...Mark Andrew Elepano; Que Anh Dang; Esra Kaytaz; Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen Purpose This paper examines how doctoral researchers develop and exercise agency within cotutelle programs. Drawing on social realism, the study conceptualises agency as reflexive engagement with structural conditions...

... Reflexivity Research methodology Doctoral education Postgraduate education Methodological journeys Philosophy of research The purpose of this paper is to investigate and illustrate, the potential relationships between doctoral students’ methodological assumptions and their life histories...