When English language matters: Internationalizing PhD research by Indonesian political scientists

The essay traces frequent language problems and un(der)developed academic writing skills of Indonesian PhD students in the field political science international relations. author thereby draws on personal experiences as a thesis supervisor. Apart from problematic scope conditions university system, he identifies lack training at undergraduate graduate levels education missing research publication culture social sciences. remainder reflects about how problem deficient can be remedied. It argues that both universities also host abroad must develop measures to overcome identified problems.