Survey of Activities 2017

Contents

U4 Network

Humanities

Medicine and Pharmacy

Science and Technology

Social Sciences, Economics and Law

Institutional Management

2017

Cluster Humanities (I)

U4 Network

Antiquity VIIIth edition PhD Winter School, 7-11 March 2017: ‘Texts and Contexts’ Spin-off: Field School Greek Material Culture

Gender Studies Research Workshops (Göttingen, 2014; Uppsala, 2015; Groningen, 5-7 April

2017) U4 Summer School in 'Gender Studies' (Göttingen, 15-20 Aug. 2016) Visiting scholarships (Göttingen-Ghent, 2015-2017) 2nd Interdisciplinary Summer School in Gender Studies (Uppsala 30 July – 3

Aug. 2018): ‘Methods, Methodologies and Ethics: Complexities and Responsibilities in Doing Gender Research’

Multilingualism (ML4U Network) Joint PhD (Ghent – Groningen, 2014-2018) ML4U Lecture Series (Ghent – Göttingen, 2nd semester 2016) ‘Conference on Multilingualism - COM2017’ (Groningen, 6-8 Nov. 2017) + U4

Winter School (Groningen, 9-10 Nov. 2017)

2017

Cluster Humanities (II)

U4 Network

Family Ethics/Bio-Ethics [cross-cluster] www.familyethics.net Research Conferences in 2014, 2015 Family Ethics Summer School ‘What about the Family?’ – An interdisciplinary

Course on Ethical Issues in Health and Social Care (Groningen, 21-26 Aug. 2017)

Edited Collection: Marian Verkerk, Janice McLaughlin, and Hilde Lindemann, eds. Edited collection ‘Where Families and Health Care Meet’, accepted byOxford University Press, w. contributions of Veerle Provoost (Ghent), Marian Verkerk (Groningen), Ulrike Kihlbom (Uppsala)

Religion Studies PhD & post-doc workshop ‘Crossing the Borders: Interdisciplinary Research in

the Academic Study of Religion’ (Göttingen, 16-18 Dec. 2016) 1st U4 Summer School Religion: ‘Religion, Conflict, and Peace’ (Groningen,

14-18 Aug. 2017) Research exchange – guest lectures (2017-2018) 2nd U4 Summer School Religion (Ghent, 2018)

2017

Cluster Humanities (III)

U4 Network

Reverberations of Revolution Research Network - U4 symposia cycle (2014 – 2016) ‘Reverberations of

Revolution’ (Uppsala), ‘Technologies of Print and Power in the Age of Revolution’ (Groningen), ‘Translation and Transformation in the Age of Revolution’ (Göttingen), ‘The Power of Things: Revolutionary Objects, Icons and Images Across Borders’ (Ghent)

Edited Collection: manuscript submission early 2018 June 2017: funding support by Petra och Karl Erik Hedborgs Stiftelse for

Belgian-Swedish research collaborations

Taiwanese Study Programme [cross-cluster] Taiwanese Teaching Fellowship (Ghent-Göttingen-Groningen) - MoU (2016-

2021) w. Dept. of International and Cross-Strait Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Workshop: ‘Maritime Territorial Disputes In The Asia Pacific Region: A Critical Appraisal’ (20-21 April 2017, Ghent); planned workshops in Groningen (2018) and Göttingen (2019)

2017

Cluster Humanities (IV)

U4 Network

Cultural Transfer and Transmission Pre-U4 Research Network (www.soctat.org) Research workshops in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in Groningen, Uppsala and Ghent Seminar and book launch (Uppsala, 14 December 2017) The Dynamics and

Contexts of Cultural Transfers (eds. Margaretha Fahlgren and Anna Williams), peer reviewed volume

Digital Humanities (DH4U4) Research Network (Est. Nov. 2015) Staff exchanges (Ghent-Groningen-Göttingen, 2016-2017) Joint Master supervision (Groningen-Göttingen) DH4U4 Doct. School programme (planned) Joint DH4U4 panel @ #dhbelenlux (Utrecht, 3-5 July 2017)

Pending cooperation: Manchu Languages (research mobilities)

2017

Joint DH4U4 presentation @ #dhbenelux (Utrecht, 3-5 July 2017)

Summer School ‘Religion, Conflict and Peace’ 2017

20.12.2017

U4 Network

Workshop Gender Studies 2017

Cluster Medicine and Pharmacy (I)

U4 Network

Ageing Brain/NEU4EU Research Network [U4+], Joint PhD Reserach Projects (since 2012) EIT funding (2016 Summer School) Ageing Brain Summer School (Ghent, 28 Aug. - 2 Sept. 2017)

Ageing Lung Research Network, Joint PhD Research Projects (new Ghent-

Groningen, 2017) research workshop (Ghent, 30-31 March 2017)

Antimicrobial resistance Anitimicrobial Resistance Summer School (Groningen, 20-24 Aug.

2017) Application ‘WOUNDS’ (JPIAMR)

OSMYO – Myopathology (Ghent, Göttingen, Uppsala) Research Network: workshops, exchanges, publications in 2014-2016

2017

Cluster Medicine and Pharmacy (II)

U4 Network

‘Visual Perception’ (Neurosciences/Experimental Psychology) [cross-cluster] Research network: conferences in 2014 and 2016, publications (2017)

Social Interaction in Health Care [cross-cluster] Research Network (Ghent, Groningen, Uppsala) Workshop 'Therapeutic Interaction' (Groningen, 16-17 June 2016)

Labour participation/ satisfaction Joint research (Gent-Groningen) + education, project dev. (2017)

Joint Degrees (Erasmus+ Joint Master) International Master of Innovative Medicine (Groningen, Uppsala)

Medical Law [cross-cluster] Research network (Groningen, Göttingen, Uppsala) workshop Medical Law and Human Rights (Uppsala, 24-26 April 2017)

2017

Cluster Medicine and Pharmacy (III)

U4 Network

Medical Education Education: international curriculum, IT and innovation, inter-

professional learning 1st workshop Groningen, 16 December 2016

Joint Degrees (Erasmus+ Joint Master) International Master of Innovative Medicine (Groningen, Uppsala)

Bio-ethics [cross-cluster, see Humanities]

Pending Cooperation: Ageing Tendon Network (2015); Schisis (2016); Tissue Engineering (2016)

Research mobilities in Global & Reproductive Health (Gent-Groningen), Global Health (Ghent-Uppsala), Medical Education (Gent-Groningen)

2017

U4 Network

‘Ageing Brain’ Summer School 2017

2016

U4 Network

Ageing Lung Workshop 2017

2017

Cluster Science & Technology (I)

U4 Network

Biology Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in 'Evolutionary Biology' - MEME

(Groningen, Uppsala) Joint PhD Ecology (Ghent – Groningen, 2015-2019)

BioMass 1st U4 Biomass Summer School ‘Sustainable Use and Res-use of

Biomass’ (Ghent, 11-13 Sept. 2017) 2nd Biomass/Sustainable Energy Summer School (Uppsala, 2018)

Biomedical Engineering European Master’s Course in Biomedical Engineering (former Erasmus

Mundus Master Course Programme) in Biomedical Engineering –CEMACUBE (Groningen, Ghent): ending 2015-2016

Summer Course 'The role of systems engineering in medical devices' (Ghent, 24-26 August 2016)

2017

Cluster Science & Technology (II)

U4 Network

Chemistry Structural student exchange on BSc and MSc level (Ghent-Uppsala) Bio-Engine: PhD exchange in polymer chemistry + EU project bid

(Ghent-Uppsala, 2016) Joint PhD Inorganic Chemistry (Ghent-Uppsala, 2016-2020)

Physics HASCO Summer School (Göttingen, 16-21 July 2017) CORRESP: Material Sciences Research Network (2014-2015) Joint PhD research project initiated in Particle Physics (Uppsala-

Göttingen, 2016-2020)

Raw Materials Erasmus Mundus Joint Master ‘Sustainable and Innovative Natural

Resource Management – SINReM’ (Ghent-Uppsala-Freiberg) – in cooperation with EIT ‘Raw Materials’ (EIT quality label in July 2017)

2017

U4 Network

U4 article ‘Science’ Vol 356, Issue 6338

2017

U4 Network

SciTech Cluster Meeting 2017

2017

U4 Network

HASCO Summer School 2017

2017

Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (I)

U4 Network

SSEL Cluster Conference 4th edition – theme: ‘On the Move – Exploring Contemporary Dynamics of

Migration’ (Uppsala, 29-20 May 2017) Previous: 'Governance of a Contemporary Multilateral Institutional Architecture'

(Groningen, 2015); 'Global Studies: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives' (Ghent, 2014); 'Global Governance and Regulation' (Göttingen, 2012)

5th edition: ‘Current Challenges for a Sustainable Future’ (Göttingen, 21-23 Nov. 2018)

Planned SSEL publication series

Cultural Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion in Contemporary Europe Research workshops (Göttingen, 2015; Göttingen 2018) Book publication planned in 2017/2018

Gender [cross-cluster, see Humanities]

2017

Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (II)

U4 Network

ACCOMPLISSH [cross-cluster] H2020 U4+ research consortium: 'Accelerate co-creation by setting up a

Multi-actor Platform for Impact from Social Sciences and Humanities' (Ghent, Göttingen, Groningen)

Launch Conference 'SSH Impact and Action' (Rome, 20-22 November 2016)

RESPOND [cross-cluster] H2020 U4+ research consortium: 'Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration

in Europe and Beyond' (Göttingen, Uppsala - Coordinator)

Comparative Political Theory (Ghent-Groningen-Göttingen) Nascent research network 1st Workshop ‘Comparative Political Theory and the Question of

Secularization’ (Ghent, 12-13 May 2017)

2017

Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (III)

U4 Network

Legal Research Network (Annual Conference + Summer School) Pre-U4 Research Network (U4 + Turku, Bristol, Budapest, Lille) 10th LRN Conference ‘Law and Sustainability’ (Groningen, 13-15 Sept.

2017)

Medical Law and Human Rights [cross-cluster] Göttingen, Groningen, Uppsala Research Workshops (Göttingen, 2015; Uppsala, 24-26 April 2017)

Environmental Law Research Network 'Environmental Governance and Law’ (est. 2016) 1st Workshop ‘Governing Facts and Feelings in Environmental

Decision-Making’ (Brussels, 14-15 Sept. 2017)

Pending Cooperation: SoNAR – Social Network Analysis and Research (Ghent, Groningen); Macroeconometrics; Social Economics (mobilitiesGhent-Uppsala)

2017

Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (IV)

U4 Network

Joint/Double Degrees Euroculture (Erasmus Mundus MA: Göttingen, Groningen, Uppsala a.o.)

– MOOC in 2016 and 2017 Humanitarian Action – NOHA (Erasmus Mundus: Uppsala-Groningen) International Economics (Göttingen, Groningen) International Financial Management (Uppsala, Groningen) Finance and Accountancy (Ghent, Göttingen - started: 2016-2017)

2017

U4 Network

Environmental Law Workshop 2017

2017

U4 Network

SSEL Cluster Conference 2017

2017

U4 Network

Medical Law and Human Rights 2017

2017

Cluster Institutional Management (I)

U4 Network

Academic Leadership Closure 2nd cycle 2014-2016 Start-up 3rd cycle 2018-2019

Peer Review (2nd cycle) Session VI ‘Campus concepts: Innovation and building your campus

eco-structure’ (Groningen, 20-21 Sept. 2017) Session VII ‘Libraries and Collections’ (Göttingen, spring 2018)

International Perspectives in Teaching and Learning - IPTL 2nd cycle - session IV (Göttingen, 9-10 Oct. 2017) Proposed 3rd conference cycle (kick-off spring 2019)

Career Services Staff Training Cycle ‘Professionalization of Career Services in a Global

Context’, 2016-2017 module 3: ‘Future trends – What is new in our field’ (Groningen, 20-22

Sept. 2017) + workshop ‘Postdoc Careers’ (23 Sept. 2017)

2017

Cluster Institutional Management (II)

U4 Network

U4 Sustainability Network Spin-off Peer Review (Ghent, 15-16 Sept. 2016) Strategy workshop (w. Thematic Network ‘SEDwise – Sustainability

Education’) (Uppsala, 30 May – 1 June 2017)

Staff Training ‘Digital Tools in Internationalization’ (Ghent, 14-16 Feb. 2017)

Joint PhD Framework Comparative analysis of (joint) PhD studies (2016) Concept guidelines Joint Call for PhD projects

U4 Student Network (U4SN) Est. 2014 U4 Student Network meetings ‘Student Well-Being’ (Ghent, 21-24 March

2017); ‘Campus Facilities’ (Ghent, 15-19 Nov. 2017)

2017

Cluster Institutional Management (III)

U4 Network

DAAD: Strategic Partnerships – U4 project closure (2013-2016) U4 Panel 'Benchmarking und Peer Reviewing' at the DAAD Conference

'Tagung der Leiterinnen und Leiter der Akademischen Auslandsämter' (Bonn, 16 November 2016)

Erasmus Mundus Action 2 partnerships (with U4 based consortium) Closure: Lotus+ (South East Asia), Inspire (South Africa) (2018)

Pending cooperation: ICT (Core Infrastructure & Security‘, 2016); Collections (‘Research Data Life Cycle’; ‘Repositories’ 2016; ‘Museum Collections’ 2017)

2017

U4 Network

IPT&L 2017

2017

U4 Network

Career Services Staff Training 2017

2017

U4 Network

U4 Student Network Meeting 2017

2017

U4 Network

Peer Review Campus Concepts 2017

2017

U4 Network

www.U4network.eu

2017