Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors
Faculty Promotion Policies and Procedure: tenure, tenure track, or?
The workshop was successfully held in Barcelona on Nov 19, 2012!
Slides of the keynote talks are available at the bottom of this page with the program details.
Workshop chair: Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano
Technical and societal changes are all around us and universities in Europe are undergoing fundamental changes. Department chairs at informatics groups face ever-increasing challenges. The goal of the workshop is to provide a networking opportunity for department chairs, old and new, to share experiences, common challenges, and best practices. It provides a forum for strengthening your leadership and management competencies by exchanging best practices and by building relationships among department heads at European Informatics research institutions. This year's meeting focuses on an issue that is changing across Europe: faculty promotions. The US tenure-track system is well-known and almost treated as a standard. But there are many systems used across Europe and they are undergoing major changes.
The workshop will be a mixture of discussions/knowledge sharing in smaller groups. Please bring the issues you are facing and approaches you have found to work. The workshop focuses on current procedures and practices for faculty promotion. Both new and experienced department heads are invited for an exchange of best practices, new ideas and common challenges. Benefits for participants include:
- Learning best practices from heads of European Informatics departments and research labs
- Offering a networking platform for heads of European Informatics departments and research labs
- Inspiration for improving department processes
Speakers:
- Anthony Finkelstein, University College London, UK
- Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland
- Axel van Lamsweerde, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- Leszek Pacholski, Wroclaw University, Poland
------------ Workshop Program - Monday, November 19------------
Workshop room will be in Building B6, Sala d'Actes (see a map here)
10:00-10:30 Registration and workshop opening
10:30-11:30 Workshop Opening Presentation
"Goals and Practices in Faculty Promotion" [Slides]
Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano
11:30-12:30 Keynote
"Improving the Academic Promotion Process: an Experience Report" [Slides]
Axel van Lamsweerde, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
12:30-14:00 Lunch (at FIB Cafeteria, Building B6)
14:00-15:00 Keynote
"Inside Promotions Committee"
Anthony Finkelstein, University College London, UK
15:00-16:00 Keynote
"Promotion in a Non-Competitive Environment" [Slides]
Leszek Pacholski, Wroclaw University, Poland
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 Discussion
18:00 Workshop Closing