EARMA Conference Odense 2024

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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.fr

The 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 Miralles

As 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 Poli

This 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 Roberts

In 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 Lolich

Impact 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 Ignat

Citizen 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 McCarthy

This 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 Utermann

CASEIA 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 Sigurðarson

Using 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 Vala

With 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 Flindt

The 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 Kovačič

In 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 Caro

Traditionally 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 Monahan

Engaging 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 Wakefield

Sharing 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 Schulthess

RMA 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 Marwaha

Impact 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 Swarte

Explore 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 Bjelica

Principal 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 Borges

There 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 Socorro

This 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 Timonen

This 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.