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Impressions first 100 days Rector ISSInge Hutter
Monday 16 November 2015
Special thanks to Hans & Frans (Hessing), coffee and Haagse
Kakkers
Inaugural lecture, 21-6-2005
First: why did I want to come to ISS?
Professional and personal reasons
• >> 25 years in Groningen, research, teaching in South, university management
After August 2012• realizing how fragile life can be• The Hague = home for 9 years• looking for • more passion = other cultures, the South• more ideology, c.q. critical thinking• more academic research with policy and action
• The vacancy of Rector ISS and my background, interviews with selection committee
• For me: if ISS were NOT part of EUR = less attractive: vulnerability of a small, stand-alone institute
My impressions and ideas
Important concepts:
• Backwards & forwards
• Professionalization
• Outside-in & inside-out
• Profiling and setting a point in the horizon: ISS 2020 - 2025
• Trust, respect, feedback
First impressions
• Wealth• Contents: academic expertise, knowledge: researchers,
teachers, support staff• Project funding good, research mid-term good,
accreditations • Our students• Composition of staff: quite a number of young people as
well: our future• Also financially, compared to common Dutch university:
rich• etc etc etc
• Passion, dedication• Highly relevant for society, topics right inside society• Academic quality (research, teaching) and critical thinking• Multi-cultural, international• Academic research PLUS policy and actionYou indicate as well: see also thermometer report, REI 2015, 2008
First impressions
• Warm bath
Getting acquainted - 30 minute meetings:• Freedom to make what you want of your job• Everyone, up to now: every day with joy to work
• ‘Breathe in’ this wealth
First impressions: backwards - forwards
• Pain because of the reorganization• Uncertainty, new roles, new structures• But also continuous process of professionalization, new
systems (Outlook Calendar, Osiris, P+D interviews, etc)
• In a transition period, finding our way and place, changing roles and structures: • e.g. the lunch presentations of project team, secretariat ....• on-going process of professionalization: use of Outlook
calendar, OSIRIS (EUR lags behind in this)• coaches, experts, workshops, discussions• in short, lots of professionalization processes
• Evaluation of the reorganization soon: structure fit for the future?
• Other impacts of reorganization, see later
Professionalization: some changes introduced
• Differentiation between IB and IB-extended• IB = Rector & deputy rectors, making decisions• IB-extended = IB plus advisors, ID, BC, others• Soon: pilot with student and PhD researcher participation;
objective to have students and PhD researchers more directly involved, more interaction and dialogue possible
• IB and IB-extended meetings, quicker more elaborate action lists
• Every time on agenda: integrity, as part of the professional organization
• As very relevant nowadays in academic organizations
• IB-(E) + FCC meetings
Impressions: backwards / forwards
• Also clearly now: looking forward, to the future• A new start, a new beginning...............while respecting the
past!• Sadness/pain has to be ‘taken’ and the experience to be taken along (Fiddelaers-
Jaspers + Wielink, 2015; Cozijnsen + Wielink, 2012)
Questions coming up:• Wealth, richness, passion: are we aware of it enough? • Do we profile ourselves enough in it? • Or are we too modest, to others especially? • My impression: no, no, yes
ISS• Multidisciplinarity• Academic research + societal themes; policy, action• Global students, global issues, international, multi-cultural
This is what all Dutch universities are looking for. So: enormous wealth!
Time for new point on the horizon: ISS 2020-2025Need for PROFILING ourselves MORE• Making ourselves and our strengths more visible• Profiling ISS towards the future >> our common goal:
research, education, management, professionalism, vacancies .........
Time to move forward
New Horizons!
Bruno van den Elshout 2014
Why profiling more? Outside challengesChanges in the outside world:• globalization, change of powers,
development of the South• migration, refugees: the world in the
Netherlands• changing political climate in the
Netherlands/Europe• the Netherlands in Europe• development cooperation, trade and
international collaboration • SDGs: global level, so also Europe /
Netherlands now• social media• ......
• less Nuffic fellowships• students with outside fellowships, own
fellowships• being EUR (new systems, opportunities)• more into network organizations, more
collaborations, consortia ......OUTSIDE -IN
Inside-out: how to react to challenges?
How will we compare to upcoming develment
institutes in South?
What is our contribution to world in NL?
What can we do, if NL political climate so bad that basic
subsidy diminishes even more?
How can we make optimum ‘use’ of
EUR? What can we contribute?
Is e-learning an idea?
Do we need to focus on more funding from
EU?
Where and how do we find other fellowships?
Etc etc etc
What do we do at the local level?
Challenges: inside-out
How to ensure we are fit for these challenges? E.g.• So many contacts in the world, more than 10,000 alumni; how to
‘use’ them better, more? Already working on it.• ISS: challenge from Global to the Local, other universities from
local to global• The city of The Hague, as city of Peace and Justice• Positioning within EUR
• LDE: frugal innovation in Africa
• Recent Honorary doctorate with EMC, IBMG / RGHI; societal honorary doctorate with Fac of
Law (June 16)
• Include, with ASC, the Broker ..
• Childright Index (with ESE), REI proposals with FSW and others; teaching in/with University
College ........etc
• Other outside collaborations ..• NOT to collaborate because of collaboration, but because it
works, there is a click• Other collaborations, increasing network organizations• Strengthening ourselves, through the collaboration; reflecting on
ourselves• It is fun, it gives energy!!
ISS 2020-2025
• Profiling: who are WE in the world? • What is the meaning of ISS on the planet?• What is our objective, mission, vision? • What role do WE want to play, in 2020-2025?• Where do We want to stand at that time?
• To be done by all of us
• Mission, vision, profile ...• Research profiling >> education >> societal relevance >>
corporate brochure• Strategic plan; nowadays often more dynamic, too many
changes in the world
• Please also indicate your present ideas on the flip-boards later on ...
Profiling and research ....... work in progress
• Profiling of ISS, in the world, 2020 / 2025
• Profiling commonly on research profile • Research Committee working on common profile, umbrella of
the 4 research programmes, progress very stimulating• Of course, academic quality first!• Several meetings in the near future, with all of you
• PhD programme• Research Degree Committee + PhD bureau• Pilot also participation PhD researcher in IB extended• PhDs in EUR Graduate School• PhD ‘experiment’ of the Ministry, 3 years 5 ISS fellows;
opportunity!
• From research profile >> teaching
Profiling and education .... .work in progress
• In recent past: from specializations to Majors
• Innovative teaching methods, fitting outside challenges: flip the class room, the new ‘flagship’ course (our students also change, social media); blended learning
Questions coming up:Can we indicate what makes our teaching, admissions with international
students special? Everyone looking for internationalization, international
classroom? Can we identify what it is exactly, and e.g. develop short courses
on: international education?
• Capacity building for Global Citizenship
• Master programme: marketing plan, finding funding in other ways
Profiling research, education .....
• ISS as global meeting platform for different stakeholders (e.g. Ministries, NGOs, other international institutes)
• ‘Turntable’• Summer schools?
• Outside-in, inside-out
Last Saturday, 14 November 2015
Impression: ISS - EUR
• ISS – EUR? Big brother EUR? We are (PART of) EUR
• Strength EUR for ISS:• Vulnerability small institutes, now almost all (former-)SAIL
institutes to universities• Finances, budget-cuts• Professionalization, development opportunities staff• Etc etc
Strengths of ISS for EUR:• Internationalization, global students• Concept of in-house councillors• PhD protocol e.g.• Etc etc
Impression: ISS - EUR
• ISS – EUR? Big brother EUR? We are (PART of) EUR
I always thought of those of us who are at Woudenstein: pioneers of ISS, to make ISS stronger. Contribute to internationalization especially
May be difficult as a person.
Questions cropping up:- how can we make ISS more visible in Woudenstein? Need a room? Need some activities? Need ...??eg. Biography Jan Tinbergen .... ISS and EUR ....
Impression: a strong rumour?
Rumour: to Rotterdam? Answer: NO
All universities (Leiden, Groningen, EUR) want a foothold in The Hague- Renovation building soon, agreed by EB- To us: to make clear to Woudenstein why it is good for them
that EUR is in The Hague; embassies, ministries- Eg. Min Foreign Affairs, mix+mingle sessions- Eg. projects of our staff and students in The Hague- Eg. honorary doctorate in June, showing ISS and EUR- ......
Please provide ideas?
Spoken and written words...speeding on their way.
By night, by dayTo bring the thoughts (=ideas) to their destination
From: folder A short introduction to The ISS Building
Impression: culture shock
• Findings of thermometer report: negative consequences of reorganization
• Bullying, vindictive behaviour, harassment, discrimination? • Trusted persons, REI report 2015; but also REI in 2008 already
• IS THIS ISS?• Institute for social justice, equity, solidarity? • Institute where people work in the global South and thus can adapt
easily to adverse circumstances (poverty, transport, facilities, etc)??
• Report trusted persons: Trust, comes on foot, leaves on a horseback (trusted persons). My reaction now:• Providing honest and calm feedback to each other?• Not talk to another person about someone else ..... but to each
other ...• Interested in colleagues? Where do we travel, what do we do
there? • Goodwill factor >> happy if someone else is doing well? From our
heart?
• Trusted persons, consequences reorganization: summary follows
What can we do on this?
• In-house councillors: workshops, counselling• Diversity task force: workshops• Workshops, trainings, personal coaches ... • We can do a lot ourselves, just reflecting on how we work
together?• Accountability down-wards, accountability up-wards
(professionalization)• Can we just communicate calmly?• Let me / us know.
My inspiration from Ubuntu philosophy: • ‘human-ness; generosity and a welcoming spirit: a call for
people to treat each other as they would like to be treated ....’ (Van Hoofd, 2012, p.7).
• the organization as community• I AM because WE are
What was difficult in first 100 days?
• Besides the culture shock• Difficult: outsourcing student housing, 3 colleagues to find
another job, all efforts to ensure that they get this other job
So, my goal
1. Working together towards the point at the horizon, ISS 2020-2025
2. To enhance the ISS community feeling• organization as a community, within the world, on the
planet• a global home (see speech barbecue)
Where people are professionals and• feel safe and can develop themselves, in line with the ISS goals and profile
• are respected and there is trust
• share with each other
• care for each other, goodwill factor, and feel proud of each other’s contribution to
ISS
• are courageous and entrepreneurial / pro-active / decisiveness
• are from diverse backgrounds
• are professional, work in teams (it is fun!)
• are in connection to others, global and local, thus strengthening the organization!
• Thus: inside-out, and outside-in
My style of leadership• ‘Seeing’ you, listening and hearing (getting acquainted 30
minutes)• Participation, taking different perspectives into account as much
as possible• But does not mean: always able to DO what you want; if the goal
of the organization is different• The process with IC: makes our plans better
• I love people, enjoy talking, enjoy laughing • ‘Connecting’ leadership: WITH you, the wealth comes from you all• Transparency, creativity
• I am not afraid to say what I think needs to be said, for well-being of ISS
• I believe in bringing own personal background into management
• Smooth the management so that you can work on what you are good at, research, teaching, support
• We as professionals
ISS 2020-2025
• Please indicate on the flip-boards your ideas at this moment• ISS 2020-2025• What we can / need to do?
• First 100 days: a lot happened• Next 100 days: the winter time, and then a new spring starts
• Today: before the winter season, a bulb planted ........
• Muscari (blauwe druifjes): planting time, up to December 2015; flowers in February
• 18 February, my inaugural lecture on participatory and qualitative approaches in research
Thank you, I am looking forward to more!!