3rd Workshop of the ESF MO Forum on Research Careers Development

The 3rd Workshop of the ESF MO Forum "European Alliance on Research Career Development" took place on 29-30 May 2012 in London at Research Councils UK.

Objectives of the meeting:

  • To progress on each EARCD Forum’s Working Groups
  • To lay the foundations for a new policy on researchers’ mobility and the development of a New Concept of Mobility workshop
  • To agree on the next steps, publication and dissemination strategy for 2012

Presentations:


Welcome & introduction by Iain Cameron, Forum Chair, RCUK (United Kingdom)
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Setting the scene by Laura Marin, European Science Foundation
PDFResults and conclusions of the EARCD Forum’s survey results by Beate Scholz
PDFWG2 Skills
Presentation and discussion of the RDF Feasibility Study report by Janet Metcalfe, VITAE (United Kingdom)
Presentation of the RDF Feasibility Study recommendations and
Presentation and discussion of the Guide for developing a concept for researchers’ professional development by Maria Starborg, VR (Sweden)
PDFWG3 Mobility
Introduction to the Workshop by Hans M Borchgrevink, RCN (Norway)
PDFStrategic Context: “Mobility – the stakeholders” by Robert Paul Königs, Head of Department Scientific Affairs, German Research Foundation (DFG)
PDFIntersectoral Mobility: “How to build optimal conditions for continuous mobility between the academy and industry?“ by Frank Karlsen, Research Director, NorChip
PDFVirtual Mobility by Gunnar Sivertsen, NIFU
PDFInterdisciplinary Mobility: “Recent experiences with the funding of interdisciplinary research” by Dirk van Dyck, Chair of FWO’s interdisciplinary panel