EARMA Conference Prague 2023

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Bridge the gap: University–Society–Innovation

How is sustainable innovation setting in the holistic picture of the universities?

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Mara Gabriela Diaconu

Innovation comes after the research and before the commercialization or it comes during the research process? How innovation can support research and education to become better? Questions that universities, research institutions, and governments need to answer soon.

Diversifying the table

Promoting diversity in research from the RO

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Jakob Feldtfos Christensen

Based on the experiences of UMC Utrecht we wish to discuss best practices on working with diversity in research.

Help the helpers- Let’s talk about it!

Empowered RMA professionals of the future through peer support

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Andreja Zulim de Swarte

Peer support initiatives include a range of activities organized by people of similar circumstances. They create an environment where peers can tackle work-related issues and goals through supportive listening to, engaging with, and learning from each other.

RFO in motion

The role of Research Ethics, Research Integrity, and Responsible Research and Innovation in the development of research funding organizations

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Ülle Must

Impact of Research ethics, Research integrity, Responsible Research and Innovation on RFO

RMA’s roles in institutional partnerships

Fostering collaboration between researchers and Research Support Offices

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: International

Charlotte Steenhuis

How can we foster research collaboration through international partnerships and embed this in the daily practice of RSO’s? This session, builds on our previous show-case of ongoing practices, opportunities and challenges in utilizing partnerships as drivers for research collaboration.

Supporting Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary Research

Discussion Table - The Role of RMAs Supporting Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary Research

Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Patrick Lansley

This session will offer the opportunity to discuss issues raised by the Presentation: Supporting Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary Research

ERAgoesGRA

Towards a Global Research - Management - Agenda: A look back from 2028

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Bruno Woeran

What if it's 2028? A globally confident community not influenced by or tied to national boundaries and/or obligations. The goal of this session is: to imagine the new insights and new possibilities that can inspire our work and tip us toward a better future by asking: “What if?”

EU Public affairs and RMA profession

EU Public affairs help to widen and deepen the RMA profession

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Martijn Gerretsen

RMA is about designing and leading and managing processes, projects and/or groups. The output of these tasks can be improved when RMA experts are involved in the policymaking of f.i. the new EU framework program 2028-2034, which started in 2022.

Gender dimension: a challenge or an opportunity?

None

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Laura Damiano

With the presentation of the Gender and Diversity tool developed at our institution, I would like to open the discussion on how we as research managers can best support researchers to implement gender and diversity in research proposals and teams.

National level support for RDM

The shift to national level support for research data management

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Open Science & Responsible Research & Innovation

Mark Hahnel

With a growing number of funders, publishers and institutions worldwide mandating the open access of articles and data, there is a growing need for sustainable infrastructure to support these requirements. Making all of the products of research openly available helps validate and reproduce research

Networking – a critical soft skill for RMA

None

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

PhD Olaf Svenningsen

Networking is a critical skill for both RMA as individuals and for the profession but defining and applying “networking” as a professional activity is not all clear. We will explain why ‘networking’ is critical to RMA and suggest a way to operationalize networking skills for RMA’s.

On the merits of non-competitive research funding

An assessment of the rationale and merits of non-competitive research funding

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Arne Vandenbogaerde

In reaction to the disadvantages of a competitive funding landscape, calls for providing non-competitive research funding (NCF) have emerged. This presentation sets out the key issues and rationales with regard to NCF policies and discusses its potential effects.

Professionalisation through standardization

A targeted approach towards professionalisation through standardization of concepts

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Erlend Aano

In this presentation I will discuss how the lack of a common body of concepts in the discipline of research management can prove to be an obstacle for professionalisation and recognition. I will point to why this is a crucial and important task to the future skills development for research managers

Research Managers Make Research Go Well

Research Managers Make Research Go Well - RMAs as Catalysts for a Positive Research Culture

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Dr Colleen Thomas

In 2021, University College Dublin conducted a Survey of Research Culture and a series of discussion forums that highlighted the vital role that research managers already play in creating a positive research culture and signposted where their roles could expand to make even greater contributions.

Supporting inter- & transdisciplinary research

The role of RMAs in supporting inter- and transdisciplinary research

Format: Oral 30 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Doireann Wallace

This presentation introduces ways the RMA community can contribute to advancing institutional support for inter- and transdisciplinary research and presents preliminary results from a benchmarking survey on how RMAs at European universities are currently supporting such research.

Case studies of successful proposal development

Lessons learnt from researchers and research managers working together in successful Horizon Europe Pillar II proposals.

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Proposal Development

Michael Papapetrou

A panel where research managers use case studies of successful Horizon Europe Pillar II proposals to discuss elements of the proposal development process that might have contributed to the success.

Mind the Map – A kit to make structures visible!

Visualising our collaborations as RMAs in hierarchical research institutions

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Monique Horstmann

'Mind the map' is a visual tool to open the discussion about roles and hierarchies of collaborators in institutional settings. It aims to facilitate change where change is necessary - to establish egalitarian ways of working together and to enhance the recognition of RMAs in research institutions.

Race Against the Clock: Europe / USA

Race Against the Clock: A Day In The Life of “Sophia” (Europe)” and “Alice" (USA)

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: International

Aaron Wolpoff

We will showcase “Sophia” – an RMA in Europe, “Alice,” her American counterpart, to broaden the understanding of the commonalities and differences between the two positions, and to create a platform for further dialog and collaboration.

The Importance of diversity in Research Management

The Importance of diversity in Research Management

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Professional Development and Recognition

Jakob Feldtfos Christensen

We talk a lot about the role of diversity in research environments, but what about diversity in research management? This panel will discuss what’s it’s like to be part of a minority community in research management, why it’s important and the role it plays in the development of the profession.

What is Lobbying?

Lobbying and Horizon Europe

Format: Oral 60 Minutes

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Sylvia McCarthy

This presentation analyses the role of lobbying in defining the structure of Horizon Europe and the routes by which research feeds into the EU policy making process.

3C = Creation, Collaboration, Continuation

Cross-collaborative science diplomacy for the future of creative industries, the bottom-up approach

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Policy, Strategy, Evaluation and Foresight

Ms. Hana Owsianková

Presentation of the concept of bottom-up science diplomacy in the creative sectors that stands on 3C – educating in the Creation process, cross-sectoral Collaboration, sustainable and responsible Continuation.

ERC: Ready, Steady, Go?

Helping researchers get ERC-ready through longer-term research development

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Adriana Brincat

Research institutions need to take a strategic approach in the development of their researchers. This session will explore ways in which RMAs can use their knowledge of the ERC to help train up their researchers. We shall see how the Grant Support Team at the University of Glasgow are doing this.

Managing research or managing researchers?

Managing research or managing researchers? How to help RMAs succeed as leaders?

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Leadership

Sofia Vala

As more time passes, and even with so much to establish or decide about the RMA profession one thing has been increasingly more important: how do we train our teams for people management, or better, how do we adapt people management skills into researcher management skills?

Storytelling techniques

For more successful grant writing

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Proposal Development

Lisan Assen

This presentation will give a brief introduction into storytelling techniques and how research managers can teach these techniques to researchers. This will lead to better grant applications, abstracts, pitches and other forms of communication.

What has Covid done for us?

How to build confidence, trust and enthusiasm by exploring new ways to achieve optimal results while working remotely.

Format: Pecha Kucha

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Project Management

Michele BARBIER

The covid related health restrictions have radically changed managerial habits. This dynamic change has forced us to create new, adaptable and creative ways of working. How the environment, the digial tools became meaningful and how our soft expertise was called upon to create a valuable atmosphere

EARMA, RMAs & the European Universities Initiative

Introducing the EARMA EUI Thematic Group

Format: Poster

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Organising Support Services & Team Building

Dr John Donovan

EUIs appear here to stay, quite how they stay is a bit of an open question and the role of the research and international offices in the day to day implementation of the initiatives and actions remains to be clarified. RMAs (& other Professional Services) are rarely around the table. They should be.

Knowledge management in Italian Research Hospitals

The path from scientific research to impact in an Italian Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare – IRCCS: a knowledge-based perspective

Format: Poster

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Impact

Giulia Mollica

Italian Research Hospital play a key role in the innovation systems and the new challenge for RMAs is to improve how knowledge is generated, communicated and used. We explored the knowledge developed inside the hospital and the potential benefits of having a vertical integrated RMAs.

Pre-Award End User Requirements Analysis

End User Requirements Analysis: A Valuable Proposal Development Step

Format: Poster

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Proposal Development

Claire Whelan

This submission explores the process of engaging end users in requirements analysis during proposal development phase of the project.

SDG Competences for wider Impact

RMA Professional Development of SDGs boosting Valorisation of Research and Innovation

Format: Poster

Category: Discussion Starter

Topic: Impact

Hanna-Greta Puurtinen

SDGs should be the backbone for R&I policies at all levels, defining the framework for resilient, equal and prosperous world. The level at which SDGs are integrated into research agendas varies among organisations, as does competence levels regarding the SDGs within RMA community.