The University of Bergen participates in the Arqus European University Alliance together with six other universities: Granada, Graz, Leipzig, Lyon, Padova and Vilnius. The project builds on the H2020 Arqus R.I. project that aims to address current global societal challenges through intensified joint research. Arqus was first funded under the first pilot call under Erasmus+ in 2019 and the Horizon 2020 project further strengthens its research and innovation dimension, in synergy with the education mission.
Synergies between research and education and stakeholder involvement in research agenda are key priorities for the next European framework programmes and the recent communications on the European Research Area and the European Education Area. This project addresses these two pressing matters and it is divided in two tracks: one that focus in the overarching aim of the European Universities Initiative where these alliances are perceived as "test beds", and the second that it is directly linked to the work package led by UiB in Arqus R.I. and intends to enhance the engagement of Norwegian stakeholders in education, research and innovation in agenda-setting. Supplementary funding would allow us to share best practices, outcomes and lesson learned from Arqus alliance and contribute to widening and strengthening the national impact of Norwegian participation in the European Universities Initiative. A national conference on stakeholders engagement will be an arena to test concrete tools for stakeholder involvement, to share and discuss current practices, barriers, best examples and, -to this end, - to emphasize and increase stakeholder's importance (specifically citizens and students) in the co-creation of research and innovation agenda setting.
European Universities Outreach will extend its impact for Norway by disseminating and communicating their results and maximizing its effects in the Norwegian context.
The University of Bergen participates in the Arqus European University Alliance together with six other universities: Granada, Graz, Leipzig, Lyon, Padova and Vilnius. This application builds on the H2020 Arqus R.I. project that aims to address current global societal challenges through intensified joint research. Arqus was first funded under the first pilot call under Erasmus+ in 2019 and the Horizon 2020 project further strengthens its research and innovation dimension, in synergy with the education mission.
Synergies between research and education and stakeholder involvement in research agenda are key priorities for the next European framework programmes and the recent communications on the European Research Area and the European Education Area. This project addresses these two pressing matters and it is divided in two tracks: one that focus in the overarching aim of the European Universities Initiative where these alliances are perceived as “test beds” and the second that it is directly linked to the work package led by UiB in Arqus R.I. and intends to enhance the engagement of Norwegian stakeholders in education, research and innovation in agenda setting. Supplementary funding would allow us to share best practices, outcomes and lesson learned from Arqus alliance and contribute to widening and strengthening the national impact of Norwegian participation in the European Universities Initiative. A national conference on stakeholders’ engagement will be an arena to test concrete tools for stakeholder involvement, to share and discuss current practices, barriers, best examples and, -to this end, - to emphasize and increase stakeholder’s importance (specifically citizens and students) in the co-creation of research and innovation agenda setting.
European Universities Outreach will extend its impact for Norway by disseminating and communicating their results and maximizing its effects in the Norwegian context.
