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3rd RISIS Policymakers Session: behind the excellence of US and EU universities

14.00 - 14.10  Opening by Emanuela Reale, IRCrES- CNR Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth RISIS project datasets system, integrated resources to depict the scientific production   14.10 - 14.45 Presentation by Benedetto Lepori from Università della Svizzera italiana (CH) and University of Paris Est (FR) “Scientific output scales with resources. A comparison of US and European universities”   14.45 - 15.30   Discussion on "Resource Allocation in Higher Education" Sumathi Subramanian, DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Policy Officer in…

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5th RISIS Policymakers Session: Heterogeneity of EU Universities call for differentiated strategies

2.00 – 2.10 Welcome & Introduction by Emanuela Reale Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth, CNR-IRCrES   2.10 –3.00  Presentation by Benedetto Lepori                       Università della Svizzera Italiana, USI   3.00 – 3.30 Discussion with: Marc Saillard - National Research Agency, FRANCE   3.30 – 4.00 Debate & Closing   Agenda Policy brief | Issue #5 

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RISIS Research Seminar on Institutional VS regional attractiveness: What factors are more important to increase the pool of mobile students in tertiary education?

Presenter: Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR). Alliance Manchester Business School. The University of Manchester   Discussant: Mattia Cattaneo, Università degli studi di Begamo   Abstract: The globalization of higher education, through the mobility of students, has grown considerably over the past 40 years. However, little research has been carried out on international student mobility determinants in general, on Erasmus student mobility in particular, or the regional dimension of learning mobility. This…

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Early evidence of Brexit’s impact on UK HEI participation in H2020

While debates on the accessibility of the United Kingdom (UK) and non-EU countries to Horizon Europe are still ongoing, a research conducted by Marco Cavallaro and Benedetto Lepori (USI, Università della Svizzera Italiana) entitled Institutional barriers to participation in EU Framework Programs.  Contrasting the Swiss and UK cases estimates the effects of access restrictions and uncertainty on the participation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in H2020. In the paper which is going to be published…

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5# RISIS Policymakers Session: A challenge for policy, heterogeneity calls for differentiated strategies

The 5th RISIS Policymakers Session was organized on the 23rd  of September in an online format (2 pm – 4 pm). RISIS focused on the heterogeneity of European Higher Institutions with a presentation entitled The heterogeneity of European Higher Education Institutions. A configurational approach by Professor Benedetto Lepori USI (Università della Svizzera italiana).   Higher Education Institutions are highly heterogeneous in terms of their profile, governance, and output. This represents a challenge for policies as…

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