The purpose of the seminar is to give PhD students anopportunity to present progress on their dissertation/habilitation research,discuss challenges that they are currently facing, and collect feedback fromcolleagues (professors) who will be attending. To achieve this objectivestudents are required to prepare a 20-30 min presentation of their work,highlighting one particularly thorny or pressing issue (conceptual,methodological, empirical) that they are currently facing. The presentationshould start by giving a brief update on where the PhD student stands inhis/her research program (be it dissertation, habilitation or otherwise),followed by a relatively detailed description of his/her current challenges andwhat needs to be done next.