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Are you passionate about how businesses can thrive while making a positive impact on society? I am conducting research on how Creating Shared Value (CSV) contributes to the competitive advantage of business practice in South Africa, and we need YOUR insights! ✨ What We're Looking For: South African business professionals Entrepreneurs and business owners Industry experts and academics 👥 Why Participate? Contribute to groundbreaking research Share your valuable experiences and perspectives Help shape the future of business in South Africa 📋 How to Get Involved: Simply fill out our quick and easy survey (link below) and share your thoughts on CSV and competitive advantage. Your input will be invaluable! 🌱 Together, we can explore how businesses can achieve success while creating positive change. Let's make a difference, one insight at a time! #CSV #CreatingSharedValue #SouthAfrica #BusinessResearch #CompetitiveAdvantage https://lnkd.in/drkEGZeZ Thank you for your support! 🙏 Feel free to share and tag anyone who might be interested! 

☄️ Are Impact Factors outdated? 📊 ☄️📊 The article discusses challenges in grant application processes, particularly in crafting narrative summaries that blend personal experiences with professional achievements. ☄️📊 It advocates for narrative reflections to capture broader research impacts, citing difficulties in aligning personal experiences like family leave with professional merits like engagement in open science. ☄️📊 Lack of clear evaluation criteria exacerbates the issue, leaving applicants uncertain about the effectiveness of their narrative summaries. ☄️📊 The article, authored by a co-chair of the Declaration On Research Assessment (DORA), underscores the importance of explicit evaluation criteria, community involvement in design, and mission-driven assessments adaptable to diverse contexts. ☄️📊 It highlights the necessity of investment in implementation scientists to facilitate research assessment reform effectively. ☄️📊 Additionally, it suggests that while sharing resources is beneficial, each research community requires a unique assessment framework. ☄️📊 DORA's initiative, Reformscape, provides tools like sample CVs and policies to aid institutions in building on existing successes. ☄️📊 The Luxembourg National Research Fund's transition to narrative CVs exemplifies the potential of iterative approaches to research assessment reform. ☄️📊 However, challenges remain, such as ensuring adequate guidance for researchers and addressing field-specific concerns. ☄️📊 The article concludes by emphasizing the responsibility of institutions to actively participate in research assessment reform efforts to avoid perpetuating a flawed system that undermines research investment and productivity. What do you think? 👍🏻 and 🔄 the knowledge :) Follow me for more ! Dr. Hamed Altaweel #impactfactor #publications #grants

Are writers made or born?✍️ Is your passion about research contagious?🤔 Find it out as participant of this competition and convince the jury with your (untapped) science communication talent! You can choose the topic – putting science and research in Luxembourg at the forefront – and the language of your article among English or Luxembourg’s official languages.   Are you eligible to participate? 🖊️ Yes, provided you are studying or working in research and/or innovation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (except communication professionals). What is the reward for the awardees? 🖊️ “Being there is everything” might be your motivation to submit, but the jury, composed of representatives of the research institutes Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) - University of Luxembourg, SnT, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) will nevertheless be delighted to reward the winners with a cash prize, a place in a media training and the deserved online visibility for their article on Science.lu (https://science.lu) How much time is left to submit? 🖊️ Deadline is 31 July 2024 Where do I find the submission requirements and form? ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eMERkrZ9 This competition is another initiative by DESCOM, an educational project for SciComm at the Universität Luxemburg. We wish all applicants an inspiring writing process and the best of luck 🍀 #researchluxembourg #SciComm

New standards and tools for more attractive research careers in the Union! Find more about the new standards and tools that aims to make research career in the EU more attractive. https://lnkd.in/dfxc8mKW #EU #Research #Tools #Career

Research Opportunity The British Council Research and Insight Team is seeking to commission Next Generation Brazil, a research that aims to understand young people’s perceptions, aspirations and attitudes in Brazil today. Furthermore, we seek a series of policy recommendations that will supportNext Generation is a research programme that gathers data to explore the needs, potential and aspirations of young people globally. The overall aim of Next Generation is defined through 3 strands: Research: Understanding youth attitudes and aspirations  Youth Voice: Amplifying youth voice Policy Impact: Supporting better youth policymaking  The research seeks to analyse the conditions that support young people and allow them to reach their potential as fulfilled, productive and active citizens. Research is initiated in countries that are experiencing a period of significant change, with the purpose of ensuring that young people’s voices are heard, and their interests properly represented in decisions that will have lasting implications for their lives. The research is always completed with a series of recommendations based on supporting policy change.

🚀 Attention Research Leaders, Strategists and Managers! 🚀 Are you ready to take your institution's EU Funding Strategy to new heights? Last week, the EU published a report on the growing importance of directionality in R&I funding (check below). 🔍 The report highlights the shift towards mission-oriented R&I policy in the EU and proposes a framework to assess the directionality of funding programs. By combining this valuable information with my in-depth knowledge of the EU funding landscape, I can guide you in: 🎯 Aligning your research with EU priorities 🔍 Analyzing directionality trends to anticipate future opportunities 🤝 Building strategic partnerships that complement your expertise 💡 Showcasing your research impact and policy relevance 🧭Navigating the directionality landscape is crucial for securing EU funding, but it can be complex. That's where my expertise comes in. Together, we'll create a roadmap 🗺️ that not only aligns with the evolving priorities of EU R&I funding, but also amplifies your institution's unique capabilities and impact! 🤝 Ready to unlock your institution's full potential in securing EU funding? 📩 Comment below or send me a private message. #researchmanagement #RIdirectionality #prepareforFP10 #tayloredconsulting

Are you a researcher or an industry partner looking for funding to translate your research outcomes into innovative new products, services or processes? Applications are now open for Industry Research Projects, a new Advance Queensland program supporting research and industry collaboration and commercialisation. This program offers grants of up to $1.5 million to high-quality research projects that address one of the identified priority investment areas and have a matched funding ratio from the applicant and/or partner organisation(s). There are two tiers of funding available, depending on whether you are located in South East Queensland (matched funding (1:1) ratio) or regional Queensland (25% matched funding from the applicant/partners). Applications close 28 November 2023 at 11am (AEST). To be eligible for funding, projects must include collaboration between at least one Queensland-based research organisation and at least one Queensland-based private or not-for-profit organisation, noting the partnering organisations must be separate entities. Please feel free to reach out to Tania Harman CA at PwC to discuss your project or for assistance to apply. https://lnkd.in/gRF5i-MC

🔬 **Good Practice Codes for Knowledge Valorization** On March 1st, the European Commission proposed two good practice codes to promote the valorization of knowledge derived from research and innovation. 1️⃣ **Citizen Engagement for Knowledge Valorization:** This code aims to provide guidance and tools to research and innovation stakeholders to create an enabling environment for knowledge valorization. It proposes: - Pathways to establish participatory processes and practices. - Suggestions to enhance talents and capacities, cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary collaborations, and synergies. - Elements to increase awareness of the benefits of knowledge valorization. 2️⃣ **Co-Creation between Industry and Universities:** This code offers pathways for enhanced dialogue between sectors, investments in skills development and lifelong learning, as well as the promotion of incentives for teams engaging in knowledge valorization processes. ℹ️ These proposals are also being discussed in the Council as part of the adoption of conclusions under the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU. 🔗 Links to the proposals: - [Citizen Engagement](https://lnkd.in/eJNAYwKE) - [Industry-University Co-Creation](https://lnkd.in/esMsdYFq) #Research #Innovation #KnowledgeValorization #Citizens #IndustryUniversities

🔜 What’s next? A special roundtable during our next meeting in Lisbon! 👀 Join the discussion here (Free attendance | Mandatory registration) - https://lnkd.in/dRQwTK_A 📍The MeDeMAP team will meet again in March. Our next project meeting will take place in Lisbon between the 6th and the 8th. At it will end on a high note with a roundtable at the Lusófona University - Center University of Lisbon. On March 8, between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., journalists, researchers and NGOs will come together to debate under the theme of "Media and Democracies - Strengths, Threats and Opportunities", in the light of the national and European context. 📥 In a year in which European elections are taking place and several countries are also electing their new governments - like Portugal - and Europe is overcoming a difficult socioeconomic period, this discussion has never made more sense. There is a growing need to get the masses to reflect about the relationship between the media and democracies, considering the dynamics of the media and their impact on democratic systems, including society's political involvement and media consumption. 📣 The panel for this roundtable is made up of professionals from the social and technological sciences who will discuss the topic at an event open to the whole community and free to attend, subject to prior registration here: https://lnkd.in/dRQwTK_A. 🆕 For more news, look out for upcoming publications here on our feed. Austrian Academy of Sciences Charles University IULM University @COMMIT CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies Mirovni inštitut Metelkova 6, Ljubljana Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Tallinn University IMT Atlantique #MeDeMAP #MappingMedia #StrengtheningDemocracy #DemocraticMedia #MediaProduction #InclusiveCitizenship #ParticipatoryMedia

🎉 Well, what a year this has been! Not posting regularly, I'll be probably drowning you with updates in this post about the many beautiful things that have happened this year: 📖 I contributed with a chapter about the convergence of the researches of economist #ElinorOstrom and economic sociologist #VivianaZelizer to the Springer volume "Living Better Together. Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer" with Carolina Dalla Chiesa and Valeria Morea. 📖 Another chapter came to life with my dearest Candida Rolla about the role of the Asia Pacific countries in the drafting and implementation of the #WorldHeritageConvention in a volume beautifully curated, among others, by Professor Elisa Baroncini, called "Forever Young: Celebrating 50 Years of the World Heritage Convention". 📄 You can also read about conflicts and motivations in #participatory #culture-led #regenerationprojects in another article of mine, dedicated to a part of my PhD thesis and featured in a new issue of Tracce Urbane. 👩🏻🏫 I have been confirmed as Adjunct Professor in #Management of #CulturalEvents at Università LUMSA for the second year, and as usual, I am thrilled and terrified to go back to teaching a course entirely on my own! 💥 The biggest challenge and satisfaction comes from my freelance activity, however, as I'm now working as a #projectmanager for three small municipalities in rural Sicily, implementing a Next Generation EU-funded project of #cultural and #social #regeneration against #depopulation. A most riveting and challenging role which is teaching me a lot on how to navigate in uncertainty, develop #capacitybuilding for #publicadministrations and manage complex #stakeholder systems while working on #socialinnovation with the citizens. 🎉 In the picture, you can see a smiling (yet terrified) shot right after I had completed a series of educational clips for a forthcoming Una Europa initiative on #citizenscience on which I'll tell you more as it turns into reality. Let's see what awaits ahead, and good luck to all my friends and colleagues for the September beginning (hopefully after a well-deserved break)! . . . #research #projectmanagement #academia #achievements #celebration