PhD students are essential for research to continue developing in the future. Therefore it is essential to address the matter that the mental health of young researchers is an increasing problem around the world. Both national and international studies and surveys have shown that PhD students are concerned about their mental health. This matter can be addressed in many ways but what is important is that it is put on the agenda and is taken seriously. Further investigations need to be done to find the causes of these problems and actions need to be taken. Therefore, Dokt should act proactively to raise to matter of improving the mental health of PhD students at the faculty.
Internationalisation
Personnel and students at LTH are today coming from all over the world, which is a natural and a positive consequence of the international character that most research and teaching has today. However, this means that everybody in the organisation does not speak Swedish and this makes it challenging for them to participate in decision making processes at the university, as these are usually in Swedish. For Dokt, this means that it can be hard to find student representatives for these bodies as well as making the anchoring processes a hassle as the documents are mostly written in Swedish. Therefore, Dokt should act proactively on raising the matter that all PhD students should be able to participate in decision making processes at the faculty, independent of native language.