1.7 Diversifying teams and talents: Recognising the value added by research professionals (G)

  • Sep 2024
  • Claartje Chajes
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Claartje Chajes
R&R Festival 2024
  • Kim Huijpen
  • Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden
  • Giovanna Lima

Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden, Andreja Zulim de Swarte & @giovannalima
What kind of professionals work together with researchers to enhance excellent and impactful research and innovation?! And what do they need? What is the role of support staff in the composition of a team? How are their different talents appreciated? What can we improve to develop and retain talents increasingly needed in academia?
Research professionals, research support staff - the international term is Research Managers and Administrators - work in the interface of Science and Innovation. Their profession is not defined yet, but emerges in response to real and intrinsic needs of the R&I system. Research Management takes various shapes and its scope is multidimensional, with various sub-job types. There is an international momentum to strengthen the capacity for research management by upskilling, recognition, networking and capacity building. This will improve the whole R&I system.
Join us for a conversation about the added value these professionals bring to the research we do in our organisations, and how the Recognition & Rewards programme can benefit and influence current developments in these increasingly professionalised careers. During this session participants, including early career academics, directors, HR managers, will contribute to (inter)national developments for the recognition and advancement of the research management profession.

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2 comments, latest: 20 November 2024
  • Dear all,

    Hereby the presentation given as introduction to the world café tables. About the research management profession, current national, European and global developments and ARMA-NL.

    ARMA-NL is the Association for Research Managers & Administrators in the Netherlands. It aims to enhance excellent and impactful research & innovation in the Netherlands, by supporting and building the capacity of Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) in their profession.

    Currently, within the European Research Area there are major developments to strengthen the capacity for research management. The definition, sub-types. competences, profiles, training needs, recognition, capacity building needs, a value proposition and a career development framework are being determined and worked on. The EC will publish relevant outputs and recommendations to Member States.

    We want to thank all the participants of the workshop. A lot of valuable input was given during this interactive R&R workshop. The input will be taken along in different outputs. More info later...

    Best wishes,

    Also on behalf of my fellow workshop givers

    Andreja Zulim de Swarte, Giovanna Lima, Martijn Gerretsen

    Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden

    Chair ARMA-NL

    Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden
    Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden added a new document

    20241108_RnR_ResearchManagers_ARMA-NL_v3-ToSend.pdf (PDF, 2.42 MB)

    Annemarie Vastenhouw-van der Linden