The Doctoral Workshop encompasses a research forum to meet Ph.D. candidates of the Department of International Relations with researchers and lecturers from Israel and overseas, overseas graduate students, as well as the venue for Ph.D. students to present and discuss their ongoing research work. Within the framework of the workshop we will meet every other week, usually before the IR Department Seminar. We will discuss substantial and methodological issues related to the process of writing dissertations, the state of the art in IR, and we will also learn from the rich experience of other researchers regarding different stages in the academic career.