Doctoral students working on their theses in the field of Operations Research applied to Health Services are invited to submit a research proposal paper for the doctoral colloquium hosted within the 2026 ORAHS conference.

The Doctoral Colloquium will take place at the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s University Belfast on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July.

 

After Karlsruhe in 2019, Graz in 2023, Turin in 2024, and Trondheim in 2025 we are very happy to welcome you to the fifth ORAHS doctoral colloquium (DC)! Within ORAHS, supporting PhD students and welcoming them into our research family is important for us. For the DC, doctoral students working on their theses in the field of Operations Research applied to Health Services were invited to submit a research proposal paper. The submissions could be current working papers as well as dissertation theses outlines. As in previous years, students present their submitted research and receive feedback from a group of experienced researchers on the Saturday and Sunday before the conference. Each student will be assigned two experts to read their submission and guaranteed feedback. Besides group discussions for each talk, students will get one-on-one time with the experts in the “speed-dating” sessions. We will also have a talk given by one of the experts on a relevant topic. 

 

Key information

Start: Saturday 18th July 2026, 08:45

Location: Mathematics and Physics Department, Queen’s University Belfast

Doctoral Consortium social dinner: Cutter’s Wharf, Stranmillis, Belfast.

Submissions

The submissions can be current working papers as well as dissertation theses outlines. Submissions do not need to adhere to any formatting guidelines, but it should indicate if it is a working paper or a thesis outline. We ask students to try and limit the length of their submission to 10 pages, excluding references. 

Please send the submission as a pdf to: melanie.reuter-oppermann@dgre.org. The size of the file must not exceed 5MB.

Students presenting their research during the colloquium may also wish to present their research as a regular talk or poster during the main conference. Then, an additional submission to the regular conference is required. 

The deadline for submission: Friday 24.04.2026 23:59 GMT.

Registration to the Doctoral Colloquium will be possible only together with the conference registration.

Contacts:

Melanie Reuter-Oppermann – melanie.reuter-oppermann@dgre.org
Laura Boyle - laura.boyle@qub.ac.uk.