Version 3, 20.09.2013

Instructions for upgrade document template 1. The upgrade document shall strictly follow the template below (i.e. the bold headlines shall be kept as is) and be submitted together with a submitted paper. 2. The document shall not be more than 10 pages (references and front page not included) Title Abstract (max 200 words)

1. Introduction: brief description of approach and issues to be addressed in this thesis - Motivation - Research Problem - Research aims and objectives - Key concepts - Research questions

2. Scope

- The phenomena you are going to study - What you will not focus on - Unit of analysis

3. Reference discipline

- Define the discipline - Key debates in the discipline - State of the art in the discipline - Why the proposed thesis subject of interest in view of the current state of art

4. Context of PhD-your project

- Internal and external collaborators - Empirical setting

5. Expected contributions

- The new knowledge expected from the research - Outline the knowledge relative to the state of the art within this field - If relevant, show how the findings and results from the thesis can be applied in an industrial context or be useful to other sectors such as public administration

6. Research method

- Describe the specific research methods that will be used to achieve the objectives - Describe the research design and data analysis that will be used

7. Project plan

- Tasks that will be performed in order to achieve the objectives - Schedule that shows the time required for each of the tasks

8. References