Question A01: Questionnaire of Nacaps 2020 - wave 1 

Welcome to the doctoral candidates and doctorate holders survey „Nacaps“! For a German version of the survey please click the flag in the header! Depending on your personal life situation, the survey will take about 30 to 35 minutes. You can also complete the survey on your smartphone, but answering on a larger screen is easier and faster. You can interrupt the survey at any time and continue at a later moment. Once you have answered all the questions, you will then have the opportunity to participate in the announced raffle. We already thank you for partcipating in the survey at this point! Dr. Kolja Briedis and Dr. Antje Wegner Projectmanagement Nacaps Notes on data protection [Download PDF] Your participation is voluntary, of course. Your information will be used for research and evaluation purposes. All Nacaps data will be published and made available to other scientists anonymously only. Your contact details will always be processed and stored separately from the survey data. Under no circumstances will your contact information be shared with third parties. Yes, I have read the data privacy statement (see linked PDF document) and I agree with it. Contact If you have questions about data privacy, please contact the data protection officer of the DZHW, Mr Martin Fuchs: Tel.: +49 511 450 670 491; E-Mail: datenschutz@dzhw.eu. Further information about data protection at the DZHW can be found here: www.dzhw.eu/gmbh/datenschutz. For all other questions and comments we are at your disposal: You can reach the project staff member, Ms Carola Teichmann, via phone at +49 511 450 670 146, and the project manager, Dr. Kolja Briedis, at +49 511 450 670 132. They can also be reached via e-mail at nacaps@dzhw.eu. Please note that if you do not consent to the data protection conditions it will not be possible for you to take part in the Nacaps survey, unfortunately. 

The university you were registered at as a doctoral candidate in December 2020 is also interested in learning more about the PhD conditions of their doctoral candidates. In order to avoid double surveys, we would like – with your consent – to pass on the answers you have given in the questionnaire to this university for the purpose of quality assurance and evaluation in the field of doctoral education. 

Is the interruption reported officially to your university? 

Why did you start the PhD/doctorate?, Why did you start the PhD/doctorate? 

When did you start working on the content of your PhD/doctorate? 

Dear participant, please note that you can only continue with the Nacaps survey if you answered the question regarding the status of your PhD/doctorate. If you are interested in taking part in the study click below on the Previous button and then answer the question on the status of your PhD/doctorate. Otherwise, you can leave us comments and your opinion about the study below.