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oai:zenodo.org:5106498
2022-02-15T15:11:09Z
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openaire
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Gábor Kismihók
2021-07-15
<p>Presentation on Mental Wellbeing of doctoral researchers on the Eurodoc 2021 Conference</p>
The presentation and data collection was supported by the ReMO COST Action CA19117
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mental health
wellbeing
doctoral education
Grassroots initiatives to improve the mental wellbeing of doctoral researchers
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oai:zenodo.org:5911816
2022-12-19T13:20:58Z
user-mcaa
user-eurodoc
Gábor Kismihók
Inês Gaspar
Joe Delaney
Mathias Schroijen
Mohammadreza Tavakoli
Abdolali Faraji
Hasan Abu-Rasheed
Stéphanie Gauttier
Stefan T. Mol
Christian Weber
Ana Raquel Santa Maria
Renaud B. Jolivet
2022-01-27
<p>The OSCAR project aims to offer a novel set of online learning and mentoring tools to researchers across Europe in the areas of mental well-being and career development. This work is based on a personalized, state of the art, labour market information based, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled learning recommender that is complemented with expert (career and mental health) driven online mentoring.</p>
<p>This document describes the theoretical and conceptual framework of OSCAR's researcher well-being and career development training and mentoring programme. Moreover, it also shows a possible role of an on-line, intelligent and personalized learning service in researcher education. </p>
<p>More information on the project: <a href="http://oscar-ai.eu/">http://oscar-ai.eu/</a> </p>
<p>Learning and mentoring platform: <a href="http://edoer.eu/%C2%A0">http://edoer.eu/ </a> </p>
<p>Mental health training programme: <a href="https://labs.tib.eu/edoer/en/dashboard/discovery/jobs/99">https://labs.tib.eu/edoer/en/dashboard/discovery/jobs/99</a> </p>
The OSCAR project and this deliverable was supported by the European Commission Erasmus Plus programme. Project id: 2020-1-DE01-KA203-005713
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online mentoring
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career development
OSCAR Conceptual and Technical Framework for Researcher Well-being and Career Development Training and Mentoring
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oai:zenodo.org:7457733
2023-11-01T10:20:28Z
user-mcaa
user-eurodoc
Gábor Kismihók
Inês Gaspar
Carolina Oliveira Borges
Valente Gonçalves,, Francisco
Joe Delaney
Mathias Schroijen
Mohammadreza Tavakoli
Abdolali Faraji
Hasan Abu-Rasheed
Stéphanie Gauttier
Stefan T. Mol
Christian Weber
Ana Raquel Santa Maria
Renaud B. Jolivet
Joana Jesus
2022-01-27
<p>The OSCAR project aims to offer a novel set of online learning and mentoring tools to researchers across Europe in the areas of mental well-being and career development. This work is based on a personalized, state of the art, labour market information based, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled learning recommender that is complemented with expert (career and mental health) driven online mentoring.</p>
<p>This document describes the theoretical and conceptual framework of OSCAR's researcher well-being and career development training and mentoring programme. Moreover, it also shows a possible role of an on-line, intelligent and personalized learning service in researcher education. </p>
<p>More information on the project: <a href="http://oscar-ai.eu/">http://oscar-ai.eu/</a> </p>
<p>Learning and mentoring platform: <a href="http://edoer.eu/%C2%A0">http://edoer.eu/ </a> </p>
<p>Mental health training programme: <a href="https://labs.tib.eu/edoer/en/dashboard/discovery/jobs/99">https://labs.tib.eu/edoer/en/dashboard/discovery/jobs/99</a> </p>
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The 2nd version of the document fixes a problem with the authors' list.
The OSCAR project and this deliverable was supported by the European Commission Erasmus Plus programme. Project id: 2020-1-DE01-KA203-005713
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oai:zenodo.org:2559577
2020-02-07T12:35:52Z
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Policy Working Group
UK Chapter
2019-02-07
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) has been following the evolution of the Brexit negotiations with major concern. We join the broader scientific community in emphasising that it is imperative for the UK, and to some extent for the ERA, that research and innovation cooperation programmes between the UK and the EU are maintained after Brexit. Independent of the scenario that plays out, the MCAA urges that the British government prioritizes association to Horizon Europe and unrestricted UK-EU mobility for researchers.</p>
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<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
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MCAA Call to Minimise the Impact of Brexit on Research
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oai:zenodo.org:3459176
2020-02-07T12:33:44Z
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Hnatkova, Eva
Srinivas, Mangala
DiFranco, Matthew
2019-09-24
<p><strong>#EUInvestInKnowledge </strong><strong>–</strong><strong> Researchers calls on national governments in Europe to protect EU investments in education, research and innovation</strong></p>
<p>Brussels, 24 September 2019</p>
<p>The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (<a href="http://www.eurodoc.net">Eurodoc</a>), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (<a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu">MCAA</a>), and the Young Academy of Europe (<a href="http://yacadeuro.org">YAE</a>) who together represent excellent researchers at all career stages, across Europe and abroad, today reaffirm their position that education, research and innovation in Europe must be strongly supported. As signatories and active supporters of the <a href="http://euinvestinknowledge.com/"><strong>#EUInvestInKnowledge</strong> campaign</a>, Eurodoc, MCAA and YAE call on governments, institutions and leaders across Europe to strengthen the investment at European level and urge them to raise the budget of the next EU Programme for R&I (2021-2027), Horizon Europe, to at least €120 billion.</p>
<p><strong>Eva Hnatkova</strong> (President, Eurodoc): “We believe that for the future prosperity of Europe, it is important to give more power to confront existing challenges and to strengthen the overall R&I capacity in Europe. No other research system in the world operates in this way and we are deeply concerned by the ongoing<a href="https://eua.eu/news/392:eua-calls-on-the-european-parliament-to-defend-eu-investment-in-r-i-in-2020.html"> discussions about decreasing the budget</a>. Any decrease in budget for Horizon Europe would hurt scientific, economical and societal impact on a long term scale.”</p>
<p><strong>Mangala Srinivas</strong> (Chair, Young Academy of Europe): “The grand challenges we are facing today, as captured by the <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs">United Nations Sustainable Development Goals</a>, represent an enormous opportunity to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. Europe can and should lead the way on this journey; it is our responsibility to others and to future generations. To achieve this, education, research and innovation are crucial and must be strongly supported. In particular, ‘blue sky’ research, which forms the basis of future innovation, is nearly fully reliant on government funding. Loss of such funding today will mean less innovation tomorrow.”</p>
<p><strong>Matthew DiFranco</strong> (Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association): “The discussion on the budget is currently led by the European Council, where government ministers from each EU country meet. Some national ministers have been pushing for a decrease in budget, and we urge all those who value education, research and innovation to loudly resist these cuts and instead demand a strengthening of the Horizon Europe budget. Now is not the time to turn to isolation and curb our ambitions; only together can we create a strong, prosperous and sustainable Europe for us all.”</p>
<p><em>Signed by Eva Hnatkova (President, The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers), Mangala Srinivas (Chair, Young Academy of Europe) and Matthew DiFranco (Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association) on 24 September 2019.</em></p>
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<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
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2020-02-17T08:05:22Z
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Hnatkova, Eva
DiFranco, Matthew
Srinivas, Mangala
2020-02-17
<p>[ see PDF below the press release for the joint statement ]</p>
<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE: Enshrine a legal right for researchers to share their research findings without restrictions</strong></p>
<p><em>Brussels, 17 February 2020</em></p>
<p>A joint statement calling on <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/eu_institutions.html">EU institutions</a> to ensure the right of researchers to share their research findings without embargoes or restrictions has today been issued by three organisations representing early-career and senior researchers in Europe and beyond. The statement by the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) calls upon the European Commission to propose legislation ensuring that researchers always retain the right to share their publicly funded, peer-reviewed research findings.</p>
<p>Our three organisations represent a broad spectrum of researchers: <a href="http://www.eurodoc.net/">Eurodoc</a> represents 100,000+ doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from 29 national associations across Europe; <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/charts">MCAA</a> has 14,000+ members who are current or previous beneficiaries of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions; <a href="https://yacadeuro.org/">YAE</a> consists of 200+ outstanding and recognised researchers in Europe.</p>
<p><strong>YAE Vice-Chair <a href="mailto:toma.susi@univie.ac.at">Toma Susi</a></strong>: “<em>Embargoes are an unjustified disservice to society, researchers and science itself, and it is becoming increasingly clear they are a thing of the past. European governments and others who fund research are entitled to demand immediate open access to research supported by taxpayer money. Legislation like this would ensure that researchers do not end up as collateral damage or bargaining chips in this long-overdue transition.</em>”</p>
<p><strong>Eurodoc President <a href="mailto:eva.hnatkova@eurodoc.net">Eva Hnátková</a></strong>: “<em>Immediate access to the most up-to-date information is crucial to tackling urgent societal challenges. A clear example of this is the laudable <a href="https://wellcome.ac.uk/press-release/sharing-research-data-and-findings-relevant-novel-coronavirus-ncov-outbreak">commitment</a> by funders and publishers to ensure that all peer-reviewed research publications relevant to the coronavirus outbreak are made immediately open access to help save lives. But why should we stop there? Aren’t saving lives from other diseases also urgent and important? And isn’t this equally true for the climate crisis and for achieving the <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs">Sustainable Development Goals</a>? There is no valid reason to lock away research outputs that are so vital to help us tackle all of these urgent and important challenges.</em>”</p>
<p><strong>MCAA Chair <a href="mailto:matthew.difranco@mariecuriealumni.eu">Matthew DiFranco</a></strong>: “<em>In addition to the many open access journals that exist, there are also <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3627629">numerous subscription-based journals</a> that already today allow researchers to share their findings in open access repositories without embargoes or restrictions. We call upon the publishers that still force barriers on the flow of knowledge to modernize and accept the need for immediate access. While a European directive is important as it would solve this challenge for all researchers in Europe, ensuring that all publishers modernize their policies would solve this problem for all researchers globally</em>.”</p>
<p>We thank all of our members who contributed to this statement.</p>
<p>Please reference the joint statement using: <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3669124">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3669124</a></p>
<p>Link to all MCAA statements: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/</a></p>
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2023-04-26T14:26:40Z
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Bajanca, Fernanda
Dubini, Alexandra
Ferria, Hakim
Greco, Gian Maria
Krebs, Jonas
Malaguarnera, Giulia
Metoui, Nadia
Perez, Marta
Samandar Eweis, Dureen
Segev, Eitan
Shawrav, Mostafa Moonir
Stroobants, Karen
Subrahmaniam, Harihar Jaishree
Theodoridou, Magdalini
Marie Curie Alumni Association
2023-04-25
<p>The 2023 Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Annual Conference, which took place on 24-25 February in Cordoba (Spain), brought together researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders from around the world to discuss some of the major challenges in science diplomacy and sustainable development. Research assessment, the stability of early career researchers, and research management were among the topics covered and debated during the conference. This event also allowed for discussions with Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions (MSCA) beneficiaries on the current status and mechanisms of the MSCA programme. Building on the sessions and key points made during the MCAA conference, this policy brief sets out MCAA’s recommendations relevant to the evaluation of the first results of Horizon Europe's Research & Innovation Actions funded by the EU in 2021-2023.</p>
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7834120
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Key Recommendations by the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) on the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Programme
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oai:zenodo.org:3560479
2020-02-07T12:33:17Z
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Cohen, Joshua B.
Bajanca, Fernanda
Lam, Mimi E.
Stroobants, Karen
Novitzky, Peter
Björnmalm, Mattias
Kismihók, Gábor
Loeber, Anne
2019-12-03
<p><strong>Contact</strong>: <a href="mailto:policy@mariecuriealumni.eu">policy@mariecuriealumni.eu</a></p>
<p><strong>Policy brief</strong></p>
<p>Growing evidence suggests that the evaluation of researchers’ careers on the basis of narrow definitions of excellence is restricting diversity in academia, both in the development of its labour force and its approaches to address societal challenges. The current research evaluation system is hampering diverse career pathways spanning research, teaching and (community) service. It inhibits the inclusion and retention of minorities, women, people from lower socio-economic backgrounds and meaningful public engagement with research. Improving the evaluation system in a concerted effort with research institutes and other funders will help fully realize a European Research Area (ERA) that is open to all talents. This diversity is essential to sustain academic careers, to strengthen the relevance and impact of science for society, and to enhance the resilience of our society and environment.</p>
<p><strong>Advice to MSCA policymakers</strong><br>
Increasing attention to responsibility in, of and for research practices (as evidenced in Responsible Research and Innovation and Open Science in the ERA), has galvanized researchers and organisations to call for a change in the research evaluation system. While the academic evaluation landscape is shifting (as documented in the following pages), much remains to be done. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) can spearhead these developments by implementing the following recommendations:</p>
<ol>
<li>Broaden current evaluation criteria of MSCA calls in dialogue with all relevant stakeholders, making responsible use of the options outlined below, to enlarge and modernize the notion of excellence (as done with the Gender dimension). Reward applicants and organisations that engage in open and responsible research through public engagement, science education, open science and ethical research;</li>
<li>Provide (online) training for evaluators on implicit bias to reduce the risks of perpetuating narrow interpretations of research excellence in their evaluations;</li>
<li>Offer training within the MSCA programme, such as via Innovative Training Networks, to prepare researchers and organizations for open and responsible, academic as well as non-academic careers. This includes a focus on transferable skills such as leadership and community engagement and attention to societal challenges;</li>
<li>Reward and showcase MSCA grantees who excel in multiple dimensions of research, teaching, and service by showcasing and rewarding their work prominently on the MSCA website and social media;</li>
<li>Support knowledge exchange and communities of practice around diverse and inclusive forms of excellence by involving a wide range of stakeholders (including civil society) in the ongoing discussion around modernizing and diversifying the concepts of excellence, and what counts as good and impactful academic practice.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>[ this is an excerpt, see pdf below for full policy brief ]</strong></p>
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Towards Responsible Research Career Assessment
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2022-02-25T19:52:45Z
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EURODOC
MCAA
2022-02-25
<p>The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) and the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) first joint statement on the situation in Ukraine.</p>
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Ukraine; war; peace;
Joint Eurodoc and MCAA statement on the situation in Ukraine
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2020-08-14T08:03:21Z
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
2020-08-14
<p>See PDF below for full statement.</p>
<p>Web: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu</a> ; This statement is released under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY license</a>.</p>
<p>Please reference this statement using <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3984824">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3984824</a></p>
<p>Link to all MCAA statements: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/</a></p>
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Black lives matter in research and higher education too!
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2020-07-15T07:25:21Z
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Shawrav, Mostafa Moonir
2020-07-15
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association is a strong supporter of open science and for the empowerment of researchers, for example as described in our February 2020 statement ‘<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3669124">Researchers call on EU institutions to ensure free circulation of scientific knowledge</a>’, our December 2019 statement ‘<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3587335">Researchers support sharing of peer-reviewed research without embargoes and restrictions</a>’, our September 2018 ‘<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/1465451">Joint Statement on Open Access for Researchers via Plan S</a>’ and our May 2019 input to the ‘<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3246729">Stakeholder consultation on the future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication</a>’.</p>
<p><strong>Our previous efforts and positions align well with today’s announcement from cOAlition S on a new ‘<a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-develops-rights-retention-strategy/">Rights Retention Strategy</a>’, which we therefore warmly welcome. </strong></p>
<p>Researchers should never be forced by a publisher to hand over the rights to their work, and we reiterate our <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3587335">previous call</a> upon those publishers that still force barriers on the flow of knowledge, to modernize and join the numerous publishers that already today allow and encourage researchers to share their research findings without embargoes and restrictions.</p>
<p>As a contributor to the cOAlition S taskforce on ‘<a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/monitoring-the-effects-of-plan-s-on-research-and-scholarly-communication-update/">Monitoring the effects of Plan S on Research and Scholarly Communication</a>’, the Marie Curie Alumni Association commits to remain a constructive partner and positive force in the important endeavour of advancing open science while empowering researchers.</p>
<p>Signed by Mostafa Moonir Shawrav (Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association) on July 15, 2020. </p>
<p>Marie Curie Alumni Association, Avenue des Arts 24, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium</p>
<p>Web: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu</a> ; This statement is released under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY license</a>.</p>
<p>Please reference this statement using <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3945884">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3945884</a></p>
<p>Link to all MCAA statements: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/</a></p>
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Marie Curie Alumni Association welcomes rights retention for researchers
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2022-10-15T02:26:30Z
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Greco, Gian Maria
Gledson, Emidio
Tomatis, Pablo E.
Avasthi, Ashish
2022-10-11
<p><strong>This book collects the posters and their abstracts presented at the Annual Conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association which took place in Lisbon (Portugal) and online on 26-27 March 2022.</strong></p>
<p>Proposals that passed selection were categorised and divided into different areas approximately corresponding to the MSCA panels, which were integrated by two topics of great relevance for the MCAA. Since the conference was organised as a hybrid event, authors had the possibility to either present in person or online. The presential panel included posters from all the areas. As for the online panels, some topics were merged into a single panel or spread over two panels for better organisation. The final distribution was the following:</p>
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<li>Presential</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
<li>Chemistry & Physics</li>
<li>Social Sciences & Humanities</li>
<li>Life Sciences</li>
<li>Environmental Sustainability, Economics, Sustainable Research Practice</li>
<li>Humanities and Arts, Career Development, Sustainable Research Practice</li>
</ol>
<p>Each panel corresponds to a macro-section of this book. Within each macro-section, a poster page includes an abstract, an image of the poster, and information about the author(s) and their organisation(s).</p>
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<p>Cite as: G. M. Greco, G. Emidio, P. E. Tomatis, A. Avasthi (Eds). (2022). <em>Book of Abstracts: 2022 Poster Sessions</em>. 9th Annual Conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, March 25-27, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal. Brussels: Marie Curie Alumni Association. ISBN 978-94-6433-602-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6608826</p>
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9th Annual Conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 25-27 March 2022
Career Development
Chemistry
Economics
Engineering
Environmental Sustainability
Humanities and Arts
Life Sciences
Physics
Social Sciences
Sustainable Research Practices
Book of Abstracts: 2022 Poster Sessions. 9th Annual Conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, March 25-27, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal
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Gábor Kismihók
2020-09-03
<p>Presentation of the Declaration of Sustainable Researcher Careers at ESOF2020</p>
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Effective Sustainable Policies for Career Development in Research
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2021-04-03T00:27:18Z
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The MCAA 2021 Conference Committee
2021-04-02
<p>This Book of Abstracts collects the posters presented at the Annual Conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association which took place online on 5-7 March 2021.</p>
<p>For each poster, a page includes an abstract, an image of the poster, and information about the author(s) and their organisation(s).</p>
<p>Posters are categorised under nine areas::</p>
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<li>Chemistry</li>
<li>Economics</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
<li>Environmental Sciences</li>
<li>Life Sciences</li>
<li>Mathematics</li>
<li>Physics</li>
<li>Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts</li>
<li>MCAA Chapters</li>
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2020-02-07T12:35:09Z
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Kismihók, Gábor
Cardells, Fran
Güner, Pınar Burcu
Kersten, Frauke
Björnmalm, Mattias
Stroobants, Karen
Mol, Stefan T.
Huber, Florian
Seipelt, Joachim
Kretzschmar, Warren Winfried
Bajanca, Fernanda
Shawrav, Mostafa Moonir
Dahle, Sebastian
Carbajal, Guillermo Varela
Harrison, Scott
Trusilewicz, Lidia Natalia
Hnatkova, Eva
Cophignon, Auréa
Keszler, Ádám
Degtyarova, Iryna
Zwierzyńska, Beata
Parada, Filomena
2019-05-27
<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE: MCAA and Eurodoc call on research institutions, funding bodies and governments to ensure sustainable researcher careers in a joint declaration</strong></p>
<p><em>Brussels, 27 May 2019</em></p>
<p>A joint declaration on sustainable researcher careers was today published by two large organizations representing researchers. The declaration by the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) offers concrete recommendations to empower researchers and secure a globally competitive European Research Area and Higher Education sector.</p>
<p>The number of researchers being trained is growing rapidly in Europe and globally, far outpacing the resources being added in most regions. As a result, researchers are confronted with increasingly precarious conditions, which is disproportionately affecting early-career researchers. The MCAA and Eurodoc are concerned about the current situation and call for action for sustainable researcher career models. This call for action concerns every organisation that trains and employs researchers in and outside of academia, as well as research funding agencies and individual researchers.</p>
<p>Most researchers’ careers will take them outside of academia, and this should be central to how institutions structure researcher training, including for doctoral candidates and post-doctoral researchers. Eurodoc President <strong>Eva Hnátková</strong>: “<em>As the vast majority of </em><em>early-career researchers </em><em>will find careers outside academia, institutions have to provide them with and guide them to opportunities for a career development appropriate for non-academic labor markets. The new generation of researchers has to be protected within a positive and supportive research environment.</em>”</p>
<p>This need for change has never been more pressing. <strong>Dr Auréa Cophignon</strong>, vice-president of Eurodoc and who coordinated the contribution for Eurodoc: <em>“It is crucial that the academic system evolve faster to guarantee the sustainable employability of early-career researchers. This joint declaration provides key recommendations for genuine accountability of institutes, funding bodies, and governments within a new and dynamic ecosystem for higher education, research and innovation</em>.”</p>
<p>Research itself is also suffering due to these systemic issues. <strong>Dr Gábor Kismihók</strong>, lead author of the declaration and leader of the MCAA Career Development Policy Task Force: “<em>Being a researcher has become a high-risk job with precarious conditions and poor mental health too often being the norm. We must move towards better employment conditions, career prospects, and a healthier overall research culture and environment. Only then can we effectively use much of the talent that is today being wasted to tackle the big challenges of tomorrow.</em>”</p>
<p>The recommendations provided in this declaration were developed at a symposium organized by the MCAA in February this year, where hundreds of researchers and experts discussed key issues and factors influencing sustainable researcher careers. <strong>Dr Matthew DiFranco</strong>, Chair of the MCAA: <em>“To build sustainable researcher careers, we need a clear shift away from temporary contracts and a rigid hierarchy towards stable, long-term positions, and not just for tenured professors. Getting to sustainable research careers will require modernization of the organizational structure in many research institutions, legal reforms to ensure researchers have the same rights as employees in other sectors, as well as a refocus of funding away from short-term grants. In addition, effective organisational support in transferable skills training, extended networking and mobility programmes are needed. Some institutions are already adopting such reforms and could be used as exemplars for lagging performers. Implementing such reforms is essential for the well-being of individual researchers and a failure to act could see Europe losing its leadership role in research and researcher training.”</em></p>
<p>We thank all of our members who contributed to this declaration.</p>
<p><strong>Contact</strong>: <a href="mailto:policy@mariecuriealumni.eu">policy@mariecuriealumni.eu</a></p>
<p><strong>Please cite as:</strong> Kismihók, G. et al. (2019) Declaration on Sustainable Researcher Careers. Brussels: Marie Curie Alumni Association and European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3082245</p>
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<p><strong>About MCAA</strong></p>
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) is a global network open to any past or present beneficiary of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). MSCA is one of the European Union's flagship training initiatives providing grants to support researchers’ international and intersectoral mobility at all stages of their careers, across all disciplines. MSCA fellowships are among Europe’s most prestigious awards, aimed to support the best, most promising researchers. MCAA’s <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/charts">global membership</a> consist of 13 000+ researchers and professionals with research backgrounds, organised into 34 chapters and 11 Working Groups. Website: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu</a> ; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Mariecurie_alum">@Mariecurie_alum</a></p>
<p><strong>About Eurodoc</strong></p>
<p>Eurodoc, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, is a grassroots federation of 26 national associations of early-career researchers from 28 countries across Europe. Eurodoc was established in 2002 and is based in Brussels. As representatives of doctoral candidates and junior researchers at European level, Eurodoc engages with all major stakeholders in research and innovation in Europe. Website: <a href="http://eurodoc.net/">http://eurodoc.net/</a> ; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/eurodoc">@eurodoc</a></p>
v2 of this declaration contains minor revisions, including corrections of typographical errors and reordering of contribution list.
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2023-11-20T17:44:57Z
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2023-11-20
<p>Statement by the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) about the Israel/Palestine Conflict. Publication date 20 November 2023.</p>
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2020-01-20T17:41:04Z
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Gareth O'Neill
Matthew DiFranco
Marcel Swart
2018-09-24
<p>Brussels, 24 September 2018</p>
<p><strong>Three organisations representing early-career and senior researchers across Europe have today released a <a href="http://eurodoc.net/joint-statement-plan-s.pdf">Joint Statement on Open Access for Researchers via Plan S</a> (PDF 303 Kb).</strong>The statement from the <a href="http://www.eurodoc.net/">European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc)</a>, <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)</a>, and <a href="http://yacadeuro.org/">Young Academy of Europe (YAE)</a> welcomes and supports proposals from a coalition of national research funding organisations in Europe to achieve full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications by 01 January 2020.</p>
<p>The proposed ‘<a href="https://www.scienceeurope.org/coalition-s">Plan S</a>’ consists of <a href="http://scieur.org/plan-s">10 principles</a> which will be enacted by the <a href="https://www.scienceeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cOAlitionS_National_Funders.pdf">11 national funders</a> of ‘cOAlition S’. Our statement offers support for Plan S and recommendations on implementing the principles to ensure a smooth transition to full and immediate Open Access for researchers in Europe. <strong>Eurodoc President Gareth O’Neill:</strong> “<em>Plan S is a bold and ambitious move for researchers to take back control of access to scientific publications. Author retention of copyrights, a funding boycott on hybrid publishing, and a funding cap on publication fees are especially radical. It is now crucial that early-career and senior researchers are heard to develop and implement the principles and make Plan S a success</em>”.</p>
<p>The three organisations agree generally with the principles, but call for more details on some key aspects of the plan, such as the amount and duration of the funding cap as well as the importance of self-archiving and publishing models with no author-facing fees. <strong>MCAA Chair Matthew DiFranco:</strong>“<em>Plan S is a bold step in the right direction for reigning in the exploitation of publicly funded research for private profits. However, the plan should not complicate efforts by researchers to publish their work and advance in their careers. Wider adoption of Plan S will be necessary to ensure that researchers benefit from the proposals</em>”.</p>
<p>The plan should crucially not be implemented in isolation, but should occur simultaneously with the educating and training of researchers in Open Science, and the revision of the research reward system to include Open Science practices. <strong>YAE Chair Marcel Swart:</strong> “<em>Plan S is only the first step to move away from evaluation practices based on journal impact factors and number crunching. Especially for early-career researchers, who are in a precarious moment in their lives, a fair evaluation is needed where research and scientific advances should play a central role. The implementation of Plan S without jeopardising young careers in an international competitive playfield is crucial for European research</em>”.</p>
<p>We thank all of our members who contributed to this statement and also Ashley Farley, Bianca Kramer, Björn Brembs, Jon Tennant, and Peter Suber for critical comments on a draft version of this statement. Any errors are solely attributed to Eurodoc, MCAA, and YAE.</p>
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2020-02-07T12:34:30Z
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Susi, Toma
De Herde, Véronique
Björnmalm, Mattias
European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Young Academy of Europe
2019-06-03
<p>Please see PDF below for full text.</p>
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<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mca</a></p>
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Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S
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2020-02-07T12:36:39Z
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Ewan Geffroy
Marco Masia
Andreina Laera
George Lavidas
Soheil Shayegh
Renaud Blaise Jolivet
2018-11-29
<p>On October 9th, 2018, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report that forecasts global temperature to increase by 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels between 2030 and 2052, at the rate of +0.2 °C per decade. Such increase will result in significant additional environmental damage that can be mitigated only by heavily cutting on CO 2 emissions. In addition, the development and spreading of new technologies and good policies form key components of the adaptations necessary to face the challenges posed by such dramatic change. Challenges come with opportunities, and as recommended by IPCC guidelines, societal changes need to promote social justice and equity to build a fair, peaceful and cooperative world.</p>
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association hereby expresses its support to the conclusions of the IPCC report, and provides the following comments and recommendations (see document).</p>
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<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
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2021-04-09T14:50:49Z
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
2021-04-09
<p>See PDF below for statement.</p>
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<p>Webpage: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/</a> </p>
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2020-02-07T12:32:38Z
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DiFranco, Matthew
Weinar, Agnieszka
2019-12-19
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), a global network representing <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/charts">over 14,500 members</a> at all career stages and in all areas of research, reaffirms its strong support for the modernization of scholarly publishing towards fully embracing the dissemination of knowledge without barriers (our vision and our recommendations for how to get there are available via DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3246728">10.5281/zenodo.3246728</a>).</p>
<p>One of the <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/about-us">goals of the MCAA</a> is to help “<em>enhance the flow of knowledge across different countries, sectors of the economy, and scientific disciplines</em>”. While some scholarly publishers are helping to lead much-needed change in this area, some other publishers still lag behind. Specifically, we note that barriers - such as embargo periods for the sharing of peer-reviewed journal articles - directly impede the flow of knowledge and we encourage all efforts towards the complete abolishment of such embargo periods which restricts researchers from sharing their findings.</p>
<p>We noted with dismay the group of scholarly publishers who with a <a href="https://newsroom.publishers.org/researchers-and-publishers-oppose-immediate-free-distribution-of-peer-reviewed-journal-articles/">December 18th statement</a> came out in support of barriers to knowledge dissemination (such as embargo periods). For researchers to thrive and for scholarly knowledge to fully benefit all of society (including doctors, patient groups, public officials, NGOs, small businesses, entrepreneurs, etc.), barriers to the flow of knowledge must be removed. Disappointingly, the letter from the publishers also rehashes several old myths which have been repeatedly debunked by many scholars (one good example among many is <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7020034"><em>Publications</em> 2019, <em>7</em>, 34</a>). For example, the statement “<em>going below the current 12 month embargo would make it very difficult for most American publishers to invest in publishing these articles</em>” disregards the fact that many thriving publishers and journals already today allow researchers to share the findings contained in their peer-reviewed articles without restrictions and embargo (extensive discussion, examples and sources available in DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3246728">10.5281/zenodo.3246728</a>).</p>
<p><strong>We urgently call upon the publishers that still force barriers on the flow of knowledge, to modernize and join the numerous publishers that already today allow and encourage researchers to share their research findings without embargoes and restrictions.</strong></p>
<p>Signed by Matthew DiFranco (Chair, MCAA) and Agnieszka Weinar (Chair, MCAA North America Chapter) on December 19, 2019.</p>
<p><em>This statement was prepared with input from the </em><a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/groups/policy"><em>MCAA Policy Working Group</em></a><em> and is released under a </em><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><em>CC BY license</em></a><em>. Contact: </em><a href="mailto:policy@mariecuriealumni.eu"><em>policy@mariecuriealumni.eu</em></a></p>
<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
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Researchers support sharing of peer-reviewed research without embargoes and restrictions
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2020-01-20T15:13:52Z
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Andreina Laera
Anna Menyhért
Asunción López Varela Azcárate
Béla Fiser
Brian Cahill
Conor Horgan
Fernanda Bajanca
Francesco Grassi
François Soubiran
Gábor Kismihók
Magdalini Theodoridou
Maja Mise
Marco Masia
Mario Bonato
Matthew DiFranco
Mattias Björnmalm
Miguel Antonio Lim
Mostafa M. Shawrav
Murat Gunes
Nadia Metoui
Nehama Lewis
Nikolai Bobylev
Nina Díaz Fernández
Renaud Jolivet
Sajid Mohamed
Samer Kurdi
Sara Johansson
Sara Ricardo
Soheil Shayegh
Stavros Skouras
Sundar Thirumalai
Tanya Romacho
Theodota Lagouri
Xoana Gonzalez Troncoso
Yana Wade
Yaroslav Verkh
2018-03-01
<p>In response to the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/public-consultation-eu-funds-area-investment-research-innovation-smes-and-single-market_en">“Public consultation on EU funds”</a> launched by the European Commission, the MCAA Policy Group and the Board have published a Statement on the Framework Programme Horizon Europe that will come after Horizon 2020 (the document refers to it as FP9). </p>
<p>The MCAA recommendations for Horizon Europe are contained in nine issues, as listed below:</p>
<ul>
<li>Issue 1: Substantially increase research budget to at least €120 billion; </li>
<li>Issue 2: Widen participation of all EU countries in the R&I framework programme; </li>
<li>Issue 3: Improve career prospects for researchers;</li>
<li>Issue 4: Implement Open Science;</li>
<li>Issue 5: Facilitate long-term financial stability for mobile researchers;</li>
<li>Issue 6: Expand support for the mental health and well-being of researchers; </li>
<li>Issue 7: Improve integration of social sciences and humanities; </li>
<li>Issue 8: Promote integration of displaced researchers in higher education institutions;</li>
<li>Issue 9: Promoting gender equality and diversity. </li>
</ul>
<p>Note: Authors are listed in alphabetical order.</p>
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2020-04-15T06:24:02Z
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
2020-04-15
<p>An online <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/mscareaec_representatives_paid_extensions_of_msca_projects_following_disruptions_caused_by_covid19_pandemic/?emMACndb&utm_source=sharetools&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition-912955-paid_extensions_of_msca_projects_following_disruptions_caused_by_covid19_pandemic&utm_term=MACndb+en&fbclid=IwAR3NrfM1e92rLJTHltwbtZJirjBT4J2JLxfldHWppnIWdNX50c0Yt2dy8X4">petition</a> was launched by <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/node_en">MSCA</a> Fellows on the 23rd of March, which has now raised over 900 signatures. MSCA Fellows are asking the appropriate authorities to take responsibility for their Fellows’ well-being and careers, and support them following the leading examples of the FCT, EMBO, and DFG.</p>
<p>The lockdown measures implemented in response to COVID-19 have led to a restructuring of personal lives as well as projects. This has created very challenging situations for many Fellows. A lot of projects heavily depend on laboratory, field, and/or archival work, that all have now been suspended. Central principles of the MSCA, such as training, mobility, and networking, have similarly been affected.</p>
<p>The MSCA first released a public statement on the 13th of March announcing “Consequences for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions” [1,2]. An e-mail to MSCA Fellows followed stating that “Projects could also be exceptionally extended, if necessary.” These communications led many to understand that (paid) extension would be a reality. By then, other European funding bodies announced extending the paid periods of their grantees. For example, the <a href="https://www.fct.pt/">Portuguese FCT</a>, the <a href="http://www.embo.org/">EMBO</a>, and the <a href="https://www.dfg.de/en/">German DFG</a> have all openly announced extensions for their PhD or Postdoc fellows of one [3], two [4], and three months [5], respectively (FCT and EMBO with a provision to revise in case the situation changes). Very recently, the Wellcome trust [6] and UKRI [7] also announced conditional extensions. </p>
<p>In contrast, the MSCA is offering no-cost extensions. Where institutional costs cannot cover salaries in the extension period, this could put Fellows in a position where they are asked to work without a salary, which would be against the <a href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter">European Charter and Code for Researchers</a>. The no-cost extensions have been reiterated by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, stating that “[...] the maximum grant amount cannot be increased” [8].<br>
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Furthermore, the MSCA mobility condition makes Fellows particularly vulnerable to the current situation. While some EU countries have announced measures to mitigate the job loss or interruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MSCA/REA must be aware that access to such social benefits are often not accessible to MSCA Fellows due to the mobility condition (having only worked for a brief period in a host country). Furthermore, even when they are accessible, Fellows might find it challenging to understand and navigate a benefits system that they are not familiar with.</p>
<p><strong>Factors not considered in the MSCA/REA response that led to the current petition</strong></p>
<p>While recognising that the MSCA/REA has made the correct decision not to suspend the Fellows’ projects (and thus their salaries), the options being offered are, in the Fellows’ perspective, inadequate solutions to a serious problem:</p>
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<li>Remote working. Projects currently in a phase that requires lab work, field work, or archival research cannot be pursued through remote working. Also, many Fellows have been home-schooling, sometimes solo-parenting, making any remote working impossible for the past several weeks.</li>
<li>Temporary suspension of the MSCA. This has some serious implications. Firstly, a temporary suspension effectively equals a temporary salary loss in most cases, as Host Institutions do not have other funds available to cover the Fellow’s salary. This is not an option for Fellows that depend on their salaries to pay rent, provide for their families, and meet other financial obligations. Besides, suspensions can in some cases lead to a mutual (temporary) termination of the work contract, often translating into loss of social benefits and/or residency permits, often tied to having a valid job contract as a researcher.</li>
<li>Switching to the minimum work pattern of 50% (with 50% salary). For financial reasons, this is simply not an option for a number of Fellows. Note in addition that this type of contract is not universally embraced by the institutions that directly employ MSCA Fellows.</li>
<li>Using ‘Research, training and networking unit’ costs to extend contracts. This is simply impossible for some projects with budgets that are already tight (resulting in incomplete projects) or that are beyond the point of having such a surplus to re-allocate.</li>
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<p>MSCA Fellows ask the MSCA/REA to consider these points when taking measures. Further support is needed in order to maximize the chances for Fellows to pursue their projects and meet the ambition of the work they are doing, as well as to be able to continue their path as researchers. Failure to provide this support may result in loss of delivered projects that have already received considerable amounts of funding, in negative impacts on research continuity including on European priorities and in loss of resources in the form of highly skilled researchers whose research career may be ended prematurely.</p>
<p>[ full text and references available in the PDF below ]</p>
<p><strong>About the Marie Curie Alumni Association</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">Marie Curie Alumni Association</a> (MCAA) is a global network with <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/charts">14,000+ members</a> from over 140 nationalities open to any past or present researchers supported by the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/">Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions</a> (MSCA). MSCA is one of the European Union's flagship training initiatives and provides research grants supporting researcher’s international and intersectoral mobility at all stages of their careers, across all disciplines. MSCA fellowships are among Europe’s most prestigious awards, aimed to support the best and most promising researchers.</p>
<p>Link to all MCAA statements: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa/</a></p>
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Message to the MSCA/REA
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Toma Susi
Mattias Björnmalm
Gareth O'Neill
Matthew DiFranco
Mangala Srinivas
2019-01-28
<p>Brussels, 28 January 2019</p>
<p><strong>A <a href="http://eurodoc.net/implementation-plan-s.pdf">joint response to the implementation guidance for Plan S</a> has today been issued by three organisations representing early-career and senior researchers in Europe. </strong>The response by the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) offers concrete recommendations on the proposed guidance for implementing Open Access via Plan S.</p>
<p>Our three organisations represent a broad spectrum of researchers in Europe: <a href="http://eurodoc.net/">Eurodoc</a> represents 100000+ doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from 29 national associations across Europe; <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">MCAA</a> has 10000+ members who are alumni fellows of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA); <a href="http://yacadeuro.org/">YAE</a> consists of 200+ outstanding and recognised researchers in Europe. We all strongly support the main goals of Open Science and Plan S.</p>
<p>The joint response builds upon <a href="http://eurodoc.net/joint-statement-plan-s.pdf">previous recommendations by our organisations on the principles of Plan S</a> and aims to ensure its realistic implementation from the perspective of European researchers. <strong>Eurodoc President Gareth O’Neill:</strong> “<em>Plan S has shaken the academic community awake and created a lively discussion on Open Access publishing. cOAlition S has addressed some key concerns from researchers in the technical guidance but still leaves other issues open and sets too strict standards for the desired broad adoption of Plan S.</em>”</p>
<p>The proposals on copyright and licensing are still somewhat contentious. <strong>YAE Vice-Chair Toma Susi</strong>who coordinated the response for YAE: “<em>Copyright licences are complicated and and often misunderstood. Plan S requires an open CC BY licence which applies only to publications and is necessary for unrestricted text-and-data mining and other desired reuses. This is why it is the right choice for publicly funded research. However, humanities and social science scholars have expressed valid concerns over misrepresentation and translations with CC BY. Our recommendation is thus to allow the option of an ND licence.</em>”</p>
<p>The key to the successful implementation of Plan S lies in the research evaluation system. <strong>Mattias Björnmalm who coordinated the response for MCAA:</strong> “<em>A crucial factor for Plan S to succeed is that funders and institutions modernise their research and researcher assessment (e.g. for grants, hiring, and promotion) and evaluate research on its own merits instead of relying on faulty metrics. Good practices already exist from many funders and institutions. We ask institutions and especially the members of cOAlition S to not only sign but to start implementing the DORA principles in their research and researcher evaluation.</em>”</p>
<p>We thank all of our members who contributed to this statement and also Bob Jones, Bianca Kramer, Raman Ganguly, Ignasi Labastida i Juan, Peter Murray-Rust, Jon Tennant, and Peter Suber for critical feedback. Any errors are attributable to Eurodoc, MCAA, and YAE.</p>
<p>Contact details: Gareth O’Neill | <a href="https://twitter.com/gtoneill">@gtoneill</a> | +31651003175 | <a href="mailto:gareth.oneill@eurodoc.net">gareth.oneill@eurodoc.net</a></p>
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<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2551437
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Joint Statement on Implementation Guidance for Plan S
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2020-02-07T12:34:09Z
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MCAA Policy Working Group
2019-05-10
<p>Invited contribution from the Marie Curie Alumni Association on the European Commission’s Expert Group report on the Future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication.</p>
<p><strong>Background</strong></p>
<p>In January 2019, the European Commission published the “<a href="https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/464477b3-2559-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1">Future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication</a>”, a report by the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3463&NewSearch=1&NewSearch=1">H2020 Commission Expert Group on the Future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication</a>. The report examines the current system – with its strengths and weaknesses, the actors involved in it and proposes a vision for the future.</p>
<p>A select number of stakeholders mainly participating in the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), and a few more organizations that complemented the configuration of OSPP, were invited to participate in the consultation. Additional organizations offered to participate in the consultation themselves (Annex A, list of consulted organizations). The consultation was sent to 32 organizations, 17 of which responded, representing research institutions, academic/learned societies, early career researcher associations, funders, and publishers. The consultation lasted between February and May 2019.</p>
<p>The consultation report (including this contribution from the Marie Curie Alumni Association) was published by the European Commission on 2019-11-01 and is available here: <a href="https://data.europa.eu/euodp/en/data/dataset/future-of-scholarly-publishing-and-scholarly-communication-stakeholder-responses">https://data.europa.eu/euodp/en/data/dataset/future-of-scholarly-publishing-and-scholarly-communication-stakeholder-responses</a></p>
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<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
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Stakeholder consultation on the future of scholarly publishing and scholarly communication
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2020-01-20T17:21:37Z
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Policy Working Group
2018-09-05
<p>For immediate release – Press release, September 5, 2018</p>
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association announces its support for Plan S: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/news/marie-curie-alumni-association-announces-its-support-plan-s">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/news/marie-curie-alumni-association-announces-its-support-plan-s</a></p>
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The Marie Curie Alumni Association announces its support for Plan S
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2020-09-04T09:38:53Z
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
2020-09-03
<p>See PDF below for statement.</p>
<p>For more from the Marie Curie Alumni Association, please see: <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa">https://zenodo.org/communities/mcaa</a></p>
<p>Webpage: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/</a> </p>
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Researchers concerned with the proposed substantial cuts in the EU budget from 2021 to 2027 for European research and innovation
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2020-02-07T12:35:08Z
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Kismihók, Gábor
Cardells, Fran
Güner, Pınar Burcu
Kersten, Frauke
Harrison, Scott
Shawrav, Mostafa Moonir
Huber, Florian
Trusilewicz, Lidia Natalia
Mol, Stefan T.
Bajanca, Fernanda
Dahle, Sebastian
Keszler, Ádám
Carbajal, Guillermo Varela
Kretzschmar, Warren Winfried
Björnmalm, Mattias
Stroobants, Karen
Hnatkova, Eva
Cophignon, Auréa
Degtyarova, Iryna
Zwierzyńska, Beata
Parada, Filomena
2019-05-27
<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE: MCAA and Eurodoc call on research institutions, funding bodies and governments to ensure sustainable researcher careers in a joint declaration</strong></p>
<p><em>Brussels, 27 May 2019</em></p>
<p>A joint declaration on sustainable researcher careers was today published by two large organizations representing researchers. The declaration by the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) offers concrete recommendations to empower researchers and secure a globally competitive European Research Area and Higher Education sector.</p>
<p>The number of researchers being trained is growing rapidly in Europe and globally, far outpacing the resources being added in most regions. As a result, researchers are confronted with increasingly precarious conditions, which is disproportionately affecting early-career researchers. The MCAA and Eurodoc are concerned about the current situation and call for action for sustainable researcher career models. This call for action concerns every organisation that trains and employs researchers in and outside of academia, as well as research funding agencies and individual researchers.</p>
<p>Most researchers’ careers will take them outside of academia, and this should be central to how institutions structure researcher training, including for doctoral candidates and post-doctoral researchers. Eurodoc President <strong>Eva Hnátková</strong>: “<em>As the vast majority of </em><em>early-career researchers </em><em>will find careers outside academia, institutions have to provide them with and guide them to opportunities for a career development appropriate for non-academic labor markets. The new generation of researchers has to be protected within a positive and supportive research environment.</em>”</p>
<p>This need for change has never been more pressing. <strong>Dr Auréa Cophignon</strong>, vice-president of Eurodoc and who coordinated the contribution for Eurodoc: <em>“It is crucial that the academic system evolve faster to guarantee the sustainable employability of early-career researchers. This joint declaration provides key recommendations for genuine accountability of institutes, funding bodies, and governments within a new and dynamic ecosystem for higher education, research and innovation</em>.”</p>
<p>Research itself is also suffering due to these systemic issues. <strong>Dr Gábor Kismihók</strong>, lead author of the declaration and leader of the MCAA Career Development Policy Task Force: “<em>Being a researcher has become a high-risk job with precarious conditions and poor mental health too often being the norm. We must move towards better employment conditions, career prospects, and a healthier overall research culture and environment. Only then can we effectively use much of the talent that is today being wasted to tackle the big challenges of tomorrow.</em>”</p>
<p>The recommendations provided in this declaration were developed at a symposium organized by the MCAA in February this year, where hundreds of researchers and experts discussed key issues and factors influencing sustainable researcher careers. <strong>Dr Matthew DiFranco</strong>, Chair of the MCAA: <em>“To build sustainable researcher careers, we need a clear shift away from temporary contracts and a rigid hierarchy towards stable, long-term positions, and not just for tenured professors. Getting to sustainable research careers will require modernization of the organizational structure in many research institutions, legal reforms to ensure researchers have the same rights as employees in other sectors, as well as a refocus of funding away from short-term grants. In addition, effective organisational support in transferable skills training, extended networking and mobility programmes are needed. Some institutions are already adopting such reforms and could be used as exemplars for lagging performers. Implementing such reforms is essential for the well-being of individual researchers and a failure to act could see Europe losing its leadership role in research and researcher training.”</em></p>
<p>We thank all of our members who contributed to this declaration.</p>
<p><strong>Contact</strong>: MCAA Policy Working Group, <a href="mailto:WG-PSR@mariecuriealumni.eu">WG-PSR@mariecuriealumni.eu</a></p>
<p><strong>Please cite as:</strong> Kismihók, G. et al. (2019) Declaration on Sustainable Researcher Careers. Brussels: Marie Curie Alumni Association and European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3082245</p>
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<p><strong>About MCAA</strong></p>
<p>The Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) is a global network open to any past or present beneficiary of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). MSCA is one of the European Union's flagship training initiatives providing grants to support researchers’ international and intersectoral mobility at all stages of their careers, across all disciplines. MSCA fellowships are among Europe’s most prestigious awards, aimed to support the best, most promising researchers. MCAA’s <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/charts">global membership</a> consist of 13 000+ researchers and professionals with research backgrounds, organised into 34 chapters and 11 Working Groups. Website: <a href="https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/">https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu</a> ; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Mariecurie_alum">@Mariecurie_alum</a></p>
<p><strong>About Eurodoc</strong></p>
<p>Eurodoc, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, is a grassroots federation of 26 national associations of early-career researchers from 28 countries across Europe. Eurodoc was established in 2002 and is based in Brussels. As representatives of doctoral candidates and junior researchers at European level, Eurodoc engages with all major stakeholders in research and innovation in Europe. Website: <a href="http://eurodoc.net/">http://eurodoc.net/</a> ; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/eurodoc">@eurodoc</a></p>
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