Proposal for the Establishment and Funding of an Institutional Strategy to Promote Top-Level Research
„Ambitioniert und agil“ “Ambitious and Agile”
University of Bremen Rector: Professor Dr. Wilfried Müller Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)421-218-600 11 Fax: +49 (0)421-218-42 59 E-Mail:
[email protected] Bremen, 2011-08-26
Professor Dr. Wilfried Müller / Rector
CONTENTS 1! ! OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................1! 2! ! 2.1! 2.2! 2.3! 2.4! 2.5! 2.6!
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STATUS QUO........................................................................................................2! Research Profile .....................................................................................................2! Research Quality ....................................................................................................6! Existing Framework for Top-Level Research .......................................................15! Research-oriented Teaching ................................................................................22! Governance and Decision-making .......................................................................23! SWOT Analysis ....................................................................................................25! INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGY – PROJECT DESCRIPTION...............................26! Goals....................................................................................................................26! Strategy ................................................................................................................27! Measures and Expected Effects...........................................................................29! Strengthening High-Profile Areas M 1! New Governance ........................................................................................29! M 2! Bridge Professorships.................................................................................31! M 3! Cooperative Junior Research Groups ........................................................33! Supporting New Ideas M 4! Exploratory Projects....................................................................................40! M 5! Creative Units .............................................................................................42! M 6! Development Fund......................................................................................44! Promoting Talent M 7! Graduate Center PLUS...............................................................................47! M 8! Post-doc Initiative........................................................................................49! M 9 ! Female Professor Program.........................................................................51! Impact of the Nine Measures on Teaching ..........................................................54! Concept for Research-oriented Teaching.............................................................54! Project Management ............................................................................................56! Interdisciplinarity...................................................................................................58! Internationality ......................................................................................................59! Gender Equality....................................................................................................61! Partner Institutions................................................................................................62! Overall Financial Planning ...................................................................................62! Sustainability ........................................................................................................64!
4! ! THE INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNIVERSITY’S LONG-TERM PLANNING ...........................................66! 4.1! Goals ....................................................................................................................66! 4.2! Strategic Approach ...............................................................................................67! 4.3! Foreseeable Effects..............................................................................................69! 4.4! Legal Preconditions ..............................................................................................70! ANNEX 1 .......................................................................................................................71! Basic Data of the University of Bremen! ANNEX 2 .......................................................................................................................84! Graphic Chart of the Decision-making Structures and Processes of the University of Bremen ! ANNEX 3 .......................................................................................................................85! Information Pertaining to the Quality and Structure of Research, Training and Support of Young Researchers ! ANNEX 4 .....................................................................................................................108! Third-party Funding! ANNEX 5 .....................................................................................................................136! Activities in the First and Second Funding Line! ANNEX 6 .....................................................................................................................137! Biographical Sketches of Researchers of the University of Bremen! ANNEX 7 .....................................................................................................................181! Glossar / Glossary! ANNEX 8 .....................................................................................................................187! Cooperation Agreements with Non-University Research Institutions!
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1.1 ABSTRACT The University of Bremen is a mid-sized university with 250 professorships and 18,000 students, offering a broad range of disciplines and producing internationally competitive top-level research. Just forty years after it was founded, the University of Bremen has risen to the top tier of German universities, ranking especially high in the volume of third-party funding for cutting-edge research. To improve the university’s prominent position, our Institutional Strategy has three overriding development goals: • Firstly, anchoring our high-profile areas firmly in the top league of German and international research: Supported by New Governance structures, Bridge Professorships and Cooperative Junior Research Groups, we will explore new strands of research together with our non-university research partners. • Secondly, fostering our innovative capacity across all disciplines: Exploratory Projects run by individual researchers and small groups collaborating in Creative Units will give additional room for research, and the Development Fund will create long-term development prospects for individual disciplines. • Thirdly, recruiting top-level researchers and supporting their career advancement early on: The Graduate Center offers exemplary support for PhD students, postdocs are provided scope for independent research, and top female professors are recruited proactively through ahead-of-schedule appointments. To achieve these goals the Institutional Strategy relies on nine measures which bolster the sustainable development of an agile and ambitious university, while improving Bremen’s international profile as a top research university. 1.2 FINANCIAL PLANNING: MEASURES, TYPES OF EXPENDITURE PER YEAR !"#$%&'%()*#+,)#%
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