Una.Resin project created a common research and innovation strategy for Una Europa. During the project (until 31st January 2024). We piloted practices to support researchers to find new collaborations for bold research ideas, to identify relevant data- and research infrastructures and facilitated training on transversal themes like open research, citizen science and non-academic collaboration.
Una Europa, as a community deeply committed to long-term collaboration and endowed with a wealth of talented individuals, is uniquely positioned to foster collaboration among researchers from diverse cultural backgrounds who explore shared topics through distinct disciplinary lenses. The Una Europa Focus Areas represent interdisciplinary fields that unite researchers from partner institutions across a wide spectrum of disciplines.
The R&I support services and policies developed prioritize promoting academic collaboration within these areas, empowering researchers to jointly pursue basic and applied research to tackle complex challenges. Una Europa is an alliance by and for every member of our partner universities. Along with supporting the Focus Areas, we committed to become an inspiring and well-established collaboration framework for researchers of our partners broadly.
University of Helsinki lead the collaborative process of creating an Una Europa Research and Innovation strategy. During the process we involved our research community widely to collect insights to identify strategic areas of action required to foster collaborative interdisciplinary research by 2030. As a part of the process, we also outlined both internal and external resources required for implementation of the strategic goals and processes to best support our academics. The strategy was launched in fall 2023.
University of Helsinki is also taking part in developing different pilots to support researchers. As an example of such pilots, the project conducted a match-making process for Horizon Europe Pillar II call producing three applications. In fall 2023 the project launched an online course on collaborative research. In addition, the project aimed also to address continuous professional development of the Una Europa professional community and it’s importance for the R&I capacity building.