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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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RESEARCH SEMINAR Link prediction in knowledge networks using exogenous and endogenous attributes: a machine learning approach

Presenter: Antonio Zinilli and Giovanni Cerulli, CNR-IRCRES   Discussant: Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton   Abstract We propose a supervised machine learning approach to predict partnership formation between universities. We focus on successful joint R&D projects funded by Horizon 2020 programme in three research domains: Social Sciences and Humanities, Physical and Engineering Sciences, and Life Sciences. We perform two connected analyses: link formation prediction, and feature importance detection. As for link prediction, using out-of-sample cross-validated accuracy…

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11th Policymakers Session: RISIS ETER Dataset, Data and indicator needs for the European University Initiative

  2.00 – 2.15 Opening speech                      Vanessa Debiais-Sainton,  Head of Higher Education Unit, EC   2.15 – 3.15  Session 1: Empirical evidence on the European University Initiative                     Andrea Bonaccorsi, University of Pisa   Roundtable discussion: Michael Murphy, EUA; Ben Jongbloed, CHEPS; Sebastian Stride, SIRIS Academic   3.30 – 4.30 Session 2: Mapping the European University Initiative    …

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RISIS ETER Dataset, data and indicator needs for the European University Initiative

The 11th RISIS Policymakers Session took place on 13 June in an online format (2– 5 pm CEST)  and was introduced by Yann-Maël Bideau, Policy officer at European Commission.   The European University Initiative, promoted by the European Commission has ignited collaborations and alliances across all European countries. The goal of the 11 Policymakers' session is to discuss the evolution of the Initiative based on new evidence coming from RISIS ETER Dataset.  ETER, the European Tertiary Education Register is a…

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Quality as a latent heterogeneity factor in the efficiency of universities

The 9th RISIS Research Seminar will take place on 10th May from 12.30 to 2 pm (CET)  and will focus on Quality as a latent heterogeneity factor in the efficiency of universities with a presentation of Cinzia Daraio, Sapienza University of Rome. The research has been conducted in collaboration with Leopold Simar and Paul W. Wilson. Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz, Gdanks University of Technology, is involved as a discussant.     The research shows the usefulness of…

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