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Researcher Mobility Enhancement Program - Facilitating Academic Collaboration

The Researcher Mobility Enhancement Program aims to facilitate academic collaboration, joint student supervision, and broaden researchers' horizons by enabling mobility between institutions. The program involves tasks such as information gathering, creating a database of destinations, and encouraging mobility through targeted mail campaigns. Achievements include establishing the program in 2012 and executing multiple trips in 2013. The feedback received indicated a high level of interest, with future plans including chasing reports from participants and supporting affiliate members in exploring mobility options.

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Researcher Mobility Enhancement Program - Facilitating Academic Collaboration

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  1. WP: IA1, Facilitation of Researcher Mobility CristóbalCobo (Oxford Internet Institute)

  2. Objectives • To facilitate the mobility of researchers from their home institution to a host institution in order to: • Encourage academic collaboration; • Encourage joint supervision of students; • Broaden researchers’ horizons. WP: IA1

  3. Tasks • Task 1: Information gathering • Asking institutions what they could offer. • Asking participants what opportunities they wanted. WP: IA1

  4. To produce the ‘Mobility Browser’ WP: IA1

  5. Tasks • Task 2: Facilitating Researcher Mobility WP: IA1

  6. Overview of Work Performed • Creation of a database of potential destinations and contacts (the ‘Mobility Browser’). • Periodic monitoring of members’ plans. • Targeted mail outs to potential mobility candidates. • Follow up process to record mobility trips. WP: IA1

  7. Achievements • 2012 • Established the Programme. • Set up the ‘Mobility Browser’ and got partner institutions to contribute. • Few trips executed – but indications of interests from EINS members. • 2013 • Several trips executed. • High level of interest indicated following a targeted mail campaign in March. WP: IA1

  8. Feedback from mail out in March • Responses, including rough plans/ideas, from: • 22 members • 41 affiliate members • Ideas from members include: visiting KAIST, visiting the Nexa Center, inviting an affiliate member to KNAW, visiting the University of Houston. • Ideas from affiliates include visiting UPMC, University of Warwick and TUDelft. WP: IA1

  9. Issues arising from mail out • Some members were unaware of the Research Mobility Programme. • Many affiliates are interested in visiting partner institutions. • Some members are keen to visit non-EINS institutions to broaden collaboration further. WP: IA1

  10. Deliverables • D9.1 First report about information of the existing research mobility initiatives. WP: IA1

  11. Links with other activities • Link with SEA1 – the Research Mobility Programme depends greatly on the Mobility Browser and associated aspects on the drupal website. • Link with SEA4 – some affiliates applying for the Open Call were also interested by the opportunities presented by the Mobility Programme. • Link with IA2 – members have visited other institutions and given guest lectures. WP: IA1

  12. Future Plans • To chase up reports from members who have already taken part – we are owed 4-5. • To follow up with the plans mentioned by members and affiliates: • To receive reports of their trips. • To ask in what ways they benefited from their mobility experience. • To help affiliate members make contact with EINS partners to explore mobility options. WP: IA1

  13. Conclusions • Gradual development – apparent lack of interest initially but since last mail out, significant interest exists. • Majority of trips predicted to take place between June 2013 and Dec 2014. • This Programme has the potential of having strong links with several other work packages (in particular SEA1, 4 and IA2). WP: IA1

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