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Challenges: recruitment+training+retention of RM
Challenges in the recruitment, training and retention of research managers in ISGlobal
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: Other
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Elena EstebanThe Grants Office has been in continuous evolution since its creation. This evolution and changes has a rationale behind it, especially linked to the growth of the institution.
Before 2021 the personnel turnover was minimal. But in 2021 things changed.
And we want to analyze the reasons behind.
Connecting professional groups and functions
Going beyond borders of our function and professional group and connecting support in education with research support and even with everyone else in the university context
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Susi PoliEquipping staff with intercultural preparation for International meetings. How to activate people’s engagement in the workplace through preparation and intercultural exchange? How can education connect with research and with any other university function to benefit today’s universities?
Equality, Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion (ECDI)
Fostering Equality, Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion (ECDI) in Research Management: engaging with a EARMA’s new Thematic Group
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Andreja Zulim de SwarteDiscover the transformative power of Equality, Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion (ECDI) in research management. Join our thematic group, where we explore ECDI's impact on mental health and wellbeing and share best practices for creating a diverse and inclusive academic environment.
Putting the R in RMA
Putting the R in RMA: Is the RMA also a researcher?
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Chris FlintermanRMAs support academics and their research. But what is the actual connection between RMAs and research, and do they do research themselves?
RM@unibo: facing the increasing complexity
RM@unibo: facing the increasing complexity of the research management in a strategic perspective and in the everyday life
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Paola RagazziniResearch management coordination solutions at the University of Bologna, a research-intensive university, to tackle challenges and maximize opportunities in a context of increasing complexity related to changing research management models and to new initiatives such as the European University Allian
RMA and strategic awards - a blessing or a curse?
Dilemmas of being research administrative manager and next career steps.
Format: Fifteen-Minute Discussion Tables
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Arina ShadrikovaWe reflect the experience of research administration in strategic awards (large grants with annual funding more than 1 million EUR and with duration of 10 years) and dilemmas inflicted upon RMAs in Norway.
An RMA Odyssey: Could a swim duck?
A day in the life of the research administrator, Leopold Bloom
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Other
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Jan AndersenThis session uses one of the worlds most challenging book, Ulysses, to view and discuss a day in the life of a research administrator. The mindboggling people he meets on his way and his endeavor to successfully deliver a proposal. All in the package of a surprising language that you also meet.
Broad professional and artificial
How can AI play a role in broadening and professionalising Research Management
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Erlend AanoDiscover how AI could be a tool for Research Managers, aiding them in elevating their role from supportive aid to peer partner, fostering professionalisation, and transforming the future of this vital profession.
CARDEA Framework for Research Manager Careers
CARDEA Framework for Research Manager Careers (RM1 to RM4)
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Mary Kate O'ReganAction 17-Pact for Research “Enhancing the strategic capacity of Europe’s public research performing and funding organisations” creates a mechanism to introduce a framework for empowering career architecture for Research Manager Careers. This is a revolutionary Framework inclusive of progression!
Establishing an RMA professional development speci
Establishing an RMA professional development special interest group and framework
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Dr. Julia Thidamarth Vilstrup MouattLearnings so far from establishing an RMA professional development special interest group which will develop an induction experience for new RMA staff and develop an RMA capabilities framework.
Mastering RMA: A Dual Journey Through STEM and SSH
Mastering RMA: A Dual Journey Through STEM and SSH
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Other
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Ms Joanna KartasiewiczThe session features the RMA role in STEM and SSH, highlighting insights and practical takeaways from experiences in these two distinct academic domains.
Onboarding new research administrators
Onboarding new research administrators: how to enable and monitor the knowledge transfer
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Francois SprumontWe will address knowledge transfer and onboarding of new research administrators within the Sciences Faculty at the University of Luxembourg. Approaches are tested to make our new colleagues, often directly coming from academia and with limited experience in administration, independent rapidly.
Public affairs new EU framework programme affairs
Public affairs: the new EU framework programme affairs as a practical example
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Willem WoltersExternal funds are essential for many universities. It is important to know which funds to consider and how to use them successfully. Public affairs activities can help to do so. This presentation takes the new framework programme as an example in a very practical way.
RMA Foresight Competences in the Era of AI
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Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Hanna-Greta PuurtinenArtificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing work, and the Research Management and Administration (RMA) professions do not remain untouched in this tremendous change.
RMA Responsibilities, Skills, and Job Satisfaction
Identifying Responsibilities, Skills, Job Satisfaction, and Success Levels of RMAs in Türkiye
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Saban CaytasBased on elite interviews and surveys with the RMA professionals in Türkiye, this presentation aims to identify a comprehensive list of RMA responsibilities and skills and explore the interface between these responsibilities, skills, and job satisfaction levels of RMAs in Türkiye.
RMA profession: past, present, what’s next?
RMA transversal roles: past, present, what’s next? A review of the literature and practical cases.
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Professional and Career Development
PhD Silvia FittipaldiThe RMAs profession has showed a high rate of change during the last decades and RM has transformed from a primarily administrative function to a multidisciplinary profession. However, a definition of the role is far from universal, leading to a fragmented professional development.
Research assessment system in practice
Research assessment system in Centre for Social Sciences: evaluation, motivation, utilization
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Veronika TamásIntroduction of the main features, introduction and reception of a research assessment system that has been in operation at Centre for Social Sciences since 2013 showing how the evaluation system can orient the activities of researchers.
The contribution of RMAs to identity & profession
The contribution of RMAs to their collective identity and to the advancement of the profession
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Patrizia RampioniHow do RMAs contribute to the creation and sharing of knowledge in their workplaces and communities, relevant to the advancement of their collective professional identity?
Transforming RMAs into Impact Agents
Transforming Research Managers and Administrators into Impact Agents: A Strategic Imperative for Horizon Europe Projects
Format: Oral 30 Minutes
Category: 2. Theoretical
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Harald Hasler-sheetalThis presentation will explore the evolving role of Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) in navigating "pathways to impact from proposal to “real world impact”." We will offer actionable steps, case studies, and future training scenarios to help RMAs transform into indispensable "Impact Agent
A Sabbatical in Research Management USA-CH
A Sabbatical in Research Management
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Karl KerschbaumResults, experiences and learnings from three months Sabbatical Stay in Research Management from ETH Zürich (Switzerland) to Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (California)
Blueprint for Growth
Blueprint for Growth: The SRAI Professional Development Framework Journey
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Evan RobertsIn this session we delve into Society of Research Administrators International's (SRAI) ambitious project to establish a Professional Development Framework tailored for research administrators. This interactive session will spotlight crucial aspects of the initiative, from planning to deployment,
Future Roles in Research Management
Future Roles in Research Management: Predicting the Future
Format: Oral 60 Minutes
Category: Other
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Debra Schaller-DemersRMA roles have changed or been created as research itself changes. As we enter a period characterised by increased complexity it is certain that RMA roles themselves will change and new roles emerge. This talk will look at evolution of past RMA roles and predict what new roles will or could develop
Boosting Early-Career Research in Strategic Areas
Seed Projects: Boosting Innovative and Original Ideas of Early-Career Researchers
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Shiva SaadatianSeedProjects@UC is a university-wide initiative to fund scientific research proposed by early-career researchers in strategic areas. It aims to provide funding and support for interdisciplinary original ideas and opportunities for proof of concept, which then lead to groundbreaking R&D projects.
How to best support Early-Stage Career Researchers
How to best support Early-Stage Career Researchers?
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Natacha LeiteIn this Pecha Kucha we will tell you about the support that we, a pre-award team of 5 research advisors at the University of Coimbra (UC) in Portugal, have been crafting for early career researchers.
Institutional Staff Development Schemes at HUN-REN
A vision on international development of research staff at HUN-REN by introducing new schemes within institutional administration
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Dr Miklos GyorffiHUN-REN (previously ELKH) started its activity in 2019, following which a gradual development of institutional structures and staff management was envisaged in order to enhance the efficciency of research activity and achieve a better embedment into European structures and procedures.
Research Managers' roles in Portugal
Research Managers' roles in Portugal: Are they prepared for the future?
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Ana Santos-CarvalhoResearch Managers' and Administrators' roles and tasks go far beyond what is written on their contracts. The exact roles and the extension of the time dedicated to each role/task are not well known. To understand the reality of the RMA roles/tasks in Portugal, a questionnaire was launched.
The CODE PLAN
Organizational evolution plan "CODE PLAN" at ISGlobal, Barcelona
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Maria Jose MerinoDefining an evolving organization able to adapting to the new challenges and to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary answer to the scientific questions Through the organizational architecture, the culture of the institution and focused on people and teams.
The cross-cutting for the RM in medical field
The cross-cutting aspects of research in the medical field that enrich the role of the RM
Format: Pecha Kucha
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Carolina VallecillaIn this abstract we would like to illustrate the challenges that Research Managers at the University of Bologna have encountered while managing projects related to the medical field and how these cross-cutting aspects enrich the career of the RM
Better together
Better together: Building a RM community to survive in the “research jungle”
Format: Poster
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Lorenza MaluccelliResearch Support Ecosystem at the UNIBO consists of a centre-periphery model, with a central structure providing specialized consulting to departmental RM staff. In such complex scenario, RM community is fostering the growth of a piloting network where professional development is in the spotlight.
Cultivating the Projects Unit talent
Cultivating the Projects Unit talent: Institutional Strategy and Career Development in Sync.
Format: Poster
Category: Case Study
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Joana PorcelThe career development of the Projects Unit team (research managers and administrators) is a core element of the Unit's strategy, which in turn is aligned with the overall institutional strategy.
ERA-wide landscape of Research Management
Our journey to create a common definition, terminology, categorisation, professional development and skill matrixes at the European Level in RM ROADMAP
Format: Poster
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Virág ZsárThe poster aims to provide an overview on the current state-of-the-art of the profession of Research Management (RM) within the European Research Area (ERA). The investigation is being carried out in the frame of the project RM ROADMAP to enhance awareness and recognition of the profession.
Evolution of RM profiles in ISGlobal
Evolution of Research Managers profiles in ISGlobal
Format: Poster
Category: Good Practice
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Elena EstebanISGlobal has been in continuous evolution and growth since its creation. As a result of this growth, the Projects Unit has grown in terms of FTE but not only in the total number of personnel but also in the different profiles, turning in more specialized people who are managing research
JoRMA
The Journal of Research Management and Administration
Format: Poster
Category: Other
Topic: Professional and Career Development
José SantosJoRMA is an international peer-reviewed journal aimed at those interested in the management of research in any sector or organisation. We publish articles, essays, and papers covering all aspects of research management and administration. It is a diamond open access (free to publish & read) journal
Looking into the Future of Research Managers
Looking into the Future of Research Managers
Format: Poster
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
MSc. Fleur Vermeulen-DuijndamThe role of research managers has undergone transformation over the past few decades. We think that this role will evolve further. By surveying and interviewing TU Delft research managers, we explore how they perceive the changes ahead, and predict how these changes will impact their future.
RM opportunities across Europe
Professional development opportunities for Research Managers across Europe
Format: Poster
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Cristina OliveiraRM Roadmap's initial findings outline professional development opportunities for Research Managers in Europe, categorized into five main areas: Training, Mobility, Networking, Funding, and RM Networks.
RMA Comprehensive training plan
A Comprehensive training in European R&I Poject’s Management in Catalonia
Format: Poster
Category: New Initiative
Topic: Professional and Career Development
Cristina BorrasA visual presentation of a comprehensive training plan for European projects' management. Designed by RPOs and RFOs to strengthen the management capacity of Catalan institutions. Addressed to candidates with short experience as RMA, who can choose their own learning pathway.