Developing Research Careers in and Beyond Europe
21-23 May 2013 - Oslo, Norway
The workshop was organised in the framework of the ESF Member Organisation Forum European Alliance on Research Careers and featured a mix of panel and break-out sessions focusing on researcher professional development, career tracking and new concepts of mobility.
In hs concluding remarks, Martin Hynes, ESF Chief Executive, thanked all participants for the insightful presentations and discussions during the workshop, which have clearly signalled the need for new concepts on mobility and the need for a pilot project on researchers’ career tracking as well the longer-term aim to advance a researchers' professional development framework.
He was pleased to announce that ESF will coordinate the Call for expression of interest in participating in a pilot study over summer 2013, so that a further step in the right direction can be taken.
Read full concluding remarks here and the 3 main recommendations and conclusions of the break-out groups here.
Meeting Documents and Presentations
Workshop brochure including programme, biographies of speakers, list of participants and practical information (final version, updated after workshop)
Presentations (following order on programme)
- Institutional Welcome [oral]
Kristin Danielsen The Research Council of Norway - Setting the scene and the ESF MO Fora achievements
Laura Marin Swedish Research Council - The European Alliance for Research Career Development in Context
Iain Cameron Research Councils UK - Developing Research Careers in Europe & Beyond – Presentation of the umbrella report
Beate Scholz Scholz CTC
NEW CONCEPTS OF MOBILITY & THEIR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- New concepts of researcher mobility , including combined/part-time positions – presentation of the Science Policy Briefing
Hans Borchgrevink The Research Council of Norway - Comment 1 New concepts of researcher mobility
Louise Ackers University of Liverpool, United Kingdom - Comment 2 The view of a research institute
Thierry Strässle Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
CAREER TRACKING: TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CAREER TRACKING PLATFORM
- Towards a European Career Tracking Platform – Summary of activities and possible next steps
Ulrike Kohl Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg - Comment 1 How the Issue of Tracking Researchers’ Careers is Addressed in the United States
Emilda B. Rivers National Science Foundation, US - Comment 2 Issues in Career Tracking Activity
Toshiyuki “Max” Misu National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Japan
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING THE PILOT PROJECT ON A EUROPEAN RESEARCHER DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
- Working group 2: Skills - Update and results
Maria Starborg Swedish Research Council
Marie-Claude Marx Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg
Janet Metcalfe VITAE, United Kingdom - Comment 1 EMBO & researchers’ professional development
Andrea Hutterer European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) - Comment 2 Investing in Research Careers for a smart, sustainable, inclusive Growth
Fulvio Esposito Camerino University (UNICAM) - General Comment [oral]
Stefaan Hermans European Commission
CONCLUSIONS
- Conclusions from the four break-out groups
- Bringing further the New Concepts of Mobility
- Setting the European Platform on Career Tracking
- Developing an European Researcher Development Framework
- Open space on new Challenges (e.g. Excellence, Gender & Diversity)
- Concluding Remarks
Martin Hynes Chief Executive, European Science Foundation
The meeting was generously hosted by the Research Council of Norway.
The aim of the ESF Member Organisation Forum European Alliance on Research Careers was to adopt a common strategy to ensure the attractiveness of research careers and thereby to create and improve European-level and coordinated national policies and programmes for different career stages and career paths.
The workshop was held in order to publicise the report Developing Research Careers in and beyond Europe produced as an outcome of this Forum.
For any questions, please contact mo-fora[at]esf.org
