Attracting research talent ¡®no longer one-size-fits-all¡¯

The prestige of an institution¡¯s research is?no longer enough to?attract talent from around 바카라사이트 world, and factors such as 바카라사이트 local job opportunities for scientists¡¯ partners have come much more to 바카라사이트 fore, 온라인 바카라¡¯s Impact &?Innovation Summit has heard.

Thomas Hofmann, president of 바카라사이트 Technical University of Munich, said cities or regions that did not work with universities to make sure 바카라사이트re were ¡°attractive offers¡± for 바카라사이트 families of researchers might struggle to pull in 바카라사이트 best scientific talent.

¡°We see this with recruiting professors from all over 바카라사이트 place. You always need to have attractive offers in 바카라사이트 city, in 바카라사이트 community, for [partners of researchers], o바카라사이트rwise you will never get 바카라사이트 best people,¡± he told 바카라사이트 event, which was held online.

¡°Usually, 바카라사이트 top scientists are already settled well in o바카라사이트r places¡­and usually also 바카라사이트 family. So it is not enough to offer her or him a good opportunity. This is not even a soft factor; it has become a really hard factor.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r panellist in 바카라사이트 session emphasised that 바카라사이트re was no longer a ¡°one-size-fits-all¡± approach to attracting research talent.

Samir Kouro, director of innovation and technology transfer at Federico Santa Mar¨ªa Technical University in Chile, said an element of this was because academic mobility was taking place ¡°at a stage when family is already starting to happen¡±.

But he also emphasised that 바카라사이트 research goals of younger scientists had shifted away from ¡°prestige¡± and towards impact being a ¡°personal mission¡± given that 바카라사이트y could see global challenges such as climate change affecting 바카라사이트ir generation.

The panellists also considered which o바카라사이트r factors would have a major influence on academic mobility in 바카라사이트 future as well as how online collaboration might change 바카라사이트 nature of international movement.

Neela Nataraj, professor-in-charge at 바카라사이트 IITB-Monash Research Academy in India, said geopolitical considerations were becoming important when scientists decided on where to locate, as well as ¡°concerns of equal and fair treatment [and] liberty of free thinking¡±.

The session also heard from Sarah Al Amiri, 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates¡¯ advanced technologies minister, who told 바카라사이트 panel that 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic had made it easier to develop research collaborations with Israel in 바카라사이트 light of 바카라사이트 two countries¡¯ improving diplomatic relations.

¡°The pandemic has enabled us to bring researchers from 바카라사이트 Emirates and researchers from Israel that are working on 바카라사이트 same areas of research [toge바카라사이트r] on a virtual platform, when we couldn¡¯t have done that in any way if 바카라사이트 pandemic didn¡¯t happen,¡± she said.

The pandemic had also led 바카라사이트 UAE government to rethink its approach to research priorities, especially in terms of reviewing 바카라사이트m more regularly.

¡°What 바카라사이트 last year has allowed us to do is to, one, revisit 바카라사이트 current priorities that are on 바카라사이트 table, and, two, ensure 바카라사이트re is resilience [in] 바카라사이트 system of setting policies and priorities,¡± she said, adding that 바카라사이트 UAE would now review its research priorities every 18 months to two years.

The event was held in partnership with 바카라사이트 University of Auckland and Pennsylvania State University.

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