The latest issue of the Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (Journal for Higher Education Development / ZFHE) was just published: issue 12/2 (June 2017) on "Structuring Doctoral Education", edited by Alexandra Bitusikova, Lucy Johnston, Brigitte Lehmann, Rebekah Smith McGloin & Lucas Zinner.

The aim of this issue is to contribute to the research discourse on the impact of structuring and thus professionalizing doctoral education at all levels. The papers showcase a limited number of specific initiatives in their early stages. They are case-study examples of new approaches to doctoral education. As such they make a small contribution to our understanding of a complex and changing picture which is shaped and re-shaped at an institutional, national and international level by changing policy imperatives, goals, objectives, stakeholders and players.

In addition to the online version, the issue will be available soon as a print publication in bookstores (see http://www.zfhe.at/index.php/zfhe/print).