RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR
Karin Stana-Kleinschek
Andreja Nekrep, Mladen Kraljić, Marko Kežmah, Dean Korošak, Mojca Tancer
Maribor, January 2012
RAZ:UM
Research and Arts
Zone at UM
UNIVERSITY OF
MARIBOR
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
IDEA
ECONOMY
INDUSTRY
DEVELOPMENT
• •INVENTION
INVENCIJA
something new
•creating
EDUKACIJA
Steve Taylor
MARKET
PRODUCT
•
INNOVATION
–
• INOVACIJA
creating
something new with new value
• APLIKACIJA
Steve Taylor
UNIVERSITY OF
MARIBOR
RAZISKOVANJE
IZOBRAŽEVANJE
IDEJA
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ENSURING A TOP-NOTCH RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
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INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMMES IN ORDER TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR
GOUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF
MARIBOR
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
IDEA
•
ECONOMY
RAZ:UM
INDUSTRY
DEVELOPMENT
MARKET
PRODUCT
HOW TO ACHIEVE SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE AND KNOWLEDE TRANSFER BETWEEN
UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY?
 The university should remain a driving force of new ideas, a creative environment.
(DISADVANTAGE: We are creative rather than oriented or targeted.)
 Industries should remain market-oriented and targeted.
(DISADVANTAGE: fewer opportunities for the realisation of new ideas)
• IT IS IMPORTANT TO LINK EDUCATION TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH!
• SINERGY AND NETWORKING – ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY
• UM wishes to cooperate – therefore VISION, MISSION AND
GOALS!
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH VISION (UM):
A vision outlines the future image of an organization to be cultivated within the organization and outside. The vision of an organization leads to radical
changes in ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE (new behavioural patterns, a new value and belief system and habits creating new social norms in the organization).
By 2014, the University will become a recognized research institution achieving
greater progress than other universities at home and abroad.
UM‘s SCIENTIFIC MISSION:
The mission lays down the purpose, philosophy and beliefs of an organization. In addition, it defines what the organization aims to achieve
and whom does it serve.
forming interdisciplinary research teams able to (1) produce outstanding
scientific achievements, (2) manage research projects, (3) participate in
international networks and centres of excellence, thus enabling the active
participation of students in scientific research
In order to accomplish the University‘s mission, the following strategy with a
definition of the PRIMARY GOAL has been formulated:
Goals are measurable and of limited duration.
establishment of a creative working environment promoting academic
freedom in order to facilitate sustainable development and produce
outstanding scientific achievements, thus gaining greater visibility of UM in
Slovenia and abroad
ALL OTHER GOALS AND STRATEGIES are subordinated to the primary goal.
VISION
MISSION
PRIMARY GOAL
PRIMARY GOAL
establishment of a creative working environment promoting academic freedom
in order to facilitate sustainable development and produce outstanding scientific
achievements, thus gaining greater visibility of UM in Slovenia and abroad
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
relevant Ministry
UM management
and bodies
teaching staff
and researchers
OUTCOMES OF GOAL ATTAINMENT:
outstanding scientific achievements
national and international projects (7EU, Horizon 20, etc.)
knowledge transfer & entrepreneurship
students
1. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES and strategies of UM MANAGEMENT AND BODIES:
•
encouraging the participation of UM employees in bodies of the relevant Ministry
and the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
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increasing the visibility of scientific views in Slovenia
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improving the flow of information between the Ministry and UM
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enhancing the efficiency of professional services (at various levels) providing
support for scientific research
•
efficient operation of the Project Office (contents, legal aspects, financial
planning, consulting and management)
•
efficient information flows (overview of researchers‘ participation in projects,
efficient monitoring of scientific achievements, improved access to various
databases …)
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funding of access to international scientific databases
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developing criteria for the remuneration of leading experts
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establishment and transparent operation of the University‘s project fund (in order
to address problems concerning late payments when participating in major
projects)
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promoting both the purchase and shared use of research equipment
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REVISED APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE
2. GOALS and strategies of UM management and bodies for facilitating the
transfer of scientific achievements into practice:
•
encouraging and promoting the establishment of interdisciplinary teams for a successful
knowledge transfer between the academic community and the industry (economics, law,
natural sciences, engineering …)
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encouraging cooperation between labs and faculties
•
formulating a legal basis for intellectual property management
•
promoting spin-offs
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providing assistance and encouraging cooperation within the framework of RAZ:UM, thus
enabling the development of small innovative enterprises
•
promoting networking with industrial partners and providing legal assistance in
establishing consortiums that may cooperate in the European area (7FP, Horizon 20)
 CONSEUQNTLY, WE EXPECT THE FOLLOWING:
ATTAINMENT OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING STAFF
AND RESEARCHERS:
• enhancing the motivation of teaching staff and researchers for scientific
research
• increasing the participation and motivation of postgraduate students for
research work
• promoting participation in national and international calls for project
proposals
• promoting the participation of interdisciplinary teams in national and
international calls for project proposals
OUTCOMES OF GOAL ATTAINMENT:
students participating in
research work
outstanding scientific
achievements
knowledge transfer (between
the University and the industry/
entrepreneurship)
national and international projects
(7FP, Horizon 20)
fulfilling UM‘s scientific VISION AND MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED/IN PROGRESS
 1) Reorganization of the Department
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preparations for Horizon 2020 (legal, financial, administrative …)
preparations and project proposals for increased visibility of UM in the field of
scientific research
implementation of the project „UM Career Centre“ http://www.kc.uni-mb.si/
new mobility programmes, preparation of the pilot project entitled „Joint degree“ –
internationalization
 2) Establishment of RAZ:UM
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Articles of Association serving as the Statute
rules on intellectual property, copyright, establishment of spin-offs (to be published
soon)
coordinating the activities of RAZ:UM, TechnoCentre and CIMRS (Centre for
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research and Studies) in order to attain shared
objectives
3) Spatial plan for the infrastructural centre (ideas)
 4) Adoption of a new appointment procedure
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appointment fields in line with the ISCED classification (UNESCO)
less complicated
appointment procedure linked to the post (full and associate professors)
international meetings on European examples of good practice
1) REORGANIZATION
OF THE DEPARTMENT
Management:
• legal and financial aspects
• international activities,
integration
• clearly defined competences and
responsibilities
UM Project Office
UM Research and Arts
Department
Support Service for Researchers
and Projects
Office for International Cooperation
and Mobility
legal and financial aspects
RAZ: UM
ATTAINED GOALS OF TEACHING
STAFF AND RESEARCHERS
Research and Arts Zone at the University of Maribor
2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF RAZ:UM
RAZ:UM = lab of ideas (ad-hoc creative cores organized without superfluous formalities
by researchers and students (or by students alone)+ translator of ideas + generator of
start-ups + incubator (support within the framework of the UM Science Park)
• Current situation:
• organization: Council, director, Statute (to be adopted), amended Articles of Association,
protection of the RAZ:UM brand
• activities: IKTIMED project (3 subsidiary occupations), RAZ:UM ECC 2012
• establishment of a Science Park (RAZ:UM consortium, TECHNOCENTRE, CIMRS (Centre for
Interdisciplinary Research and Studies, TP (Technology Park)
• website, logo
• RAZ:UM Club
• Important in 2012:
• media coverage (also with the help of RAZ:UM ECC 2012)
• obtaining financial resources (companies endeavouring to participate/support UM,
members of RAZ:UM, new founders …) for the RAZ:UM Fund
• RAZ:UM Fund will award start-up grants in order to support interdisciplinary high-risk/highvalue research teams consisting of students and professors at UM – lab of ideas.
3) PROSTORSKI
NAČRTI-IDEJA
• northern part of Smetanova Street: UM lab complex (Lab:UM) and Nikola Tesla
Square with underground parking
• a massive investment for UM
4) NEW RESEARCH
PHILOSOPHY
BASIC GUIDELINES OF THE NEW „RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY “
(RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE)
• ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE (to be published soon); Slovenian Research Agency
(ARRS), resources acquired in comparison with the University of Ljubljana and the University of
Primorska, international comparison, trends, presentation during the first three months of 2012
• Employees are being encouraged to engage more actively in scientific research (increased
income).
• eliminating the need for teaching overload – a criterion of job performance
• The term „contact hours“ must not be taken literally, but should rather be considered a
„currency“ – How to ensure a flexible load? – eliminating the current limit of teaching load (three
hours)
4) NEW APPOINTMENT
PHILOSOPHY
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The appointment procedure for the faculty ranks „full professor“ and „associate professor“ must
depend on the post.
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For faculty ranks „assistant professor“ and lower, the appointment procedure will be conducted in
a similar manner as up to now.
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2 types of appointment: scientific research vs. arts
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The proposal related to the new appointment criteria shall lay down a transitional period.
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The revised appointment procedure will be less complicated.
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mandatory training for teaching staff
Levers of Development at UM