german - south african rectors’ forum workshop ii - 15 april 2013
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German - South African Rectors’ Forum Workshop II - 15 April 2013 “Research – Networking and Cooperation”. THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY LEIPZIG. DIVERSITY AND DYNAMICS Focused Excellence Top-Level Research Areas Research Academy Leipzig Leipzig Research Forum Excellence Initiative. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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German - South African Rectors’ Forum
Workshop II - 15 April 2013“Research – Networking and Cooperation”
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THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY LEIPZIG
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DIVERSITY AND DYNAMICSFocused Excellence-Top-Level Research Areas-Research Academy Leipzig-Leipzig Research Forum-Excellence Initiative
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Hypotheses:
1)Universities sacrifice diversity in research for the sake of an institutional profile.
2)It needs a new approach to research networking to improve the diversity of a new generation of scholars.
3)New topics around the phenomenon of globalization require new forms of collaboration.
RESEARCH: NETWORKING AND COOPERATION
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Two tendencies: many cooperation linkages versus focus on research profiles initiate steering processes take measures that are mutually beneficial to both tendencies use different level of networks for efficient cooperation
internal – regional – international
Examples: Biodiversity, Area Studies
1) Universities sacrifice diversity in research for the sake of an institutional profile.
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international
EXAMPLE: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig- declared research profile of Leipzig University- funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Research Network
regional
internal
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international
EXAMPLE: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Research Network
regional
Biology/ Informatics / Chemistry …
- declared research profile of Leipzig University- funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
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international
EXAMPLE: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Research Network
3 Universities + 8 research institutes
Biology/ Informatics/ Chemistry …
- declared research profile of Leipzig University- funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
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EXAMPLE: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Research Network
3 Universities + 8 research institutes
- declared research profile of Leipzig University- funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Biology/ Informatics/ Chemistry …
… Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa
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Problem:Research groups in the future need to reflect the whole spectrum of groups within a society in terms of gender, age, ethnic background etc. in order to sustain quality in research Solution:connect research indispensably with capacity building in terms of educating the new generation of academics and scientists
Example capacity building young scholars:- Higher Education Cooperation Program “Welcome to Africa”-Erasmus Mundus Partnership Europe & South Africa Partnership for Human Development / EUROSA-Joint Training Research Academy Leipzig and African Doctoral Academy, Stellenbosch
2) It needs a new approach to research networking to improve the diversity of a new generation of scholars
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3) New topics around the phenomenon of globalization require new forms of collaboration.
Problem:Universities have to position themselves within the context of a globalised society/economy…Perseverance versus Universitas semper reformanda
Solution:Balance between conservative and innovative forces
Examples:Joint Research “New Regionalism”Joint Doctoral Degree Program in Arts and Social Sciences European Master Erasmus Mundus „Global Studies“Joint Master “MA German Studies/ German as a foreign language in an African-German Context
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1) How to balance diversity and profile development?
2) How to balance diversity and excellence of young scholars?
3) How to balance institutional stability with challenges of globalization?
THREE HYPOTHESES REVISITED: