YERUN - Young European Research Universities

🎉 And the winners are…! 😍 This Valentine’s Day, we did not just talk about our shared love for #OpenScience, we honoured those who are opening up science for everyone! 📣 🚀 Following an inspiring event, we are thrilled to announce the winners of the #YERUNOpenScienceAwards 2024! The ceremony highlighted the award-winning #OpenScience initiatives, showcasing the impact and innovation behind each project: 🔺 VINCULUM, submitted by Maria de Lurdes Rosa from , Auxiliary Professor at NOVA University Lisbon, is an initiative that connects academic #research with #schools and local communities through #student engagement. 🔺Diverse Dissemination and Public Engagement Activities: Perspectives from Ireland , submitted by Ann-Marie Creaven, Associate Professor at University of Limerick, is a practice dedicated to embedding open science in existing initiatives. 🔺Bremer Open Science Initiative at Faculty 11, submitted by Dr. Julia Stern Julia Stern, Senior Researcher at University of Bremen, is a programme supporting #researchers in publishing #opendata and integrating open science into #teaching. 🔺NODES - Task Force Neuroendocrinology Open Data Exchange Standard –, submitted by Maria Meier, postdoctoral researcher at University of Konstanz, is a collaborative effort to develop a community-driven standard for data sharing in psychoneuroendocrinology. The event also featured a keynote by Javier López Albacete, Policy Officer at the European Commission, who shared insights on the new ERA Policy Agenda and the future direction of Open Science within it.  👏 🤝 We extend our congratulations to all the award winners and express our sincere appreciation to the speakers, participants, and evaluators who made this event possible. 📽️ Missed the ceremony? Do not worry! Watch the recording here👇 https://lnkd.in/d53F4H77 👀 Explore the winning projects and access open science resources on the YERUN website 👇 https://lnkd.in/dbFmaYUD #weloveOpenScience 🔓❤️🔥 Brunel University of London Nicolaus Copernicus University Universidade Nova de Lisboa Maastricht University University of Rome Tor Vergata UiT- The Arctic University of Norway Ulm University Universidad Carlos III de Madrid University of Antwerp University of Bremen University of Cyprus University of Essex University of Eastern Finland Universität Klagenfurt University of Konstanz University of Limerick University of South-Eastern Norway Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark Université Paris Dauphine - PSL University of Potsdam Sveučilište u Rijeci / University of Rijeka University of Stirling Tallinn University Malmö University

🔎A decade of YERUN!! 🔥 🤝In 2025, YERUN will celebrate 10 years of fostering #collaboration, #excellence, and #impact in European #highereducation. ✨To mark this milestone, we are hosting a special anniversary conference on Thursday, 5 June 2025, in Brussels at Sparks. 🙌 This event will bring together university leaders, EU policymakers, researchers, and key stakeholders to engage in meaningful discussions on the future of higher education and #research. Want to be part of the conversation? The conference is open to external participants, register your interest, and the YERUN Brussels Office will share more details with you👇 https://lnkd.in/dgYQYsas

Calling for a bold and ambitious vision for #FP10 and research and innovation in the EU. Important open letter to the Presidents of #EU institutions, supported by YERUN - Young European Research Universities and Malmö universitet #EU #research #innovation

📢 Following yesterday’s adoption of the Warsaw Declaration, YERUN reiterates its strong support for a reinforced, well-funded, and independent EU Research & Innovation Framework Programme. 💬 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘗10 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮-𝘶𝘱, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘋𝘢𝘨 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘠𝘌𝘙𝘜𝘕 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘪𝘛 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺 🔗 Missed it yesterday? Revisit YERUN's Statement on the Warsaw Declarations👇 https://lnkd.in/dAWkW6BV European Commission Ursula von der Leyen European Parliament Roberta Metsola Council of the European Union Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union European Research Council (ERC) Maria Leptin Ekaterina Zaharieva Christian Ehler

👀 Watch the video below from the SecureEU Final Summit 2025, held on 6 March, which we had the pleasure of hosting and co-organising. 🤝 The Summit brought together #researchers, #policymakers, and institutions committed to strengthening #research careers in Europe, providing a platform to reflect on key challenges and future directions. 👇 👇

🔎 YERUN is very pleased with today’s positive vote of the European Parliament at the Plenary Session in Strasbourg on the “Report on the assessment of the implementation of #HorizonEurope in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme”, led by MEP Christian Ehler. 🙌 We welcome the support the European Parliament gives to the need for a strong, standalone and reinforced future #FrameworkProgramme that builds on the successes of the past 40 years. As stated in Ehler’s explanatory statement to the report, FP10 must bring real change by removing unnecessary secondary objectives and prioritising #excellence in #research and #innovation. It should fund bold, frontier research that goes beyond policymakers’ expectations and anticipates future challenges. This requires putting #scientists, #researchers, and #innovators at the centre, allowing them to shape the programme and select the best projects. A Competitiveness Fund would be counterproductive, while FP10 will contribute to Europe’s competitiveness, it must be led by scientific excellence, not economic priorities. FP10 is a key opportunity to strengthen Europe’s #research and #innovation but it must be ambitious and driven by scientific excellence.

📣 YERUN welcomes the Warsaw Declaration’s commitment to fostering excellent #research, #innovation, and #collaboration across #Europe and beyond. Ensuring the independence and funding of the #EU’s Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP) is essential for maintaining Europe’s global leadership in innovation and social development. The Programme’s unique scale and collaborative nature make it indispensable for fostering #impactful research, and it should remain a central pillar of the ERA, as set out in the EU Treaties. 🙌 YERUN stands ready to support the next FP by upholding #excellence, #impact, and #inclusivity, while promoting #collaborative consortia that connect regions and sectors. However, Europe’s R&I ambitions require a broader commitment, including the realisation of the ‘fifth freedom’, enabling large-scale cross-border research, and increased national R&I investments. 👀 Explore the key points of the declaration that YERUN strongly supports here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e9kX3e8X 🤝 YERUN’s support reflects our our broader commitment to strengthening Europe’s #research landscape, fostering knowledge-driven #innovation, and enhancing the EU’s global #competitiveness, and reflected in: 📌 Our joint letter with LERU to EC President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for reinforced investment in #research and #innovation 👇 https://lnkd.in/dRXmy5aK 📌 Our contribution to the EU public consultation on the Single Market Strategy 2025, advocating for the recognition of the "fifth freedom", the free movement of knowledge, as a key pillar of the updated strategy 👇 https://lnkd.in/dCDjvW2P 📌Our support to the open letter addressed to the Presidents of the EU Institutions, calling for a bold and ambitious vision for FP10, that strengthens Europe’s position as a global leader in R&I 👇 https://lnkd.in/dyi5Hc9D European Commission Ursula von der Leyen European Parliament Roberta Metsola Council of the European Union Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union European Research Council (ERC) Maria Leptin Ekaterina Zaharieva Christian Ehler

🪄 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 How should we evaluate research? For too long, academic work has been judged by outdated metrics that don’t fully capture its impact. Change is underway, and young universities have a key role to play. In our latest 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙀𝙍𝙐𝙉 conversation, Eva Méndez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Rianne Letschert (Maastricht University) share their insights on the future of research assessment and how CoARA - Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment is driving this transformation. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? Rigid systems and rankings often overlook the diverse contributions of researchers. This limits innovation and reinforces outdated practices. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? CoARA is pushing for evaluation models that go beyond simple metrics, recognising the full value of research. But change takes time and collective effort. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? Without the weight of tradition, they can lead the shift toward fairer, more meaningful research assessment. As Eva notes, success will come when institutions adopt these changes “by seduction.” ✨ Read the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/ebfD-PWS ✴️ Watch the CoARA Retrospective 2022-2024: https://lnkd.in/ezaHrrNn Here, former CoARA Chair Professor Rianne Letschert reflects on CoARA’s achievements over the past two years and what’s next for research assessment reform.

📣 Do not miss the opportunity to attend the series of webinars organised by SecureEU project to explore the Research Career Framework (RCF) and Tenure Track-like (TTL) Models, designed to improve research careers and reduce precarity. Register now!! 👇

We had the honor of working with Jean-Emmanuel on several topics on research and innovation. In every interaction, he stood out for his professionalism, kindness, and constructiveness. He listened, valued every perspective, and brought depth to discussions. Beyond his expertise, Jean-Emmanuel was truly warm and calm with others. His presence will be profoundly missed, not just for the knowledge he shared, but for the way he engaged with others, always with respect and humility. The CoARA community and all who knew him will remember him as an example to follow. Our sincere condolences on his passing. Our thoughts are with you in this difficult time.