Since 2012, I have tutored, mentored and coached beyond 500 professional doctoral students (mid to seniors, aged 35 to 70) both with the University of Liverpool Management School’s Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program (UK), and since 2016 also with DoctorateHub. This allowed me to understand how to tackle problems at scale, be it the tame, the complex, or the wicked.

500+ students also implies 500+ workplace-based problems which I had the chance to look at. And while working with such an array of problems allows for quite some learning, it also has shown to me that very often it is quite exhaustive for such grown up and seasoned research novices. In response to this, we thus decided to set up the DoctorateHub, so to provide training, mentoring, and coaching services to all those that struggle to get their workplace-based issues identified, analysed, understood, written up in a thesis, and ultimately resolved. 

I am also one of the DoctorateHub’s Co-founders with a particular focus on strategic development and building up of the various DoctorateHub support services that we provide. 

With this I am looking forward to work with you, wherever you are in your doctoral research journey.

Cofounder and Legal Head of Institution

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Ana Faria has been with DoctorateHub from its beginning in 2017 and currently heads the DoctorateHub office. Her leadership blends a thorough understanding of doctorate education with substancial experience in higher and adult education, business management, and research, providing a unique perspective on doctoral education. Her qualifications include a PhD in Engineering and Innovation from the Open University (United Kingdom) awarded for her thesis "The role of behaviour in the transition to more energy-efficient use at home", an MBA from the Hochschule für Technik Esslingen (Germany), a European Degree in International Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (The Netherlands), as well as an Economics Degree from the University of Minho (Portugal).

Prior to launching DoctorateHub, Dr. Faria worked in higher and adult education and research, including as Research Fellow, Honorary Assistant Lecturer, and Consultant at several prestigious universities and institutions. She is also an experienced expert evaluator for national and European funding agencies, with a proven track record in securing funding for research and investment projects, creating and delivering educational programs, and successfully managing a wide range of projects. Dr. Faria’s expertise extends to knowledge innovation, sustainable development, organizational projects, and entrepreneurship, and she's actively involved in fostering collaboration between academia and industry.

Her vision for DoctorateHub is to accelerate doctoral-level education completion, increase student mastery, and improve university doctoral programme outcomes globally. She is committed to providing high-quality, innovative learning experiences to doctorate candidates globally, preparing them for global challenges.

Dr. Ana joined DoctorateHub as an Affiliated Faculty member in the autumn of 2024.