EARMA Conference Prague 2023

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A mentorship scheme for EARMA

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Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Dr. Astrid Vigtil

EARMA has decided to develop a mentorship scheme for its members. The task force set down by the board will use this session to present a scheme and invite to a discussion of the added value for the members.

Bottom-up approach to incorporating WC to ERA

Why aren’t we successful at adequately incorporating widening countries into ERA?

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Petra Vaculíková

The EC is developing new ways of tackling this issue. However, it seems that nobody reached out to the individuals who are often the proponents of a bottom-up change of culture (sometimes even despite the current rigid system).

How to catch the researcher’s attention?

How to catch the researcher’s attention? Finding ways to bridge the information gap between research managers and researchers

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Julirose Kourist

How can we succeed in today's world in making up-to-date information available to researchers in the best possible format? Which formats and information channels are most useful for different types of information? Are newsletters still the best way to catch the researcher’s attention?

Research Managers and Adminstrators at non-RPOs

Professional recognition and identity of RMAs at non-RPOs

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

José Santos

Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) cover the entire chain of R&I ecosystems, working mostly at universities and research institutes, but also at non-research performing organisations. In this presentation, we will discuss recent evidence, collected through surveys and interviews.

Research and innovation in European Universities

Research and innovation in European Universities: Discussion on future directions and role of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: International

Hanna Timonen

We aim to initiate a discussion on R&I in European Universities. UAS are well equipped to address societal challenges but still, only 25 % of current alliances have involved this type of partner. As a case example, we present the European University alliance Ulysseus and Haaga-Helia UAS.

Widening in EuUnivAlliances: strategy for EU funds

How European University Alliances help Widening Countries increase their participation in EU Funding Programs

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: International

Marie Jadrnickova

This discussion table will open the debate on how European University Alliances can be beneficial in transforming higher education in relation to the dynamic changes taking place within the European Research Area. The key topicalities that we want to address are: what are the concrete best practices

An updated snapshot of the CRIS landscape

An updated snapshot of the CRIS landscape from a Research Management and Administration perspective

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Research information systems (CRIS)

Dr. Jan Dvořák

The current CRIS landscape is becoming increasingly complex: while it's still possible to provide a generic overview of CRIS solutions, any comprehensive CRIS landscape description will often need to be fine-tuned for a specific geographic area

Leveraging the “Zoom Boom”

Leveraging the “Zoom Boom”: partnering across Australia

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: International

Connie Killey

An exploration of how information and our processes and approaches to research management could be shared in an environment of pre-existing openness and goodwill between our institutions.

Towards an impact-driven university

Raising impact awareness, literacy and readiness

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Impact

Gloria Nunes Rodrigues

Authors will share the approach the ENLIGHT alliance is adopting to establish itself as an impact-driven European University. Participants will be invited to exchange views on the barriers and opportunities to implement common impact-driven research agendas in our European Universities.

(New) Skills for Research Managers

(New) Skills for Research Managers: A retrospective and prospective view

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Dr Mark Hochman

This session with three experienced research managers from three countries having more than 80 years collective experience will look at skills necessary for effective research management and the new skills needed to be effective in the future.

All that glitters is not project management

The challenges in the EU-Project Manager role/profession. All project administration is not project management

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Project Management

Dr Suat Sevencan

Project Manager might be one of the most over used titles to describe the role and profession behind the administrative and/or coordinating support provided to and in EU funded research projects. With that said all under the umbrella of “Project Manager” does not belong there.

Becoming a badass unicorn II

Your Super Hero soft-skills adventure in a nut shell

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Merel-Marlijn Sondervan

Research administration isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Not rarely the RMA professional ends up in situations where soft skills are essential to make it through the day alive. Embark on this adventure to learn about your soft-skills toolkit and save the (next) day. RMA Superheroes unite!

Building bridges and steering ships

Building bridges and steering ships – bespoken support to coordinators of collaborative EU proposals

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Proposal Development

Mr. Torben Høøck Hansen

The session will take the audience through the development and revision of dedicated support to coordinators of collaborative EU proposals. We will present the UCPH set-up, discuss methods, and dwell upon some of the intricate issues of working with collaborative EU proposals

Creating the OER Escape Room:

An international gamification collaboration

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Aisling Coyne

The game aims to put focus on the creation and use of Open Educational Resources in a fun and interactive way. This session will explore the ins and outs of collaborating on a game creation from three separate locations in Europe, and attendees will learn how to set up their own OER Escape Room.

Getting Started With Logic Models

Using logic models to plan and communicate research impact

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Impact

Dr Emma Clarke

This interactive, practical session will introduce the concept of logic models as a research project planning tool that can help maximise research impact.

Leadership in the new ERA

How to capitalize on lessons learnt in the pandemic to nourish resilient, productive and happy teams

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Leadership

Sascha Le Large

Leadership skills of team members have never been so important, the role of team leaders never so questionable and the interaction between both never so fragile. Too bold? Perhaps… let’s together capitalize on what we have learnt in the pandemic and learn how to implement it in the ‘new normal’.

Open Door Leadership

Open Door Leadership – Best Practices for the RMA Professional

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Mr. Anthony Ventimiglia

This oral session will utilize the foundational principles reflected in the book Leaders Open Doors by Bill Treasurer to provide Research Managers and Administrators with resources that can be utilized with their respective teams.

Out of the Closet

RMAs; the missing link in strategic research collaborations

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Dr John Donovan

International Offices take a leading role in international collaborations. Is that the way it should be? This panel session examines the role of RMAs in these collaborations against a range of different backgrounds. Form bilaterals to multi lateral and multi-functional. How do we make them work?

RMAs and Open Science

The Role(s) of Research Managers and Administrators in Open Science: Services we provide and support we need

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Dr Liise Lehtsalu

The aim of this interactive session is to explore the role(s) RMAs occupy in Open Science and discuss the support RMAs need to perform these roles well. The session includes lightning talks by RMAs in various Open Science roles from across Europe and an extended panel discussion with the audience.

Widening countries - where are the real gaps?

Opportunities and barriers for research and innovation performance in Widening countries and the role of RMA

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Interactive Session

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Zygmunt Krasinski

The session in form of panel discussion will concentrate on the aspects related to: a) promotion of Research Managers position in Widening countries, b) influence of instability of R&I ecosystems on participation rates, c) how to build trust as a base for future projects.