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Challenges Faced by Grants Offices: Lessons Learne
Challenges Faced by Grants Offices: Lessons Learned for Success
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
goeurope@pasteur.frThe challenges faced by Grants Offices require a multifaceted approach to success. At Institut Pasteur, our Grants Office has continually evolved to meet these challenges head-on. We look forward to sharing these insights with the RMA community.
RMA teams leadership for wellbeing at work
RMAs occupational wellness: building an empowered and cooperative RMAs team
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Leadership
Rosa MirallesAs RMA professionals we work in the highly competitive research landscape, being constantly exposed to external pressure. Leading and managing a team of RMAs represents a great challenge: is there a way to guarantee occupational wellness in our profession while obtaining competitive results?
A new role of RMA in a “good university"
Setting the scene for a new role of RMA in a “good university”
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Susi PoliThis presentation starts form the re-construction of what is a ‘good university’; it does so by shedding light on the contribution of RMAs to see how these professionals best fit this picture, in terms of professionalism, competences and identification of the profession.
Balancing Roles: Managing Diverse Personalities
Balancing Roles: Managing Diverse Personalities in Research Administration
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
Evan RobertsIn this dynamic 30-minute presentation, we will delve into the art of managing diverse personalities in research and research administration.
Beyond Academialand
The impact of research in the real world
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Other
Topic: Leadership
Dr. Luciana LolichImpact is everything, the rest is just research. I have paraphrased the Barbie movie’s tagline to illustrate the increase pressure on universities to demonstrate the impact of their research on the real world. These changes have open new challenges for RMAs around metrics and evaluation.
Citizen Science: from Hype to Hope to Harmony
Insights from an Award-Winning EU-Funded Citizen Science Project
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
Dr Tiberius IgnatCitizen Science is a pillar of Open Science, intertwining researchers' expertise with public enthusiasm. Drawing from our experiences in CSI-COP, the 2022 PICASSO awardee, this paper delves into crafting impactful proposals, navigating project complexities, and harnessing the power of collaboration.
Getting Ready for Framework 10
How the period 2024-2028 will shape the next European Research Programme
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Leadership
Sylvia McCarthyThis presentation provides a roadmap for the development of Framework 10 from 2024 to 2028. For RMAs, this will act as a guideline on how to monitor the progress of Framework 10.
Impact of innovation at research infrastructures
CASEIA: Measuring the socio-economic impact of innovation at research infrastructures for natural sciences
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Leadership
Dr. Sonia UtermannCASEIA is a pilot for a comprehensive impact study, applicable to future innovation interventions at large research infrastructures. As a qualitative study, it complements quantitative econometric methods. We have tested our methodology, instruments and analytical framework on three case-studies.
Late to the impact agenda
Getting (belatedly) ready for the impact agenda: The case of Iceland
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Eiríkur Smári SigurðarsonUsing Marta Wróblewska’s framework of four “impact readiness levels” I present an analysis of how a whole national research system is preparing for a large-scale societal impact framework for research evaluation and funding, and the role of research managers in past and future developments.
Lead the way, RMA!
Lead the way, RMA! The recognition of RMAs is already here. And it serves many purposes.
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Other
Topic: Leadership
Sofia ValaWith RMA professional recognition stronger than ever for R&I institutions, with enlarged networks, focused training, and world associations, is it time we step up and make the profession recognizable as a powerful career and RMAs as an asset to different positions in different institutions?
Positioning RMA in the organisation
How to position the RMA function in the organization, to increase institutional performance
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
Esben FlindtThe presentation shares good practice for becoming recognized and involved with the organisational leadership, if your RMA function does not appear in the institutional organigram, or if your leadership has a narrow-minded understanding of what an RMA function can(not) do.
Project management in HEIs
Project management in HEIs: the role of Research Office
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Ms Helena KovačičIn our presentation we show a case study of EU project management activities at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. We show communication relations between research administrators and researchers and other supporting units.
RMAs' Role in Closing the EU Innovation Divide
The Crucial Role of RMAs in Closing the Innovation Divide in Europe: Bridging Science and Practice within the New Generation of Living Labs
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Antonia CaroTraditionally RMAs have been considered a second class profile. Support staff can and need to play a role among researchers and innovators and their local, regional and European/international innovation ecosystems.
Starting/Re-starting a research office
Starting or Re-Starting a Research Office : Building a culture of research and faculty engagement
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
Kris MonahanEngaging presenters will discuss leadership approaches to ensure success in starting or restarting a research office in the US and the UK. Topics include: building a research culture and engagement across the institution; developing relationships; supporting staff and reestablishing norms.
An unexpected journey
There and Back Again. A story of Lessons Learned, Orcs, Hobbits and the Finding of My Precious
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
Dr Bryony WakefieldSharing experiences, building on lessons learned and supporting each other to succeed – it is this approach that will ensure a bright future for RMA. In this panel session, you will hear from several colleagues who have each built careers grounded in the importance of sharing knowledge.
Lateral Leadership and Learning Strategies
How RMA drive change through lateral Leadership
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Leadership
Nicolas SchulthessRMA offices are critical for the functioning of a successful research university. This session will address how individuals in those offices can be a catalyst to driving change and new policy outside standard management line into the department to create a robust and successful research ecosystem.
Purpose-driven people
Purpose-driven people: creating a culture of impact
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Leadership
Sapna MarwahaImpact is often used as a tool to justify our existence and prove our value to external stakeholders like government bodies and funders. But it has the potential to be so much more than just a tool for research evaluation. It has the potential to connect us to our purpose and drive us forward.
Redefining My Career Pathway
Embracing Personal Values for Purposeful Career Growth: A Journey in Research Management and Administration
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Andreja Zulim de SwarteExplore the impact of personal values on career growth in RMA with an EU programme manager. Join this interactive session to uncover transformative strategies and create a purpose-driven approach to your role. Let's embrace personal values for impactful careers!
Boosting the project management competences of PIs
Boosting the project management competences of PIs:a quest towards equilibrium of research and management
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Leadership
Dragan BjelicaPrincipal Investigators (PIs) play a crucial role in driving contemporary research while simultaneously managing complex project components. The article delves into the imperative task of enhancing the project management proficiency of PIs.
Supporting the development of young researchers
PhD Support Structure – RMA helping the development of young researcher’s career
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Leadership
Fernando BorgesThere is growing concern about research culture and the future of the scientific research workforce. what can research management do to support young researchers?
Female leadership in research and higher education
Female leadership in research and higher education institutions in Portugal: the case of the University of Beira Interior
Format: Poster
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Professor Sílvia Cristina da Cruz Marques SocorroThis study presents the scenario of female leadership in research and higher education institutions. Women status in managing research, leading scientific projects, being editors and reviewers in international journals or having duties as corresponding author will be depicted.
Implementing CoARA in UAS
Implementing CoARA in Universities of Applied Sciences: Case Haaga-Helia UAS
Format: Poster
Category: Case Study
Topic: Leadership
Hanna TimonenThis poster presents CoARA implementation in one UAS from Finland. It shows how the CoARA agreement can be implemented in research organisations where innovation and development activities play an important role, thus providing an example on how to valorise diverse research activities and outputs.