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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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?