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‘Kijk niet wat ik ben, maar wie’ - academicus Kenny Meesters heeft geen belangstelling voor ladder

024. ‘Ik heb het liever over onderwijsplezier’ - in gesprek met het onderwijscollectief van de Vrije Universiteit

Book: Re-envisioning Academic Citizenship

Book: Redeveloping Academic Career Frameworks for Twenty-First Century Higher Education

EU considers model contracts for academic researchers

Source: sciencebusiness.net Voluntary model contracts could boost researcher mobility and set standards for career development, says Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva By Martin Greenacre Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva responded to MEPs’ questions on the upcoming ERA Act. Photo credits: Fred Marvaux / European Union The European Commission is exploring the feasibility of issuing model employment contracts for European researchers, t...

Recognition & Rewards for internationals: to start with

Dear international, We are pleased that you have found our platform. We understand that Recognition & Rewards may raise questions, and we will do our best to answer them as thoroughly as possible. For frequently asked questions, please refer to this Q&A. These two documents are the starting point to dive into the developments: Roadmap Room for Everyone's Talent in practice Position Paper Room for Everyone's Talent As you probably understand,...

002. The sand in the gears of large-scale interdisciplinary research: uncovering bottom-up rearrangements of university infrastructure

What do we (think we) know about narrative CVs?

Weg met de ‘profkip’, zegt De Jonge Akademie

010. How insights from network theory can boost interdisciplinary efforts

Source: The Transmitter Communication on one interdisciplinary research team improved after the researchers turned an analysis technique used to study the brain on themselves and identified the roles people played in lab meetings. BY EMILY SINGER23 FEBRUARY 2026 Linda Douw’s work is interdisciplinary by design. She works with neuroscientists, physicists, clinicians, engineers and philosophers to try to understand the various ways brai...

Ontwikkelen in breder perspectief - Development Boards van Maastricht University

Het vergt een frisse blik op ontwikkeling om ieders talent de ruimte te kunnen bieden, zoals Erkennen & Waarderen beoogt. Instellingen experimenteren met instrumenten die deze blik scherp kunnen stellen. Wat biedt wetenschappers een handreiking naar waardering die duurzaam beklijft? We belden met @elsswennen van UM/Maastricht UMC+ over het mede door haar ontwikkelde Development Board. De universiteit Maastricht werkt dankzij Erkennen & Waarde...

005. Advancing the reward of university teaching: insights from three waves of the Teaching Cultures Survey

Combined survey findings 2019–2025 The report offers a global picture of how university teaching is valued and rewarded at institutions working to strengthen recognition of university teaching in academic career progression. It captures academics’ views and experiences of how university teaching is supported, valued and rewarded within their institutions, providing insight into how reform efforts are embedded and experienced in practice. Dra...

005. Hooglerarenbeleid Tilburg University

The professors' policy can be found on the Tilburg University website here. Tilburg University stands for excellent research and education within the ambition to be relevant and meaningful to society. Professors play a key role in this by contributing to quality, recognition, collaboration, and social significance. The professorship policy describes the character, role, responsibilities, and career of professors. Tilburg University has various...

‘I want to see something change in my lifetime’ (TU/e)

source: website TU/e Wellbeing series: @andreakis dealt with a burnout and personal change during her PhD. Now, she’s pursuing change in the academic world through conversation such as the event Responsible Research Conversations on Thursday, September 18. Photo: Bart van OverbeekeAs a third generation PhD researcher from Hungary, Andrea Kis was following a family tradition when she arrived at TU/e in late 2019 to start her PhD. Her resea...

Leo Lucassen over Erkennen & Waarderen: 'Ruimte voor ieders talent' (KNAW)

februari 2026, bron: website KNAW Wetenschap is tegenwoordig meer dan publiceren en subsidies binnenhalen. In het landelijke programma Erkennen & Waarderen (E&W) staan bijvoorbeeld ook het belang van leiderschap, samenwerking en maatschappelijke impact centraal. De KNAW ondersteunt dit programma als aanjager van de wetenschap én als werkgever van twaalf instituten. Samen met Leo Lucassen, directeur IISG en oud-voorzitter van de Stuurgroep E&W...

‘Our obsession with innovation risks undermining science’ TU/e

February 2026 TU/e door @brigitspan “Innovation is the holy grail of science, but the drive for novelty has taken on obsessive forms.” Engineer-philosopher Krist Vaesen wrote a book on neomania in science: Krist Vaesen with his book Neomania. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke Science is driven by an insatiable hunger for innovation. But this fixation on novelty does not make science stronger. It makes it more vulnerable, argues engineer-philosop...

Nieuw statuut promovendi: opleidingsprogramma op de schop (UT)

010. UU Strategic plan 2030

005. SPP @Maastricht UMC+

Call for UD's: engage in dialogue about inspiring career development

For an informal dialogue session about content-based carreer development, the national programme of Recognition & Rewards is looking for a group of UD's to form a focus group in a session on 3 March 2026. We would like to have an open conversation about what gives you inner satisfaction in your work. What do you find enriching, what makes your working life more fulfilling, what makes you a more complete person or a more meaningful scientist? ...