Periodic Reporting for period 1 - UR-DATA (Twinning for excellence in Smart and Resilient Urban Development: Advanced Data Analytics Approach)
Período documentado: 2022-07-01 hasta 2023-09-30
- Enhancing the scientific capacity of FEUN by establishing a Laboratory of Land Economy and Urban Analytics (LEUA) at FEUN where the researchers from POLIEDRA and OSLOMET will perform training activities, transfer knowledge and best practices, conduct
workshops and seminars aimed to include early-stage researchers and FEUN staff;
- Raising the research profile of FEUN staff through strengthening research experience and collaborative research and joint papers with researchers from leading European universities;
- Creating a long-term scientific strategy of FEUN for stepping up and stimulating scientific excellence in the field of smart and resilient urban development analysis using contemporary quantitative tools of data analytics;
- Enhancing career prospects for early-stage researchers, through short-term exchanges, workshops, seminars, and summer schools, with renowned researchers in the field;
-Strengthening administrative and project management skills of staff at FEUN, by establishing a Project Management unit to deal exclusively with the preparation of project proposals, administration, and financial management of projects.
The project addresses the specific challenge of enhancing networking activities between a research institution from the widening country and two internationally leading European counterparts. By strengthening the research management and administrative skills of the coordination institution from the WB country, the project will help raise its research profile.
The project is dedicated to promoting the involvement of early-stage researchers at FEUN (summer schools, invited speakers and training program for PhD students, mentoring and networking activities). Collaboration with EU partners, and leading institutions in this field, enhance the scientific excellence of research and contributes to the achievement of project objectives. Also, through this cooperation, more information on urban problems in post-transition countries will be made available to EU partner institutions, which will increase their experience and competencies in this segment. Thus, the Project outcomes are expected to contribute to (1) Improved excellence capacity and resources of FEUN; (2) Enhanced strategic networking activities between FEUN and two leading institutions such as POLIEDRA and OSLOMET; (3) Raised reputation, research profile and attractiveness of FEUN and the research profile of its staff in the field of urban analytics and smart and resilient urban development.; (4) Strengthened research management capacities and administrative skills of the staff at FEUN; and (5) Improved research creativity at FEUN supported by development of new approaches in R&I collaboration and increased mobility of qualified scientists and researchers, especially between FEUN and POLIEDRA and OSLOMET. Activities to be conducted to achieve the above outcomes should include the following: short-term staff exchanges; expert visits and short-term on-site trainings, workshops, conference attendance, organisation of joint researches, joint papers and dissemination and outreach activities. Finally, the project activities will contribute to internationally leading partners as well, through the acquisition of new ideas for future project research, and based on experiences with urban problems specific to post-transition countries.