RRI and RRING project Work life balance measure in family friendly universities

1. RRI and RRING projectWork life balance measure in family friendly universities Gordon Dalton: RRING Coordinator Chair ICoRSA

2. 18 Participants • 10 National research staff associations • Europe: Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Ukraine • USA, Canada, • South Africa, Australia. • 2 International research associations • WAYS • WFSW • 2 Research Centres RSA • EMBL • Max Plank (to be confirmed) • 1 research career development association • Vitae UK

3. Who does ICoRSA represent • Early stage researchers, post-docs to senior researchers. (not PhD candidates) • Contract and permanent • Academic and industry • Researchers located • In their own country • Diaspora Researchers

4. ICoRSA vision • To provide a “voice” for researchers internationally on policy. • Researcher careers • Short term contracts • Precarious careers • Mobility • International • Intersectoral • Gender Equality and Diversity

5. ICoRSA activities • Positions letters • Workshops • Science Europe • Conference attendance and networking • WSF • ESOF • Project coordination • H2020: RRING project on Responsible Research • Cost Actions: SECURE Cost Action

6. What is RRI Responsible Research and Innovation – 5 Keys of RRI • 5 Keys 1. Citizens and citizens' associations engagement in science (Public Engagement -PE); 2. Formal and informal science education; 3. Gender equality in science; 4. Research ethics and integrity; 5. Open access to research results.

7. WHY RRING • Europe wanted the rest of World to adopt RRI • Commissioned 2 projects to explored convergence (Progress) • Rest of the world said – No • Regional differences • Cultural differences • Political differences • SwafS14 scope to explore Linked up World RRI

8. RRING project admin fundamentals • €3Million • 3 years • 22 partners and 6 subcontractor countries • Project divided in 7 geographic zones, covering globe • UCC coordinator: €0.8M budget, including administering sizable travel budget • After project is finished UNESCO will take over the project for 1 year minimum

9. RRING project Workpackage flow

10. Work Life balance SECURE COST Action The SECURE network will research improved models for sustainable researcher careers in Europe, producing policy briefs, and finally disseminating and communicating these reports to EU Policy makers, Advocacy Agencies and International Organisations. The impact will be that these Policy Makers will make better informed decisions regarding researcher career paths and careers. Improved policy should lead to improved quality of research output, and better more efficient use of research funding.

11. Work Life balance SECURE COST Action • Addressing Societal Questions: • SECURE examines whether the researcher career model currently available to European researchers is ‘societally’ correct; i.e. does the existing short term contact employment model used in the research world enable happy and productive citizens. • It examines the lack of career paths available for the Early Stage Researcher, where the majority face the requirement to leave research after their first postdoc, due to lack of career progression opportunities and appropriate supporting funding structures. • It examines the lack of career progression to senior researcher for women. • It examines the lack of research career opportunities for the Social Sciences and Humanities, as opposed to STEM where most of the funding is focused.

12. Family Friendly Universities • “family-friendly“ university certificate is awarded by berufundfamilie gGmbH, an initiative of the non-profit Hertie Foundation, to universities and colleges that pursue a family-friendly personnel policy and create a work environment for employees, researchers and students that guarantees a balance between work/study and family life. • provides advice and service to support combining studying/working with actively caring for children, teens, adult or elderly family members. • University of Graz: • UniKid, UniCare, KinderUniGraz • University of Heidelburg: • Payment components, nonmonetary perquisites and funding for students • Services for families

13. Family Friendly Universities- male perspective • UCC developed a handbook to provide a comprehensive source of information for fathers working in University College Cork recognising the importance of supporting fathers in balancing work and family life. Relevant policies and information, coach and advise and supports designed to provide a positive environment for staff availing of family leave. Fathers at Work  (Downloadable booklet) • Paternity Leave: Paternity Leave With effect from the 1st September 2016, university staff are entitled to revised Paternity Leave entitlements of a period of two consecutive weeks paid leave to a relevant parent on the birth/adoption of a child • Universities of Edinburgh, Kent , Sussex, Reading

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