I would like to propose the philosophical question above, which is related to our job as academic advisors.
There are technical and social aspects involved in the education of a new scientist. All over the world, finishing a Ph.D. means getting a license to do science independently and being recognized as a budding academic authority. In developing countries with high rates of illiteracy, it also means giving the person a considerable amount of social power.
In your opinion what skills should a candidate show to honestly earn a Ph.D. title?
As you said "in developing countries with high rates of illiteracy, it also means giving the person a considerable amount of social power." encouraging some indivisuals to earn Ph.D. via suspicious methods. The minimum merit to earn Ph.D. in my opinion is to demonstrate convincing capabilities to improve the knowledge in a specific field of science. This should be proven by:
1) Scienitifc articles and conference papers publishing in independent journals and conference (not associated with his/her Ph.D. degree granting insitituion) with an avarge or high impact factor;
2) Professional presentation, teaching and discussion of the interested sciendtific topics;
3) an (opitonal) outstanding capability would be the ability of attracting external funding for research projects.
Hello Dr. Marco Mello!
I started my doctorate this year and I will answer your question based on my expectations of my own journey:
I think in order to earn a Ph.D. title, in addition to proposing an original work I have to demonstrate be able to do real science, that is, know how to investigate phenomena and propose explanations for them.
Best Regards!
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