what is a doctoral dissertation

APA Style
(plural doctoral theses)

CGS is leading the graduate community in discussions about the future of the PhD dissertation, and we invite you to join us.
Broadening notions of PhD career paths; team science; big data: so much about doctoral education is changing. Should dissertations change too? If so, how?

Источники:

http://cgsnet.org/future-doctoral-dissertation
http://informatik.univie.ac.at/en/study/support-for-students/bachelor-thesis-guidelines/