As part of the recently launched IMISCOE PhD Network, a special PhD training workshop (free of charge) is offered at the annual conference in Geneva this year. Recently it was announced that Maarten Vink (Maastricht University) will be one of the experts who will give a lecture and discuss student papers. IMISCOE is now happy to announce that he will be accompanied by Costica Dumbrava (Maastricht University), Janine Dahinden (University of Neuchâtel), Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona) and Russel King (University of Sussex).