This training supports you as a research manager to strengthen your role in shaping research impact, co-creation, and open science in your institution. Your work is no longer only administrative, you are a bridge between research, society and policy, responsible for enabling knowledge to create change.
Learn about the role of a research manager
The training helps you understand how to drive knowledge valorisation, build partnerships across sectors, and support researchers working with challenge-driven innovation. You also learn how to promote open and FAIR research practices in line with European and global policy developments.
Profiles for research managers
Objectives
Actors involved
Checklist - What do you need to implement the resources?
Skills and competences improved
Several skills and competences are strengthened throughout the process. The relevant ones are aligned with the professional profile for research managers developed in the context of the project that can be found here.
REFERENCES
1 Knowledge Valorisation — Policy & Process
Perkmann, M. et al. (2013). Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university–industry relations. Research Policy.
A foundational synthesis of how universities engage industry, including non-commercial pathways and relational forms of valorisation.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2012.09.007
Cruz, M., & Bonafont, C. (2020). Knowledge Valorisation from Universities to Society: A European Overview.
Explores valorisation readiness, national variations, and policy trends for transformation.
🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/9/3676
2. Co-Creation & Quadruple Helix Collaborations
Carayannis, E., & Campbell, D. (2012). Mode 3 Knowledge Production in Quadruple Helix Innovation Systems.
Framing text for models connecting academia, industry, public sector and civil society.
🔗 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-2062-5_1
Ramaswamy, V., & Ozcan, K. (2018). What Is Co-Creation? An Emerging Paradigm for the Practice of Value Creation. Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice.
Clear introduction for managers — accessible, practical, and widely cited.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/10696679.2018.1453623
Gibbons, M. et al. (1994/2010). The New Production of Knowledge — Mode 2 Knowledge.
Explains the shift towards transdisciplinary, real-world research cultures.
🔗 (Open access summary) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279676441
3. Open Science & FAIR Implementation
Tennant, J. et al. (2020). Ten Hot Topics Around Scholarly Publishing.
Open science, peer review reform, open data — excellent as a training component.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3972440
Mons, B. et al. (2017). Cloudy, increasingly FAIR; revisiting the FAIR data guiding principles. Scientific Data.
Shows FAIR principles in practice and challenges for implementation.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201724
4. Research Culture & Assessment Reform
Hicks, D. et al. (2015). The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. Nature.
Essential reading for research managers — practical framework for responsible metrics.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/520429a
Curry, S., & Stern, B. (2020). Responsible research assessment: moving beyond metrics. eLife.
Short, clear call for systems change — ideal for discussion or reflection session.
🔗 https://elifesciences.org/articles/54075
How these readings serve the training
| Theme | Article Use |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Valorisation | Case evidence + framework for pathways of impact |
| Quadruple Helix / Co-Creation | Models for multi-actor, challenge-driven collaboration |
| FAIR & Open Science | Practical implementation examples + adoption guidance |
| Research Assessment Reform | Foundations for CoARA-aligned institutional change |
| Leadership & Culture | Supports reflection discussions + strategic decision practice |