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EAIR Forum Cork 2024
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Practical information
The following schedule is a draft. The final version will be available the coming days. Updated July 17.
Programme
EAIR FORUM 21-23 AUGUST 2024, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
WED - 21
THU - 22
FRI - 23
WED - 21
Welcome reception
Aula Maxima, Main Quadrangle, University College Cork
Professor Paul McSweeney, Vice President of Learning and Teaching, University College Cork
THU - 22
Registration opens
Ground Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork; Tea and Coffee served
Annual General Meeting EAIR
Opening address and welcome
EAIR PRESIDENT Prof. dr. Marijk van der Wende EAIR, Chair – Dr Bruno Brocker Cork Forum, Chairs: Dr Anne Gannon, Dr Catherine O’Mahony & Dr Ruth Hally
KEYNOTE – Professor Ellen Hazelkorn – Western Gateway Building, G05
“Linking research policy and practice” how well are we fulfilling EAIR’s mission in our own work?
Coffee break & Track Room Set Up
Tracks 11:00 – 12:45
TRACKS | 11:00 – 11:15 | 11:15 – 11:45 | 11:45 – 12:15 | 12:15 – 12:45 |
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Track 1 Sustainable Strategic Management and Governance in Higher Education Chairs: Dr Ruth Hally/Professor Rosalind Pritchard | Track 1: Introduction by Track Chairs | Małgorzata Dzimińska Bridging science and society with the Science Hub initiative | Maria Dunavolgyi The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Knowledge intensive organizations, Managerialism and Toxic Cultures | Flávia Colus A new instrument to assess community engagement in universities’ strategic planning |
Track 2 Innovation in Teaching and Learning and sustainable professional practice Chairs: Prof Paul McSweeney/Professor Matt O’Leary | Track 2: Introduction by Track Chairs | Maureen Andrade Online Course Design: Understanding the Learner Experience | Birgitt Erdwien & Cecilia Post The Learning & Teaching Strategy Days at the Euro-FH: A participatory approach to higher education development and didactics | Marie-Louise Damen Navigating New Frontiers: A Comparative Study of Educational Values Pre- and Post-Police Education Reform in Iceland |
Track 3 Sustaining Research Excellence Chairs: Dr David O’Connell/Dr Jessica Nooij | Track 3: Introduction by Track Chairs | Stefan Büchele How has the importance of the doctoral degree-granting university for academic labor market outcomes developed since 1960? Evidence for Germany | Corinna Geppert Research Excellence Sustained by Doctoral Education | Jonas Lindahl The relationship between research independence and doctoral student publishing in medicine |
Track 4 Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures in Higher Education Chair: Elizabeth Noonan/ Dr Jannica Budde | Track 4: Introduction by Track Chairs | Sinéad O’Sullivan Structures and Values; The role of quality professionals in sustaining a quality culture | Elisabeth Hovdhaugen Pleased or proficient? Predictors of student satisfaction and learning outcomes in nursing and teacher education | Clodagh Kerr Developing work integrated learning at University College Cork through a community of practice: Case study. (TRACK 2) |
Track 5 Embedding and Sustaining Digitalisation Chairs: Dr Sarah Thelen/ Dr Göran Melin | Track 5: Introduction by Track Chairs | Julia Jochim & Vera Kristina Lenz-Kesekamp Exams in the era of ChatGPT: A didactical and practical evaluation of possible exam formats | Jannica Budde (Gen)AI and its implementation in German higher education – What can we learn for sustainable digitalisation? | Magnus Strand Hauge Norwegian Students’ Adoption of, and Attitudes towards, Generative AI in Higher Education |
Track 6 Internationalisation and Sustainable Transnational Cooperation Chairs: Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law/Professor Marijk van der Wende | Track 6: Introduction by Track Chairs | Marc Huesch Spatial proximity and global reach: Unveiling influences on students’ university choices in Germany | Neslihan Önder Özdemir Trajectories for creating a dictionary for international students | Ester Hoehle The developmental impact of studies abroad of alumni from the Global South and the specific role of scholarships |
Track 7 Sustaining staff and student wellbeing Chairs: Dr Eithne Hunt/Professor Mark O’Hara | Track 7: Introduction by Track Chairs | Julia Mayr Enhancing Students’ Wellbeing: A Comprehensive Self-Assessment Approach at FH OÖ | Elizabeth Archer The Unseen Struggle: Investigating Food and Housing Insecurity at the University of the Western Cape | Jessica Nooij We’ve got your back! Emotional support as a driver to student wellbeing? |
HYBRID Track Mixed Theme Chairs: TBC | HYBRID Track: Introduction by Track Chair | Sarnish Kour Leadership Resilience Scale: An effective took for adherence and enhancement of quality culture in Higher Education (TRACK 4) | Silvia Gallagher Transdisciplinary Sustainability Education in a European University Alliance: Teaching for Impact (TRACK 2) | Iris Schmidberger Supporting Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education by Design Thinking (TRACK 2) |
Lunch
Tracks 14:00 – 15:00
TRACKS | 14:00 – 14:30 | 14:30 – 15:00 |
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Track 1 Sustainable Strategic Management and Governance in Higher Education Chairs: Dr Ruth Hally/Professor Rosalind Pritchard | Kajetan Stransky-Can Innovative Steering Approaches Needed to Implement Generic University Policy | Bernhard Boehm Strategically managing the performance of higher education mergers – Insights from 4 European merger cases |
Track 2 Innovation in Teaching and Learning and sustainable professional practice Chairs: Prof Paul McSweeney/Professor Matt O’Leary | María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro & Tanja Vesala-Varttala How to reap the benefits of teacher collaboration: Student reflections on their university learning experiences in language-related activities Round Table Discussion: 60 minutes | |
Track 3 Sustaining Research Excellence Chairs: Dr David O’Connell/Dr Jessica Nooij | Christa Winkler Impact without Randomization: Lessons from a National, Longitudinal Evaluation | |
Track 4 Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures in Higher Education Chair: Elizabeth Noonan/ Dr Jannica Budde | Julia Spörk & Maria Krakovsky Beyond ECTS: Unveiling the Complex Reality of Student Workload | Wafa Singh Institutionalizing Community Engagement in Universities: A Strategic Management Approach for Countering Competitive Neoliberalism with Collaborative Engagement (TRACK 1) |
Track 5 Embedding and Sustaining Digitalisation Chairs: Dr Sarah Thelen/ Dr Göran Melin | Lene Kirstine Korseberg ChatGPT as an Institutional Shock: Business as Usual or the Start of a New Normal? (WAS TRACK 1) | Xiaoling Ma Bridging Beliefs and Practice: Investigating Digitalization in Language Teaching at UCC |
Track 6 Internationalisation and Sustainable Transnational Cooperation Chairs: Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law/Professor Marijk van der Wende | Philipp Pohlenz What makes university alliances work? Success factors of sustainable institutional cooperation | Jiexiu Chen Broken desire: the self-governance and struggles in Chinese Students’ decision to abandon study abroad plans during the pandemic |
Track 7 Sustaining staff and student wellbeing Chairs: Dr Eithne Hunt/Professor Mark O’Hara | Larissa Bartok Unveiling student perceptions of success: A qualitative case study in Austrian higher education. | Lisa Chu Culture transformation for Health, Wellness and Resiliency |
HYBRID Track Mixed Theme Chairs: TBC | Ilaria Falvo Universities’ identities and their responses to ChatGPT (TRACK 5) | Natalie Nic an Ghaill Case Study – Digital Transformation of Quality Review Group (QRG) Nomination, Approvals and Records Management (TRACK 4) |
Tea and coffee
Tracks 15:30 – 17:30
TRACKS | 15:30 – 16:00 | 16:00 – 16:30 | 16:30 – 17:00 | 17:00 – 17:30 |
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Track 1 Sustainable Strategic Management and Governance in Higher Education Chairs: Dr Ruth Hally/Professor Rosalind Pritchard | Anete Veidemane Critical events and the role of leadership in sustainability transformations at a leading university in sustainability: A case study using CIT | Frans Kaiser How to overcome the perverse effects of league tables on the academic community? Roundtable Discussion: 60 minutes | ||
Track 2 Innovation in Teaching and Learning and sustainable professional practice Chairs: Prof Paul McSweeney/Professor Matt O’Leary | Matt O’Leary Authentic insights into student engagement with learning and teaching through innovative pedagogical relationship building | Daniela Nömeyer, Victoria Kaiselgruber & Petra Endl-Pichler Teaching Sustainability with Ease: Minimal Effort, Maximum Impact. Exchange and development of good practices Workshop: 90 minutes | ||
Track 3 Sustaining Research Excellence Chairs: Dr David O’Connell/Dr Jessica Nooij | Victoria Igorevna Slepykh The relationship between academic inbreeding and publication activity in the academic profession | Jouni Kekäle & Ellen Hazelkorn Higher Education Policy for Tackling Climate Change. – Focus on Strategic Institutional Leadership. A Book Launch Discussion: 60 minutes | ||
Track 4 Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures in Higher Education Chair: Elizabeth Noonan/ Dr Jannica Budde | Régent, Verena Sustainability self-assessment for HEIs and its potential for sustainability strategies | Mark O’Hara Achieving SDG 4 ‘Quality Education’: Sustainability through ‘becoming’ Workshop: 90 minutes | ||
Track 5 Embedding and Sustaining Digitalisation Chairs: Dr Sarah Thelen/ Dr Göran Melin | Julia Jochim & Vera Lenz-Kesekamp Developing “AI teaching competence” in higher education institutions – a survey of a training course | Rubert Beinhauer Summative Evaluation is dead – Working on Modern Assessment Methods Discussion/Roundtable: 90 minutes | ||
Track 6 Internationalisation and Sustainable Transnational Cooperation Chairs: Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law/Professor Marijk van der Wende | Ben Kokkeler New strategic HE alliances for cyber resilience The case of the Dutch CVD institute | Silke Preymann & Tanja Peherstorfer Navigating Tomorrow: A Workshop on Inner Development Goals for Sustainable Education Workshop: 60 minutes | ||
Track 7 Sustaining staff and student wellbeing Chairs: Dr Eithne Hunt/Professor Mark O’Hara | Borui Zheng & Keegan Covey Acculturation, Well-Being, and Social Trust: An Analysis of Policies and Practices for Supporting Foreign Students | Carla Sá & Orlanda Tavares Riding the wave: exploring the consequences of COVID-19 on HE dropout and on-time completion rates | ||
HYBRID Track Mixed Theme Chairs: TBC | Anna Lobodzinska & Agata Frankowska Administrative staff perceptions of cooperation with academics in the context of securing research funding in Poland (TRACK 3) | Pavel Sorokin University students’ agency in the mirror of digital traces: empirical analysis using big data from social media, entrepreneurship and volunteering related platforms (TRACK 1) | Nandarani Maistry Developing a holistic strategic thinking perspective for universities (TRACK 1) | Daria Ivleva Measuring Research Contribution to Global and National Science (TRACK 3) |
CONFERENCE DINNER
Millennium Hall, Cork City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork T12 T997
FRI - 23
Tea and coffee
KEYNOTE – Professor Rajesh Tandon – Western Gateway Building, G05
Socially Responsible Higher Education: Re-engaging with Society
Tea and coffee
TRACKS | 10:30 – 11:00 | 11:00 – 11:30 | 11:30 – 12:00 | 12:00 – 12:30 |
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Track 1 Sustainable Strategic Management and Governance in Higher Education Chairs: Dr Ruth Hally/Professor Rosalind Pritchard | Elke Welp-Park Executive university management revisited – lessons from history: governance shifts at Austrian universities from 1749-1849 | Jim Vander Putten A Systematic Review of Literature on Faculty Governance Using Artificial Intelligence | Gerhard Yngve Amundsen Evaluation of the functions and effects of the national Qualifications Framework in Norway – situated in a steering context. | Angelica Matveeva Navigating Performance-Based Funding: Institutional Characteristics vs. Management Strategies |
Track 2 Innovation in Teaching and Learning and sustainable professional practice Chairs: Prof Paul McSweeney/Professor Matt O’Leary | Ruth Hally Adopting Community-Engaged Learning Teaching Approaches to Better Prepare Students for the Future | Catherine O’Mahony Redrawing the boundaries of European Higher Education: the UNIC Experience | Yadi Guo & Junchao Zhang How Course Challenge and College Support Affect Top-notch Innovative Talents in Engineering | Erik Zeltner Career-related Learning of Non-European Full-time Master’s Graduates from Germany, Italy, and the UK |
Track 3 Sustaining Research Excellence Chairs: Dr David O’Connell/Dr Jessica Nooij | Laura Lüchtefeld A Review of Reviews – Meta-review Analysis of Literature on Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Higher Education | Verena Régent From R&I to societal and economic impact – an exploratory analysis of good practices in higher education and innovation systems | Shuguang Wei & Min Chen Characteristics and Normative Analysis of Case Study Methods in Institutional Research in China | |
Track 4 Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures in Higher Education Chair: Elizabeth Noonan/ Dr Jannica Budde | Xiaoling Ma Navigating the Intersection of Passion and Belonging: Strategies for Contract Language Teachers in Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures within Irish Universities | Papaioannou, Panourgias The rise of academic performance appraisal in higher education institutions: a review of the literature. | Glen Jones Virtual Gown and Town: The Athabasca University Crisis and the Conflict of Institutional Logics (TRACK 1) | Antje Wegner From evidence to impact? Practices of evidence use for quality management at German Higher Education Institutions |
Track 5 Embedding and Sustaining Digitalisation Chairs: Dr Sarah Thelen/ Dr Göran Melin | Loretta Goff Hacking the Future of Assessment: A Structured, Collaborative Approach to Addressing Challenges Posed by GenAI | Maria Manatos How can technologies impact higher education? Academics’ perceptions about the major challenges and benefits of remote learning and assessment | Ben Kokkeler AI Learning Communities in the Dutch HE system Temporary phenomena or uptakes to structural configurations? (WAS TRACK 1) | Andrea Kottmann Big changes through small actors: Teaching and learning centres as street-level bureaucrats in national digitisation programmes |
Track 6 Internationalisation and Sustainable Transnational Cooperation Chairs: Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law/Professor Marijk van der Wende | Shuiyun Liu & Wenyan Liang A study of the factors influencing Chinese college students’ choices to study abroad | Neslihan Önder-Özdemir Trajectories for creating a dictionary for international students | Rosalind Pritchard English in Higher Education: Challenges in an Internationalising World. | Margrete Søvik Geopolitical tension and transnational cooperation in higher education and research: Perspectives from Norway |
Track 7 Sustaining staff and student wellbeing Chairs: Dr Eithne Hunt/Professor Mark O’Hara | Irene Hartigan Fostering Campus Wellbeing: Insights from the MCC PAWS @ UCC Program | Jeroen Kleingeld Nurturing and sustaining student wellbeing while improving higher education with the results! | Kevork Toros Horissian & Biliana Vassileva Stoytcheva Factors Affecting Faculty Job Satisfaction and Wellbeing | Eithne Hunt The “Everyday Matters: Healthy Habits for University Life” Digital Badge – an evaluation of impact from 2021-2023 |
HYBRID Track Mixed Theme Chairs: TBC | Tatsuya Tanaka Demands from the Business Community for Vocational Education at the Higher Education in Japan (TRACK 1) | Navdeep Singh Enhancing Career Resilience through Psychosocial Support: Exploring the Influence of Mentoring, Networking, and Psychological Resources (TRACK 4) | Svetlana Shenderova Management of Sino-Russian internationalisation: Cui bono? (TRACK 1) | Louise Marlene Schubotz Teaching AI in higher education: exploring different approaches (TRACK 5) |
Lunch
Tracks 13:30 – 15:00
TRACKS | 13:30 – 14:00 | 14:00 – 14:30 | 14:30 – 15:00 |
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Track 1 Sustainable Strategic Management and Governance in Higher Education Chairs: Dr Ruth Hally/Professor Rosalind Pritchard | Victor Borden Visualizing Changes in the US Higher Education Landscape | Jens Kjær Riemer Copenhagen Business School Green Dashboard | Oliver Vettori & Johanna Warm (Self)-promoting meta-organisations: Positioning and identity work within European University alliances |
Track 2 Innovation in Teaching and Learning and sustainable professional practice Chairs: Prof Paul McSweeney/Professor Matt O’Leary | Isabelle Grosch & Joris Boonen The relation between students’ multicultural personality and their engagement with sustainable development: Insights from a large-scale study in The Netherlands, Belgium and the US. | Rebecca Robinson Engaging Green Champions for an Effective Higher Education Green Transition – Identifying key aspects to better engage individuals in HEIs in sustained growth for the Green Transition | Andrea Kottmann On the significance of intra-organisational teacher networks for large-scale educational changes in higher education institutions |
Track 3 Sustaining Research Excellence Chairs: Dr David O’Connell/Dr Jessica Nooij | Kjersti Eckblad, Ingrid Furfjord, Arne Nørstebø, Eckblad, Kjersti, Kim Anders Simonsen & Maria Louiza Christina Damen Responding to future requirements when the students want to be educated for today: dilemma’s in Norwegian Police University College instructor training programs. Workshop: 90 minutes (TRACK 2) | ||
Track 4 Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures in Higher Education Chair: Elizabeth Noonan/ Dr Jannica Budde | Torstein Nielsen Hole & Herdis Hølleland Fostering long term innovation projects in higher education Round Table Discussion: 60 minutes | ||
Track 5 Embedding and Sustaining Digitalisation Chairs: Dr Sarah Thelen/ Dr Göran Melin | Jean Yves Le Corre Designing ESG KPIs: A Roadmap and Learning Solution for successful KPI design in organisations. Workshop: 90 minutes | ||
Track 6 Internationalisation and Sustainable Transnational Cooperation Chairs: Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law/Professor Marijk van der Wende | Katie Power Engaging Persona Theory to understand the value, importance and impact of physical spaces on the learning experiences of students and faculty in university education. Workshop: 90 minutes(TRACK 7) | ||
Track 7 Sustaining staff and student wellbeing Chairs: Dr Eithne Hunt/Professor Mark O’Hara | Eline van der Vleuten How can psychoeducation be effective in fostering student wellbeing? Lessons from two case studies | Cecilia Post & Birgitt Erdwien The “third attempt coaching” – A practical approach to supporting students with exam anxiety | Anna Santucci Re-Energized Framework: Promoting Academic Wellbeing through Engagement |
HYBRID Track Mixed Theme Chairs: TBC | Anna Lobodzinska & Agata Frankowska ABehind the scenes – the role of administrative professionals in academia (TRACK 3) | Florentine Paudel & Rolf Laven Service-learning in the digital age: opportunities and challenges for social engagement (TRACK 5) | Pavel Sorokin Volunteering, entrepreneurship and social media-based activism as manifestations of student’s agency: systematic empirical analysis using big data and implications for education policy (TRACK 1) |
Tea and coffee
TRACKS | 15:30 – 16:00 | 16:00 – 16:30 | 16:30 – 17:00 |
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Track 1 Sustainable Strategic Management and Governance in Higher Education Chairs: Dr Ruth Hally/Professor Rosalind Pritchard | Bayan Khalifa Optimal Distinctiveness: a longitudinal study of identity narratives of UK higher education | Webbstock, Denyse Turning performativity on its head – using strategic planning to advance societal impact and sustainability | |
Track 2 Innovation in Teaching and Learning and sustainable professional practice Chairs: Prof Paul McSweeney/Professor Matt O’Leary | Rupert Beinhauer Summative Evaluation is dead – Working on Modern Assessment Methods. Workshop: 90 minutes | ||
Track 3 Sustaining Research Excellence Chairs: Dr David O’Connell/Dr Jessica Nooij | No activities | ||
Track 4 Sustaining Resilient Quality Cultures in Higher Education Chair: Elizabeth Noonan/ Dr Jannica Budde | Kim Huijpen Making room for everyone’s talent: reforming academic career assessment in practice Workshop: 90 minutes | ||
Track 5 Embedding and Sustaining Digitalisation Chairs: Dr Sarah Thelen/ Dr Göran Melin | Darlington Tozivepi Mutakwa Embedding digitalisation in South African higher education through bridging the digital divide | ||
Track 6 Internationalisation and Sustainable Transnational Cooperation Chairs: Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law/Professor Marijk van der Wende | No activities | ||
Track 7 Sustaining staff and student wellbeing Chairs: Dr Eithne Hunt/Professor Mark O’Hara | Elisabeth Hovdhaugen & Vegard Wilborg Evaluating the Extent of Skill Mismatches Across Fields and Their Impact on Graduate Job Satisfaction | ||
HYBRID Track Mixed Theme Chairs: TBC | Enna Moroeroe, Lebohang Makobane & Semira Pillay Leveraging Data from University Surveys to Enhance Sustainable Wellbeing at a South African University (TRACK 7) | Daria Ivleva & Wen Qi Measuring faculty research impact: conventional or alternative metrics (TRACK 3) |