The present doctoral program aims to cover research needs in Philosophy and Theory of Education of local and international range. Many researchers have, in Cyprus, in Greece and in various other countries, expressed the desire to continue their studies at PhD level and on topics which are drawn from a wide spectrum of political theory and philosophy in relation to educational practices and ideologies. Young scholars who have already registered in this program or who aspire to join it come from an Educational Studies background or from a Political Science first degree or from a philosophical Department. Thus, they combine the diversity of perspective originating from their own backgrounds with the required knowledge that is cultivated or provided by the present program. This combination advances the heightening of scientific awareness of theoretical foundations and framings of education. The PhD program generally sets as a goal the completion of a doctoral thesis on state- of-the art research and on issues of great topicality in Philosophy and Theory of Education. Its researchers will become familiarized and adept in various theoretical modalities and methodologies of research in related fields, they will explore their themes within scientific journals of high caliber and they will excel in the employment of interpretive material and dialogical tools for investigating educational goal-setting and relevant stakes.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Will be well-versed in the main body of scholarship in philosophy and theory of education and thus will be able to discuss in significant critical depth contemporary educational orthodoxies and consolidated practices.

• Will become adequately specialized in the philosophical and theoretical- educational topics of their choice, having also the required background and versatility for revisiting educational developments of their times.

• Will be familiar with a broad spectrum of rival theories that aspire to explain or to critique current tendencies in education. They will also be exposed, through participation in various international academic events, to scholarly experiences that sharpen their critical awareness of how such rival theories tackle major educational issues today.

• Will be able to interrogate the ideologies, notions and insights that secure the hegemonic concordance of higher education and to complicate received and facile views on educational issues of a wide interest and of topical significance both locally and internationally.

• finally, given the above, they will be able to intervene in the international scientific dialogue of the related fields (philosophy, educational theory) and to contribute to the production of internationally valued academic research on the relevant topics.