SIKS

Regulations for SIKS theses

All theses written by SIKS PhD students (who have conducted their research under the auspices of a senior research fellow of SIKS) should be published in the SIKS thesis series which started in 1998.

When you are about to finish your thesis, please follow these steps:

  1. To obtain a number in the series, first contact Renée Otten at the SIKS office and provide us with the following details:
  • Your name and university
  • Thesis title
  • Supervisors (including affiliation)
  • Co-supervisors (including affiliation)
  • Date of thesis defence
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  1. Include the list with SIKS theses published as of 2020 in the back of your manuscript (this file includes both txt and Latex).
  2. Download the SIKS logo (in encapsulated PostScript).
  3. Print the SIKS logo at the front of your thesis (preferably on the page with CIP-data) and include the following text:
    SIKS thesis series no. XXX
    The research reported in this thesis has been carried out under the auspices of SIKS, the Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems.
  1. Please, send a copy of your thesis to the SIKS office. In addition, once available, provide us with a permanent link to the entire manuscript at the repository of your university.

If all steps are followed correctly, we will be able to reimburse EUR200 towards printing costs. Any questions, please contact us.