Established in February 2023, the Research Managers Network connects more than 20 research managers and data and communication specialists across the EUROPAST consortium institutions. All EUROPAST project administrators and managers are members of the network, and employees that are not directly involved in EUROPAST management are also welcome to join and share varying experiences from partner institutions. 

The aim is to offer a support network for the mutual development of research managers from the EUROPAST institutions. The network will also serve as a platform for ongoing information exchange between the consortium partners to facilitate collaboration among researchers from different institutions.

Interested in joining our activities? Let us know via email:  

Online Coffee Talks

We regularly invite our colleagues to dedicate an afternoon break to sharing the latest developments in the field through informal conversations known as EUROPAST Coffee Talks. Every event is dedicated to a different topic related to research management and combines an introductory presentation with examples of best practices from each partner institution. This series of one-hour discussions gives research managers an opportunity to extend their knowledge and bring new perspectives and practices to their home institutions. The series, so far, includes the following topics: 

• May 2023. The role of gender in research. Speakers: Aurelija Povilaikė (Research Council of Lithuania) and Dr. Corinna Kuhr-Korolev (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam).
• December 2023. Best practices of the research platform DigitalHistory@Lund. Speaker: Dr. Kajsa Weber (Lund University).
• June, 2024. How to write a Horizon application? Speaker: Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten (Lund University). Find out more about the event here.

Managers Lab

Interactive workshops provide extensive guidance for each stage of the research management process and give research managers in the consortium the opportunity to exchange best practices. Managers Lab modules cover such topics as preparing international grant proposals, equality and diversity in research, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship, and research ethics and integrity.  

One of the Managers Lab days is held together with the Researchers Lab, to engage administrative and research staff in the collaborative process of drafting future grant proposals. Two Managers Labs were scheduled for the project: 

• Researchers and Managers Lab #1 (took place on 18-20 October 2023), hosted by Lund University. Organisers: Lund university Research Service, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Odeta Rudling, Dora Komnenović, Rasa Bortkevičiūtė. The archived programme of the event is available here.
• Researchers and Managers Lab #2 will take place in December 2024 – February 2025 and will be hosted by Vilnius University.