Survey of Activities 2017
Contents
U4 Network
Humanities
Medicine and Pharmacy
Science and Technology
Social Sciences, Economics and Law
Institutional Management
2017
Cluster Humanities (I)
U4 Network
Antiquity VIIIth edition PhD Winter School, 7-11 March 2017: ‘Texts and Contexts’ Spin-off: Field School Greek Material Culture
Gender Studies Research Workshops (Göttingen, 2014; Uppsala, 2015; Groningen, 5-7 April
2017) U4 Summer School in 'Gender Studies' (Göttingen, 15-20 Aug. 2016) Visiting scholarships (Göttingen-Ghent, 2015-2017) 2nd Interdisciplinary Summer School in Gender Studies (Uppsala 30 July – 3
Aug. 2018): ‘Methods, Methodologies and Ethics: Complexities and Responsibilities in Doing Gender Research’
Multilingualism (ML4U Network) Joint PhD (Ghent – Groningen, 2014-2018) ML4U Lecture Series (Ghent – Göttingen, 2nd semester 2016) ‘Conference on Multilingualism - COM2017’ (Groningen, 6-8 Nov. 2017) + U4
Winter School (Groningen, 9-10 Nov. 2017)
2017
Cluster Humanities (II)
U4 Network
Family Ethics/Bio-Ethics [cross-cluster] www.familyethics.net Research Conferences in 2014, 2015 Family Ethics Summer School ‘What about the Family?’ – An interdisciplinary
Course on Ethical Issues in Health and Social Care (Groningen, 21-26 Aug. 2017)
Edited Collection: Marian Verkerk, Janice McLaughlin, and Hilde Lindemann, eds. Edited collection ‘Where Families and Health Care Meet’, accepted byOxford University Press, w. contributions of Veerle Provoost (Ghent), Marian Verkerk (Groningen), Ulrike Kihlbom (Uppsala)
Religion Studies PhD & post-doc workshop ‘Crossing the Borders: Interdisciplinary Research in
the Academic Study of Religion’ (Göttingen, 16-18 Dec. 2016) 1st U4 Summer School Religion: ‘Religion, Conflict, and Peace’ (Groningen,
14-18 Aug. 2017) Research exchange – guest lectures (2017-2018) 2nd U4 Summer School Religion (Ghent, 2018)
2017
Cluster Humanities (III)
U4 Network
Reverberations of Revolution Research Network - U4 symposia cycle (2014 – 2016) ‘Reverberations of
Revolution’ (Uppsala), ‘Technologies of Print and Power in the Age of Revolution’ (Groningen), ‘Translation and Transformation in the Age of Revolution’ (Göttingen), ‘The Power of Things: Revolutionary Objects, Icons and Images Across Borders’ (Ghent)
Edited Collection: manuscript submission early 2018 June 2017: funding support by Petra och Karl Erik Hedborgs Stiftelse for
Belgian-Swedish research collaborations
Taiwanese Study Programme [cross-cluster] Taiwanese Teaching Fellowship (Ghent-Göttingen-Groningen) - MoU (2016-
2021) w. Dept. of International and Cross-Strait Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Workshop: ‘Maritime Territorial Disputes In The Asia Pacific Region: A Critical Appraisal’ (20-21 April 2017, Ghent); planned workshops in Groningen (2018) and Göttingen (2019)
2017
Cluster Humanities (IV)
U4 Network
Cultural Transfer and Transmission Pre-U4 Research Network (www.soctat.org) Research workshops in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in Groningen, Uppsala and Ghent Seminar and book launch (Uppsala, 14 December 2017) The Dynamics and
Contexts of Cultural Transfers (eds. Margaretha Fahlgren and Anna Williams), peer reviewed volume
Digital Humanities (DH4U4) Research Network (Est. Nov. 2015) Staff exchanges (Ghent-Groningen-Göttingen, 2016-2017) Joint Master supervision (Groningen-Göttingen) DH4U4 Doct. School programme (planned) Joint DH4U4 panel @ #dhbelenlux (Utrecht, 3-5 July 2017)
Pending cooperation: Manchu Languages (research mobilities)
2017
Joint DH4U4 presentation @ #dhbenelux (Utrecht, 3-5 July 2017)
Summer School ‘Religion, Conflict and Peace’ 2017
20.12.2017
U4 Network
Workshop Gender Studies 2017
Cluster Medicine and Pharmacy (I)
U4 Network
Ageing Brain/NEU4EU Research Network [U4+], Joint PhD Reserach Projects (since 2012) EIT funding (2016 Summer School) Ageing Brain Summer School (Ghent, 28 Aug. - 2 Sept. 2017)
Ageing Lung Research Network, Joint PhD Research Projects (new Ghent-
Groningen, 2017) research workshop (Ghent, 30-31 March 2017)
Antimicrobial resistance Anitimicrobial Resistance Summer School (Groningen, 20-24 Aug.
2017) Application ‘WOUNDS’ (JPIAMR)
OSMYO – Myopathology (Ghent, Göttingen, Uppsala) Research Network: workshops, exchanges, publications in 2014-2016
2017
Cluster Medicine and Pharmacy (II)
U4 Network
‘Visual Perception’ (Neurosciences/Experimental Psychology) [cross-cluster] Research network: conferences in 2014 and 2016, publications (2017)
Social Interaction in Health Care [cross-cluster] Research Network (Ghent, Groningen, Uppsala) Workshop 'Therapeutic Interaction' (Groningen, 16-17 June 2016)
Labour participation/ satisfaction Joint research (Gent-Groningen) + education, project dev. (2017)
Joint Degrees (Erasmus+ Joint Master) International Master of Innovative Medicine (Groningen, Uppsala)
Medical Law [cross-cluster] Research network (Groningen, Göttingen, Uppsala) workshop Medical Law and Human Rights (Uppsala, 24-26 April 2017)
2017
Cluster Medicine and Pharmacy (III)
U4 Network
Medical Education Education: international curriculum, IT and innovation, inter-
professional learning 1st workshop Groningen, 16 December 2016
Joint Degrees (Erasmus+ Joint Master) International Master of Innovative Medicine (Groningen, Uppsala)
Bio-ethics [cross-cluster, see Humanities]
Pending Cooperation: Ageing Tendon Network (2015); Schisis (2016); Tissue Engineering (2016)
Research mobilities in Global & Reproductive Health (Gent-Groningen), Global Health (Ghent-Uppsala), Medical Education (Gent-Groningen)
2017
U4 Network
‘Ageing Brain’ Summer School 2017
2016
U4 Network
Ageing Lung Workshop 2017
2017
Cluster Science & Technology (I)
U4 Network
Biology Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in 'Evolutionary Biology' - MEME
(Groningen, Uppsala) Joint PhD Ecology (Ghent – Groningen, 2015-2019)
BioMass 1st U4 Biomass Summer School ‘Sustainable Use and Res-use of
Biomass’ (Ghent, 11-13 Sept. 2017) 2nd Biomass/Sustainable Energy Summer School (Uppsala, 2018)
Biomedical Engineering European Master’s Course in Biomedical Engineering (former Erasmus
Mundus Master Course Programme) in Biomedical Engineering –CEMACUBE (Groningen, Ghent): ending 2015-2016
Summer Course 'The role of systems engineering in medical devices' (Ghent, 24-26 August 2016)
2017
Cluster Science & Technology (II)
U4 Network
Chemistry Structural student exchange on BSc and MSc level (Ghent-Uppsala) Bio-Engine: PhD exchange in polymer chemistry + EU project bid
(Ghent-Uppsala, 2016) Joint PhD Inorganic Chemistry (Ghent-Uppsala, 2016-2020)
Physics HASCO Summer School (Göttingen, 16-21 July 2017) CORRESP: Material Sciences Research Network (2014-2015) Joint PhD research project initiated in Particle Physics (Uppsala-
Göttingen, 2016-2020)
Raw Materials Erasmus Mundus Joint Master ‘Sustainable and Innovative Natural
Resource Management – SINReM’ (Ghent-Uppsala-Freiberg) – in cooperation with EIT ‘Raw Materials’ (EIT quality label in July 2017)
2017
U4 Network
U4 article ‘Science’ Vol 356, Issue 6338
2017
U4 Network
SciTech Cluster Meeting 2017
2017
U4 Network
HASCO Summer School 2017
2017
Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (I)
U4 Network
SSEL Cluster Conference 4th edition – theme: ‘On the Move – Exploring Contemporary Dynamics of
Migration’ (Uppsala, 29-20 May 2017) Previous: 'Governance of a Contemporary Multilateral Institutional Architecture'
(Groningen, 2015); 'Global Studies: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives' (Ghent, 2014); 'Global Governance and Regulation' (Göttingen, 2012)
5th edition: ‘Current Challenges for a Sustainable Future’ (Göttingen, 21-23 Nov. 2018)
Planned SSEL publication series
Cultural Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion in Contemporary Europe Research workshops (Göttingen, 2015; Göttingen 2018) Book publication planned in 2017/2018
Gender [cross-cluster, see Humanities]
2017
Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (II)
U4 Network
ACCOMPLISSH [cross-cluster] H2020 U4+ research consortium: 'Accelerate co-creation by setting up a
Multi-actor Platform for Impact from Social Sciences and Humanities' (Ghent, Göttingen, Groningen)
Launch Conference 'SSH Impact and Action' (Rome, 20-22 November 2016)
RESPOND [cross-cluster] H2020 U4+ research consortium: 'Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration
in Europe and Beyond' (Göttingen, Uppsala - Coordinator)
Comparative Political Theory (Ghent-Groningen-Göttingen) Nascent research network 1st Workshop ‘Comparative Political Theory and the Question of
Secularization’ (Ghent, 12-13 May 2017)
2017
Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (III)
U4 Network
Legal Research Network (Annual Conference + Summer School) Pre-U4 Research Network (U4 + Turku, Bristol, Budapest, Lille) 10th LRN Conference ‘Law and Sustainability’ (Groningen, 13-15 Sept.
2017)
Medical Law and Human Rights [cross-cluster] Göttingen, Groningen, Uppsala Research Workshops (Göttingen, 2015; Uppsala, 24-26 April 2017)
Environmental Law Research Network 'Environmental Governance and Law’ (est. 2016) 1st Workshop ‘Governing Facts and Feelings in Environmental
Decision-Making’ (Brussels, 14-15 Sept. 2017)
Pending Cooperation: SoNAR – Social Network Analysis and Research (Ghent, Groningen); Macroeconometrics; Social Economics (mobilitiesGhent-Uppsala)
2017
Cluster Social Sciences, Economics and Law (IV)
U4 Network
Joint/Double Degrees Euroculture (Erasmus Mundus MA: Göttingen, Groningen, Uppsala a.o.)
– MOOC in 2016 and 2017 Humanitarian Action – NOHA (Erasmus Mundus: Uppsala-Groningen) International Economics (Göttingen, Groningen) International Financial Management (Uppsala, Groningen) Finance and Accountancy (Ghent, Göttingen - started: 2016-2017)
2017
U4 Network
Environmental Law Workshop 2017
2017
U4 Network
SSEL Cluster Conference 2017
2017
U4 Network
Medical Law and Human Rights 2017
2017
Cluster Institutional Management (I)
U4 Network
Academic Leadership Closure 2nd cycle 2014-2016 Start-up 3rd cycle 2018-2019
Peer Review (2nd cycle) Session VI ‘Campus concepts: Innovation and building your campus
eco-structure’ (Groningen, 20-21 Sept. 2017) Session VII ‘Libraries and Collections’ (Göttingen, spring 2018)
International Perspectives in Teaching and Learning - IPTL 2nd cycle - session IV (Göttingen, 9-10 Oct. 2017) Proposed 3rd conference cycle (kick-off spring 2019)
Career Services Staff Training Cycle ‘Professionalization of Career Services in a Global
Context’, 2016-2017 module 3: ‘Future trends – What is new in our field’ (Groningen, 20-22
Sept. 2017) + workshop ‘Postdoc Careers’ (23 Sept. 2017)
2017
Cluster Institutional Management (II)
U4 Network
U4 Sustainability Network Spin-off Peer Review (Ghent, 15-16 Sept. 2016) Strategy workshop (w. Thematic Network ‘SEDwise – Sustainability
Education’) (Uppsala, 30 May – 1 June 2017)
Staff Training ‘Digital Tools in Internationalization’ (Ghent, 14-16 Feb. 2017)
Joint PhD Framework Comparative analysis of (joint) PhD studies (2016) Concept guidelines Joint Call for PhD projects
U4 Student Network (U4SN) Est. 2014 U4 Student Network meetings ‘Student Well-Being’ (Ghent, 21-24 March
2017); ‘Campus Facilities’ (Ghent, 15-19 Nov. 2017)
2017
Cluster Institutional Management (III)
U4 Network
DAAD: Strategic Partnerships – U4 project closure (2013-2016) U4 Panel 'Benchmarking und Peer Reviewing' at the DAAD Conference
'Tagung der Leiterinnen und Leiter der Akademischen Auslandsämter' (Bonn, 16 November 2016)
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 partnerships (with U4 based consortium) Closure: Lotus+ (South East Asia), Inspire (South Africa) (2018)
Pending cooperation: ICT (Core Infrastructure & Security‘, 2016); Collections (‘Research Data Life Cycle’; ‘Repositories’ 2016; ‘Museum Collections’ 2017)
2017
U4 Network
IPT&L 2017
2017
U4 Network
Career Services Staff Training 2017
2017
U4 Network
U4 Student Network Meeting 2017
2017
U4 Network
Peer Review Campus Concepts 2017
2017
U4 Network
www.U4network.eu
2017