Abstract
Doctoral students’ living through the university environment and
experiencing the space around them is significantly important in determining how
they respond to the academic environment and how the environment shapes their
spatial experiences. The present study examines doctoral students’ experiences of
lived space and how these experiences shaped their living, studying and responding
to the university environment. A phenomenological approach was employed to
explore doctoral students’ lived space experience. Fourteen student participants were
selected through purposive sampling, and they were interviewed with open-ended
questions. The data from transcripts were analyzed by using the line-by-line coding
approach for identifying the students’ words and phrases that assigned meaning to
their lived experiences.Working in the office, experimenting in the laboratory, and
experiencing research culture were emergent study themes. It was found that most of
the students experienced their workplace as ‘motivating’, ‘secure’, ‘energetic’ and
‘productive’ and they exhibited more understanding, mutual support and friendly
relations with their colleagues. Nonetheless, intensive experimental work kept them
restricted and reduced their mobility. The study has implications in understanding
doctoral students’ study experiences while living through the spatiality of the
university.
Dr. Syed Abdul Waheed, Dr. Nadia Gilani. (2021) A Phenomenological Study on Understanding Doctoral Students’ Spatial Experiences in the Universities, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume-06, Issue-1.
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