles). He is an active researcher on national and European Research Policy, R&D, Higher Education and Researcher Mobility policy and is an accomplished commentator on R&D and higher education policy and funding. In his recent book “Towards a Global Value System in Doctoral Education” he and colleagues reflect on the future of doctoral education.