THEMED SESSION 2 --> REGISTER At the core of every PhD trajectory is academic research. However, in practice PhD candidates do much more–they are involved in education, supervision, outreach, policy advice, setting up networks with societal partners, and maintaining Open-Science infrastructures, to mention just a few examples. Many of these activities appear high on the strategic agendas of universities, but they are rarely officially recognis...
THEMED SESSION 1 --> REGISTER The so-called ‘Strategy Evaluation Protocol’ (SEP for friends) is a unique Dutch approach to research evaluation at the level of research institutes. It prescribes how universities periodically have to evaluate themselves in their own context. In this interactive session three experienced evaluators unpack the workings of the SEP in the light of Recognition & Rewards. The underlying principles and evaluation crit...
THEMED SESSION 3 --> REGISTER Changing policies and career frameworks is only one part of strengthening the recognition and reward of university teaching. The success of these reforms ultimately rests on how they are experienced by theacademic community. Drawing on findings from three waves of the Teaching Cultures Survey, this session willexplore some of the key drivers of cultural change and the factors that appear to shape academics’ exper...
Six years ago, a motivated coalition of knowledge institutions and research funders embarked on an ambitious movement to fundamentally renew the system for recognising and rewarding academics. With one clear ambition: talent in academia is diverse and deserves broader recognition. An ambition that still leaves room for groundbreaking, high-quality research. An ambition in which we shift the focus from a one-sided emphasis on quantitative resea...
Six years ago, a motivated coalition of knowledge institutions and research funders embarked on an ambitious movement to fundamentally renew the system for recognising and rewarding academics. With one clear ambition: talent in academia is diverse and deserves broader recognition. An ambition that still leaves room for groundbreaking, high-quality research. An ambition in which we shift the focus from a one-sided emphasis on quantitative resea...
Here you find information, inspiration and updates about 'Taking the stage' the Recognition & Rewards Festival on 12 November 2026