Doctoral Compass

Doctoral Compass

Succeed your research.

Live workshops on the research craft your supervisor doesn't have time to teach you — plus a free diagnostic that shows how you actually work as a PhD candidate. In English and French, built for researchers in management, economics, and social sciences.

What we do

Two products. One mission — finish your PhD with the research craft you needed yesterday.

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Live workshops

Systematic reviews and PRISMA, bibliometric analysis, research-question formulation, methodology choice, academic writing. One session in French and one in English on the same topic, every cycle. Every session is recorded — miss one and watch it later.

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The PhD diagnostic

73 questions, ~18 minutes. You get an evidence-based read on how you work as a PhD candidate — your strengths, your blind spots, and the kind of support that actually fits your profile. We get a clearer signal of what the community needs us to build next.

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Coming up

What's on the calendar.

  • Online session2 hours

    Systematic Review Using PRISMA

    Jun 14, 2026, 11:30 AM GMT+1

    Language: English

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Live numbers

What attendees actually say.

10/10

of attendees recommend our trainings

Based on 39 post-training surveys

These numbers update live from real post-session surveys — we promised ourselves we'd never massage them. If a future session bombs, it shows up here too. We'd rather be honest than impressive.

The method behind the diagnostic

Five dimensions. Twelve PhD archetypes.

The diagnostic places you on five evidence-based dimensions of the doctoral experience and returns one of twelve archetypes. The framework is the research that powers it — worth reading if you want to understand the lens before you take the test.

Read the framework

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Interested in our free workshops or the upcoming cohort programs? Get on the list.

One short email when a workshop opens for registration, when cohort enrollment opens, and when the AI Companion ships. That's it — no marketing noise, no daily blasts.