Conference Future Governance Models of the European Universities – 5th May 2022

 Conference Future Governance Models of the European Universities

May 2022

Brussels, Belgium

One of the main goals of the European Universities Initiative is to establish transnational alliances of higher education institutions from across the EU that share a long-term strategy focussed on sustainability, excellence, inclusiveness, mobility and European values. One of the main challenges to be addressed by these alliances concerns the definition of governance and management structures, not only during the pilot period but also in the long run. Although a variety of models have already been implemented inside the existing alliances, several issues remain to be clarified, specially outside the alliances and related with their legal statute in the European arena for education and research transformation. 

To discuss these issues and further deepen the reflection around the European Universities Initiative, the FilmEU alliance is organising a conference entitled “Future Governance models of the European Universities” that will take place in Brussels, Belgium on the 5th of May 2022.

Call for proposals

This conference intends to bring together different stakeholders around the European Universities Initiative and to promote an open debate about governance models and management structures of the future European Universities, and the challenges and problems associated with their implementation. Hence, we welcome film-makers, artists and researchers to submit papers that deal with but are not limited to the following topics:

•  European Universities Initiative
•  Legal status of European Universities
•  Governance models of European Universities
•  Management structures of European Universities

Keywords:European Universities, legal status, governance models, management structures

The best full papers presented at the conference will be later published in a special issue of the International Journal of Film and Media Arts (IJFMA Vol. 7 No. 3) to be published by the end of 2022.

Abstracts to be submitted by 3rd April 2022.

Provide two Word documents (.doc) with:

1. ABSTRACT – no longer than 500 words with 5 keywords

The abstract should not have any reference to the authors or the institution they belong to. The authors must ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in such a way that they do not reveal their identities to reviewers, either directly or indirectly.

2. BIO – no longer than 100 words. Name, Email address and institutional affiliation. Authors should indicate the call for papers they are submitting.

Please submit to:

anna.coutinho@ulusofona.pt  or https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/about/submissions

Schedule for publication:

Abstract Submission: 3rd April 2022

Feedback from reviewers: 19th April 2022

Conference presentation: 5th May 2022

Full Paper Submission: 30th June 2022

Feedback from reviewers: 12th September 2022

Final Revisions: 28th October 2022

Online Publication: Nov/Dec 2022

Submission online or via email will be made anonymously. Submissions will be reviewed by at least 2 peer reviewers. Accepted abstracts will be given guidelines for the presentation and submission of the final text.

Day 1

5th May 2022

TIME ZONE CET

(Central European Time)

WELCOMING SESSION

9h00 Simon Van Damme (President of LUCA)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

9h30 José Bragança de Miranda (President of FilmEU’s Academic Council)

10h00 Emily Palmer (Secretary-General of UNA Europa)

10h30 Discussion

11h00 Coffee Break

11h15 How to successfully balance academic autonomy and strategic governance – An never ending story!

Barbara Haering  (Vice-President of ETH Board)

11h45 Governance and Management of the European Universities

Thomas Estermann (Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development – European University Association)

Enora Bennetot Pruvot (Deputy Director Governance, Funding & Public Policy Development – European University Association)

12h15 Discussion

12h30 Lunch

ROUND TABLES

14 h National/ European friction and the Future Legal Status of European Universities

Dana Samson (Chair FOREU2 subgroup Legal Statute/Governance)

Meritxell Chaves  (Chair FOREU1 subgroup Legal Statute/Governance)

15h15 International Journal of Film and Media Arts – Proposals to discussion

18h   Closing session

DAY 2

PMB Meeting

SPEAKERS

José Bragança de Miranda

More information soon.

Emily Palmer

More information soon.

Thomas Estermann

Thomas Estermann is Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development with responsibilities for EUA’s work aimed at strengthening universities’ autonomy, governance, management and their financial sustainability.

Before joining EUA in 2007, Thomas Estermann was Deputy Head of Strategic Development and Deputy University Director at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, a member of the universities’ senate and involved in the last two reforms in higher education in Austria. Before entering the University in 1997, he pursued a career as a lawyer.

Thomas is member of several European and national committees, expert groups, editorial boards, advisory groups and contributes on a regular basis to higher education management programmes and national higher education reform processes. He has published on the topic of university funding, governance and management.

He holds a Master’s degree in law from the University of Vienna.

Enora Bennetot Pruvot

As Deputy Director, Enora Bennetot Pruvot is responsible for implementing EUA policy on university funding and governance. She focuses on financial sustainability, institutional autonomy, mergers as well as EU funding programmes. She is responsible for the organisation of EUA’s biannual Funding Forum and for EUA’s annual Public Funding Observatory, which monitors the evolution of public funding to higher education institutions throughout Europe.

Barbara Haering

Barbara Haering chairs the Strategic Advisory Board of the University of Geneva. Moreover, she is Vice-President of the Board of the Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Domain) and member of the Board of the TU Dresden and of the Innovation Board of the TU Graz.

Barbara Haering chairs also the Board of Directors of econcept Inc., a private think tank and consultancy she has been building up over the last twenty-five years with 28 co-workers based in Zurich specializing in applied research, evaluation and strategic planning for ministries, administrations, and universities – mainly in the fields of research and innovation as well as public sector reform. In her capacity as head of econcept Inc. she is responsible for supporting strategy developments of public institutions as well as evaluating public policies and institutions in Switzerland and abroad. Barbara Haering teaches public management at the University of Lausanne.