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The 21 st century doctorate – sharing European developments 18 March 2011 Scotland House

The 21 st century doctorate – sharing European developments 18 March 2011 Scotland House Brussels. The role of international research institutes in postgraduate education Prof. Christopher Smith Director, British School at Rome. Leuven/Louvain-la- Neuve Communiqué.

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The 21 st century doctorate – sharing European developments 18 March 2011 Scotland House

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  1. The 21st century doctorate – sharing European developments 18 March 2011 Scotland House Brussels

  2. The role of international research institutes in postgraduate education Prof. Christopher Smith Director, British School at Rome

  3. Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué We believe that mobility of students, early stage researchers and staff enhances the quality of programmes and excellence in research; it strengthens the academic and cultural internationalization of European higher education.

  4. Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué Mobility is important for personal development and employability, it fosters respect for diversity and a capacity to deal with other cultures. It encourages linguistic pluralism, thus underpinning the multilingual tradition of the European Higher Education Area and it increases cooperation and competition between higher education institutions.

  5. Argument • European research institutes play a vital role in stated strategic aims in the EHEA • There remain tensions over national versus international interests • There remains considerable scope for greater capacity building • This is particularly the case in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

  6. Max Planck Institutes Insight must precede application

  7. Max Planck Gesellschaft Intelligent Systems

  8. International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS).

  9. Max-Planck Institute of Demographic Research Four international doctoral training programs: The International Max Planck Research School for Demography. European Doctoral School of Demography. The MaxNet Aging Research School. PhD program Demography at Rostock University.

  10. BASIS British Academy-Sponsored Institutes and Societies (BASIS)

  11. BSR

  12. BSR

  13. Drawn by religious devotion, needing to see, to touch and to worship at Rome’s churches, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Albanians, Dalmatians, Istrians, Illyrians, and Germans – themselves divided into so many regions and provinces – and French, Spanish also, as well as Britons, who are nearly complete cut off from the whole world and who are now known as the English – nearly every year they come to Rome, they worship Rome, they take Rome as their mistress and instructress. And not only the people of Europe worship Rome... Flavio Biondo, end of Roma instaurata Vatican City: BAV, MS. Vat. lat. 1941, fol. 37 – Flavio Biondo, Roma instaurata (s: Pietro del Monte)

  14. ECAF Siam Reap, Cambodia

  15. Proposed vision: to be valued physical hubs in important Asian locations which: possess and make accessible unique and deep academic expertise and resources draw visiting European scholars into new and stimulating interactions with each other and with local academic partners within and across disciplinary boundaries facilitate enriching exchanges and engagement with local languages/cultures/ environments develop dialogues with local communities of interest outside the academic world support international collaborations and enable new world-class research provide practical/logistical support to early-career scholars and those new to the area and hence contribute to the health of European Asian Studies.

  16. Challenges … • National boundaries exist even in foreign countries • Reliance on state funding creates short term vulnerabilities and long term uncertainty • Mission drift caused by political and economic imperatives damages research • Many overseas institutes are dependent on others for research projects and students

  17. Challenges … • Reductions in PG and research funding, and an unstable funding model, hampers growth • Critical mass is often too low • Resources are duplicated and divided

  18. … and Opportunities • Technological advance raises visibility of overseas institutions and their work • In-country expertise remains at a premium • Many international centres have built greater recognition than external bodies can gain • Interdisciplinarity is often at the heart of research institutions … • Which can therefore take advantage of the freshest thinking

  19. … and Opportunities • … whilst staying true to core values of scholarship.

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