AFINET: agroforestry innovation thematic network

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E4 Thematic Network

This Thematic Network aims at developing the European dimension of Higher Engineering Education by enhancing the compatibility of the many diverse routes to the profession of engineer, by facilitating greater mobility and integration of skilled personnel throughout Europe, by favouring a mutual exchange of skills and competences and providing a platform for communication between academics and professionals. Five main activities have been organised under the overall umbrella of the Thematic Network.The work contains 6 volumes

Cities of the South, Cities of the North

In the wake of the end of the cold-war and the demise of the tripartite conceptual division of the First, Second and Third Worlds, the latter concept has been superseded by the notion of the &#8216;Global South&#8217;. This notion is a flexible one referring to the developing nations of the once-colonized sections of the globe. The concept does not merely register shifts in geopolitics and in the respective affiliations of nations and the economic transformations that have occurred. It also registers an emergent perception of a new set of relationships between nations of the South. It is the task of this project to explore those &#8216;lateral&#8217; south-south cultural connections by mobilizing a network of prominent Global-South universities (UFF, Brazil; UNAM, Mexico; Wits, South Africa; UCAD, Senegal; JNU, India) with other universities in the southern hemisphere (UWA, Australia; SNU, Korea). Erich Auerbach is the Visiting Chair of Global Literary Studies at the University of TübingenCities of the South, Cities of the North, symposium, ICI Berlin, 14 December 2015 <https://doi.org/10.25620/e151214

Research activities in the first two cycles of biosystems engineering university studies in Malta

The University of Malta is harmonising all programme offer to be compliant with the Bologna process which envisages the establishment of the European Higher Education Area by 2010. Research activities at the University of Malta date back to the seventies and were mainly carried out by the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of the Faculty of Medicine. Following accession within the European Union, significant investment has been committed to structure and support research, in particularly in areas that provide value-added to the country's economy. Consequently; thematic, project-based funding prevails over bottom-up, openended research programmes and measures, giving priority to academia-industry collaboration.peer-reviewe

Enhancing the attractiveness of European study programs in biosystems engineering in Malta

The National Strategy for Research and Innovation for 2007-2010, entitled 'Building and Sustaining the Research and Innovation Enabling Framework' is the pivot on which the Maltese efforts to enhance the attractiveness of Science and Technology is based. Four main entities, namely The Malta Council for Science and Technology, University of Malta, Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment and National Student Travel Foundation come together to complement each other and the national educational system through a variety of different but complementary activities. Information is freely available to students from the websites of the various entities.peer-reviewe

The thematic network SAFER EURORO : an integrated approach to safe European roro ferry design

For a period of more than 10 years, a safety culture approach has been promoted through the theme'Design for Safety,' which aims at integrating safety cost effectively in the ship design process. There isa considerable wealth of information amassed over these years of research and development on safetycriticalareas. One of the main elements of the research and development (R&D) work is the assurance ofsafety within the ship design process, in the continuous search for improving the current state of affairs.Through bold steps in the direction advocated by 'Design for Safety,' it is slowly but steadily beingrecognized that this approach can greatly contribute to the overall cost-effective improvement of safety inshipping while nurturing the evolution of proper practice in the field. On this background, the paper attempts a thorough overview of related R&D developments over the lastdecade. Particular emphasis is placed on the developments that have taken place as part of the activitiesof the Thematic Network SAFER EURORO and associated research projects, which have led to thedevelopment of a recent major research initiative, the Integrated Project SAFEDOR, which is expected tolead research development in the area for the years to come

Women's Studies in Poland

Athena: Advanced Thematic Network in Activities in Women's Studies in Europe. Report from ATHENA panel of experts 1.a.: A Cross-European, Comparative Study of Degrees, Qualifications and Professional Outlets of Women's/Gender/Feminist Studies. Panel coordinator: Nina Lykke, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, and Linkoeping University, SwedenThis report will briefly address the changes in higher education that occurred in Poland over the last ten years in terms of university structures and degree structures, the research policies and equal opportunity policies, and will subsequently focus on the history of women’s movement after 1989. It will finally present a case study of the institutionalization of Women’s Studies Center at the University of Lódz, one of the five major universities in Poland. The specific focus of this analysis will be a demonstration how conservative approaches to education in terms of the overall structure of the universities as well as the degree structure hinder the development of Women’s/Gender Studies in Poland.ATHENA is the Advanced Thematic Network in Activities in Women's Studies in Europe, funded by EU's Socrates programme, Thematic Networks, 1998-2001

Towards an Ontology Metadata Standard

In this poster, we present (i) a proposal for a metadata standard, known as Ontology Metadata Vocabulary (OMV) which is based on discussions in the EU IST thematic network of excellence Knowledge Web1 and (ii) two complementary reference implementations which show the benefit of such a standard in decentralized and centralized scenarios, i.e. the Oyster P2P system and the Onthology metadata portal

The transition from Agricultural to Biosystems Engineering University Studies in Europe

This paper describes the main result produced by the ERABEE (Education & Research in Biosystems Engineering in Europe) Thematic Network. The ERABEE Thematic Network was a follow-up of a previous Thematic Network called USAEE (University Studies of Agricultural Engineering in Europe) and both were co-financed by the European Community in the framework of the LLP Programme (Lifelong Learning Programme). The innovative and novel goal of the ERABEE Network was to promote the critical and inevitable transition from the traditional discipline of Agricultural Engineering to the emerging discipline of Biosystems Engineering, exploiting along this direction the outcomes accomplished by the the earlier USAEE Thematic Network. It also aimed at enhancing the compatibility among the new programmes of Biosystems Engineering, supporting their recognition and accreditation at European and International level and facilitating greater mobility of skilled personnel, researchers and students

Socrates thematic network to enhance European teaching of operations and supply chain management: goals, tasks and preliminary results

The EurOMA-sponsored THENEXOM network has been approved by the European Commission through its Socrates community action programme. THENEXOM’s short-term goal is to analyse the present state of Operations and Supply Chain Management in European universities and to identify strengths and weaknesses in order to instigate the use of better practices. A census is being drawn up of OM teachers throughout the 24 countries (and 27 universities) making up the network. A survey can then be taken of the teaching-staff, content and methods employed. The network’s medium-term aim is to tighten links between teaching, research and business practice by reducing imbalances. In compliance with EU recommendations, strategic connections are being sought with America and Asia to expand aforesaid objectives and actions throughout the world.La red THENEXOM, promovida por EurOMA, ha sido aprobada por la Comisión Europea (programa de acción comunitaria Sócrates). Su objetivo a corto plazo es estudiar la situación de la Dirección de Operaciones y la Gestión de Cadenas de Suministro en las universidades europeas, buscando identificar fortalezas y deficiencias y promover el empleo de las mejores prácticas. Para ello se está elaborando un censo de docentes de DO en los 24 países representados en la red (por 27 instituciones universitarias); éste permitirá el desarrollo de una encuesta sobre profesorado, contenidos y metodología docente. A medio plazo, la red ha de servir para estrechar vínculos entre enseñanza, investigación y práctica empresarial, limando los posibles desfases. Siguiendo las recomendaciones de la UE, se están realizando conexiones estratégicas con América y Asia para extender los objetivos y actuaciones mencionados