EUTOPIA Discusses… Academic Careers in Higher Education – will the new European Research Area provide new momentum for change?

Thursday 26th November

14.00-15.00 (GMT), 15.00-16.00 (CRT)

Academic Careers are at the heart of the European Commission’s recently published European Research Area (ERA) Communication to establish the free movement of researchers and ideas. At its core are deep-rooted cross-European problems:

- How do we better support the careers of PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers?

- How can we achieve a better work-life balance for researchers, and improve their wellbeing?

- How can we improve the mobility of researchers – across national boundaries, and across sectors?

- And, finally, how can we address these issues in a way that enhances the diversity and general balance of our communities at all levels?

This panel will explore how individual universities and European University networks propose to provide new approaches to these key issues.

Speakers:

- Jan Palmowski, Secretary General, The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (and

UoW) (Chair)

- Christine Ennew OBE, Provost, UoW (EUTOPIA)

- Apostolia Karamali, Head of Unit Academic Research Organisations, European Commission

- Åse Gornitzka, Vice-Rector for Research and Internationalisation, University of Oslo (Circle-U)

- Stanisław Kistryn, Rector’s Proxy for UNA-Europa, Jagiellonian University (UNA-Europa)

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