EuroHESC Launch Conference

EuroHESC Launch Conference

 

27-28 October 2009

 

Agenda

 

List of participants

 

Presentations:

 

Introduction to the European Science Foundation and EuroHESC

Sarah Moore, EuroHESC Programme Coordinator

 

EuroHESC: The 'What', 'Why' and 'How' 

Professor John Brennan, Open University UK

 

Collaborative Research Project presentations:

 

The Academic Profession in Europe: Responses to Societal Challenges (EUROAC)              
Professor Ulrich Teichler, University of Kassel

 

Change in Networks, Higher Education and Knowledge Societies (CINHEKS)
Professor Jussi Välimaa, University of Jyväskylä

 

Transforming  Universities in Europe (TRUE)       
Professor Ivar Bleiklie, University of Bergen

 

Re-Structuring Higher Education and Scientific Innovation (RHESI)
Professor Richard Whitley, University of Manchester, & Professor Uwe Schimank, University of Bremen

 

Invited speakers:

 

Higher Education and the Public Good: Preliminary Reflections

Professor Mala Singh, Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI), Open University UK

 

Gender and Higher Education: Developing a Sociology of Absences

Professor Louise Morley, Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER), University of Sussex

 

A Forward-Looking Perspective – the OECD Project on the Future of Higher Education and the OECD Innovation Strategy

Ms. Kiira Kärkkäinen, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), OECD

 

The Eastern European university: governance and reform in the Post-Socialist period

Professor Sophie Howlett, Central European University

 

 

Wednesday 28 October

 

Networking and dissemination in EUROCORES

Sarah Moore, EuroHESC Programme Coordinator