Lectures and discussions

Press conference


Press conference was held on Thursday, September 29th 2016 starting at 10.00 AM at the premises of the Infocentre of the city of Rijeka RI INFO at Korzo.
 

With the support from the European Social Fund, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, launched the project Building a Support System for Young Researchers in order to provide a ground for the mutual cooperation of young researchers from all of the constituents of the University and to increase their openness towards the public and business sector. For that purpose the Cooperation Office was founded, whose main purpose is to facilitate scientific cooperation with the goal of increasing scientific excellence. Besides the Office, coworking will be facilitated through our Database which will include every young researcher from the University of Rijeka and present the basic info on his or hers scientific interests, work, and their contact information. Another aim of the project is scientific research in the field of social philosophy of science within which the social structure of science is researched.

Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, dr. sc. Ines Srdoč-Konestra and the project manager dr. sc. Elvio Baccarini talked about the project's goals, results and course of action.



From media:
Novi list, September 30th, 2016.
La voce del popolo, October 1st, 2016.



Lecture on a topic of
the influence of cooperation on young researchers' work.


The lecture was held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, on Monday, September 26th, 2016 in lecture hall 412 starting at 10.00 AM.
 

The aim of the lecture was to present part of the review paper about the effects of competition and cooperation among researchers from the perspective of social philosophy of science within the debate about optimal distribution of scientific research. The purpose of the lecture was also to give brief overview of the current state in research practice and to discuss possibilities for the advancement of cooperation and networking among doctoral students at the University of Rijeka by using Scientific Park Utrecht as an example. [lecture pdf, in Croatian]
 

 

At the end of the lecture, results of a survey, which we performed on 77 young researchers, about obstacles encountered during research, was presented.



Lecture on a topic of
international graduate student exchange within the Erasmus Programme


The lecture was held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 in lecture hall 106, starting at 11.00 AM.
 

Lecture on opportunities for study visits during graduate studies at a foreign partner institutions and on opportunities for traineeships for doctoral students of the University of Rijeka was held by the representatives of the Mobility office of the University of Rijeka. [lecture pdf, in Croatian]
 

 

After the lecture we mingled in the newly open Cooperation office located at the premises of Kampus restaurant.


From media:
Novi list, September 21st, 2016.



The project presentation and conference
Mladi istraživači – perspektive i izazovi


The conference was held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, on Monday, March 21st, 2016 in lecture hall 006, starting at 9.00 AM. Language of the conference was Croatian.


Goal of the conference was to bring to light the need for networking and cooperation of young researchers and PhD students of the University of Rijeka, to inform them about possibilities of valorization of scientific and academic knowledge, to start an initiative to increase the level of mutual cooperation and to identify issues and obstacles encountered by young researchers, especially PhD students who are financing their studies themselves. After the conference an informal public discussion on social aspects of scientific and research practice was held, where PhD students were able to share their thoughts and experiences on these topics.


photo: Vedran Karuza/Novi list


Programme (in Croatian):

[pdf]
9.00 Uvodna riječ Ines Srdoč Konestra
Snježana Prijić-Samaržija
9.15 Predstavljanje projekta ISPMI Elvio Baccarini
Martina Blečić
9.45 Primjer dobre prakse: Utrecht Science Park Predrag Šustar
Smilja Cukrov
10.15 Europska povelja i kodeks za istraživače: politike EU o karijerama istraživača Snježana Prijić-Samaržija

10.45 - 11.00     Pauza za kavu
 
11.00 Iskustva i izazovi istraživača u biomedicini Antonija Jurak Begonja,
Igor Jurak, Ivana Munitić
11.30 3D tehnologije i mi Duje Kalajžić
12.00 Društveno poduzetništvo u Hrvatskoj - razvojne perspektive Dražen Šimleša

12.30 - 12.45     Pauza za kavu
 
12.45 Sustav transfera tehnologije na Sveučilištu u Rijeci Petra Karanikić
13.15 Predstavljanje STARTUP Inkubatora Rijeka Vlasta Linić

13.45 - 14.45     Pauza za ručak
 
14.45 Ured za projekte: aktivnosti suradnje i potpore znanstveno-istraživačkim projektima FFRI-ja Ivan Majnarić
15.15 Društveni aspekti znanstveno-istraživačke prakse neformalna tribina

15.45 - 16.30     Druženje




From media:
Novi list, March 22nd, 2016.