Work Package 6 Doctoral Training
##### Leading institution
##### Useful links
WP6 Github
Overview
WP 6 is led by UTW and supported by all partners. The work is divided into the following tasks:
- Technical coordination. UTW is responsible for collecting, storing and enabling access to all the preliminary, intermediate and final outputs of the related IRPs, including papers, reports, scripts, datasets, slides, etc.
- Coordination of doctoral training that will be organised by the network partners.
- Collect research content from WP 1 - 5 for doctoral training courses
- Approve the content of newly generated training material
- Build a new European Doctoral Programme in Digital Finance
WP 6 Team
Wouter van HeeswijkWP Lead 
Xiaohong HuangWP Co-lead
Purpose
Objectives
The WP will focus on providing doctoral training to all ESRs.
- O 6.1. To ensure the quality and excellence of the doctoral training
- O 6.2. To create a sustainable doctoral training programme for Europe
- O 6.3. To educate a new generation of Digital Finance ESRs, with exhaustive technical and transferable skills
Deliverables
- D.6.1 Research Training Evaluation: Evaluation survey completed by each ESR at the end of training, follow-up after two years (Due in M1)
- D.6.2 Sustainable Training Programme: Plan for creating a sustainable training programme beyond the action created (Due in M24)
Upcoming Events
- Mon 10 Aug
Industrial Doctoral School on FinTech /
Reykjavík
10 Aug 2026, 08:00 – 14 Aug 2026, 16:00
Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland
Explore how digital technologies are disrupting finance at the MSCA Digital Open Industrial Doctoral School on FinTech, connecting doctoral researchers and industry insights.
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