🔍What is the PhD Club?
The PhD Club is an initiative launched in 2025 by three PhD students, Noura, Eliott, and Quentin, with a simple idea: to create a space where doctoral students can regularly share knowledge, exchange experiences, and feel more connected across teams.
Born out of casual conversations and a shared need for more peer-to-peer support, the PhD Club is now a weekly gathering where students come together for quick, informal presentations on topics that matter to them, from time-saving tools to research breakthroughs, institutional tips, or lessons learned at conferences.
It’s not about perfection or pressure, it’s about curiosity, community, and collective growth.
🎯 Our Aim
The PhD Club is a space created by and for PhD students to:
• Share experience, information, ideas
• Encourage Informal Learning
• Break down team barriers🧱➡️
• Create a more dynamic and collaborative lab environment 🔬🤖
📅 Event Format
We meet once a week for a 15-minutes session every Thursday from 10h to 10h15 to share knowledge:
•⏱️ 5 mins for setup and transition
•🗣️ 5 mins presentation by one PhD student
•❓ 5 mins of open Q&A
📋 Participation
Every PhD student gets one presentation slot per year:
• Can’t make your date? Swap with a colleague 🔄
• No pressure! It’s a safe and informal space 😌
• In-person is preferred, but remote participation is welcome
💡 What Can You Present?
Anything interesting! The only rule:
👉 Be passionate and share something you care about
Here are some ideas:
• Research Tools: « How Zotero changed my literature review » 🔍
• Coding Tricks: « A Python script that saved me weeks of work » 💻
• Conference Takeaways: « What I learned at ICML 2025 » 🌐