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PhD defenses you can watch live

Public defenses streamed for free by universities, shown in your local time. Past dates show where a recording exists, and the listing grows as more university agendas are checked.

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Friday 18 September 2026

Tampere University

Essam Elsaed

Using a Neural Network Controller to Minimize the Pressure Peaks in Binary Coded Digital Valve Systems

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences · Mechanical engineering

Stream link not yet announcedEvent details ›

Thursday 24 September 2026

Wageningen University & Research

Yan Fang

Diet, Liver Fat, and Metabolic Health: Insights from integrated human dietary intervention and cohort studies leveraging circulating metabolomics and adipose tissue transcriptomics

Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics · Health sciences

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University of Twente

Delaram Fahmi Yigit

Bio-Aerosols: Understanding & modelling the impact of ventilation design and environmental changes

Physics of Fluids, Faculty of Science & Technology · Mechanical engineering, Environmental engineering

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Friday 25 September 2026

Monday 28 September 2026

Friday 2 October 2026

Utrecht University

Marta Olivi

Food That Matters: Food Figurations in Contemporary Anglophone Feminist Dystopias

Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media and Culture Studies · Languages and literature

Stream link not yet announcedEvent details ›

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Thursday 17 September 2026

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Shuai Lang

Network-Based DNA Data Storage

Gene Technology · Industrial biotechnology, Computer and information sciences

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Utrecht University

Chris ten Dam

Built environment transformation for the transport energy transition

Social and economic geography, Environmental engineering

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Friday 11 September 2026

University of Eastern Finland

Teemu Sorsa

Long-acting ocular drug delivery systems: from in vitro method to in vivo investigation

Faculty of Health Sciences · Basic medicine

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Thursday 10 September 2026

Aalto University

Andrea Mancianti

Sounding agencies and performing others. A relational approach to queering composition

School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art and Media · Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Uppsala University

Simon Ryfisch

Charting Waters in the Anthropocene: Contributions of Qualitative Water Policy Analyses to Navigating Contemporary Socio-Hydrological Challenges

Political science, Earth and related environmental sciences

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Monday 7 September 2026

KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyCenterfold ›

Anders Enqvist

Analytical Foundations of Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication: RIS Control and Sleep Mode Management

Communication Systems · Electrical, electronic and information engineering

Recording not yet availableRead the centerfold ›

Friday 28 August 2026

University of Oulu

Jari Saastamoinen

Fika, Dala horses, and Falun red villas. A study of Swedishness in the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of the Japanese town of Tōbetsu

Faculty of Humanities, Research Unit for Languages and Literature · Languages and literature

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Wednesday 19 August 2026

Aarhus University

Zirui Luo

Enhancing Ultrasonic Degradation and Defluorination of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water

Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering · Environmental engineering, Chemical engineering

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Tuesday 18 August 2026

KU Leuven

Elmongi Elbellili

Continuous Time Simulation in a Discrete Event Framework using a Quantized State System Approach

Faculty of Engineering Science · Computer and information sciences, Mathematics

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

KU Leuven

Samuelle Boeckx

Comfort Charging of Medical Implants Using Safe and Efficient Wireless Power Transfer

Faculty of Engineering Technology · Electrical, electronic and information engineering, Medical engineering

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

KU Leuven

Xiaoxiao Liu

Towards Coordinated Control and Protection: Interaction Analysis Between MMC-HVDC Control and AC System Protection

Faculty of Engineering Science · Electrical, electronic and information engineering

Recording not yet availableEvent details ›

Monday 17 August 2026

KU Leuven

Yiğit Özcan

Digital Shadow for Process-Parallel Part Geometry Estimation in CNC Milling

Faculty of Engineering Science · Mechanical engineering, Other engineering and technologies

No recording knownEvent details ›

KU Leuven

Hans Wouters

Miniaturized High-Frequency Matrix Transformers for Electric Vehicle Onboard Chargers

Faculty of Engineering Technology · Electrical, electronic and information engineering, Other engineering and technologies

No recording knownEvent details ›

Friday 14 August 2026

Wednesday 12 August 2026

University of Eastern Finland

Anna Kuusi

Perfectionism and well-being during secondary education: Developmental dynamics and the role of support

Philosophical Faculty · Education, Psychology and cognitive sciences

This defense was not recordedEvent details ›

Monday 6 July 2026

Delft University of Technology

Stefan Heijboer

From Touch to Feel: Integrating Haptic Fidelity and Material Interaction in Automotive User Interface Design

Industrial Design Engineering · Other engineering and technologies, Psychology and cognitive sciences

Watch the recording on university playerEvent details ›

Wednesday 1 July 2026

University of Amsterdam

Sanne Vrijenhoek

Building normative diversity into algorithmic news recommendations

Faculty of Law · Law, Computer and information sciences, Media and communications

This defense was not recordedEvent details ›

Tuesday 23 June 2026

Eindhoven University of Technology

Nemania Borovits

Privacy Engineering Solutions for GDPR-Compliant Contemporary Software Systems

Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) · Computer and information sciences

Watch the recording on YouTubeEvent details ›

Thursday 18 June 2026

University of Oulu

Daljeet Singh

Towards Microwave Based Monitoring of Brain Thermo-Fluid Dynamics

Faculty of Medicine, Health Science and Technology · Medical engineering, Electrical, electronic and information engineering

No recording knownEvent details ›

Thursday 4 June 2026

University of Twente

Behrooz Elahi

Tunable Encapsulated Salt Hydrates for Thermochemical Heat Storage

Department of Thermal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology and Faculty of Science & Technology · Materials engineering, Chemical engineering

No recording knownEvent details ›

Friday 1 May 2026

Tuesday 21 June 2022

Eindhoven University of Technology

Nikolaos Batalas

Representation and Execution of Ambulatory Assessment Protocols in Software

Industrial Design · Computer and information sciences, Psychology and cognitive sciences

No recording knownEvent details ›

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