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FilmEU (WIRE) and EARMA Thematic Group on European Universities Initiative, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius 8th October

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FilmEU (WIRE) and EARMA Thematic Group on European Universities Initiative, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius 8th October

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European Universities Initiative (EUI) is re-shaping the landscape of European Education Area. Despite their focus on education, the EUI intrinsically has a research and innovation dimension. RMAs will play a key role in the development of this R&I dimension. The EUI Thematic Group of EARMA provides a space for RMAs to build networks, share knowledge, and develop expertise that will facilitate the integration of R&I into and among the European Universities.

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To exchange best practices on R&I integration in European Universities Alliances.

How are the university alliances embedded in their member universities? Is the educational and R&I dimension embedded in the same way?

How is the interplay of education, R&I, and societal engagement facilitated in different alliances?

How are RMAs represented in the emerging new legal entities representing the alliances? How can RMA support be organized on the level of alliances?

How are different facets of research management integrated into the alliances? (e.g. Open Science, research assessment, research infrastructures, knowledge transfer)

How can the RMAs support the development of projects and initiatives that develop the R&I dimension of the alliances?

To stand for and highlight the importance of RMAs for the success of European universities in all their dimensions (education, research, innovation, societal engagement).

To support the development of robust and sustainable funding and policy framework for R&I in European universities.

Nicole Birkle, University of Mainz, Germany, FORTHEM

Ladislav Čoček, Masaryk University, Czechia, EDUC (Chair)

Cynthia Dahomé Mørk, Université Paris 8, France, ERUA

Elisa Fancello, University of Trento, Italy, ECIU

Ross Hanley, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, CIVIS

Laura Paternoster, University of Trento, Italy, ECIU

Laura Tuduri, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, Unite!

Maria Grima Calleja, University of Malta, Malta, SEA-EU

Marie Jadrníčková, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia, AURORA

Natividad Mansilla Ovejero, University of Groningen, Netherlands, ENLIGHT

Hana Owsiankova, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia, AURORA

Katja Ritari, University of Helsinki, Finland, Una Europa

Margarida Santos, Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa, Portugal, FilmEU

Francesca Tomasi, University of Trento, Italy, ECIU

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European Universities Initiative (EUI) | earma

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European Universities Initiative (EUI) is re-shaping the landscape of European Education Area. Despite their focus on education, the EUI intrinsically has a research and innovation dimension. RMAs will play a key role in the development of this R&I dimension. The EUI Thematic Group of EARMA provides a space for RMAs to build networks, share knowledge, and develop expertise that will facilitate the integration of R&I into and among the European Universities.

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A short biography (100 words)

How did you get involved in the European Universities Initiative? (50)

What is your current position and how is that connected to EUI? (50)

What would you like to share and learn today? (50)

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Dr. Martina Mullaney is an artist and academic currently serving as Research Co-Ordinator for FilmEU European University at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin (IADT). Previously, she was the Irish Post-Doctoral Researcher for the joint-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)/Irish Research Council Feminist Art Making Histories Project. She has an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and an AHRC-funded PhD from the University of Reading. In 2021, she convened "The Missing Mother" Conference and co-edited "The Missing Mother" anthology with Professor Andrea O'Reilly, published by Demeter Press at York University, Toronto, in 2025.

While researching at IADT I became involved in FilmEU as a member of the selection committee on their annual exhibition on Artistic Research.

I am currently a Research Coordinator from FilmEU where we are building our research community through training and funded opportunities, and the development of the Joint Research Office.

I am looking for infomation on joint Ph.D. supervision. I can share where we have struggled to attract interest from my own institution on our alliance projects and where we have delivered engaging research events for Ph.D. Candidates and researchers.

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Biography

Dr. Martina Mullaney is an accomplished artist and academic currently serving as Research Co-Ordinator for FilmEU European University at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin (IADT). Previously, she was the Irish Post-Doctoral Researcher for the joint-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)/Irish Research Council Feminist Art Making Histories Project.

Dr. Mullaney holds an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and an AHRC-funded PhD from the University of Reading. Her research explores how art focused on maternity can transcend its immediate audience. In 2021, she convened "The Missing Mother" Conference and subsequently co-edited "The Missing Mother" anthology with Professor Andrea O'Reilly, published by Demeter Press at York University, Toronto, in 2025.

Her distinguished career includes receiving the Red Mansion Art Prize (London and China) and completing artist residencies with BALENCIAGA (Paris), The British Council (Sri Lanka and Tbilisi, Georgia), and The Gallery of Photography (Dublin). Her work has been exhibited internationally at prestigious venues including Yossi Milo Gallery (New York), Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco), Artwall Gallery (Prague), and Cork Film Center (Ireland). Dr. Mullaney is also the founder of "Enemies of Good Art" in London.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Education/Academic qualification

Doctorate, The Missing Mother. How Can Art Works of and on Maternity Transcend Their Own Audience?, University of Reading

Award Date: 22 Sep 2022

Postgraduate - Masters, Fine Art (Photography), Royal College of Art

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Award Date: 25 Jun 2004

Bachelor, Documentary Photography, University of Wales, Newport

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Award Date: 26 Jun 1998

Undergraduate - Other, National Diploma Fine Art (Painting) , Sligo, Regional Technical College

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Award Date: 6 Jul 1993

Kinsella, T. (PI), Robinson , P. H. (PI), Mitchell, D. E. (CoPI), Tobin , D. A. (CoPI), Baeza Ruiz , D. A. (CoI) & Mullaney, M. (CoI)

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Project: Research

Mullaney, M. , , Salon for a Speculative Future. Oechsler, M. (ed.). MA Bibliothèque

Research output: Book chapters and conference proceedings › Book chapter › peer-review

Mullaney, M. , Epp Buller, R. & Reeve, C., , Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design and Maternity. Demeter Press

Research output: Book chapters and conference proceedings › Book chapter › peer-review

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Dr. Martina Mullaney is an accomplished artist and academic currently serving as Research Co-Ordinator for FilmEU European University at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin (IADT). Previously, she was the Irish Post-Doctoral Researcher for the joint-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)/Irish Research Council Feminist Art Making Histories Project.

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Ladislav Čoček is a senior project manager working for the Grant Office at MUNI Headquarters. He worked as a pre- and post-award manager on EU funded projects (FP7, H2020, ESIF) for a regional development agency, private consultancy, and since 2013 MUNI. In 2016-2019 he was the Head of the Grant Office at CEITEC Masaryk University. Ladislav has been involved in several international knowledge sharing platforms in the area of research management, e.g. the Grants and Funding Strategies Working Group of EU-LIFE or Grants and Research Funding Focus Group of Alliance4Life. He is chairing the EUI TG of EARMA.

In EDUC we at Research Office were first not involved – but had to jump in shortly after implementation started, because there was a WP on research. Then, preparation of the H2020 SwafS project started and while we were not coordinating, my writing experience was useful. After the SwafS (EDUC-SHARE), we decided to take a lead on EEI project (EDUC-WIDE) and I was the main writer.

I am a pre-award Horizon Europe support; I keep looking for opportunities for EDUC and write R&I projects. But I also develop a training programme of research management under EDUC-WIDE.

I am looking for inspiration how to strengthen research dimension of alliances; and will be happy to share where we struggled (e.g. thematic matchmaking) and where we were successful (e.g. research infrastructures).

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I am a research coordinator for FilmEU at the Research & Projects Office of LUCA School of Arts. As a researcher I work in New Cinema History and I have been a senior researcher and project manager in international projects such as ‘European Cinema Audiences’, ‘Cinema Histories’ and the ‘HoMER Network’. I am the author of ‘Gent Filmstad’ (2021) and the co-editor of ‘Mapping Movie Magazines’ (2020) and the ‘Handbook of Comparative New Cinema Histories’ (2024). I have been a lecturer in Film History, Cultural Media Studies and Visual Culture. I am currently writing 'European Cinema Audiences' with D. Treveri Gennari and P. Ercole (University of Exeter Press).

I was hired by LUCA School of Arts in 2022 to coordinate research for their partnership in the FilmEU Alliance in the FilmEU_RIT project (101035820, H2020-IBA-SwafS-Support-2-2020, Amendment Reference No AMD-101035820-2) and FilmEU project (101004047, EPP-EUR-UNIV-2020).

I am still the research coordinator for LUCA School of Arts in the FilmEU Alliance—in the FilmEU+ ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EUR-UNIV project (101124314) and the WIRE FilmEU HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-03 project (101136627).

I am looking to find concrete implementations of interinstitutional (joint) offices and their daily operations.

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I'm PhD. student at The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, researching contemporary archival practices within higher film education institutions. I'm interested in and write about working with archival materials, preservation of audiovisual heritage and institutionalisation of cinema at various levels. From time to time I write film reviews for the magazine of Slovak Film Institute Film.sk.

I became involved in FilmEU, or more specifically WIRE, when I started my PhD. last school year, when I was asked by our project manager to join the team.

Currently I'm in WIRE project management office and a part of WP10, organisational team of Doctus, Illumina, ARE exibition, as well as FilmEu Expert Talks and Cineclub.

I'd like to learn more about how to set functional research infrastructure on institutional level and what are the possibilities/how to create research opportunities not only for PhD. and higher level researchers, but also for Master's students, so that they have a better understanding of it and that we also spark their interest in research in general.

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I am a film scholar and Associate Professor at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. My research focuses on realism and hybridization techniques in Slovak cinema, and I am currently working on a book on Slovak social film realism.

I have published numerous studies and articles, as well as the monograph Mind and Story in Film Fiction (Mysl a příběh ve filmové fikci, 2009). I am the co-editor and co-author of several collective volumes, including New Slovak Cinema(Nový slovenský film, 2015), the conference volume Transformation Processes and New Screen Media Technologies(2016), and Slovak Cinema in 2016 (Slovenský film v roku 2016, 2017). I have also co-authored and authored textbooks such as Selected Chapters from the History of Cinema (Vybrané kapitoly z dejín filmu, 2015), Chapters from World Cinema: History and Present (2025), and Academic Competencies (Akademické kompetentnosti, 2024).

Beyond academia, I am actively involved in promoting film culture and am a member of Open Culture!, a civic grassroots organization in Slovakia.

Within the FILMEU+ alliance, I contribute to work packages focused on research infrastructure, both within the FILMEU and WIRE programmes. My current interests include developing sustainable research infrastructures in film academies, designing strategies to make artistic research more engaging for doctoral students in film practice, and bridging the gap between film scholars and filmmakers.

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Dr. Gema Ocana works as Senior Advisor in European Research funding at University of Groningen and has a PhD  from Queen's University Belfast,  where she developed her thesis in the area of Health and Human Rights.

I work at the Central Office of the University of Groningen, in the Cluster Research & Impact . This department plays a central role in providing advice on EU research matters and acquiring European research grants.  My tasks involve monitoring the developments in European programs, especially Horizon Europe and reporting and providing advice to my colleagues, researchers and other stakeholders in the University. I am also in charge of identifying and promoting opportunities to develop research projects and organising training on European policies and grants. My duties comprise providing management information and policy advice to the Executive Board of the University and policy makers at the UG.

I have been involved since the beginning in tasks related to ENLIGHT, the European University Alliance the University of Groningen belongs to. I was the co-coordinator of WP1 of ENLIGHT RISE  (H EU project that developed the R&I dimension of ENLIGHT -Erasmus- in its first phase). This WP was aimed at strengthening the Research Support Offices of the Universities that composed ENLIGHT.  I am  now very much involved in WP3 of the second phase of ENLIGHT, aimed at "Empowering academics".

I am willing to share our experience in ENLIGHT and interested in listening about the different strategies implemented by other EUA to reinforce the R&I dimension of the European Universities Alliances.

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Hello, I am an EU Research Project Manager and Financial Advisor at Linnaeus Univerity (LNU) in Sweden, with a background in chartered accountancy. I have extensive experience in project coordination, financial management and auditing. I have led and supported major EC-funded projects across FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

LNU joined EUniWell in 2020, one of the official EUI alliances. It was selected through the HE SwafS programme and includes 11 universities across Europe. EUniWell is now in its second phase, with renewed Erasmus+ funding. Its mission is on well-being and it aims to create a multi-campus European University that fosters challenge-based learning, transdisciplinary research, civic engagement, mobility and innovation.

I am currently Project Manager for the HE project Exten.(D.T.)² and the main contact for LNU in the Erasmus+ EU-GaNoM project. Being involved in EUniWell opened doors to new collaborations at LNU including EU-GaNoM and other  projects. My department at LNU, the Office of External Relations, has recently applied for two other projects in the HORIZON-WIDERA-ERA call which is associated with EUI, though indirectly.

I have limited direct experience of EUIs. I would like to share whatever experiences I have which may be relevant, but would mostly like to network and learn more about all the topics on the agenda as we need more knowledge and expertise on EUIs in our department at LNU.

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I am the guarantor of the joint Master's and PhD programme theatre, film and music theory, and the Vice-Rector for Science and Research at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. I studied music theory and musicology at my home institution and at the University of Hamburg. My research focuses on music theory disciplines, artistic research, parallels between film and musical language, and the issue of meaning in art. At VŠMU, I organise international scientific and scientific-artistic projects. I am the author of five monographs and over 70 articles published in academic journals and books, as well as being the editor of several conference proceedings volumes. I have also worked as a dramaturge for chamber concerts at the Slovak Philharmonic, and I have extensive organisational experience.

I first became aware of the EUI through the FTF VŠMU's involvement in the FilmEU project, and I have been involved in the project within WIRE for several months.

As Vice-Rector for Science and Research, I am currently the research coordinator.

I would like to gain a deeper understanding of the WIRE infrastructure and learn about opportunities for cooperation within interinstitutional (joint) offices, as well as strategies for involving students and researchers from the Faculty of Theatre and the Faculty of Music and Dance at VŠMU in the project.

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I am a project manager at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA), currently focusing mainly on research related project management. I joined FILMEU in 2023 and have been involved in the implementation of the Alliance’s projects FILMEU+, WIRE, and C-Accelerate since their very beginning. This experience has been both new and challenging for me, as most of my previous work was with national level projects typically implemented by only one or two institutions. Entering FILMEU placed me in a context where I work with numerous stakeholders, manage multi-layered and interconnected activities, and coordinate a wide range of implementers. I truly value and enjoy this opportunity.

I became involved in the European Universities Initiative through my engagement in the FILMEU alliance, where I actively contribute to project-based activities and the implementation of collaborative initiatives.

In FILMEU projects, I represent LMTA in several capacities: as a member of the FILMEU Association Board, the Steering Committee, various task force groups, and as part of the PMO.

I would like to share my experiences of project management in the FILMEU alliance and learn from others how other institutions manage the governance of their alliance projects, particularly how they succeed in engaging partners with different levels of involvement in various activities. I am also interested in understanding their practices for financing internal alliance initiatives, addressing situations where project funding is insufficient, and demonstrating own financial contributions according to GA requirements.

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Ross Hanley is Research Development Manager within the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow (UofG). Ross partners with senior leadership in the Adam Smith Business School to drive the success of the School’s research ambitions – including grant funding and the supporting environment.  Working across the College of Social Sciences, Ross supports activity related to research outputs and engagement in EU research.  Before his current role, Ross was EU Advisor and Technical Bid Writer in UofG’s European funding team.  Ross has over 14 years’ experience in research funding, starting with FP7, through Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

As a member of UofG’s European funding team, I became a member of the CIVIS European Projects Task Force when UofG joined CIVIS.  I started connecting and working with colleagues from other CIVIS members on joint support initiatives for MSCA for researchers across CIVIS.

I am a member of the CIVIS Research Council, having been previously a member of the CIVIS Expert Subgroup on EU Research Funding - working with counterparts in fellow CIVIS members on joint initiatives.  My role as Research Development Manager also involves networking UofG Social Sciences in Europe.

I would like to make and consolidate connections with fellow Thematic Group members and FilmEU colleagues.  I would like to share experience of joint working on research within CIVIS, exchanging experiences and approaches with colleagues in other Alliances.  After today, I hope that we stay in touch and help each other.

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I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Aesthetics, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, and I work at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (since 2018) as well. I teach courses focused on aesthetics, the history of world cinema, and film interpretation.

My research interests include twentieth-century continental aesthetics, the ontology of film and image, theories of image movement, and film interpretation. I am the author of several studies devoted, among others, to the Soviet montage school, Andrei Tarkovsky, Jan Mukařovský, Orson Welles, Alain Resnais, and others. I co-organize the Cinematik International Film Festival, serve as a member of expert committees of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, and I am the academic supervisor of the Filmový kabinet project for the Slovak Film Institute.

While researching at VŠMU I became involved in FilmEU and WIRE as a researcher in the project.

I am still the research coordinator in the project for several WPs.

I am interested in bridging artistic activities with research. Secondly, I am interested in new infrastructures and technologies supporting research activities (f.e.Living Labs).

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I work as a Grant coach at the Research Funding Services of University of Helsinki. I work mainly with researchers from SSH fields supporting them when they apply for EU funding. I have a PhD in Celtic Studies from University College Cork, Ireland, and I worked almost 15 years as a researchers before embarking a career in research management.

University of Helsinki is part of Una Europa and I chair the Research Coordination Cluster there. I am also expert member of the Research Strategy Group of Una Europa and involved in proposal preparation and other initiatives to do with making the alliance into a research community. I am a member of the EARMA TG for university alliances as well as the R&I group of FOREU4ALL.

I am looking forward to learning about the initiatives and ideas of different university alliances concerning their R&I dimension and discussing the shared challenges in this aspect.

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I am a biochemist by training and have been working for more than 15 years as a project manager, mainly focused on European projects. Three years ago, I joined the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) as Director of Institutional Initiatives, with the mission of securing funding for the university’s strategic projects.

This role led me to the European Universities Initiative, where I contributed to two proposals. In 2024 our consortium was finally awarded funding.

I am Director of Institutional Initiatives at UOC and part of the OpenEU core management team. My role is to support the alliance’s implementation, particularly in legal and management issues, research-related actions, mobility grants, and calls. I also seek complementary funding to strengthen OpenEU projects and foster collaboration among partners and associated institutions.

I would like to learn how research has been integrated into other alliances, and what strategies are being used to promote collaboration among researchers, apply to competitive calls, and develop new projects. I am also very interested in the funding strategies of other alliances and their success in securing additional resources.

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I am a senior advisor in the Department of Research, Innovation, and Library at the University of South-Eastern Norway. I am responsible for implementing and coordinating all tasks related to the field of research within the EDUC alliance, of which we are a member. I also lead a task focused on developing programs for the career development of young researchers and staff. Additionally, I hold responsibilities in the EDUC Wide project, where I am in charge of tasks related to career diversification.

I would like to hear how you are internally organized to deliver tasks related to research, as well as how you align your university's internal strategy for research and innovation with the alliance's strategy. Is the alliance strategy strongly integrated into your internal approach, or is it more of a separate initiative?